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UNINA9910784937403321 |
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Titolo |
Geography and revolution [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David N. Livingstone and Charles W.J. Withers |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2005 |
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1-282-73845-3 |
9786612738456 |
0-226-48735-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (442 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LivingstoneDavid N. <1953-> |
WithersCharles W. J |
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Geography - Philosophy |
Science - Philosophy |
Discoveries in science |
Revolutions - Philosophy |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-416) and index. |
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On geography and revolution / David N. Livingstone, Charles W.J. Withers -- Space, revolution, and science / Peter Dear -- National styles in science: a possible factor in the scientific revolution? / John Henry -- Geography, science, and the scientific revolution / Charles W.J. Withers -- Revolution of the space invaders: Darwin and Wallace on the geography of life / James Moore -- Printing the map, making a difference: mapping the Cape of Good Hope, 1488-1652 / Jerry Brotton -- Revolutions in the times: clocks and the temporal structures of everyday life / Paul Glennie, Nigel Thrift -- Photography, visual revolutions, and Victorian geography / James R. Ryan -- Geography's English revolutions: Oxford geography and the war of ideas, 1600-1660 / Robert J. Mayhew -- Edme Mentelle's geographies and the French revolution / Michael Heffernan -- "Risen into empire": moral geographies of the American republic / David N. Livingstone -- Alexander von Humboldt and revolution: a geography of reception of the Varnhagen von Ense correspondence / Nicolaas Rupke -- Afterward: revolutions and their geographies / Peter Burke. |
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A term with myriad associations, revolution is commonly understood in its intellectual, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. Until now, almost no attention has been paid to revolution and questions of geography. Geography and Revolution examines the ways that place and space matter in a variety of revolutionary situations. David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers assemble a set of essays that are themselves revolutionary in uncovering not only the geography of revolutions but the role of geography in revolutions. Here, scientific revolutions-Copernican, Newtonian, and Darwinian-ordinarily thought of as placeless, are revealed to be rooted in specific sites and spaces. Technical revolutions-the advent of print, time-keeping, and photography-emerge as inventions that transformed the world's order without homogenizing it. Political revolutions-in France, England, Germany, and the United States-are notable for their debates on the nature of political institutions and national identity. Gathering insight from geographers, historians, and historians of science, Geography and Revolution is an invitation to take the where as seriously as the who and the when in examining the nature, shape, and location of revolutions. |
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UNINA9910821961903321 |
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Edwards Davis W. |
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Risk management in trading : techniques to drive profitability of hedge funds and trading desks / / Davis Edwards |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-118-77284-9 |
1-118-81969-1 |
1-118-77285-7 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Risk management |
Investment banking |
Hedge funds |
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Machine generated contents note: Preface Chapter 1: Trading and Hedge Funds Chapter 2: Financial Markets Chapter 3: Financial Mathematics Chapter 4: Backtesting and Trade Forensics Chapter 5: Mark to Market Chapter 6: Value-at-Risk Chapter 7: Hedging Chapter 8: Options, Greeks, and Non-Linear Risks Chapter 9: Credit Value Adjustments (CVA) Afterword Answer Key About the Author Index . |
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"A comprehensive resource for understanding how to minimize risk and increase profits In this accessible resource, Wall Street trader and quantitative analyst Davis W. Edwards offers a definitive guide for nonprofessionals which describes the techniques and strategies seasoned traders use when making decisions. Risk Management in Trading includes an introduction to hedge fund and proprietary trading desks and offers an in-depth exploration on the topic of risk avoidance and acceptance. Throughout the book Edwards explores the finer points of financial risk management, shows how to decipher the jargon of professional risk-managers, and reveals how non-quantitative managers avoid risk management pitfalls.Avoiding risk is a strategic decision and the author shows how to adopt a consistent framework for |
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risk that compares one type of risk to another. Edwards also stresses the fact that any trading decision that isn't based on the goal of maximizing profits is a decision that should be strongly scrutinized. He also explains that being familiar with all the details of a transaction is vital for making the right investment decision. Offers a comprehensive resource for understanding financial risk management Includes an overview of the techniques and tools professionals use to control risk Shows how to transfer risk to maximize results Written by Davis W. Edwards, a senior manager in Deloitte's Energy Derivatives Pricing Center Risk Management in Trading gives investors a hands-on guide to the strategies and techniques professionals rely on to minimize risk and maximize profits"-- |
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UNINA9910220007303321 |
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Autore |
Hannes Werthner |
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Titolo |
Informatics in the Future : Proceedings of the 11th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2015), Vienna, October 2015 / / edited by Hannes Werthner, Frank van Harmelen |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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1 online resource (XI, 109 p. 22 illus. in color.) |
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BUS030000COM079000COM080000PHI005000 |
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Computers and civilization |
Computers - History |
Diversity in the workplace |
Science - Moral and ethical aspects |
Computers and Society |
History of Computing |
Diversity Management and Women in Business |
Science Ethics |
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Shifting Identities in Computing: From a Useful Tool to a New Method and Theory of Science -- On the Big Impact of “Big Computer Science” -- On Informatics, Diamonds and T -- Leadership and Balance in Research -- Rational ethics -- Ethics for the digital age: where are the moral specs? -- Digital Sovereignty and IT-Security for a Prosperous Society -- Women in Computing and the contingency of informatics cultures -- Ada - poet of computing. |
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This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. This volume discusses the prospects and evolution of informatics (or computer science), which has become the operating system of our world, and is today seen as the science of the information society. Its artifacts change the world and its methods have an impact on how we think about and perceive the world. Classical computer science is built on the notion of an “abstract” machine, which can be instantiated by software to any concrete problem-solving machine, changing its behavior in response to external and internal states, allowing for self-reflective and “intelligent” behavior. However, current phenomena such as the Web, cyber physical systems or the Internet of Things show us that we might already have gone beyond this idea, exemplifying a metamorphosis from a stand-alone calculator to the global operating system of our society. Thus computer scientists will need to reconsider the foundations of their discipline to realize the full potential of our field. Taking often contradictory developments into consideration, researchers will not be able to tackle specific technological or methodological problems in the future without also a broader reflection on their field. The papers in this book take a first step forward and reflect on these issues from different perspectives. The broad spectrum of topics includes Informatics: a discipline with a (short) history and a high impact Interdisciplinarity: how to do research Ethics: what is our responsibility Diversity: why are there so few women in informatics Combining informatics, history and art: a special contribution. This book is intended for all informatics researchers, in academia as well as in industry. It is our responsibility – not only as scientists but also as citizens – to make the public aware of the dichotomies and dialectic relationships of computer science. |
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