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Instruction in the fourth edition of this seven-chapter text-workbook tutorial is based on MediSoft Advanced, version 6.1. Students will systematically learn how to use the patient billing features of this popular software, which is used in thousands of medical offices. A four-day simulation of patient billing in a Family Care System provides hands-on practice in all billing tasks.
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non working data disk.......1999-10-16
The book would be good if it was meant to be used on its own. But seeing it is sold with a data disk and the simulation requires the data disk. Maybe it would be wise to include a data disk that worked. Had I known this I would never have spent the money I did on the book.
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If you don't want a book, get the PDF version!.......2002-08-02
This text was published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., in 1984.
It remains the definitive work on analytic modelling of
computer systems.
The publisher has returned the copyright to the authors,
who made the material available for viewing or
downloading, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Do a Google search for "qsp.zip" or "Quantitative System Performance".
some information.......1999-10-15
wish some one provide the publication details of this boo
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Parallel Scientific Computation: A Structured Approach using BSP and MPI
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This is the first text explaining how to use the bulk synchronous parallel (BSP) model and the freely available BSPlib communication library in parallel algorithm design and parallel programming. Aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematics, physics and computer science, the main topics treated in the book are core topics in the area of scientific computation and many additional topics are treated in numerous exercises. An appendix on the message-passing interface (MPI) discusses how to program using the MPI communication library. MPI equivalents of all the programs are also presented. The main topics treated in the book are core in the area of scientific computation: solving dense linear systems by Gaussian elimination, computing fast Fourier transforms, and solving sparse linear systems by iterative methods. Each topic is treated in depth, starting from the problem formulation and a sequential algorithm, through a parallel algorithm and its analysis, to a complete parallel program written in C and BSPlib, and experimental results obtained using this program on a parallel computer. Additional topics treated in the exercises include: data compression, random number generation, cryptography, eigensystem solving, 3D and Strassen matrix multiplication, wavelets and image compression, fast cosine transform, decimals of pi, simulated annealing, and molecular dynamics. The book contains five small but complete example programs written in BSPlib which illustrate the methods taught. The appendix on MPI discusses how to program in a structured, bulk synchronous parallel style using the MPI communication library. It presents MPI equivalents of all the programs in the book. The complete programs of the book and their driver programs are freely available online in the packages BSPedupack and MPIedupack.
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Historians use computers for everything from word-processing and preparing presentations to more complex tasks such as the digitization of text and analysis of historical databases. Sonja Cameron and Sarah Richardson provide a jargon-free guide to the skills involved, offering step-by-step instructions, practical examples and guides to further reading. This book provides an excellent introduction both for students seeking to acquire IT skills and for other scholars and practitioners, including family and local historians.
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Using Computers In Archaeology: A Practical Guide
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This book provides a comprehensive, practical, and highly readable guide to making the most of computer technology in archaeological applications. Topics covered include database design, mapping and excavation with computer instrumentation, laboratory data entry, digital images, GIS, and electronic publication.
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Definitely a good teaching aid!.......2003-01-30
I have been using this book in conjunction with various programs and articles as a way to guide students of archaeology towards the various technological methods involved in archaeology. It's very helpful, students actually enjoy the writing style which is easy to follow, and although technology changes day-to-day the information contained in this book is broad/general enough to be useful even a few years after its publication. I highly recommend this book for anyone wishing to keep up to date with the many technological changes in archaeological methods.
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Using the history of mathematics enhances the teaching and learning of mathematics. To date, much of the literature prepared on the topic of integrating mathematics history in undergraduate teaching contains, predominantly, ideas from the 18th century and earlier. This volume focuses on 19th and 20th century mathematics, building on the earlier efforts but emphasizing recent history in the teaching of mathematics, computer science, and related disciplines. "From Calculus to Computers" is a resource for undergraduate teachers that provide ideas and materials for immediate adoption in the classroom and proven examples to motivate innovation by the reader. Contributions to this volume are from historians of mathematics and college mathematics instructors with years of experience and expertise in these subjects. Among the topics included are: projects with significant historical content successfully used in a numerical analysis course, a discussion of the role of probability in undergraduate statistics courses, integration of the history of mathematics in undergraduate geometry instruction, to include non-Euclidean geometries, the evolution of mathematics education and teacher preparation over the past two centuries, the use of a seminal paper by Cayley to motivate student learning in an abstract algebra course, the integration of the history of logic and programming into computer science courses, and ideas on how to implement history into any class and how to develop history of mathematics courses.
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Valuable information for projects in the history of mathematics.......2006-05-17
To sit in an upper division classroom and watch a proof unfold, it is easy to be convinced that the creator of the proof was a genius far beyond anything that you can accomplish. When presented to the masses, mathematics is neat, concise and clear. Nowhere in the final product do you see the scribbling down dead ends, the frustration of being unable to see the solution and the early feelings of ignorance. A study of history helps to change all that. A reading of some of the writings of the people who did accomplish great things will show you how they struggled, fought down feelings of inadequacy and persevered until they managed to get it right.
