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Spin Glasses and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems #4)
Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that have led to the development of mathematical tools with an array of real-world applications, from airline scheduling to neural networks. Spin Glasses and Complexity offers the most concise, engaging, and accessible introduction to the subject, fully e... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
In and Out of Equilibrium 3: Celebrating Vladas Sidoravicius (Progress in Probability #77)
This is a volume in memory of Vladas Sidoravicius who passed away in 2019. Vladas has edited two volumes appeared in this series ("In and Out of Equilibrium") and is now honored by friends and colleagues with research papers reflecting Vladas' interests and contributions to probability theory.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Topics in Percolative and Disordered Systems
by Charles M. Newman • Alejandro F. Ramírez • Gérard Ben Arous • Pablo A. Ferrari • Vladas Sidoravicius • Maria Eulália VaresThis volume features selected and peer-reviewed articles from the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI). The chapters are written by international specialists who participated in the conference. Topics include developments based on breakthroughs in the mathematical understanding of phenom... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
The Worlds of John Wick: The Year's Work at the Continental Hotel (The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory)
by Aaron Jaffe • Lindsay Steenberg • Karalyn Kendall-Morwick • Lauren Steimer • Lisa Coulthard • Wayne Wong • Skip Willman • Edward P. Dallis-Comentale • Mary Nestor • Andrew Battaglia • Marleen Newman • Charles M. Tung • Mi Jeong Lee • Owen R. Horton • Vivian Nun HalloranEach John Wick film has earned more money and recognition than its predecessor, defying the conventional wisdom about the box office's action movie landscape, normally dominated by superhero movies and science fiction epics.As The Worlds of John Wick explores, the worldbuilding of John Wick offers t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Sport and the Neoliberal University: Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy
by Susan Searls Giroux • Joshua I. Newman • Michael D. Giardina • Ryan King-White • Henry Giroux • Neal C. Ternes • Jaime DeLuca • Callie Batts Maddox • Matthew G. Hawzen • Lauren C. Anderson • Ellen J. Staurowsky • Richard M. Southall • Crystal Southall • Oliver Rick • Adam Beissel • Jacob J. Bustad • Ronald L. MowerCollege students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomera... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018