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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454150203321

Autore

Goldgar Anne

Titolo

Tulipmania [[electronic resource] ] : money, honor, and knowledge in the Dutch golden age / / Anne Goldgar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

0226201265

0-226-30126-5

1-281-95688-0

9786611956882

0-226-30130-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Classificazione

NN 4020

Disciplina

330.9492/03

Soggetti

Tulip Mania, 1634-1637

Social values - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Netherlands Economic conditions 17th century

Netherlands Social life and customs 17th century

Netherlands Social conditions 17th century

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 (p. 327-397) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Something strange -- Art & flowers -- Bloemisten -- Grieving money -- Bad faith -- Epilogue: Cabbage fever.

Sommario/riassunto

In the 1630's the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as popular history would have it, folly. We all know the outline of the story—how otherwise sensible merchants, nobles, and artisans spent all they had (and much that they didn't) on tulip bulbs. We have heard how these bulbs changed hands hundreds of times in a single day, and how some bulbs, sold and resold for thousands of guilders, never even existed. Tulipmania is seen as an example of the gullibility of crowds and the dangers of financial speculation. But it wasn't like that. As Anne



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787330103321

Autore

Iordache Octavian

Titolo

Polytope projects / / Octavian Iordache, President, Polystochastic, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-429-16947-7

1-4822-0464-9

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

516.158

516/.158

Soggetti

Polytopes

Self-organizing systems

Mathematical models

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Methods and Models; CHAPTER 3: Separation and Integration; CHAPTER 4: Cyclic and Linear; CHAPTER 5: Compositions and Decompositions; CHAPTER 6: Construction and Deconstruction; CHAPTER 7: Strong and Weak Molecular Interactions; CHAPTER 8: Synthesis and Decomposition Reactions; CHAPTER 9: Data and Concepts Analysis; CHAPTER 10: Design of Experiments and Analysis; CHAPTER 11: Premises and Perspectives; APPENDIX 1: Informational Entropy; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

How do you know what works and what doesn't? This book contains case studies highlighting the power of polytope projects for complex problem solving. Any sort of combinational problem characterized by a large variety of possibly complex constructions and deconstructions based on simple building blocks can be studied in a similar way. Although the majority of case studies are related to chemistry, the method is general and equally applicable to other fields for engineering or science.