Wow what a help! Trying to learn a language is hard but this book really provides detailed photos and word sources that help to make the learning process easier! The book offers multilanguage examples developing a word history and a transitional origin look at the words! It helps to solidify the word's meaning by reinforcing it with pictures and usages!

For the multi language learner this is a must

This is a classic, read and cited by many. In describing monographs on stochastic processes, Jacod and Shiryaev (1987) call it ``the very complete book", and Ethier and Kurtz (1986) - ``most recent presentation". Actually, it is even difficult to find a serious book on the subject that does not cite the volumes of Dellacherie and Meyer. Despite its age, this monograph is still almost a must for anybody who works in stochastic processes. It is too bad it is out of print.

This book is a feast for the eyes and joy for the hands of those who would take advantage of the secrets within! It introduces the reader to the simple concepts of projective geometry and set theory as it has been applied to such devices as magic squares and Celtic knotwork. Beyond that, it is illustrated with fantastic line drawings in Art Nouveau style showing how these aesthetic sources can be applied not just to architecture, but costume and ornament design. Almost a century old since its first printing but still very timeless and relevant. Bragdon's writing shows exuberance tempered with a respect for doing the craft right in an almost religious aspect. Very proud to have this in my collection!

This is an excellent introduction by Nobel-Prize winning Claude Cohen-Tannoudji. The aim of this book (two volumes!) is to explain quantum mechanics on a mathematically adequate level (Hilbert, Dirac, Fourier and co.). Read this book if you have the necessary mathematical background or if you are willing to get into it - but still: this is primarily a book for physicists and mathematicians, not for laymen! If you prefer a more "biological" (i.e more hand-waving, less math) introduction to quantum mechanics refer to e.g. the third volume by Richard Feynman.

Note that this is some kind of must-know book for quantum mechanics - at least over here in Europe. Many professors base their lectures on this book and recommend reading it for a better understanding of quantum mechanics because they don't have time to cover all the subjects covered in the book...

Quarter-Acre Of Heartache is a history of the survival of the Golden Hill Tribe in Trumbull Connecticut told in the words of Chief Big Eagle, spokesman for the oldest and smallest Indian reservation in America. In order to survive, Big Eagle and the tribe have endured many daunting legal, social and physical challenges. A history of injustice unfolds in the words of Big Eagle. Will it continue or will it be reconciled? The victory of building a traditional log cabin on the site of the Golden Hill reservation only comes after incredible legal and personal challenges and delays and more delays. Many black and white photos enrich the biographical text taken by Claude Clayton Smith. In the afterword by the author, it is stated that the entire " question of jurisdiction has been reopened with a new intensity, and the Indian tribes of Connecticut continue to squabble among themselves, as they did over three hundred years ago, while trying to unite in the face of the white man's rule (p. 168)." For varied audiences.

This book follows up and greatly extends the work of the topologist Dennis Sullivan on the rationalization of topological spaces and continuous maps between these rationalizations. For n greater than or equal to 2, both the nth-homotopy group the nth homology group are abelian, and this lead Sullivan to introduce the concept of a "rationalized space". For such a space, one studies its nth homology group over the rational numbers, and the nth homotopy group of a rationalized space is the tensor product of the nth homotopy group with the rational numbers. Information of course is lost in such an approach, but it has the advantage of being amenable to calculation. The authors give a detailed overview of just what can be done for rationalized spaces and they do an excellent job of presenting it to those who are not experts in the theory. The book can definitely be read by graduate students who have finished courses in algebraic and geometric topology, and professional mathematicians who have some background in topology and who are curious about the subject.

As the authors explain eloquently, the (computational) power of rational homotopy theory comes from its algebraic formulation, which was first discussed by Sullivan and the mathematician Daniel Quillen, and involves the use of graded objects with both an algebraic structure and a "differential". What is fascinating about the role of the differential is its connection with homotopy theory, and not just in homology and cohomology theory as encountered in first-year graduate courses in algebraic topology. The authors deal with three different graded categories with a differential in the book, namely modules over a differential graded algebra (R, d), commutative cochain algebras, and differential graded Lie algebras. In analogy to the free resolution of an arbitrary module over a ring, associated with these three cases is a modeling construction that in the first case is a semi-free resolution of a module over (R, d), in the second case a "Sullivan model" which is a commutative cochain algebra which is free as a commutative graded algebra, and in the third case a free Lie model, which is free as a graded Lie algebra.

