Some Recent Happenings

Some Recent Happenings

Author: Allan Kaprow

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13:

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"Four characteristic scenarios by the inventor of the Happening concept."--Back cover


What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences

What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences

Author: Barry Cipra

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published:

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780821890431

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Mathematicians like to point out that mathematics is universal. In spite of this, most people continue to view it as either mundane (balancing a checkbook) or mysterious (cryptography). This fifth volume of the What's Happening series contradicts that view by showing that mathematics is indeed found everywhere-in science, art, history, and our everyday lives. Here is some of what you'll find in this volume: Mathematics and Science Mathematical biology: Mathematics was key tocracking the genetic code. Now, new mathematics is needed to understand the three-dimensional structure of the proteins produced from that code. Celestial mechanics and cosmology: New methods have revealed a multitude of solutions to the three-body problem. And other new work may answer one of cosmology'smost fundamental questions: What is the size and shape of the universe? Mathematics and Everyday Life Traffic jams: New models are helping researchers understand where traffic jams come from-and maybe what to do about them! Small worlds: Researchers have found a short distance from theory to applications in the study of small world networks. Elegance in Mathematics Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem: Number theorists are reaching higher ground after Wiles' astounding 1994 proof: new developments inthe elegant world of elliptic curves and modular functions. The Millennium Prize Problems: The Clay Mathematics Institute has offered a million dollars for solutions to seven important and difficult unsolved problems. These are just some of the topics of current interest that are covered in thislatest volume of What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences. The book has broad appeal for a wide spectrum of mathematicians and scientists, from high school students through advanced-level graduates and researchers.


The Borowitz Report

The Borowitz Report

Author: Andy Borowitz

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1439129495

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Prepare to be shocked. From the man The Wall Street Journal hailed as a "Swiftean satirist" comes the most shocking book ever written! The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers, by award-winning fake journalist Andy Borowitz, contains page after page of "news stories" too hot, too controversial, too -- yes, shocking -- for the mainstream press to handle. Sample the groundbreaking reporting from the news organization whose motto is "Give us thirty minutes -- we'll waste it."


Recent Events in the Credit and Mortgage Markets and Possible Implications for U. S. Consumers and the Global Economy

Recent Events in the Credit and Mortgage Markets and Possible Implications for U. S. Consumers and the Global Economy

Author: Barney Frank

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1437914942

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Witnesses: Sheila C. Bair, Chmn., Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC); John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency; Erik R. Sirri, Dir., Div. of Market Regulation, SEC; and Robert K. Steel, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, Dept. of the Treasury. Prepared statements: Gary L. Ackerman; Ginny Brown-Waite; Paul E. Kanjorski; Tom Price; Sheila C. Bair; John C. Dugan; Erik R. Sirri; and Robert K. Steel. Additional Material Submitted for the Record: Rep. Barney Frank, Press release dated Sept. 4, 1007. Charts and tables.


The Discourse of Broadcast News

The Discourse of Broadcast News

Author: Martin Montgomery

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1134243782

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In this timely and important study Martin Montgomery unpicks the inside workings of what must still be considered the dominant news medium: broadcast news. Drawing principally on linguistics, but multidisciplinary in its scope, The Discourse of Broadcast News demonstrates that news programmes are as much about showing as telling, as much about ordinary bystanders as about experts, and as much about personal testimony as calling politicians to account. Using close analysis of the discourse of television and radio news, the book reveals how important conventions for presenting news are changing, with significant consequences for the ways audiences understand its truthfulness. Fully illustrated with examples and including detailed examination of the high profile case of ex-BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan, The Discourse of Broadcast News provides a comprehensive study which will challenge our current assumptions about the news. The Discourse of Broadcast News will be a key resource for anyone researching the news, whether they be students of language and linguistics, media studies or communication studies.