Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither did Leonard Wapner, author of The Pea and the Sun, when he was first introduced to the Banach-Tarski paradox, which asserts exactly such a notion.

Written in an engaging style, The Pea and the Sun catalogues the people, events, and mathematics that contributed to the discovery of Banach and Tarski’s magical paradox. Wapner makes one of the most interesting problems of advanced mathematics accessible to the non-mathematician.

This book provides an excellent foundation for solving cipher systems. The text describes the fundamental principles of cipher solution plus use of the unilateral frequency distribution in the solution process is covered in some detail. Various unilateral and multilateral systems are carefully discussed. In addition, the text introduces the student to the solution of digraphic substitution ciphers, including the solution of the Playfair Cipher. Numerous problems are provided for solution by the student.

When the techniques of mathematics are integrated with its historical, philosophical, and critical aspects, mathematics becomes more meaningful to mathematicians and mathematical amateurs alike. In this book, its many authors provide such integration by presenting informed accounts of the mathematical ideas and issues of the past 300 years, with emphasis on developments since 1800.

The book deals with ideas that are "classical," that is, or established weight and importance, with special attention paid to those that overlap different domains of mathematics or disciplines such as physics and philosophy. The articles cover a large number of topics in analysis, algebra, geometry, probability, and logic and are grouped by subject matter.

Mathematical Evolutions makes use of the history of mathematics from the perspective of the mathematician rather than the historian. The approach is genetic: from a problem to its solution. It explores mathematical ideas, their uses, and their historical evolution.

The book is lively and readable and of very high mathematical quality. Its cobntributors include some of the finest mathematicians of the 20th century such as Atiyah, Doob, Luzin, Magnus, Tits and Weyl. The book will appeal to a broad audience, from students to professional mathematicians.

When analyzing 7-Eleven Japan’s advanced and innovative management style, the authors of this book highlight the existence of the "integrated information system". This is because of the key role it plays not only in forming this firm’s corporate strategy but also in developing its functional strategies for logistic support, merchandising and store operations. The authors explore the integrated information system, a symbol of the competitiveness of 7-Eleven Japan.

Tells of the design, construction, and subsequent controversy over the first special-purpose electronic computer.

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program.

In a highly personal story that spans centuries, continents, cultures, and scholarly disciplines, the author discusses answers to a variety of stimulating questions and binds them all into a coherent and entertaining whole. Halftone and line drawings.

Electronic Health Records: An Audit and Internal Control Guide describes the infrastructure of electronic health records and the impact that the government's new criteria will have on the private and public marketplace. Understand what to look for in a health care record management system and find tips and helpful guidance for implementation. If you are trying to facilitate an audit of a health record management system, you can apply the example described in the model, which will serve as a timely model and invaluable resource.