The papers in this collection will help you to understand that even the greats struggled and are grouped into four categories:
*) Algebra, number theory, calculus and dynamical systems.
*) Geometry
*) Discrete mathematics, computer science, numerical methods, logic and statistics
*) History of mathematics and pedagogy
The papers all deal with the history of mathematics and vary from "Introducing Logic via Turing Machines" to "Protractors in the Classroom: An Historical Perspective." I found a great deal of material that can be used in mathematics class. As the two examples cited earlier indicate, some of it is profound and some a little bit quirky. Yet, all of it is important as the use of protractors reflects a major change in how mathematics was taught.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who teaches the history of mathematics. It can be used as a major reference for student projects or as a source of material for lectures in the history of mathematics that are a bit different from the routine.
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This text provides complete, clear, and detailed explanations of the principal numerical analysis methods and well known functions used in science and engineering. These are illustrated with many practical examples. It includes the following chapters:
o Introduction to MATLAB
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Each chapter contains numerous practical applications supplemented with detailed instructions for using MATLAB® and/or Microsoft Excel® to obtain accurate and quick solutions.
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Structured Programming Using Pl1
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Maps, censuses and other sources of geographic and demographic information are common reference tools for historians, but integrated computer hardware and software systems designed for the preparation, presentation, and interpretation of such geographic and spatially-referenced data are rarely intended for use outside the Earth Sciences. This Guide to Good Practice is written for historians who want to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) as part of their research. It defines GIS and outlines how it can be used in historical research, describes how to create and get data into a GIS database, explains how GIS can be used for simple mapping and more advanced forms of visualisation, and discusses the various ways to analyse data within GIS. It includes case studies from a variety of historical projects that have used GIS and an extensive reading list of GIS texts relevant to historians. No prior knowledge of GIS has been assumed.
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Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts (Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship)
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Use the Internet to teach visual arts and refine students' critical thinking skills! This book is based on the Discipline-Based Art Education program, a proven art instruction program that teaches everything from the creative process and art history to criticism and aesthetics. An abundance of primary source Web sites and background information is offered. The main focus of the book is western art history and painting, but examples of sculpture, drawings, prints, and architecture are included, along with a chapter on diversity. Part I provides background material. A brief history of art education is presented, followed by a review of the components of design elements and principles. The book describes using the Internet as a primary source by identifying and evaluating websites. Part II follows the program through the main historical periods, from prehistoric and ancient Middle Eastern art, through the Renaissance, through the 20th century. A bibliography and index are included.
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A first-rate and "user friendly" instructional guide.......2003-08-08
Compiled and written by Pamela J. Eyerdam (and part of the Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship Series), Using Internet Primary Sources To Teach Critical Thinking Skills In Visual Arts is a extensive catalogue of excellent web sites which are especially useful for refining a student's critical thinking skills. Based on the Discipline-Based Art Education program (an all-encompassing educational program that covers the creative process, art history, criticism, and aesthetics), Using Internet Primary Sources To Teach Critical Thinking Skills In Visual Arts is a first-rate and "user friendly" instructional guide which is enhanced with guidelines for evaluating and making the best use of suggested sources, and especially recommended as a supplemental resource for traditional classroom educational curriculums and home school curriculum development in the visual arts.
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The title doesn't lie. Mathematician Georges Ifrah's masterpiece, The Universal History of Numbers, is a wonderfully comprehensive overview of numbers and counting spanning all the inhabited continents as far back in time as records will allow us to look. Beyond the ancient Babylonians, Sumerians, and Indians, Ifrah takes us farther south into Africa to examine an early decimal counting system and into ancient Mexico to reconstruct what we can of the Mayan calendar and numerical system. The 27 chapters are chiefly organized by culture, though there are some cross-cultural overviews of topics like letters and numbers.
The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner
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"Georges Ifrah is the man. This book, quite simply, rules. . . . It is outstanding . . . a mind-boggling and enriching experience." -The Guardian (London) "Monumental. . . . a fascinating journey taking us through many different cultures."-The Times (London)"Ifrah's book amazes and fascinates by the scope of its scholarship. It is nothing less than the history of the human race told through figures." -International Herald Tribune Now in paperback, here is Georges Ifrah's landmark international bestseller-the first complete, universal study of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over. A riveting history of counting and calculating, from the time of the cave dwellers to the twentieth century, this fascinating volume brings numbers to thrilling life, explaining their development in human terms, the intriguing situations that made them necessary, and the brilliant achievements in human thought that they made possible. It takes us through the numbers story from Europe to China, via ancient Greece and Rome, Mesopotamia, Latin America, India, and the Arabic countries. Exploring the many ways civilizations developed and changed their mathematical systems, Ifrah imparts a unique insight into the nature of human thought-and into how our understanding of numbers and the ways they shape our lives have changed and grown over thousands of years. "Dazzling."-Kirkus Reviews "Sure to transfix readers."-PublishersWeekly
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math history you can use.......2007-08-07
I am a teacher and I love this book. I use it to teach counting systems to young children. I like having access to all kinds of math of the past. How to write it, how it was used, the subtleties of each language. I personally love it for myself as well - I am a math teacher and this is the best I have found for getting lots of great info on the history of math. I like to know when things happened in the intellectual development of mathematics.
