“peter smith”

This authoritative account traces the BahNB'! Faith from its origins in mid-nineteenth-century Iran to the spiritual and social concerns of the present.... More

Peter Smith introduces the reader to the languages of propositional and predicate logic, and then develops formal systems for evaluating arguments translated into these languages, concentrating on the easily comprehensible "tree" method. His commentary is supplemented with examples and exercises, ma... More

Administrator's Advantage Series Linux networks are becoming more and more common, but security is often an overlooked issue. Unfortunately, in today‚s environment all networks are potential hacker targets, from top-secret military research networks to smal... More

This book brings together contributions from all EU member states as well as commentary from Australia, Israel and the USA. Having researched the topic of school violence for over a decade, the author provides an invaluable resource for educational administrators, policymakers and researchers concer... More

The philosophy, design and economic consequences of funding formulae have therefore become key policy issues worldwide. However, there is currently no text that brings together the economic, statistical and political issues underlying formula funding. The purpose of this book is to fill that gap.... More

Chaotic dynamics has been hailed as the third great scientific revolution in physics in this century, comparable to relativity and quantum mechanics. Peter Smith cuts through the rhetoric to explain the math behind the theory.Chaotic dynamics has been hailed as the third great scientific revolution ... More

In 1931, the young Kurt Godel published his First Incompleteness Theorem, which tells us that, for any sufficiently rich theory of arithmetic, there are some arithmetical truths the theory cannot prove. This remarkable result is among the most intriguing (and most misunderstood) in logic. Godel also... More

Peter Smith traces the development of the Baha'i faith from its roots in the Babi movement of mid-nineteenth century Iran, through the lives and work of its prophet-founder, Baha'u'llah (1817-92), and his successors, to its contemporary emergence as a worldwide religion. - Explores the textual sourc... More

Born, Brechin, Scotland, Sept. 21, 1802. Died, Andover, Massachusetts, July 6, 1880.... More

Peter Smith tells the story of his seven-year-old son Sam's infatuation with the Beatles--more than three decades after the group disbanded--and how this common denominator brought father and son together.Before seven-year-old Sam Smith discovered the Beatles, he and his father had little in common.... More