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November 30, 2024

Quintessence Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine

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Free Download Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine by Willard Van Orman Quine, edited by Roger F. Gibson Jr.
English | May 27, 2004 | ISBN: 0674010485, 0674027558 | True PDF | 431 pages | 2.15 MB
Through the first half of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy was dominated by Russell, Wittgenstein, and Carnap. Influenced by Russell and especially by Carnap, another towering figure, Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) emerged as the most important proponent of analytic philosophy during the second half of the century. Yet with twenty-three books and countless articles to his credit-including, most famously, Word and Object and "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"-Quine remained a philosopher’s philosopher, largely unknown to the general public.

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November 26, 2024

Basic Geometry of Voting

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Free Download Basic Geometry of Voting By Professor Donald G. Saari (auth.)
1995 | 300 Pages | ISBN: 3540600647 | PDF | 22 MB
A surprise is how the complexities of voting theory can be explained and resolved with the comfortable geometry of our three-dimensional world. This book is directed toward students and others wishing to learn about voting, experts will discover previously unpublished results. As an example, a new profile decomposition quickly resolves two centuries old controversies of Condorcet and Borda, demonstrates, that the rankings of pairwise and other methods differ because they rely on different information, casts series doubt on the reliability of a Condorcet winner as a standard for the field, makes the famous Arrow`s Theorem predictable, and simplifies the construction of examples. The geometry unifies seemingly disparate topics as manipulation, monotonicity, and even the apportionment issues of the US Supreme Court.

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November 25, 2024

Space Trajectories Basic and Advanced Topics

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Free Download Space Trajectories: Basic and Advanced Topics
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1394293798 | 450 Pages | PDF, EPUB (True) | 60 MB
The contents are organized into three parts. The first part delves into free orbital motion, covering topics such as Keplerian motion, perturbed motion, the three-body problem, orbit determination, and collision risks in orbit. The second part focuses on controlled orbital motion, discussing impulsive transfer, orbital rendezvous, thrust level optimization, low-thrust transfer, and space debris cleaning. The third part examines ascent and reentry, including launch into orbit, launcher staging, analytical solutions in flat Earth, interplanetary missions, and atmospheric reentry.

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