Like Reading an Encyclopedia.......2005-02-19
This book is subtitled "from Prehistory to the invention of the computer", which is a little misleading. The text really ends about the stage of Europe's adoption of "Arabic numerals".
This reader thought there were three main trends within the book.
1st. A history of how every culture formed its counting system, from Polynesians islanders, to Tierra del Fuego, various African tribes to ancient and extinct cultures, cuneiform, hieroglyphics, knot tying, tally sticks to body counting. The author's blurb says the author Georges Ifrah spent 10 years in a worldwide quest recording different culture's counting systems. The author is a truly unique man, nothing escapes this author.
2nd The overall views are interesting, and the illustrations are suburb. The different systems explained from a historical perspective are though provoking. The author does a wonderful job explaining how each system works.
3rd This book is really at the encyclopedia level. The minutiae between the different counting systems of Polynesian body counting systems is of little concern, but this is how precise this book gets. The info is there if its needed.
4th There is no mention of mathematicians, Pythagoreans, ancient trigonometry or algebra in the book, just an expose' of numbering systems. Thw author sticks with numbering systems.
The reader will be in awe of this book's informational overload. I found the secret is to know what to read and what to skim and it makes a rewarding book to give one an appreciation of the numbering system we have today, and surprisingly other systems that have not been entirely retired such as tally sticks, and abacuses.
A great book to browse through.......2004-03-27
I was intrigued enough by Mr. Peterson's review here to look at the review by Dauben that he mentions. My conclusion is that the Dauben review should be treated with a grain of salt. It's not particularly balanced. In some of the criticism of Ifrah from people with more degrees than he has, one gets just a whiff of jealousy that the reviewers didn't have the endurance to write the book themselves.
If they had, I doubt they would have done any better of a job. Ifrah's book isn't perfect, but one can't expect such a book to be. This book is huge, folks. Ifrah is only one human being who tried to synthesize dozens of fields in none of which he could expect to become an expert. I think he did his best and I find his writing style companionable. Of course he makes errors, but he says a lot more things very well. We should be mindful of the book's limitations. But we also have to be grateful for what Ifrah managed to do.
A deception?.......2002-09-16
This book is getting raves from intelligent readers who are not
experts in the history of numbers. But it sure isn't getting good reviews from experts. A group of scholars in France was disturbed by the uncritical popularity of the French edition,
and released a report calling the French edition "historically
unacceptable, a deception." [Bulletin de l'Association des
Professeurs de Mathematiques de l'Enseignement Publique 399 June 1995)] (I got this quote from Joseph Dauben's book review.)
More recently, in the January 2002 and February 2002 issues of
the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Joseph Dauben
of Lehman College at CUNY critiqued the English tranlations of this book and its companion, "The Universal History of Computing." Professor Dauben consulted a number of experts in specialties such as the history of Arabic mathematics, Hindu mathematics, Mesopotamian mathematics, Chinese mathematics, and Mayan mathematics. His review is skeptical.
I'll quote various lines from Dauben's January review:
"...he[Ifrah]either wrote to the wrong experts, was indifferent to their responses, or was not prepared to settle for their inconclusive results and the tentative nature of their research."
"...Ifrah offers nothing but certainties." (when writing about
the Hindu-Arabic number system)
"[James]Ritter simply declares all of this to be false, due to an erroneous conflation of sources. First of all, he takes Ifrah's list to be a contrived amalgamation of names coming from
all epochs." (James Ritter is an Assyriologist at Universite de Paris VIII, the quote is about Ifrah's conclusions about Sumerian numbers.)
Read Professor Dauben's review. Afterwards, George Ifrah's fun-to-read, plausible book won't count for as much.
5000 years in the fascinating story of numbers.......2002-05-03
One day, the young "devils" in a high school's mathematics class in France, asked some "plain" questions to their teacher: "When the numbers were invented?", "What is the history of the number Zero?", "How the ancients began writing down symbols for the numbers?" and so on... And these questions, changed the life of Georges Ifrah, the mathematics teacher in our story. He began his long voyage in the history of numbers and mathematics, through all mysterious ancient civilizations.
"Universal History of Numbers" is a huge, marvellous, fascinating story which deals with the birth of essential concepts in numbering systems in our distant past. Ifrah chases the clues in ancient sumerians hexagesymal system; the magical hieroglyphes of ancient Egyptians; the mysterious Maya and their counting system; Hebrew, Greek and Roman numbers with the mystics of "gematria"; sacred numerical signs of ancient Indus civilization and China, and much much more.
This is not just a "history of numbers"; Ifrah's work is a brilliant study on the roots of our civilization. While dealing with the numbers, he also presents us a perfect panorama of ancient cultures, such as the Maya calendar, the Vedic philosophy, Ancient Sumerian myths or the stories of Egyptian gods, in a very entertaining style. If you are interested with the roots of civilization and "ancient wisdom", you must read this excellent book - you'll never regret.
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