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The paranormal equation : a new scientific perspective on remote viewing, clairvoyance, and other inexplicable phenomena / by Stein, James D.,1941-;

Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.The known, the unknown, and the unknowable -- Second-hand encounters with the paranormal -- The search for truth -- Nightfall -- The search for patterns -- Scientists and the supernatural -- Conditions under which supernatural phenomena must exist -- The baloney detector -- Marital telepathy -- Is the universe infinite? -- The paranormal through the 20th century -- The changing universe and the future of paranormality.

Subjects: Parapsychology.;

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How math can save your life / by Stein, James D.,1941-(CARDINAL)779005;

MARCIVE 08/05/10Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: What math can do for you -- The most valuable chapter you will ever read -- How math can help you understand sports strategy -- How math can help your love life -- How math can help you beat the bookies -- How math can improve your grades -- How math can extend your life expectancy -- How math can help you win arguments -- How math can make you rich -- How math can help you crunch the numbers -- How math can fix the economy -- Arithmetic for the next generation -- How math can help avert disasters -- How math can improve society -- How math can save the world.

Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Mathematics; Mathematics.;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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The right decision : a mathematician reveals how the secrets of decision theory can help you make the right decision every time / by Stein, James D.,1941-(CARDINAL)779005;

You are what you decide -- Creating the menu -- What's in it for me? determining your payoffs -- When the crystal ball is cloudy -- Dumping the losers: the admissibility criterion -- Worst-case scenarios: the minimax criterion -- In the long run: Bayes' criterion -- Taking the plunge: the maximax criterion -- Which club to use -- What you don't know can hurt you -- The balance of powers -- People who need people -- Hurts so good.An esteemed mathematics professor reveals how the principles of the exciting new field of Decision Theory can revolutionize the way readers think, and help them make the right decision every time in all areas of their lives.

Subjects: Decision making;

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How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / by Stein, James D.,1941-(CARDINAL)779005;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- Describing the universe -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- The incomplete toolbox -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathematics -- Never the twain shall meet -- Even logic has limits -- Space and time: is that all there is? -- Information: the Goldilocks dilemma -- Murphy's law -- The disorganized universe -- The raw materials -- The unattainable utopia -- Cracks in the foundation -- The smoke-filled rooms -- Through a glass darkly.

Subjects: Mathematical ability.; Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematics; Number concept.; Aptitude pour les mathématiques.; Concept de nombre.; Mathématiques; Mathématiques; Mathématiques;

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The Smart guide to practical math [electronic resource] / by Stein, James D.,1941-(CARDINAL)779005;

The basics. What is practical math ; Reading and using mathematical formulas ; Formulas : beyond the basics -- Finances. Buying and selling : percentages ; Borrowing money and payment plans ; Stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and options ; Taxes and other governmental math -- Math for living. Everyday problems ; Automobile usage and performance ; The world around us ; To your good health ; Recreation ; Understanding gaming ; In the workshop ; Moving stuff from place to place ; Engines and motors ; Work needed for specific problems -- Functional math. Physics ; Electricity ; The most economical way to do things ; The best way to do things ; Mathematical tools for business management ; Plane geometry ; Solid geometry -- Math aids. Conversions ; Index to all problems.Practical math problems for your home, your finances, your health, your business. Practical solutions that give you the fastest, cheapest, or easiest way to do a job.

Subjects: Problems and exercises.; Mathematics;

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Cosmic numbers : the numbers that define our universe / by Stein, James D.,1941-(CARDINAL)779005;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The gravitational constant -- The speed of light -- The ideal gas constant -- Absolute zero -- Avogadro's Number -- Electricity and the proportionality constant -- The Boltzmann Constant -- The Planck Constant -- The Schwarzschild Radius -- The efficiency of hydrogen fusion -- The Chandrasekhar Limit -- The Hubble Constant -- Omega -- CODATA note."Our fascination with numbers begins when we are children, and continues, for most of us, throughout our lives. We start counting our fingers and toes, and end up balancing check books and calculating risk. So powerful is the appeal of numbers that many people ascribe to them a mystical significance. And there are some numbers whose importance even transcends the supernatural--these numbers work to explain our universe and how it behaves. In Cosmic Numbers, mathematics professor James Stein traces the discovery, evolution, and interrelationships of the great numbers in that define our world. Some numbers, like the speed of light and absolute zero, are well known to the general public. Others, such as Boltzmann's constant and the Chandrasekhar limit, are known only to those with a deep knowledge of science. But these numbers do far more than the average person might dare to imagine: they tell us how this world began, the way we were and the way we are, and what the future holds. Stein reveals the manner in which certain cosmic numbers came to light, the dramatis personae involved, and cutting-edge developments associated with these numbers. Many are the cornerstones of grand discoveries and theories. They represent landmarks in the history of intellectual achievement. And the stories of these numbers offer a novel understanding of physics, chemistry, astronomy, and ourselves. Much more than a gee-whiz collection of numbers, Cosmic Numbers illuminates why particular numbers are so important--both to scientists and to the rest of us. "--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Cosmological constants.; Cosmology.;

