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Cartographies of Travel and Navigation
ISBN: HB: 9780226010748, University of Chicago Press, October 2006
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 colour plates, 81 halftones, 4 line drawings
Finding one's way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of m...
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£60,00
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Sovereign Map Theoretical Approaches in Cartography throughout History
ISBN: HB: 9780226389530, University of Chicago Press, October 2006
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 colour plates, 45 halftones, 15 line drawings
A novel work in the history of cartography, "The Sovereign Map" argues that maps are as much about thinking as seeing, as much about the art of persuasion as the science of geography. As a classicist, Christian Jacob brings a fresh eye to his subject...
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£65,00
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N-distances and Their Applications
ISBN: PB: 9788024611525, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, April 2006
96 pp., 30.4x20.3 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The book focuses on probability metrics suitable for the characterization of random variables in Hilbert or Banach space. It provides details of various stochastic processes, such as testi...
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£11,50
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