Jazz On Record: A Critical Guide

Arts & Photography

FOX, Charles

Gammond, Peter

Music

Praeger

This is a very good book which will certainly become one of the essential works of reference for the jazz enthusiast. It covers the ragtime to swing period by way of 250 LPs, each of which is afforded full discographical information on dates, titles, and personnels. . . . The quality of the writing is extemely high, as indeed one has a right to expect from authors of this calibre. . . . Harrison, Fox, and Thacker have produced some beautifully composed essays on artistes such as Billie Holliday, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, etc. . . . It is a book which needs to be dipped into frequently, a volume to keep close to one's record collection. . . . It will increase immeasurably anyone's knowledge of, and appreciation for, jazz. The Gramophone

Essential Jazz Records, Vol. 1: Ragtime to Swing

HARRISON, Max

Thacker, Eric

Greenwood

The Noble Enemy: A Novel of Survival

The Noble Enemy: A Novel of Survival

DOUBLEDAY

The growth of the twentieth-century oil industry parallels the life and fortunes of Tom Scott, from his first wildcat strike in Oklahoma in 1913 to his death in London in 1978

Portrait in Oil

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Educational Psychology: Its problems and methods (International Library of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, 9)

Reference

Routledge

The Mind And Its Body

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Mind And Its Body: THE FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Practical Psychology: FOR STUDENTS OF EDUCATION (International Library of Psychology)

The Noble Enemy

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

An understanding of variational methods, the source of such fundamental theorems as the principle of least action and its various generalizations, is essential to the study of mathematical physics and applied mathematics. In this highly regarded text, aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, the author develops the calculus of variations both for its own intrinsic interest and because of its wide and powerful applications to modern mathematical physics. The first two chapters deal with the first and second variation of an integral in the simplest case, illustrated by applications of the principle of least action to dynamical problems. Chapters III and IV delve into pure mathematics, exploring generalizations and isoperimetrical problems. Applied mathematics are discussed in Chapters V, VI, and VII, including studies of least action, a proof of Hamilton's principle and its use in dealing with dynamical problems in the special theory of relativity, and such methods of approximation as the Rayleigh-Ritz method, illustrated by applications to the theory of elasticity. The last three chapters examine variable end points and strong variations, including an account of Weierstrass's theory of strong variations, based upon the work of Hilbert. Ideal as a text, this volume offers an exceptionally clear presentation of the mathematics involved, with many illustrative examples, while numerous references cite additional source readings for those interested in pursuing a topic further. Students are assumed to have a knowledge of partial differentiation and differential equations.

An Introduction to the Calculus of Variations (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Science & Math

Mathematics

Dover Publications

Jazz in perspective

British Broadcasting Corporation

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