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Smart guide to practical math / by Stein, James D.,1941-author.(CARDINAL)779005;

Subjects: Problems and exercises.; Mathematics;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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The smart guide to practical math / by Stein, James D.,1941-author.(CARDINAL)779005;

The basics. What is "practical math"? -- Reading and using mathematical formulas -- Formulas : beyond the basics -- Finances. Buying and selling : Percentages -- Borrowing money and payment plans -- Stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and options -- Taxes and other governmental math -- Math for living. Everyday problems -- Automobile usage and performance -- The world around us -- To your good health -- Recreation -- Understanding gaming -- In the workshop -- Moving stuff from place to place -- Engines and motors -- Work needed for specific problems -- Functional math. Physics -- Electricity -- The most economical way to do things -- The best way to do things -- Mathematical tools for business management -- Plane geometry -- Solid geometry -- Math aids. Conversions -- Index to all problems -- More than just formulas.Practical math problems for your home, your finances, your health, your business.

Subjects: Problems and exercises.; Mathematics;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The collected stories of Katherine Anne Porter. by Porter, Katherine Anne,1890-1980.(CARDINAL)140072;

Essays, reviews, and other writings. "I needed both ..." -- Critical. The days before -- Reflections on Willa Cather. A note on The Troll Garden -- Gertrude Stein: three views. "Everybody is a real one" -- Second Wind -- The wooden umbrella -- "It is hard to stand in the middle" -- Eudora Welty and A Curtain of Green -- The Winged skull -- On a criticism of Thomas Hardy -- E.M. Forster -- Virginia Woolf -- D.H. Lawrence. Quetzalcoatl -- A wreath for the gamekeeper -- "The laughing heat of the sun" -- The art of Katherine Mansfield -- The hundredth role -- Dylan Thomas. "A death of days ..." -- -"A fever chart ..." -- "In the morning of the poet ..." -- A most lively genius -- Orpheus in Purgatory -- In memoriam. Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) -- James Joyce (1882-1941) -- Sylvia Beach (1887-1962) -- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964).Mexican. Why I write about Mexico -- Reports from Mexico City, 1920-1922. The new man and the new order -- The Fiesta of Guadalupe -- The funeral of General Benjamin Hill -- Children of Xochitl -- The Mexican trinity -- Where presidents have no friends -- In a Mexican patio -- Leaving the Petate -- The charmed life -- Corridos -- Sor Juana: a portrait of the poet -- Notes on the life and death of a hero -- A Mexican chronicle, 1920-1943. Blasco Ibanez on "Mexico in Revolution" -- Paternalism and the Mexican problem -- La Conquistadora -- ¡Ay, Que chamaco! -- Old gods and new messiahs -- Diego Rivera. These pictures must be seen -- Rivera's personal revolution -- Parvenu -- History on the wing -- thirty long years of revolution -- Autobiographical. About the author -- The land that is nowhere.Personal and particular. On writing. My first speech -- "I must write from memory ..." -- No plot, my dear, no story -- "Writing cannot be taught ..." -- The situation of the writer. The situation in American writing -- Transplanted writers -- The international exchange of writers -- The author on her work. No masters or teachers -- On "Flowering Judas" -- "The only reality ..." -- "Noon Wine": the sources -- Notes on the Texas I remember -- Portrait: Old South -- A Christmas story -- Audubon's happy land -- The flower of flowers -- A note on Pierre-Joseph Redouré -- A house of my own -- The necessary enemy -- "Marriage is belonging" -- A defense of Circe -- St. Augustine and the bullfight -- Act of faith: 4 July 1942 -- The future is now -- The never-ending wrong.The collected stories of Katherine Anne Porter. Go Little Book. Flowering Judas and other stories. Maria Concepción -- Virgin Violeta -- The martyr -- Magic -- Rope -- He -- Theft -- That tree -- The jilting of Granny Weatherall -- Flowering Judas -- The cracked looking-glass -- Hacienda -- Pale horse, pale rider. Old mortality -- Noon wine -- Pale horse, pale rider -- The leaning tower and other stories. The old order. The source -- The journey -- The witness -- The circus -- The last leaf -- The fig tree -- The grave -- The downward path to wisdom -- A day's work -- Holiday -- The leaning tower.Collection of short stories by Katherine Anne Porter featuring four stories not available elsewhere in book form.Accelerated Reader ARPulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1966.

Subjects: Short stories.; Fiction.; Manners and customs;

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