“david h freedman”

Join David Freedman as he takes you on a fascinating tour behind the scenes at laboratories around the world as top researchers race to create revolutionary "thinking machines" that may one day lead to a new form of intelligence. The subject of fantasy and skepticism for centuries-- from William Jam... More

If the ideal for modern business is fast-reacting, hard-hitting and highly motivated, it sounds a lot like how the U.S. Marines run their business too. In "Corps Business" Freedman discusses the similarity of techniques including "the rule of three", the hard strike, and the 70 percent solution.Fast... More

A detailed guide to the basics of making wooden boxes. How-to journalist David Freedman goes beyond the usual cut-list approach. Readers will learn valuable woodworking skills and find satisfaction in making 15 attractive items for personal use or gift-giving. Appealing to anyone wanting to build in... More

Explaining the things you need to know in order to read empirical papers in the social and health sciences, as well as techniques needed to build personal statistical models, this user-friendly volume includes background material on study design, bivariate regression, and matrix algebra. To develop ... More

David Howarth and Peter Loedel provide a theoretically inspired account of the creation, design and operation of the European Central Bank. Issues explored include the theoretical approaches to the ECB, the antecedents of European monetary authority, the different national perspectives on central ba... More

The astonishing story of an obsessive hacker who has broken into highly secured computer systems at banks, universities, federal agencies, and top-secret military weapons-research sites, "At Large" exposes the frightening vulnerability of the global online network U.S. News & World Report.Hailed as ... More