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  • Bozo Sapiens

    Why to Err is Human

    de Ellen Kaplan, Michael Kaplan ...
    The New York Times called Chances Are, the authors' look at the application of probability in everyday life, a "dizzying, exhilarating ride." In Bozo Sapiens, they take us on a another funhouse journey, exploring the surprising, or alarming, number of ways that humans can make bad judgments and poor decisions. The Kaplans' ability to explain everything from statistics to evolutionary biology in ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Art of the Infinite

    The Pleasures of Mathematics

    de Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan ...
    A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Chances Are . . .

    Adventures in Probability

    de Michael Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan ...
    A compelling journey through history, mathematics, and philosophy, charting humanitys struggle against randomnessOur lives are played out in the arena of chance. However little we recognize it in our day-to-day existence, we are always riding the odds, seeking out certainty but settling-reluctantly-for likelihood, building our beliefs on the shadowy props of probability. Chances Are is the story ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Hidden Harmonies

    The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem

    de Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan ...
    A squared plus b squared equals c squared. Itsounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression is a gatewayinto the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey ofexploration in the company of two inspired guides, acclaimed authorsRobert and Ellen Kaplan. With wit, verve, and clarity, they trace thelife of the Pythagorean theorem, from ancient Babylon to the present,visiting ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Out of the Labyrinth

    Setting Mathematics Free

    de Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan ...
    “In this sparkling narrative, mathematics is indeed set free.” -Michael Shermer, author of The Believing BrainIn classrooms around the world, Robert and Ellen Kaplan's pioneering Math Circle program, begun at Harvard, has introduced students ages six to sixty to the pleasures of mathematics, exploring topics that range from Roman numerals to quantum mechanics.In Out of the Labyrinth, the Kaplans ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Empire to Nation

    Historical Perspectives on the Making of the Modern World

    de Eric Van Young, Karen Barkey, Uradyn E. Bulag, Ellen Comisso, Joseph W. Esherick, Carlos A. Forment, Cynthia S. Kaplan, Resat Kasaba0, Victor M. Uribe-Uran1, Edward W. Walker2 ...
    Series series World Social Change
    The fall of empires and the rise of nation-states was a defining political transition in the making of the modern world. As United States imperialism becomes a popular focus of debate, we must understand how empire, the nineteenth century's dominant form of large-scale political organization, had disappeared by the end of the twentieth century. Here, ten prominent specialists discuss the empire-to ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Accessible Connecticut

    A Guide to Recreation for Children with Disabilities and Their Families

    de Dr. Nora Ellen Groce, Dr. Lawrence C. Kaplan, M.D., Josiah David Kaplan ...
    This user-friendly guide helps parents of children with disabilities plan family outings in Connecticut that are stimulating and fun. Intended for youngsters who use wheelchairs or who have visual, hearing, or mental impairments, it presents places throughout the state that are easily accessible and reasonably priced and that require little or no prior planning.The entries are arranged by type of ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Nothing that Is

    A Natural History of Zero

    de Robert Kaplan ...
    A symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without zero mathematics as we know it would not exist. And without mathematics our understanding of the universe would be vastly ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Widows' Words

    Women Write on the Experience of Grief, the First Year, the Long Haul, and Everything in Between

    de Alice Goode-Elman, Kelli Dunham, Penelope Dugan, Melanie K Finney, Ellen Schrecker, Raquel Ramkhelawan, Maxine Marshall, Lauren Vanett, Alice Derry, Michele Neff Hernandez, Elisa Clark Wadham, Deborah E Kaplan, P.C. Moorehead, Mimi Schwartz, Anne Bernays, Edie Butler, Debby Mayer, Sonia Jaffe Robbins, Barbara Marwell, Maggie Madagame, Roni Sherman Ramos, Doris Friedensohn, Nancy H Womack, Joan Michelson, Tracy Milcendeau, Merle Froschl, Andrea Hirshman, Molly A McEneny, Heather Slawecki, Kathleen Fordyce, Patricia Life, Nancy Shamban, Susanne Braham, Alice Radosh, Parvin Hajizadeh, Joan Gussow, Kathryn Temple, Carrie L West, Lise Menn, Christine Silverstein, Tara Sabharwal, Jean Y. Leung ...
    Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words.Some were widowed young, while others were married for decades. Some cared for their late partners through long terminal illnesses, while others lost ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Theatre Responds to Social Trauma

    Chasing the Demons

    Edición de Ellen W. Kaplan ...
    Series series Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
    This book is a collection of chapters by playwrights, directors, devisers, scholars, and educators whose praxis involves representing, theorizing, and performing social trauma.Chapters explore how psychic catastrophes and ruptures are often embedded in social systems of oppression and forged in zones of conflict within and across national borders. Through multiple lenses and diverse approaches, ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    MaryEllen Is Stuck!!!

    de MaryEllen Perlini ...
    Narrado por Mandy Kaplan ...

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    5 minutos

    This book is about finding inspiration in a person, situation, or an event that can influence your life for the better. The author of this book hopes you find healthy options that allow you to feel confident, enthusiastic, and put a spring in your step to be the best version of yourself. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Oedipus in Jerusalem

    A Play in Two Acts

    de Kalman J. Kaplan ...
    Oedipus in Jerusalem begins with the unexpected meeting of the blinded Oedipus and the biblical prophet Nathan outside of Thebes. As the play unfolds, Nathan brings Oedipus to the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem for a formal trial with regard to his actions of patricide and his subsequent incest with his mother. The author of this play uses the characters and facts that exist in Oedipus Rex, the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus