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UNINA9910452582503321 |
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Moore Will H |
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A mathematics course for political and social research [[electronic resource] /] / Will H. Moore & David A. Siegel |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
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0-691-15917-3 |
1-4008-4861-X |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (451 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Mathematics - Study and teaching (Higher) |
Social sciences - Mathematical models |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part I. Building Blocks -- Chapter One. Preliminaries Math -- Chapter Two. Algebra Review -- Chapter Three. Functions, Relations, and Utility -- Chapter Four. Limits and Continuity, Sequences and Series, and More on Sets -- Part II. Calculus in One Dimension -- Chapter Five. Introduction to Calculus and the Derivative -- Chapter Six. The Rules of Differentiation -- Chapter Seven. The Integral -- Chapter Eight. Extrema in One Dimension -- Part III. Probability -- Chapter Nine. An Introduction to Probability -- Chapter Ten. An Introduction to (Discrete) Distributions -- Chapter Eleven. Continuous Distributions -- Part IV. Linear Algebra -- Chapter Twelve. Fun with Vectors and Matrices -- Chapter Thirteen. Vector Spaces and Systems of Equations -- Chapter Fourteen. Eigenvalues and Markov Chains -- Part V. Multivariate Calculus and Optimization -- Chapter Fifteen. Multivariate Calculus -- Chapter Sixteen. Multivariate Optimization -- Chapter Seventeen. Comparative Statics and Implicit Dierentiation -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Political science and sociology increasingly rely on mathematical modeling and sophisticated data analysis, and many graduate programs in these fields now require students to take a "math camp" or |
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a semester-long or yearlong course to acquire the necessary skills. Available textbooks are written for mathematics or economics majors, and fail to convey to students of political science and sociology the reasons for learning often-abstract mathematical concepts. A Mathematics Course for Political and Social Research fills this gap, providing both a primer for math novices in the social sciences and a handy reference for seasoned researchers. The book begins with the fundamental building blocks of mathematics and basic algebra, then goes on to cover essential subjects such as calculus in one and more than one variable, including optimization, constrained optimization, and implicit functions; linear algebra, including Markov chains and eigenvectors; and probability. It describes the intermediate steps most other textbooks leave out, features numerous exercises throughout, and grounds all concepts by illustrating their use and importance in political science and sociology. Uniquely designed and ideal for students and researchers in political science and sociology Uses practical examples from political science and sociology Features "Why Do I Care?" sections that explain why concepts are useful Includes numerous exercises Complete online solutions manual (available only to professors, email david.siegel at duke.edu, subject line "Solution Set") Selected solutions available online to students |
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UNINA9910820819203321 |
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Balberg Mira <1978-> |
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Purity, body, and self in early rabbinic literature / / Mira Balberg |
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Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Purity, Ritual - Judaism |
Rabbinical literature - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Sources of Impurity to Circles of Impurity -- 2. Subjecting the Body -- 3. Objects That Matter -- 4. On Corpses and Persons -- 5. The Duality of Gentile Bodies -- 6. The Pure Self -- Epilogue: Recomposing Purity and Meaning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Source Index |
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This book explores the ways in which the early rabbis reshaped biblical laws of ritual purity and impurity and argues that the rabbis' new purity discourse generated a unique notion of a bodily self. Focusing on the Mishnah, a Palestinian legal codex compiled around the turn of the third century CE, Mira Balberg shows how the rabbis constructed the processes of contracting, conveying, and managing ritual impurity as ways of negotiating the relations between one's self and one's body and, more broadly, the relations between one's self and one's human and nonhuman environments. With their heightened emphasis on subjectivity, consciousness, and self-reflection, the rabbis reinvented biblically inherited language and practices in a way that resonated with central cultural concerns and intellectual commitments of the Greco-Roman Mediterranean world. Purity, Body, and Self in Early Rabbinic Literature adds a new dimension to the study of practices of self-making in antiquity by suggesting that not only philosophical exercises but also legal paradigms functioned as sites through which the self was |
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