When I got this book off the free book shelf, I never thought I would actually read all of it. However, once I started, I couldn't put it down. It is an account of the life of Ekkehard, a medieval German monk. The author based the story on real historical facts, and includes extensive footnotes as to his sources, thus proving that this is about as accurate a depiction of medieval German life as we can get. However, the story itself stands alone. The characters are very real, very gripping. I was shocked by the account of Gunzo's vendetta against Ekkehard, especially since it is true! I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in history, or just a good story!

When I was writing the chapter on evolutionary dynamics for my book Game Theory Evolving (Princeton, 2000), I looked at all the books available and found nothing. Then Hofbauer and Sigmund's new book (a totally revised version of their earlier Theory of Evolution and Dynamical Systems) came out, and I knew I had a masterpiece in hand.

The book does not assume the reader knows basic differential equation theory--it presents all the theory necessary. Indeed, it is a wonderful way to learn differential equation theory, since one immediately is faced with meaningful problems to solve. It does assume the reader is familiar with multivariate calculus. The book should be accessible to biologists and game theorists with a minimum understanding of each other's disciplines.

There are four parts. First, HS deal with Lotka-Volterra equations of the type prevalent in predator-prey models, which they extend to ecological models and several populations. Like the rest of the book, there are lots of problems and the presentation is elegant and succinct.

The second part deals with game theory dynamics and replicator equations, including sections on evolutionary games and asymmetric games. This too is extremely nicely presented, and the links to the Lotka-Volterra models are made clear.

Part three is on dynamical systems especially of relevance to biochemistry--catalytic hypercycles--as well as higher dimensional phase space dynamics of ecological models.

Part four deal with population genetic models using a differential equation approach. This section is also excellent, though for serious readers it should be complemented by Karlin and Taylor's Second Course in Stochastic Processes (which is much more mathematically demanding).

The physical production of the book is also first rate--a pleasure to read and use.

While lacking complex descriptions of explosive concepts, this book provides the user with an invaluable reference guide to the basic concepts behind explosive materials and explosive physics. An invaluable reference guide to a wide variety of commercial and specialty explosive materials, this book is a must have for anyone involved in the field of commercial explosives

As an undergraduate, I used this book to suppliment the standard Quantum Mechanics course, which did not go deeply into the mathematical methods (Hilbert space, group theory,...) used in Quantum Mechanics. This book provides a good exposition on these methods, and is readable (unlike other well known, and earlier, texts).

I highly recommend this book for students of Mathematics wishing to learn Quantum Mechanics, or for students of Physics who are not afraid to excercise there Mathematical muscles.

Very thorough cover of curve and surface topics,
with many original results.
Brilliant bibliography.
Extremely useful for serious CAD research.

The Future of the Great Powers is one book in a series called Predictions, a series in which experts give their prognosis of the future. The couldn't have picked a better author for this one; Joffe is one of the most respected oracles for the fates of the great powers. I bought this book based on his articles in Foreign Affairs, "Bismarck or Britain: Toward an American Grand Strategy", and "How America Does It". I was not disappointed.

To be honest, I was a little disappointed when I first saw the book due to its short length: just over 50 pages. However, Joffe seems to need only these few pages to make his points. In this book, he gives his opinion on the nature of the international order, discusses various competing ideas about the future internatinal order, and explains why, in his opinion, the United States will not face a hostile coalition arrayed against it. Granted, the argument isn't much different from the one he puts forth in Foreign Affairs...

This book is the most informative resource for any one in clinical research. I recommend it for Investigators, clinical nurse coordinators, administrators and anyone else who deals with sponsor drug companies, IRB's and Human Subjects. I found this book to be full of every detail I needed to become a responsible and ethical clinical research nurse. It has helped me coordinate my staffs activities and resources by providing guidelines that are understandable and easily followed. With this book your research team is on the path to success!

When a graphic designer organizes information into a visual communication he/she must organize the information so that the audience can easily navigate throughout the communication. Visual hierarcies are established and grids are created as an aid to the communication. READ THIS FIRST!

Koudelka is one of few great masters of photography that know how to capture human energy. His photographs are simple, innocent, yet charged; you put the book down and in a while go back to see the images again and again. It is like an addiction. Amazing.

Whether you are a programmer who is now responsible for creating and maintaining a SQL Server database or someone who wants to understand the basics of database administration, this book is for you. Reluctant DBAs are those of us who haven't had formal training in administering a database and are surviving on a combination of our wits, Books Online and technical manuals. The biggest problem with Books Online and most tech manuals is they assume prior knowledge. This book, on the other hand, is designed for the programmer who has to handle database administration in addition to normal programming duties. It doesn't go into all of the arcane detail that some of the other books do. Instead, it gives you the knowledge you need to do your job and points you to where you can get more information if you're interested. And many of the headings are in the form of questions, making it easy to scan the table of contents to find the answer you need quickly and easily. In addition, the book comes with easy to use examples that build throughout the book. These examples explain everything from properly normalizing a database to the real reason for building error handling into your stored procedures, all written in a manner that relates back to my roots as a programmer. You can download a sample chapter from the book's supporting website.