Bücher von John Rhodes

Jennifer goes to visit her friend next door.She follows the stream, which she's been told not to do.Along the path, Jennifer finds a meadow carpeting in Skunk Cabbages.She loves skunk cabbages, so she stayed in the meadow and played- lost in her imagination, enjoying the skunk cabbages as a little girl might.Jennifer realizes she doesn't know how to get back home, and soon a fairy hears her cries. The Skunk Cabbage Fairy, along with her friends, realizes that they would like to help Jennifer, but to do so would risk their own safety.The Skunk Cabbage Fairy decides she will help, and she and Jennifer set out to get Jennifer back on the right path.The Skunk Cabbage Fairy is a story of adventure, listening, and finding the courage to do what's right when the opportunity presents itself.

Spanning three centuries, The End of Plagues weaves together the discovery of vaccination, the birth and growth of immunology, and the fight to eradicate the world's most feared diseases. World-renown immunologist John Rhodes charts our fight against these plagues, and shows how vaccinations gave humanity the upper hand.

This self-contained monograph explores a new theory centered around boolean representations of simplicial complexes leading to a new class of complexes featuring matroids as central to the theory.

This comprehensive, encyclopedic text provides the reader - from the graduate student to the researcher/practitioner - with a detailed understanding of modern finite semigroup theory, focusing in particular on advanced topics on the cutting edge of research.