The Eastern origins of Western civilization / / John M. Hobson [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457740803321
• Autore: Hobson John M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-107-15060-4; 0-511-20782-4; 1-280-54090-7; 0-511-21498-7; 0-511-21677-7; 0-511-21140-6; 0-511-32727-7; 0-511-48901-3; 0-511-21317-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 376 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 909/.09821
• Soggetti: East and West; Civilization, Western - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Countering the Eurocentric myth of the West: discovering the Oriental West -- The East as an Early Developer: the East discovers and leads the world through oriental globalisation, 500-1800 -- Islamic and African pioneers: building the global economy in the Afro-Asian Age of Discovery, 500-1500 -- Chinese pioneers: the first industrial miracle and the myth of Chinese isolationism, 1000-1800 -- The East remains dominant: India, Japan and Southeast Asia, 1400-1800 -- The West was Last: oriental globalisation and the invention of Christendom, 500-1498 -- Inventing Christendom and the Eastern origins of European feudalism -- The myth of the Italian pioneer -- The myth of the Vasco de Gama epoch, 1498-1800 -- The West as a Late-Developer and the advantages of backwardness: oriental grobalisation and the reconstruction of Western Europe as the advanced West, 1492-1850 -- ; The myth of 1492 and the impossibility of America: the Afro-Asian contribution to the catch-up of the West, 1492-1700 -- The Chinese origins of British industrialisation -- Constructing European racist identity and the invention of the world, 1700-1850 -- War, racist imperialism and the Afro-Asian origins of British industrialisation -- Conclusion: The Oriental West versus the Eurocentric Myth of the West -- The twin myths of the Western liberal state and the civilisational divide between East and West, 1500-1900 -- The rise of the Oriental West: identity/agency, global structure and contingency.
• Sommario/riassunto: John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. It is often assumed that since Ancient Greek times Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander in the story of progressive world history. Hobson argues that there were two processes that enabled the Rise of the 'Oriental West'. First, each major developmental turning point in Europe was informed in large part by the assimilation of Eastern inventions (e.g. ideas, technologies and institutions) which diffused from the more advanced East across the Eastern-led global economy between 500-1800. Second, the construction of European identity after 1453 led to imperialism, through which Europeans appropriated many Eastern resources (land, labour and markets). Hobson's book thus propels the hitherto marginalised Eastern peoples to the forefront of the story of progress in world history.

Data assimilation: mathematical concepts and instructive examples / / by Rodolfo Guzzi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910255012503321
• Autore: Guzzi Rodolfo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• ISBN: 3-319-22410-7
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2016.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Collana: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences, , 2191-5369
• Disciplina: 519.5
• Soggetti: Computer simulation; Physical geography; Mathematical physics; Environmental sciences; Water quality; Water - Pollution; Simulation and Modeling; Earth System Sciences; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics; Environmental Science and Engineering; Water Quality/Water Pollution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- 1. Introduction through historical perspective -- 2. Representation of the physical system -- 3. Sequential interpolation -- 4. Advanced data assimilation methods -- 5. Applications -- A. Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book endeavours to give a concise contribution to understanding the data assimilation and related methodologies. The mathematical concepts and related algorithms are fully presented, especially for those facing this theme for the first time. The first chapter gives a wide overview of the data assimilation steps starting from Gauss' first methods to the most recent as those developed under the Monte Carlo methods. The second chapter treats the representation of the physical system ; as an ontological basis of the problem. The third chapter deals with the classical Kalman filter, while the fourth chapter deals with the advanced methods based on recursive Bayesian Estimation. A special chapter, the fifth, deals with the possible applications, from the first Lorenz model, passing trough the biology and medicine up to planetary assimilation, mainly on Mars. This book serves both teachers and college students, and other interested parties providing the algorithms and formulas to manage the data assimilation everywhere a dynamic system is present.