Brief Review of Mathematical Geology Books

A list of books on the personalities of geology.

Geology and geomorphology of Turkmenistan: A review

This article provides a background for scientists interested in a general overview of the geology and geomorphology of Turkmenistan. The basement of Turkmenistan is a complex amalgamation of arc-related terranes developed in the Asiatic and northern Paleotethys oceanic domains during Late Paleozoic to Triassic times. A major part of the country coincides with the Turan Platform, where a thick s...

New Books in Review

Users of structural equation modeling (SEM), a method that has also been known as causal modeling, have learned to tread lightly around the subject of causality. After all, the empirical raw material of SEM is typically a covariance matrix derived from nonexperimental data, and research dogma indicates that this is insufficient for making statements about cause-and-effect relations. At least as...

Book Review | New Books

Background: The need for fast and accurate scoring functions has been driven by the increased use of in silico virtual screening twinned with high-throughput screening as a method to rapidly identify potential candidates in the early stages of drug development. We examine the ability of some the most common scoring functions (GOLD, ChemScore, DOCK, PMF, BLEEP and Consensus) to discriminate corr...

The Semiotic Review of Books

Animation has always had its champions. Animators and fans have often proved eager to sing the praises of animation and especially to laud it over and above cinema. To give examples: French animation director René Laloux (2006) famously declared animation to be the true cinema, and in a humourous yet profound essay exploring the ‘evolution’ of Mickey Mouse from adult to juvenile, renowned biolo...