Introducing the reader to the mathematics beyond complex networked systems, these lecture notes investigate graph theory, graphical models, and methods from statistical physics. Complex networked systems play a fundamental role in our society, both in everyday life and in scientific research, with applications ranging from physics and biology to economics and finance.The book is self-contained, and requires only an undergraduate mathematical background.
The impact of our industrialized culture on nature - including the exploitation of natural resources, global warming, and climate change - is one of the most crucial and urgent issues of our times. Environmental centers have developed within several scientific disciplines with a common global interest - trying to secure the future of our existence in the world as we know it. The book Broken sets out to investigate environmental change and explore our relation to nature. It also follows in the photographic tradition of raising awareness and supporting policymakers, politicians, researchers, environmentalists, and activists. Featuring texts by seminal environmental photographers and theorists, the book Broken re-evaluates early environmental photography and investigates new ways of experiencing and visualizing landscapes in an interdisciplinary context.
This publication gives comprehensive details to assist in ascending the 214 Wainwright summits in the Lake District without using the car. The core of the book is about public transport in the Lake District but linked to the ascents of the Wainwrights during 2023 with details about the summits and transport as well as tales about those ascents. In addition there are chapters giving more information in particular about those bus, train and boat services and the geography of the area as well as places of interest. There are stunning photographs of the area throughout the book.This book should be used in combination with other information such as guidebooks and maps as well as on the internet to plan visits and walks in the area. This will help to not only enhance a visit but also, with that knowledge, make it safer.The use of the car is often the only practical way of getting around however this book gives lots of ideas and information to leave the car and use public transport. This will not only help to reduce congestion on the roads and also one?s carbon footprint but also open up lots of ideas when one does not have to return to the car.This book will be of particular interest to those accessing the area by public transport from elsewhere for example by the rail service from London and the South of England.Ron Kenyon is a Cumbrian born and bred and has used his extensive knowledge of the Lake District to bring this important book together. One third of the net income from the book is going to be given to the Fix the Fells organisation, which helps to maintain the footpaths of the area. The bulk of the rest of the net income will go to other local organisations.
In 2013 in the English Lake District, paraglider pilot Simon Blake attempted something never tried before - bagging all 214 of the fells in Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells in a single calendar year...by paraglider. This is the story of the preparation and execution of a challenge that became an obsession. It charts the highs and the lows, and offers an insight into what it takes to complete the Wainwrights using an aircraft you carry on your back. Simon Blake is the author of "Prepare to Fly - Paragliding Tips I Wish I'd Learned Sooner". www.preparetofly.co.uk www.flyingthewainwrights.co.uk
In 2013 in the English Lake District, paraglider pilot Simon Blake attempted something never tried before: bagging all 214 of the fells in Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells in a single calendar year...by paraglider. This is the story of the preparation and execution of a challenge that became an obsession, now in a compact edition. It charts the highs and the lows, and offers an insight into what it takes to complete the Wainwrights using an aircraft you carry on your back. Simon Blake is the author of "Prepare to Fly - Paragliding Tips I Wish I'd Learned Sooner", now in its second edition. www.preparetofly.co.uk www.flyingthewainwrights.co.uk
Over fifty years ago, renowned British hillwalker and guidebook author Alfred Wainwright described 214 peaks in the English Lake District in his seven-volume illustrated Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Like the Munros in Scotland, bagging all the Wainwrights has become a popular and significant challenge for walkers and runners, often taking many years in fits and starts because of the absence of a clear plan for how to link them together. With this problem in mind, Peak Bagging: Wainwrights by Karen and Dan Parker features forty-five routes designed to link up these iconic fells so you can enjoy the challenge of completing them at your own pace – over years, months or even just a few weeks. It presents not only the most efficient routes for completing the Wainwrights as quickly as possible, but does so in such a way that each route is a fantastic walk or run in its own right. The featured routes include a round of the Scafells, and the Glenridding Horseshoe, taking in Helvellyn and Catstycam. The routes are split into seven sections, reflecting Wainwright’s seven Pictorial Guides, and to simplify logistics, all of the featured routes are circular with an emphasis on making practical links between the summits. In addition, the book is packed with useful information, including 1:40,000-scale maps, elevation profiles, public transport and parking details, refreshments, downloadable GPX files for each route and custom timings for walkers, trekkers, fastpackers and runners. Also included are overview details of Steve Birkinshaw’s then-record-breaking sub-seven-day Wainwrights run in 2014 – current record holder Sabrina Verjee completed the round in under six days. Whatever your timescale for completing the 214 Wainwrights, Peak Bagging: Wainwrights is the indispensable guide to this British hill challenge.
The Peak Bagging Wainwrights Fold-out Poster is designed to give you an at-a-glance guide to 45 routes designed to help you complete all 214 of Alfred Wainwright’s Lake District fells in the most efficient way.Derived from the bestselling guidebook Peak Bagging Wainwrights, by Karen and Dan Parker, it allows you to easily plan and record your Lakeland adventures as you follow in Wainwright’s footsteps. It features a custom 1:100,000-scale map showing all 45 routes, plus a list of all 214 Wainwrights grouped by route with their heights. It’s the perfect inspiration for your home or office wall.
Gives an introduction to the Lake District and presents the route descriptions with the two-colour sketch maps facing the descriptive text. This book presents walks which average 12 miles in length. It also includes walks which require one-day and two-day excursions.
Learn how to code your own fun games using JavaScript in this easy-to-understand book. Originally used to make web pages more interactive, JavaScript is now used to create online games that will run on computers and mobile devices. Enjoy creating the simple projects in this book, and you will be on your way to being a JavaScript expert in no time
Find out how the different systems within a robot work to make it move around, sense where it is, and interact with us. Use the algorithms and ideas that control real robots to create your own on-screen robots. Seven step-by-step projects use the latest version of Scratch, the free online coding program, to help you learn about sensors, create a robot arm game, program a robot, and much more
Learn about the key concepts used in space technology, and explore them by coding your own simulations of how rockets and spaceships move. Seven step-by-step projects use the latest version of Scratch, the free online coding program, to help you learn about gravity, create a jetpack game, program a spaceship's return to Earth, and much more
Learn all about the computer technology used in modern transportation. Use the algorithms and ideas that control real forms of transportation technology to create your own on-screen vehicles. Six step-by-step projects use the latest version of Scratch, the free online coding program, to help you learn how sensors work, create a hoverboard game, program a drone, and much more
