But the rewards of this book come when Mr Whalley ventures further than his two feet into literature, science and social history.
This lent a gentler patina to the game, according to James McManus, who teaches a course on the literature and science of poker at the Art Institute of Chicago (nice job, that).
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Prof Christy makes the distinction - crucial to scientists - between draft papers for discussion and final, complete ones that go into academic journals and become part of the formal literature of science.
She gets up at 5:30am every morning, leaves the house about the time the kids and I are rising, goes in early to work to get things ready for the day, spends the school hours teaching lessons about mathematics, literature, science, civics, citizenship, friendship, achievement, disappointment, dedication, right, wrong, pride, humility, and more, and stays late to organize materials and set up special projects.
It is found more often being beaten up in the literature of social science than being celebrated in economics.
According to the political-science literature, one of the key roles that political parties play is helping us navigate these decisions.
Nonetheless, the term multitasking originally comes out of the computer science literature, and refers to independent computing threads run at the same time.
It can help explain why the so-called median American voter, a concept used in political science literature, seems so angry at this time, looking around for culprits behind the economic predicament of the American middle class.
Science fiction too has been somewhat eclipsed for years now by fantasy literature, as though science has failed us.
Hofstadter and Sander analyze analogies in many domains, including literature, politics and science.
Officials at Columbia's medical school, however, seemed to value his "competence in two cultures, " science and literature, he says.
Adam Zeman draws on literature, the history of science, and his practice as a consultant neurologist to paint a portrait which, like the brain itself, is elegantly arranged.
Without it our literature, religion, and science would be impossible.
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It exposes Mia to art, science, math, literature, manners, and social responsibility, without her even realizing it.
But perhaps the profoundest difficulty is that he nowhere considers history as a branch of literature: it must be a science or nothing.
During the 300 years between the Renaissance and the Industrial Age--years of astounding advances in science, art, literature and democratic governance--the GWP per capita grew only 20%.
D. in English literature, but his education in ancestral science is a patchwork.
The courses span a spectrum of topics: physics, biology, computer science, engineering, medicine, literature, sociology, poetry, business and many more.
Forensic science has a lot of romantic literature behind it, with many fictional detectives stalking the pages of whodunnits magnifying glass in hand and nicotine-source in mouth.
And if you think science fraud only impacts the scientific literature, consider the horrendous case of Dr. Scott Reuben, formerly chief of the acute pain service at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts.
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Largely a nation of immigrants and their descendants, we are eclectic assimilators, drawing upon cherished long-held world-wide traditions and inspirational references evidenced in art, architecture, literature, music, theater, diet, and science.
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Very recently the Institute of Medicine of the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Science published a review of the scientific literature and noted that vitamin D may be linked to heart disease, immune function, cancer prevention and diabetes.
People tend to become more cosmopolitan when exposed to very different ideas about business, science, technology, art, music, literature, fashion, cuisine and all sorts of other things.
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Jenny says Eva was a smart kid who showed talent for playing weiqi , or chess, but born into a family that emphasized literature and liberal arts, her early aptitude for math and science was largely overlooked.
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Gaiman, whose honors include the Newbery Medal for children's writing, the Hugo for science-fiction and fantasy and a Carnegie Medal in literature, has written fantasy epics "Neverwhere" and "American Gods" and the groundbreaking graphic-novel series "The Sandman, " among other works.
She also had a view of science that was unashamedly broad, taking in arts, literature and natural philosophy much in the mould of Erasmus Darwin at the end of the 18th century, whose tomes on botany and zoology were written in Wordsworthian verse.
"Amgen essentially purchased the pseudoscience that went into raising these hematocrit guidelines in the medical literature, " bristles Merrill Goozner, a director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
There are two available awards: The Dooge medal is particularly intended for hydrologists who have demonstrated scientific excellence, and have made fundamental contributions to the science of hydrology as evidenced by publications in the international scientific literature and other high standard evidence.
Mr Fisher hopes this will prompt research into the branches of forensic science that are not currently based on a wider body of scientific literature.
L.V. requires you to take two courses in English (Composition and World Literature), one course in philosophy, one course in either history or political science, courses in chemistry, mathematics, and economics, and two electives in the arts and humanities.
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