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 Art Johnson, "Famous Problems and Their Mathematicians " English | ISBN: 1563084465 | | 179 pages | PDF | 1031 KB Why did ordering an omelet cost one mathematician his life? Answers to this and other questions are found in this exciting new resource that shows your students how 60 mathematicians discovered mathematical solutions through everyday situations. These lessons are easily incorporated into the present curriculum as an introduction to a math concept, a homework piece, or an extra challenge. Teacher notes and suggestions for the classroom are followed by extension problems and additional background material. This is a great way to spark student interest in math. Grades 5-12.  Exploring depression by The Open University English | December 12, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B082Y6Y5MV | 129 pages | PDF | 0.72 Mb This advanced level course, Exploring depression, serves as an introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on depression, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions.  Davood Gozli, "Experimental Psychology and Human Agency" English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030204219 | PDF | pages: 206 | 3.0 mb This book offers an analysis of experimental psychology that is embedded in a general understanding of human behavior. It providesmethodological self-awareness for researchers who study and use the experimental method in psychology. The book critically reviews key research areas (e.g., rule-breaking, sense of agency, free choice, task switching, task sharing, and mind wandering), examining their scope, limits, ambiguities, and implicit theoretical commitments.  Daniel Nayeri, "Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)" English | 2020 | ISBN: 1646140001 | 368 pages | EPUB | 5.5 MB At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much.  Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, Hakan Danis, Ender Demir, "Eurasian Business Perspectives" English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030186512 | PDF | pages: 185 | 3.3 mb This volume of Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics includes selected papers from the 24th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Bangkok. The theoretical and empirical papers gathered here cover diverse areas of business and management from different geographic regions; yet the main focus is on the latest findings on evolving marketing methods, analytics, communication standards, and their effects on customer value and engagement. The volume also includes related studies that analyze sustainable consumer behavior, and business strategy-related topics such as cross-border restructuring, quality management standards, and the internationalization of SMEs.  Error: Glitch, Noise, and Jam in New Media Cultures by Mark Nunes English | October 28, 2010 | ISBN-10: 144112120X | 288 pages | PDF | 7,3 Mb Divided into three sections, Error brings together established critics and emerging voices to offer a significant contribution to the field of new media studies. In the first section, "Hack," contributors explore the ways in which errors, glitches, and failure provide opportunities for critical and aesthetic intervention within new media practices.  Jean Demaison, "Equilibrium Molecular Structures: From Spectroscopy to Quantum Chemistry" English | 2010 | ISBN: 1439811326 | PDF | 302 pages | 5 MB Molecular structure is the most basic information about a substance, determining most of its properties. Determination of accurate structures is hampered in that every method applies its own definition of "structure" and thus results from different sources can yield significantly different results.  Rafael Chaves Lima, Lindiane Bieseki, Paloma Vinaches Melguizo, "Environmentally Friendly Zeolites: Synthesis and Source Materials" English | 2019 | ISBN: 303019969X | PDF | pages: 121 | 5.1 mb This book details zeolites, their structures and the parameters that influence their synthesis, providing a new and actual perspective of this field. Following this, the authors show different processes used to synthesize zeolites using residues, natural materials, and other eco-friendly materials such as raw powder glass, clays, aluminum cans, diatomites, rice ashes or coal ashes. Finally, this book gives the reader a wide range of different synthesis methods that they can be applied to several industrial processes.  Don Harris, "Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics" English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030225062 | PDF | pages: 450 | 29.4 mb This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2019, held as part of the 21stInternational Conference, HCI International 2019, which took place in Orlando, FL, USA, in July 2019.  Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World By Joseph Gerson, Walden Bello 2007 | 365 Pages | ISBN: 0745324959 | PDF | 7 MB The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Since the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every U.S. president has threatened nuclear war. This concise history shows how the U.S. has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions. Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson explains why atomic weapons were first built and used -- and how the U.S. uses them today to preserve its global empire. Gerson reveals how and why the U.S. made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War -- against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He shows how such theats continued under Presidents Bush and Clinton, and George W. Bush. The book concludes with an appeal for nuclear weapons abolition and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Drawing from a wide range of sources, this fascinating and timely account shows how the U.S. has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world. |
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