This is definitely a very useful book especially for college students looking for summer internships. It is very comprehensive, but many of the internships are very competitive and if they are in the book thousands of other people are reading about them too. Still, the book has opportunities across the country as well as some internationally. I would definitely use it as one of several resources in an internship search and it is a very good starting place.

There is no such thing as doing too many calculus problems. This is the book you need to get ready for calculus exams. It's quick, easy to use, portable (a rare thing in calculus books). The only thing I would suggest is to include some harder problems. If you are able to do all of the problems in the book flawlessly, but no more, I doubt if you would get above a C in our calculus program. It's good only through Calculus I. If you're in Calculus II, it would be appropriate to review what you should know.

Good reference to any International Law text. It reviews all the details that have to be read between the lines in Law School texts. It also mentions all key cases reviewing them in a one or two paragraphs format, straight to the point.

I recommend it as a second reference to International Law: Cases and Materials/ Janis (West)

Mark Yang is a University of Florida Professor of Statistics. He has a strong engineering background and good training in biology and biochemistry. This interest led him to a careful understanding of the subject and the modern methods that are employed which rely more and more on statistics.

What is particularly nice about the book is its simplicity. The study of genetics can be very complicated. Also various useful statistical tools including Markov chain Monte Carlo, bootstrap methods, the EM algorithm and multiple comparisons can be complex as well. But Professor Yang is careful to extract only the essentials to make both the statistics and teh genetics understandable to the layperson.

On the statistical side the emphasis is on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and the likeihood equations in pedigree analysis. Rather than go through complicated Markov Chain theory to demonstrate the equilibrium result Professor Yang demonstrates using simple conditional probabilities. This approach works because the convergence occurs exactly after two steps.

For the benefit of the statistician who knows nothing about genetics Chapter 1 is a primer on molecular genetics that gives the essential to understand recombinant methods, recombination fraction, the Haldane distance mapping function, linkage, RFLP and PCR techniques needed for subsequent chapters.

Most of the work in genetic inference involves calcualting the formula for the likelihood equations. This involves basic discrete probability calculations and combinatorics for the main part.

Once we learn the basics we are ready to understand gentic fingerprinting which is used to establish paternity or identify criminals.

The book has interesting examples and exercises and many good references. The only major drawback to the book is that it does not cover microarray analysis.

However, I recently took a short course from Dr. Yang based on this book. In the course he spent a great deal of time on microarray technology by supplementing the text with some notes on microarrays and a recent paper he published on the reliabiity on the technique. The text certainly gives the reader the proper background for microarray analysis or other genetic developments.

Though not a fan of New Formalism or any of its subsequent branches, including the New Narrative, I have found Jarman's book-length poem Iris to be captivating and impressive. The book is ultimately a tribute to Robinson Jeffers, but Jarman succeeds in establishing his own narrative style that incorporates deft lyricism and acute observation.

This is a fun collection of intricate tunes for the mandolin. The format is older, but the teaching is pretty sound. Goes through each song really fast, then slows down to take apart the sections individually. Finally the disk takes you through the song at as speed that is a bit less demanding than the initial speed. Accompaniment is somewhat lacking, but this shouldn't affect learning. This should be a fun challenge for a beginner like myself.

Irrigated Eden

In summary water along the Snake River in Idaho is unpredictable, not quantifiable, fickle and limited. Even in the 1920s when there were no uses competing with ariculture it had to be rationed. The surface water, ground water and aquifer commingle freely and as such should be jointly monitored and managed with "honest" diligence. When it comes to the water there is no such thing as partitioned individual water rights anywhere along the Sanke River in Idaho because we are all inextricably woven together in one tub and an action by one entity will affect everyone else in the tub. What one man passes another man drinks.Mark Fiege has done an excellent job of quantifying both the temporal and philosophical circumstances surrounding the acquisition and use of water for agriculture along the Snake River in Idaho up until about 1920. This book is a great place for one to begin to understand the genesis of water acquisition and husbandry for agriculture in Sountern Idaho. The first two thirds of the book and the notes are the best features of the book. The last third tends to drift away into a philosophical stretch without any real conclusions. Mark should now write a book that brings the use of water along the Sanke River in Southern Idaho up to the present time and weave together all of the contemporary competing uses for that water. Based on his research Mark should take the next step and make some recommendations for the future husbandry of our water. Mark has only done the first half of the job because the story is exponentially dynamic and just beginning. Finnish the story.

This is a very intersting book regarding philosophy and biological origins, but in some places, it is bogged down with technical discussions that may be hard to comprehend by those lacking a strong physics background.

The 1990s of Japan is labled as the lost decade. if one faces the impediment, he should try to overcome it. Jpanaese government has tried various measures from deficit budget, which amounts ro over 110% of GDP now, to regulatroy reform or deregulation. regulatory reform has been around the world since late 1970s. Japanese one seems not that different from others. But it's been implemented in peacemeal. this book is intended to explain the reason. there are numorous books on Japanese regulatory reform in the 1990s. but as far as I know this is one of two book available in English on the market. the other was also published by Brooking Institute. but they are different in the scope and targets. this book aimed at explaining regulatory reform process in Japan in somewhat broad political context, while 'Unlocking Bureacrats Kingdom' copncentrated on case by case approach. authors of this book counclude that the reform efforts has faced rigidity of existing political interest groups consisting of bureaucrats, zoku politicians, and clients of regulators. so the lagging performance of regulatory reform is notning suprising.
Though I agree with the conclusion, they neglect the reason why once capable bureacrats play evil role and the economic conditions since the 1970s which have drived the rigid political system to accept, at least in dis guise, the reform. and the focus of regulatory reform has laid in distribution, transport, and financial sector. but there is no detailed explanation of them. in this regard, if u are interested in regulatory reform in Japan, I recommend OECD Report on Regulatory Reform, Japan, and Money Rules (from Cornell).

Mark covers everything there is to know about the Antichrist in just a hundred pages. Even the very new believer will learn something here.