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Over the past two decades, gamblers have begun taking mathematics into account more seriously than ever before. While probability theory is the only rigorous theory modeling the uncertainty, even though in idealized conditions, numerical probabilities are viewed not only as mere mathematical information, but also as a decision-making criterion, especially in gambling. This book presents the mathematics underlying the major games of chance and ...

It's true that everyone wants to get laid. The only trouble is that it's not as easy as most people would like. This book is going to show you that the secret of getting laid is not in finding some sort of mystic mojo that will put you through to the next level. The secret is that it's all up to you. Along with the basic knowledge of knowing where to look for easy, available women, the secret mainly lies in how a person presents himself when h...

Since the 1980s, Los Angeles has become the most racially and economically divided city in the United States. In the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles, buildings in disrepair--the legacy of racial unrest. Moving beyond stereotypes of South Central's predominantly African American residents, Joao H. Costa Vargas recounts his almost two years living in the district. Personal, critical, and disquieting, "Catching Hell in the City of Ange...

In this book James Retallack brings together two decades of reading, reflection, and research on the German right. No historian has done more to illuminate the painful choices that German conservatives confronted as they struggled to survive the challenges of democracy and social change. The German Right contains some of his ground breaking research on Prussia and Saxony, as well as his critical reflections on changing trends in historiography...

Thirteen essays amplifying the content of selected conference papers, and a fourteenth submitted at the editors' invitation, make up REED in Review.

The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government demonstrates that opinion research has a greater variety of roles than is often recognized, and that, despite conventional wisdom, its foremost impact is to help governments determine how to communicate with citizens.

Extortion, treachery and murder are all sanctioned in the mind of a fanatical millionaire who seeks to redeem the "true" church by salting archaeological sites with masterfully forged artifacts.

Does a modern-day Frankenstein's monster exist today? Can science change the impossible into the believeable? Faces challenges the reader to imagine the world where fantasy has truly become reality.

Großbritannien und Deutschland führen innerhalb Europas die umwelthistorischen Debatten an. Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert den ersten expliziten Austausch deutscher und britischer Umwelthistoriker über ihre jeweiligen Themen und Methoden auf der 24. Tagung der Prinz-Albert-Gesellschaft über "Umwelt und Geschichte in Deutschland und Großbritannien". Je ein renommierter deutscher und britischer Umwelthistoriker leisten Beiträge zu den Themen ...

Since the 1980s, Los Angeles has become the most racially and economically divided city in the United States. In the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles, buildings in disrepair--the legacy of racial unrest. Moving beyond stereotypes of South Central's predominantly African American residents, Joao H. Costa Vargas recounts his almost two years living in the district. Personal, critical, and disquieting, "Catching Hell in the City of Ange...