This latest edition of a well-established and highly respected manual provides a comprehensive course of study for anyone taking the Oxford Cambridge and RSA (OCR) Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) examination.With all the information presented in a highly accessible format, this book is effectively a complete study course, ideal for use as a self-teaching aid….
Everyday math in everyday language Survey of Mathematics with Applications is a text students can read, understand, and enjoy while learning how mathematics affects the world around them – particularly majors in the liberal arts, social sciences, business, nursing, and allied health fields. Angel; Christine D. With straightforward language, detailed examples, and interesting applications, the…
A Survey of Mathematics with Applications is a text you can actually read, understand and enjoy while learning how math impacts your world (especially for majors in the liberal arts, social sciences, business, nursing, and allied health fields). Real-life applications motivate topics, along with a variety of interesting and useful exercises. It is an ideal…
A definitive guide to the New Testament of the Bible—providing both the broader historical and cultural context as well as a passage-level commentary for each book. Many students of the Bible launch into their studies without a prior systematic reading of the New Testament. This survey is unique in the way it assists a close…
The role of values in scientific research has become an important topic of discussion in both scholarly and popular debates. Pundits across the political spectrum worry that research on topics like climate change, evolutionary theory, vaccine safety, and genetically modified foods has become overly politicized. At the same time, it is clear that values play…
Drawing on the language of food and cooking, she explains even the most difficult topics in a way sure to spark students’ interest and encourage mastery of the material. Key concepts are brought to life through the analysis of student and professional writing samples, as well as the use of vivid examples from the food…
School Law and the Public Schools by Nathan L.Essex gives educators and policy makers at all levels practical, easy-to-read, relevant information on the historical and contemporary legal issues affecting the organization and administration of schools in the United States. Virtually every topic of concern to today’s educators is covered in a practical, easy-to-read organization and…
A matrix is a collection of numbers ordered by rows and columns.It is customary to enclose the elements of a matrix in parentheses, brackets, or braces. Matrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element. The rule for matrix multiplication is more complicated, and two matrices can be multiplied only when…
Chelation therapy, based on the intravenous infusion of EDTA, is a highly effective treatment for atherosclerotic cardiovasular disease.Saftey and effectivenss are well documented in clinical studies, all of which to date are supportive of this therapy, and there are no studies showing lack of effectiveness. A strong case is made for the use of this…
A Theater Criticism/Arts Journalism Primer: Refereeing the Muses examines the skill set associated with being a critic and arts journalist. It explores the history, evolution, and future of the profession in the United States, and carefully and purposefully dissects the preparation, observation, and writing process associated with generating thoughtful and interesting arts criticism.Using theatrical productions…
What, if anything, has art to do with the rest of our lives, and in particular with those ethical and political issues that matter to us most? Will art created today be likely to play a role in our lives as profound as that of the best art of the past?A Theory of Art shifts…
The explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music and literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of the most radical and decisive revolutions in aesthetic history.Detested by some, embraced by others, minimalism’s influence was immediate, pervasive and lasting, significantly changing the way we hear music, see art and read literature. In…
This book groups together three kinds of experience: the experience of the sublime, of ‘epiphany’ which is generally a profound experience of something ordinary, and the feeling of ‘thrills’ which can be a shiver down the spine or sudden tears.These ‘strong experiences’ have been extensively studied, but almost always separately from one another, and in…
?The purpose of the book is to propose and exploit an analytical, critical, well defined theory of a very crucial human social relation that I call?Tutelarity/ Tutelage?. This will thus explain how/why such relation is so relevant at any layer of sociality: from affective relationships, to social cooperation and interactions, to politics and democracy. The…
A TRANSITION TO ADVANCED MATHEMATICS helps students to bridge the gap between calculus and advanced math courses. The most successful text of its kind, the 8th edition continues to provide a firm foundation in major concepts needed for continued study and guides students to think and express themselves mathematically?to analyze a situation, extract pertinent facts,…
A Translation of Luigi Paolucci’s ?On Birdsong?Phenomenology, Animal Psychology and Biology A Translation of Luigi Paolucci?s On Birdsong is the first English translation of a groundbreaking memoir on birdsong by the Italian naturalist Luigi Paolucci.It is accompanied by extensive annotations and an introductory essay by the translator, Paolo Palmieri, that examines the scientific and philosophical…