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|  | | Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Modern Astronomy
Astronomy and physics laboratory textbook for use by undergraduate students.
span style="font-size: larger">span style="">span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">This book presents experiments which will teach physics relevant to astronomy. The astronomer, as instructor, frequently faces this need when his college or university has no astronomy department and any astronomy course is taught in the physics department. The physicist, as instructor, will find this intellectually appealing when faced with teaching an introductory astrono | |  | | Never Split Tens
Renowned probability theorist Edward O. Thorp revolutionized the casino industry by developing card counting systems for the casino game of blackjack. Les Golden, the celebrated blackjack, roulette, and craps columnist for Bluff Europe, Gambling.com, iGaming Business, GamblingOnline, and Jackpots Review magazines, tells Thorp’s incredible true story of lucrative applied probability with charm, wit, and humor.
Whether you visit casinos for fun, dinner money, or a living, or whether you’re simply interested in a story of romance and casino intrigue, this lively biographical novel will capture and delight you.
span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">I found the story tremendously entertaining, with a pantheon of compelling characters such as gambler Ed Thorp and bookie Manny Kimmel taking us from the casinos of Nevada to those of San Juan, Puerto Rico./span>span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;"> /span>span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Les Golden’s novel is a triumph begging for adaptation to the screen./span>span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;"> /span>
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Hanging by a Thread
by Ronald Hull
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 The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20 |
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