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Although higher mathematics is beautiful, natural and interconnected, to the uninitiated it can feel like an arbitrary mass of disconnected technical definitions, symbols, theorems and methods.An intellectual gulf needs to be crossed before a true, deep appreciation of mathematics can develop. This book bridges this mathematical gap. It focuses on the process of discovery as…
.A comprehensive history of censorship in modern Britain For Victorian lawmakers and judges, the question of whether a book should be allowed to circulate freely depended on whether it was sold to readers whose mental and moral capacities were in doubt, by which they meant the increasingly literate and enfranchised working classes. The law stayed…
In the Christian tradition, the faithful do theology—defined in Anselm’s phrase as “faith seeking understanding”—in different media. The contemporary emphasis on written or academic theology obscures the long history in which people sought to understand and express their faith by way of various outlets and formats. Because historical Christianity has embraced every communication medium, the…
Introductory textbooks on American government tell us that the Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches and that independent courts better protect rights than their more deferential counterparts. But are these facts or myths?In this groundbreaking new work, Anna Harvey reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact extraordinarily deferential to congressional…
From biofuels, green chemistry, and nanotechnology, this proven laboratory textbook provides the up-to-date coverage students need in their coursework and future careers. The book’s experiments, all designed to utilize microscale glassware and equipment, cover traditional organic reactions and syntheses, the isolation of natural products, and molecular modeling and include project-based experiments and experiments that have…
Taking an organic chemistry laboratory course? You need a laboratory textbook you can trust! This proven book gives you what you need to conduct a variety of interesting microscale experiments with safety and ease – while you develop an understanding of the special techniques these types of experiments require. A Microscale Approach to Organic Laboratory…
The approach to classical mechanics adopted in this book includes and stresses recent developments in nonlinear dynamical systems. The concepts necessary to formulate and understand chaotic behavior are presented. Besides the conventional topics (such as oscillators, the Kepler problem, spinning tops and the two centers problem) studied in the frame of Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian…
Between 1895 and 1920, the United States saw a sharp increase in commercial sound recording, the first mass medium of home entertainment.As companies sought to discover what kinds of records would appeal to consumers, they turned to performance forms already familiar to contemporary audiences—sales pitches, oratory, sermons, and stories. In A Most Valuable Medium, Richard…
Current conventions in school evaluation focus on accountability, control and compliance.New Zealand offers a distinctive, systemic alternative to school self-evaluation, with developmental and negotiated approaches ingrained throughout the education system, from school inspection to major government schooling improvement initiatives. In New Zealand there is no national testing, other than a Ministry-sponsored (voluntary) formative assessment system…
A Networked Self examines self presentation and social connection in the digital age. This collection brings together new work on online social networks by leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. The focus of the volume rests on the construction of the self, and what happens to self-identity when it is presented through networks of…
A New CompactAligning Physician–Organization Expectations to Transform Patient CareForewords by James L. Reinertsen and Edgar H. Schein Rewriting the Unwritten Rules to Change Patient Care for the Better! With healthcare reform a priority and traditional physician roles shifting, mutually agreed-on expectations between physicians and organizations are essential to bring change and lasting results. Typically, these…
A New CompactAligning Physician–Organization Expectations to Transform Patient CareForewords by James L. Reinertsen and Edgar H. Schein Rewriting the Unwritten Rules to Change Patient Care for the Better! With healthcare reform a priority and traditional physician roles shifting, mutually agreed-on expectations between physicians and organizations are essential to bring change and lasting results. Typically, these…
This Second Edition of A New Environmental Ethics: The Next Millennium for Life on Earth offers clear, powerful, and often moving thoughts from Holmes Rolston III, one of the first and most respected philosophers to write on the environment and often called the”father of environmental ethics.”� Rolston surveys the full spectrum of approaches in the…
A New Framework for Intermediary Liability presents a step-by-step framework for determining when internet intermediaries ought to have a duty to act to prevent copyright infringement on their platforms and services.A New Framework for Intermediary Liability 1st Edition is written by Kylie Pappalardo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBNs for A New Framework for…
.Includes updated and rewritten chapters on the Qur’an and hadith literature that covers important new academic researchCompares the practice of Islam in different Islamic countries, as well as acknowledging the differences within Islam as practiced in EuropeFeatures study questions for each chapter and more illustrative material, charts, and excerpts from primary sourcesA New Introduction to…
Educational Perspectives A New Literacies Reader is an introduction to social and cultural studies of new literacies from the perspectives of educators, education researchers and learners.It focuses on how participating in social practices of new literacies can be seen and understood in terms of people becoming insiders to ways of ?doing? and ?being? that are…
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