1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959710203321

Autore

Conway John H.

Titolo

On Numbers and Games / / John H. Conway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2000

ISBN

9781040053133

1040053130

9780429062438

0429062435

9781439864159

1439864152

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

519.3

Soggetti

Game theory

Number theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

part Zeroth Part. On Numbers -- chapter 0 All Numbers Great and Small -- chapter 1 The Class No is a Field -- chapter 2 The Real and Ordinal Number -- chapter 3 The Structure of the Genral Surreal Number -- chapter 4 Algebra and Analysis of Numbers -- chapter 5 Number Theory in the Land of OZ -- chapter 6 The Curious Field On2 -- part First Part. and Games -- chapter 7 Playing Several Games at Once -- chapter 8 Some Games are Already Numbers -- chapter 9 On Games and Numbers -- chapter 10 Simplifying Games -- chapter 11 Impartial Games and the Game of Nim -- chapter 12 How to Lose when you Must -- chapter 13 Animating Functions, Welter’s Game and Hackenbush Unrestrained -- chapter 14 How to Play Several Games at Once in a Dozen Different Ways -- chapter 15 Ups, Downs and Bynumbers -- chapter 16 The Long and the Short and the Small.

Sommario/riassunto

"ONAG, as the book is commonly known, is one of those rare publications that sprang to life in a moment of creative energy and has remained influential for over a quarter of a century. Originally written to define the relation between the theories of transfinite numbers and mathematical games, the resulting work is a mathematically



sophisticated but eminently enjoyable guide to game theory. By defining numbers as the strengths of positions in certain games, the author arrives at a new class, the surreal numbers, that includes both real numbers and ordinal numbers. These surreal numbers are applied in the author's mathematical analysis of game strategies. The additions to the Second Edition present recent developments in the area of mathematical game theory, with a concentration on surreal numbers and the additive theory of partizan games."--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974639603321

Autore

Montejano David <1948->

Titolo

Quixote's soldiers : a local history of the Chicano movement, 1966-1981 / / David Montejano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010

ISBN

9780292792883

0292792883

9780292778641

0292778643

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; ; no. 26

Altri autori (Persone)

MontejanoDavid <1948->

Disciplina

305.8968/720730764351

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Texas - San Antonio - History - 20th century

Mexican Americans - Texas - San Antonio - Politics and government - 20th century

Chicano movement - Texas - San Antonio

San Antonio (Tex.) Race relations History 20th century

San Antonio (Tex.) Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE CONFLICT WITHIN -- Chapter One. The Leaking Caste System -- Chapter Two. Barrios at War -- Chapter Three. Organizing Unity -- Chapter Four. A Congressman Reacts -- Chapter Five. Kill the Gringos!



-- Chapter Six. The Berets Rise Up -- PART TWO: MARCHING TOGETHER SEPARATELY -- Chapter Seven. Women Creating Space -- Chapter Eight. Batos Claiming Legitimacy -- Chapter Nine. Fragmenting Elements -- PART THREE: AFTER THE FURY -- Chapter Ten. Several Wrong Turns -- Chapter Eleven. A Transformation -- Appendix: On Interpreting the Chicano Movement -- Notes -- Introduction -- Part One: Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Part Two: Introduction -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

No detailed description available for "Quixote's Soldiers".

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970944303321

Titolo

The fashion forecasters : a hidden history of color and trend prediction / / edited by Regina Lee Blaszczyk and Ben Wubs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2018

ISBN

9781350017191 : (ebk : Bloomsbury)

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 275 p. ; $b ill. (some col)

Disciplina

746.9/20112

Soggetti

Clothing trade - Forecasting

Fashion - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Beyond the Crystal Ball: The Rationale Behind Color and Trend Forecasting -- Regina Lee Blaszczyk and Ben Wubs -- Part I: When Paris Led and America Followed -- 2. The Rise of Color Forecasting in the United States and Great Britain -- Regina Lee Blaszczyk -- 3. Tobé Coller Davis: A Career in Fashion Forecasting in America -- Véronique Pouillard and Karen J. Trivette -- Part II: Going International -- 4. From



Window Dresser to Fashion Forecaster: David Wolfe of the Doneger Group -- Tells How He Got Started in Trends -- 5. What Do Baby Boomers Want? How the Swinging Sixties Became the Trending Seventies -- Regina Lee Blaszczyk -- 6. The View from Paris: Nelly Rodi and the Early Days of French Trend Forecasting -- 7. Fibers, Feathers, and the Future: Ornella Bignami on the Importance of Materials -- 8. Fashion Prediction and the Transformation of the Japanese Textile Industry: The Role of Kentaro Kawasaki, 1950-1980 -- Pierre-Yves Donzé -- 9. Interstoff's Fashion Table: The Internalization of Fashion Forecasting at the World's Most Important Fashion Fabric Fair -- Ben Wubs -- 10. The Role of the Pitti Uomo Trade Fair in the Menswear Fashion Industry -- Mariangela Lavanga -- Part III: The Digital Imperative -- 11. Looking Behind the Scenes of Swedish Fashion Forecasting -- Ingrid Giertz-Mårtenson -- 12. Trending Online: Valerie Wilson Trower Discusses Stylesight in the Asia Pacific Region -- 13. Fast Fashion, Fast Futures: Catronia McNab on WGSN and the Global Digital World -- Part IV: Conclusion -- 14. Fashion Futures -- Regina Lee Blaszczyk and Ben Wubs.

Sommario/riassunto

"The fashion business has been collecting and analyzing information about colors, fabrics, silhouettes, and styles since the 18th century - activities that have long been shrouded in mystery. The Fashion Forecasters is the first book to reveal the hidden history of color and trend forecasting and to explore its relevance to the fashion business of the past two centuries. It sheds light on trend forecasting in the industrial era, the profession's maturation during the modernist moment of the 20th century, and its continued importance in today's digital fast-fashion culture. Based on in-depth archival research and oral history interviews, The Fashion Forecasters examines the entrepreneurs, service companies, and consultants that have worked behind the scenes to connect designers and retailers to emerging fashion trends in Europe, North America, and Asia. Here you will read about the trend studios, color experts, and international trade fairs that formalized the prediction process in the modern era, and hear the voices of leading contemporary practitioners at international forecasting companies such as the Doneger Group in New York and WGSN in London. Probing the inner workings of the global fashion system, The Fashion Forecasters blends history, biography, and ethnography into a highly readable cultural narrative."--Bloomsbury Publishing.