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Authors: Lan Zhang and V. P. Singh Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 603 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram In the field of statistics, and particularly in probability theory, a copula is a multivariate cumulative distribution function for which the marginal probability distribution of each variable is uniform. In short, copulas are used to describe the dependence between random variables. In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae) is a word that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the words ‘sky’ and ‘blue’ in the sentence “The sky is blue.” The word copula...

Editors: Peter J. Bowler and John V. Pickstone Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 662 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This book on the history of science – Volume 6 of a set of eight volumes – is focused on the biological and earth sciences since the year 1800. It provides you, among other knowledge, comprehensive and authoritative surveys of historical research, thinking, and work on: Major developments in the biological and earth sciences Cultural and social milieus in which the knowledge was generated Wider impact of the major theoretical and practical implications Emergence of newer disciplines such as...

Editors: Boris Galperin and Peter L. Read Publisher: Cambridge University Press Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This book is essentially about thermal energy. The editors Boris Galperin and Peter L. Read begin this book by stating in the Introduction that planetary circulations are driven either by thermal energy received from the primary star and/or heat sources within a planet’s interior (e.g. the Earth in relation to the Sun). This thermal (heat) energy is transformed into the kinetic (movement) energy of atmospheric or oceanic circulations. Among the components of these circulations are jet flows, including zonal jets, which typically move...

Authors: C. Laird Birmingham and Janet Treasure Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 219 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is an easy-to-use, small handbook of a little over 200 pages with five concise, action-focused sections that quickly answer the ‘journalistic’ questions: what, why, who, and how, after some discovery of when and where the disorders were developed by the patients. Section I is primarily focused on the ‘what’, Section II on the ‘why’, and Sections III, IV and V mainly on the ‘how’ to treat the patients and help them overcome their eating disorders. Section I – Definitions...

Editor: Geertrui Van Overwalle Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 477 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani In today’s age of information technology, the number of activities, companies, and laws have been growing at a faster pace than ever before in history. Innovation has become the new key to wealth, as it enables people to create new products that save effort and time (time is money), increase efficiency by getting more work done in less time, and reduce or minimize repetitive tasks and hopefully, eliminate hassles. Some individuals and firms race to create new products and patent them, while others...