Samuel h preston (84 risultati)

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condizione: Gut. 201 Seiten; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. Einbandkanten sind leicht bestoßen. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 540.…

Condizione: Good. Photocopy. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Condizione: New.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. Vol 35, No 1, pp. 1-21, Illus, 4to, Extracted from orig vol, then Recased in Orig Journal Covers, VG.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. McClure's Magazine Vol. 41 No. 1 May 1913. Charles Dana Gibson (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Nice copy with just minor wear. Pages of text are clean, bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good. DUST JACKET. This book has some underline, writing but still in good condition in general, no lost page, no tear.

Condizione: New. In English.

Soft cover. Condizione: Poor. New series, (vol. 1 was published July 1946) ; v.; illustrated in black & white ; 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0003-5866; LCCN: 55-30426 ; serial OCLC: 3583423 ; LC: NK1125 ; color stapled paper wrappers ; three punch-holes along spine ; covers off / torn ; refer ence copy only ; POOR. Book. …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. There are books that tell stories, books that teach skills, and then there are books that calmly explain how to measure the rise and fall of entire populations with enough mathematical precision to make a census officer weep with joy. Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes firmly belongs in the third category, proving once and for all that humanity itself can be graphed, modelled, projected and occasionally persuaded to fit inside a particularly elegant equation. Written by distinguished demographers Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline and Michel Guillot, this has become one of the standard university texts on the science of populations. Birth rates, death rates, migration, fertility, life expectancy, age structures and population growth are all carefully unpacked with remarkable clarity. It turns out that behind every headline about ageing societies, baby booms or population decline lies an army of statisticians quietly wrestling with probabilities rather than crystal balls. Fortunately, this isn?t simply a catalogue of intimidating formulae designed to frighten unsuspecting students into changing degree courses. The mathematics serves a purpose, illuminating the forces that shape societies across generations. Why do populations grow? Why do they shrink? Why do some countries age rapidly while others remain youthful? How can governments anticipate future demands for schools, hospitals or pensions? This book tackles questions that influence everything from public health and economics to urban planning and international development. There is also something wonderfully ironic about the subject. Every one of us likes to think of ourselves as gloriously unique, impossible to categorise and entirely unpredictable. Demography politely thanks us for our contribution before placing us into an age-specific cohort, assigning us a survival probability, estimating our fertility contribution, projecting our migration likelihood and adding us to a graph with several million other equally unique individuals. Individuality remains intact, of course?it?s simply averaged with impressive statistical confidence. Despite its academic credentials, the writing is notably accessible for such a technical field. Complex concepts are introduced methodically, examples build naturally upon one another, and the authors clearly remember what it was like to encounter life tables and hazard rates for the first time. Rather than assuming readers already speak fluent statistics, they patiently guide them from basic demographic measures towards sophisticated population models that underpin much of modern social science. This 2002 Blackwell Publishing paperback is in Good condition. It bears the honest signs of careful academic use rather than neglect, remaining clean, solid and entirely ready for another generation of students, researchers or intellectually curious readers determined to discover why entire nations can sometimes be understood through surprisingly elegant mathematics. Ideal for students of demography, sociology, economics, geography, epidemiology and public policy, or indeed anyone who has ever wondered how experts confidently predict that a country will contain 72.4 million people in twenty years? time without first knocking on every front door. A serious, authoritative and surprisingly fascinating work that demonstrates the world is full of patterns?provided you?re prepared to count absolutely everybody first.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good -. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. x, 262 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is chipped along the top of the spine and is faded. A very good copy of this text studying global population trends. This is a heavy text and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 6.5 x 9.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condizione: new.

Hardcover. dj. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, xiv, xxi, 266 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black with yellow and white lettering. Exterior has very light wear. Boards have very slight wear. Text block has very slight wear. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Column N. 1414914. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condizione: UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; previous owner's sta mping and number on front end page; fade spots to page edges; otherwise in very good condition with clean text and tight binding. Dust jacket shows sc uffing and a few small edge tears.

Hardcover. Condizione: Gut. XXI, 266 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Bib.-Signatur und Stempel. Guter Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature on spine. Good condition, some traces of use. mo2705/10 0691042683 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

Condizione: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9781557864512. …

Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. xv, 291 pages. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding sound, with no creasing to spine.

Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condizione: New. pp. 308.

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…