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This volume presents all the published works--spanning more than thirty years--of Julia Bowman Robinson. These papers constitute important contributions to the theory of effectively calculable functions and to its applications. Outstanding among the latter are Robinson's proof of the effective unsol...
Author
Solomon Feferman
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
338
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
ISBN #
0821805754
EAN Code
9780821805756
ISBN #
9
Wine enthusiasts everywhere rejoice! Wine Grapes provides absolutely everything the connoisseur wants to know about the succulent, remarkable fruit that care, love, skill, and time transform into humankind’s most beloved beverage—and presents it all in a stunningly beautiful, gorgeously illustrated ...
Author
Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding, Jose Vouillamoz
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
1280
Publisher
Ecco
ISBN #
0062206362
EAN Code
9780062206367
ISBN #
5
Published in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson's seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, as well as writer and woman of the year accolades for its editor on both sid...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
912
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0198705387
EAN Code
9780198705383
ISBN #
4
For the first time, the history of spalted wood―wood coloration caused by fungi―is detailed in a comprehensive resource covering the science, the history, and the applications of spalting. Featuring 870 photos and photomicrographs, this resource goes back 700 years to the beginning of written recor...
Author
Sara C. Robinson, Hans Michaelsen, Julia C. Robinson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
288
Publisher
Schiffer
ISBN #
0764350382
EAN Code
9780764350382
ISBN #
3
John Cage (1912--1992) defined a radical practice of composition that changed the course of modern music and shaped a new conceptual horizon for postwar art. Famous for his use of chance and "silence" in musical works, a pioneer in electronic music and the nonstandard use of instruments, Cage was on...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
232
Publisher
The MIT Press
ISBN #
0262516306
EAN Code
9780262516303
ISBN #
2
…After writing these books she felt she had run out of ideas, and her sister Julia Robinson suggested that she should update Eric Temple Bell's collection of mathematical biographies, Men of Mathematics.[7]:1488 After travelling to Gttingen to absorb some mathematical culture, Reid decided in...