The first case arises topologically when considering continuous maps between spaces and the singular cochain algebras via the induced cochain map. When the map is a fibration, the authors compute the cohomology of the fiber using a semifree resolution. The first case also arises in considering the action of a topological monoid over a space and the singular chains. When the action is a principal G-fibration X-> Y, the authors compute the homology of Y using semifree resolutions. The authors then give a proof of the Whitehead-Serre theorem using this result. The proof of this follows their plan to avoid diagram-chasing techniques as much as possible: they do not use spectral sequences.

The second case involves a generalization of the classical commutative cochain algebra of smooth differential forms on a manifold. The authors construct a "Sullivan functor" from topological spaces to commutative cochain algebras, the Sullivan model, and the Sullivan "realization functor", the latter of which converts a Sullivan algebra into a rational topological space. The rational homotopy types of a space are then in bijective correspondence to isomorphism classes of "minimal" Sullivan algebras, and the homotopy classes of maps between rational spaces are in bijective correspondence to homotopy classes of maps between minimal Sullivan algebras. The characterization of a Sullivan algebra as being "minimal" comes from the fact that for such algebras there is a natural isomorphism between the vector space on which the Sullivan algebra is modeled and integral homomorphisms of the homotopy group to the ground field.

The third case involves the use of differential graded Lie algebras. The authors construct the "homotopy Lie algebra" of a simply connected topological space, which is the homotopy group of the loop space tensored with the ground field, and the homotopy Lie algebra of a minimal Sullivan algebra. The latter is interesting in that it involves using the quadratic part of the differential in order to obtain the Lie bracket. These two constructions of homotopy Lie algebras are the same for the Sullivan algebra over the space. In this context, the authors consider "free Lie models" for differential graded Lie algebras, which can be thought of as an assignment of generators to each single n-cells of a CW complex. The authors give many helpful examples of free Lie models that illustrate this, such as for the sphere, adjunction spaces, projective spaces, and homotopy fibers.

Since rational and ordinary homotopy are different in terms of their information content, it is perhaps not surprising that the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category makes its appearance in this book. The rational LS category is the LS category of a rational CW complex in the rational homotopy type of the space, and the authors calculate it in terms of Sullivan models, verifying that the rational case is much easier to compute than the general case. As further verification, the authors show that the Postnikov fibers in a Postnikov decomposition of a simply connected finite CW complex all have finite rational LS category, which is not true in the integral case. Even further, they show that the rational LS category of a product is the sum of the products, contrary to the ordinary LS category which is not well-behaved for products and fibrations.

The authors also discuss various applications at the end of the book, involving how to break up n-dimensional simply connected finite CW complexes into two groups: those whose rational homotopy groups vanish in degrees greater than or equal to 2n, and those where they grow exponentially. The former are called "rationally elliptic" and the latter "rationally hyperbolic". This classification can be determined, as they show, from a calculation of the "Betti numbers" of the loop group of the space over the rationals. A collection of unsolved problems for the ambitious reader ends the book.

This was a great book. Can not wait until Sailors Take warning comes out. A book you do not want to put down until you have finished it.

This would have to be the very best manuel in its field. Everything is so well illustrated & just so accurately described in every detail that it simply lacks nothing. From taking the initial call to handling the complete restoraion itself its all there. Claude Blackburn is renoun in the water damage restoration industry as being an expert in his field. This book is quite simply a mirror of his professionalism. If you already own similiar books then your library will not be complete without it. If you are just now looking to aquire books in this field then this is a definate must. Nothing compares. It quite simply is the best of the best

As a student of cathedral and church architecture, I found this book to be highly informative, yet readable and engaging. The author's introduction to the subject evidences excellent research, and as the book progresses each subject is treated with admirable detail. The photographs are exquisite- each subject is shown from the best possible vantage point. The pivotal churches of St. Sernin in Toulouse and Ste. Foy in Conques are discussed in detail. This treatise is one of the best of its kind- a purchase that you will not regret.

This book immediately became one of my all-time favorite books. It's a "must" for anyone who works with the healing of emotional trauma and abuse, and who has not experienced some trauma or abuse? Themes of the cascade of heaven, which fosters virtue, and resultant blessings to human life are priceless, also source of spiritual healing and restoration. The authors outline a rich and splendid heritage with implications for personal development and trauma healing that will inspire seekers, healers, teachers, and clergy the world over.