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  • The Proof Stage

    How Theater Reveals the Human Truth of Mathematics

    by Stephen Abbott ...
    How playwrights from Alfred Jarry and Samuel Beckett to Tom Stoppard and Simon McBurney brought the power of mathematics to life on the stageThe discovery of alternate geometries, paradoxes of the infinite, incompleteness, and chaos theory revealed that, despite its reputation for certainty, mathematical truth is not immutable, perfect, or even perfectible. Beginning in the last century, a handful ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Understanding Analysis

    by Stephen Abbott ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This lively introductory text exposes the student to the rewards of a rigorous study of functions of a real variable. In each chapter, informal discussions of questions that give analysis its inherent fascination are followed by precise, but not overly formal, developments of the techniques needed to make sense of them. By focusing on the unifying themes of approximation and the resolution of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Understanding Analysis

    by Stephen Abbott ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Understanding Analysis outlines an elementary, one-semester course designed to expose students to the rich rewards inherent in taking a mathematically rigorous approach to the study of functions of a real variable. The aim of a course in real analysis should be to challenge and improve mathematical intuition rather than to verify it. The philosophy of this book is to focus attention on the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Understanding Analysis and its Connections to Secondary Mathematics Teaching

    by Nicholas H. Wasserman, Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Keith Weber, Juan Pablo Mejía Ramos, Stephen Abbott ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Getting certified to teach high school mathematics typically requires completing a course in real analysis. Yet most teachers point out real analysis content bears little resemblance to secondary mathematics and report it does not influence their teaching in any significant way. This textbook is our attempt to change the narrative. It is our belief that analysis can be a meaningful part of a ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Teaching the Ms. Abbott Way

    Lessons in Learning, Leadership, and Life

    by Joyce Stephens Abbott ...
    Even before the hit TV show whose name she inspired ever aired, Ms. Abbott was a larger-than-life figure. The teacher who put the “Abbott” in TV’s hit Abbott Elementary is just as serious about education—and caring—as the show is funny. In her classroom, in the hallways, and in her Philadelphia neighborhood, she could do what other teachers couldn’t. But even the legendary Ms. Abbott wasn’t always ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Man in America

    The Antiquity of Man in North America

    by Charles Abbott, C. Stephen ...
    "When the Europeans came to this continent at the end of the fifteenth century they found it already inhabited by races of men very different from themselves. These people, whom they took to calling 'Indians,' were spread out, though very thinly, from one end of the continent to the other. Who were these nations, and how was their presence to be accounted for? To the first discoverers of America, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Dialogical Turn

    New Roles for Sociology in the Postdisciplinary Age

    by Andrew Abbott, Saïd Amir Arjomand, S N. Eisenstad, Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Johan Heilbron, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Eleanor Miller, Richard A. Münch, Neil J. Smelser, Thomas Spence Smith, Edward A. Tiryakian, Stephen P. Turner ...
    The discipline of sociology was born-and has been recurrently reconstituted-in response to the fragmentation of ideas about the social world. For two centuries, sociologists have sought refuge in "synthesis:" programs designed to integrate multiple perspectives within a unifying framework. Yet even as this cause has inspired many of the discipline's major thinkers, past and present, its objective ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Colorado

    A History of the Centennial State, Fifth Edition

    by Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, Thomas J. Noel ...
    Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In the fifth edition, coauthors Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel incorporate recent events, scholarship, and insights about the state in an accessible volume that general readers and students will enjoy.The fifth ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Russia's Historical Tapestry: Ten Books to Weave the Past

    The Romance of the Romanoffs, One Year at the Russian Court, The Red Reign, Russia in 1916, etc.

    by Joseph McCabe, Renée Gaudin de Villaine Maud, Kellogg Durland, N. Sokolov, Anton Ivanovich Denikin, R. Van Bergen, John S. C. Abbott, Mary Platt Parmele, Leon Trotsky, Stephen Graham ...
    Russia's Historical Tapestry: Ten Books to Weave the Past presents a rich exploration of Russian history through the expressive lens of ten diverse authors. This anthology delves deeply into the complexities of Russia's past, offering a multifaceted examination that spans from insightful historical treatises to evocative personal narratives. Each contribution showcases a distinct literary style, ... Read more

    Was $1.99 USD Now $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Colorado

    A History of the Centennial State, Fourth Edition

    by Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, Thomas J. Noel ...
    Since 1976 newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In this revised edition, co-authors Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel incorporate more than a decade of new events, findings, and insights about Colorado in an accessible volume that general readers and students will ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    Rhyme A Dozen, A - Friendship

    12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

    by Jane Austen, Michael Drayton, A E Housman, Amy Levy, Confucius, Francis Ledwidge, Henry Vaughan, James Elroy Flecker, Katherine Philips, Meribah Abbott, Pieter Cornelisazoon Hooft, Voltaire ...
    Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Stephen Hogan ...

    Unabridged

    28 min

    ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Curious Account of Native People in North America

    by Thomas King ...
    An illustrated edition of the award-winning, bestselling Canadian classic, featuring over 150 images that add colour and context to this extraordinary work."Every Canadian should read [this] book." —Toronto StarSince its publication in 2012, The Inconvenient Indian has become an award-winning bestseller and a modern classic. In its pages, Thomas King tells the curiously circular tale of the ... Read more

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