This is a bilingual edition of a recently published Russian book and its English translation, together with publishers comments for the American public. The book is a collection of short childrens stories about the events that took place in Moscow (Russia) in the mid-fifties of the last century, a decade after the end of World War II. These stories may be of interest to both children and adults. Children will find many truly funny episodes in the book and will be able to look at the capital of Russia in the middle of the twentieth century through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. Adults will...

The author's memoir about the first steps of contract bridge in Soviet Russia, from the late 60s to the late 70s. About the first matches played by Moscow bridge teams and about the leading bridge players at the time in Moscow. About Moscow tournaments and about Moscow teams playing at national bridge competitions. About environment surrounding the game of bridge under the totalitarian communist regime. And about the romance of bridge - the most intellectual game ever invented by man, and one that has attracted 200 million players around the word.

This monograph is devoted to the theory of the design of optimal experiments. It introduces new ideas of the author that are an integral part of mathematical foundations of factorial experiments. The book presents a new concept of factorial models and addresses the issues of construction of effective plans for them. It contains numerous examples and a catalogue of factorial designs. The monograph will be useful to practitioners involved in experiments in various fields of industry and science, and it will be useful to researchers. This book will also be a valuable addition to core curriculum...