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Tristan Needham, a well celebrated mathematics author for his masterpiece “Visual Complex Analysis,” wrote this another masterpiece.

This book, “Visual Differential Geometry and Forms” fulfills two principal goals. In the first four acts, Tristan Needham puts the geometry back into differential geometry. Using 235 hand-drawn diagrams, Needham deploys Newton’s geometrical methods to provide new geometrical explanations of the classical results. In the fifth act, he offers the first undergraduate introduction to Differential Forms that treats advanced topics in an intuitive and geometrical manner.

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While Steven H. Strogatz’s masterpiece “Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos” was written in a way to make dynamical system to be understandable for non-mathematicians, this book is intended for little bit more mathematically mature audience. Celebrated mathematician Shlomo Sternberg, a pioneer in the field of dynamical systems, created this modern one-semester introduction to the subject for his classes at Harvard University. Its wide-ranging treatment covers one-dimensional dynamics, differential equations, random walks, iterated function systems, symbolic dynamics, and Markov chains.

“Even though there are many dynamical systems books on the market, this book is bound to become a classic. The theory is explained with attractive stories illustrating the theory of dynamical systems, such as the Newton method, the Feigenbaum renormalization picture, fractal geometry, the Perron-Frobenius mechanism, and Google PageRank.” — Oliver Knill, PhD, Preceptor of Mathematics, Harvard University

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Libro importante per storia delle cooperative in Italia, necessario per la stesura di una tesi relativa alle cooperative di abitazione a Zurigo, New York, Bologna.

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Interessante volume sulla cooperazione di abitazione a Bologna. Fondamentale per la scrittura della nostra tesi di laurea magistrale

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Libro interessante per indagare la storia e gli interventi delle cooperative di abitazione durante il fascismo. Libro da utilizzare per tesi di laurea magistrale

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Tra i più famosi saggi di Andreas Malm, docente di ecologia umana presso l’Università di Lund, noto per la sua critica al “capitalismo fossile”

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Quella che era nata come un’iniziativa accademica per migliorare la qualità della vita degli strati poveri della popolazione è ora diventata un “do tank” professionale che offre servizi che coprono l’intero spettro dello sviluppo urbano. Il celebre architetto cileno, vincitore del Premio Pritzker 2016 e direttore della Biennale di Architettura di Venezia 2016, Alejandro Aravena (nato nel 1967) ha fondato Elemental nel 2001 nella sua città natale con l’obiettivo di alleviare direttamente il disagio sociale invece di sperare in un equilibrio dei rapporti di reddito. Oltre a costruire strutture pubbliche e alloggi pubblici, Elemental sviluppa anche nuovi approcci per la riorganizzazione delle risorse e del potenziale delle città attraverso progetti dedicati alle infrastrutture e ai trasporti. Questo volume, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 2013 e ora di nuovo in stampa, documenta l’attività sociale e la storia del team internazionale di architettura e fa luce sulle sue strategie di finanziamento, ad esempio attraverso l’edilizia partecipativa.

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This is one of the most popular graduate-level mathematical physics textbooks along with Arfken’s book. As of the latest edition, the 2nd edition introduced hereby, Clifford algebra and expression theory have been added, and the explanation of the mathematical foundations of differential manifolds, fiber bundles, and gauge theory, starting with tensor analysis is contained in the book in the most detail manner than any other textbooks.

The first part deals with linear algebra as an introduction to abstract algebra. Not only does it rigorously introduce mathematical theories, but it also does not miss practical calculation methods in physics. Afterward, the basics of functional analysis are briefly covered, and then the classification of differential equations and solution series in physics, Fourier transform, and complex analysis will be covered in depth. Integral transformation and integral equations are covered in one chapter each, and Green’s function, which spans three chapters, can be said to be the highlight of the first half of mathematical physics. In the case of finite group theory, it is covered in several times more detail and rigor than Arfken.

In addition, several chapters are devoted to explaining representation theory, and there are very detailed and application-oriented examples, providing a foundation for a solid understanding of quantum mechanics for undergraduate students and above.

The expression of Lie group and Lie algebra is also covered in detail. The symmetry of a system of differential equations through the application of Lie group and Lie algebra is explained over two chapters, and the complete explanation of Noether’s theorem at the end is the highlight. The last part is a thorough introduction to differential geometry and Riemannian geometry based on bundle theory.

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This is a comprehensive book on the fundamentals of turbomachinery. This was also a recommended reading related to turbomachinery and fluid power in my course.

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Importante saggio, ormai classico, del sociologo britannico Ted Benton sul rapporto tra ecologia, diritti animali e giustizia sociale

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