“michael durbin”

This book explains the major derivatives and their key features; vital mechanical issues such as storage, settlement, valuation, and payoff; and common types of risk and how to effectively hedge against them. Michael Durbin is known as a derivatives trader and manager for one of the world's largest... More

Everything you need to know about derivatives--what they are, how they work, and how they can enhance profits and control market risk. Financial derivatives, from standard put and call options to more complex strategies and combinations, are among the most versatile, powerful, and valuable tools ava... More

A best selling textbook that takes social psychology out of the laboratory and into everyday life.... More

The new edition of this popular student text offers an engaging introduction to environmental study. It covers the entire breadth of the environmental sciences, providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical processes and systems and the effects of human activities.... More

Reviews "The most comprehensive of similar texts covering human resources... Michael Armstrong could well be offering the definitive text in the field... an excellent book". The Times Higher Education Supplement "If any book is a contender for one of the standard references of the HR profession... More

This text is appropriate for any one-semester junior/senior level course in Modern Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Algebraic Structures, or Groups, Rings and Fields. Durbin has two main goals: to introduce the most important kinds of algebraic structures, and to help students improve their ability to und... More

This book presents an introduction to modern (abstract) algebra covering the basic ideas of groups, rings, and fields. The first part of the book treats ideas that are important but neither abstract nor complicated, and provides practice in handling mathematical statements - their meaning, quantific... More