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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What are fossils.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When is a weed not a weed How can a jackrabbit survive in the desert Why is the climate cooler higher in the mountains Now you can learn the answers to these and other questions aboutecology. With the ideas and activities in Ecology for Every Kid,you'll have fun exploring everything from your role in spreadingplant seeds, to greenhouse gases' effect on the earth'stemperature. Use a raisin cookie, a pencil, and a toothpick to learn how awoodpecker gets its food. With uncooked rice and a sock, see how amountain goat maintains its footing on rocky slopes. In otherfascinating projects, you'll find out how a cactus stores water,how fox-hunting affects tree growth, and much more. You'll find most of the materials you need around the house orclassroom. The book also contains many helpful diagrams andillustrations plus a glossary of bold-faced terms for you to referto whenever necessary. Every activity has been pretested and can beperformed safely and inexpensively in the classroom or athome. Also available in this series from Janice VanCleave: ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY KID BIOLOGY FOR EVERY KID CHEMISTRY FOR EVERY KID DINOSAURS FOR EVERY KID EARTH SCIENCE FOR EVERY KID GEOGRAPHY FOR EVERY KID GEOMETRY FOR EVERY KID THE HUMAN BODY FOR EVERY KID MATH FOR EVERY KID PHYSICS FOR EVERY KID.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover the delicious answers as you satisfy your hunger forscience! The Science Chef Travels Around the World is serving up a feast offun with over 60 easy-to-do food experiments and recipes. Come andjoin the adventure! You'll travel to 14 fascinatingcountries--starting in Canada and ending in Ghana--and along theway you'll explore the science secrets of food. Why does orange soda fizz Do vegetables really die when you pickthem What makes peanut butter smooth You'll discover thescientific answers to these and dozens of other yummy mysteries.Plus you'll get to make and eat Sizzling Mexican Chicken Fajitas,tasty Italian Cannoli, Awesome Chinese Egg Rolls, and many otherdelicious dishes. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced cook, you can become anInternational Science Chef, too. All experiments and recipes arekid-tested, include metric equivalents, and require only commoningredients and kitchen utensils. The Science Chef Travels Aroundthe World also includes rules for kitchen safety and a completenutrition guide.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fascinating selection of 'Analog' magazine's finest articles by leading researchers and science writers. Contains an astonishing range of new proposals for space travel and colonization including plans for the exploration of Mars, ideas for interstellar travel at the speed of light and the process of terraforming other planets to accommodate human life. Describes the latest in space exploration research and development by the world's foremost astronautic engineers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'There's only one Larry Wilson . . . number one when it comes tothe art of selling.' --Warren Bennis, University Professor andDistinguished Professor of Business Administration University ofSouthern California 'Stop Selling, Start Partnering will help you take a fresh look atyour selling activities whether you are in the boardroom, face toface with customers, or anywhere in between.'--Harvey Mackay,Author of Swim with the Sharks 'Regardless of your position within the company, your task in thesecond half of these unforgiving '90s will be to help your companylearn how to get, how to treat, and how to keep customers. ReadLarry's new book and you will be much better prepared to accomplishthis mission.'--Lou Pritchett, Former VP of Sales and CustomerDevelopment, Procter & Gamble Stop Selling, Start Partnering outlines a fresh approach to findingand keeping customers through powerful, long-lasting partnerships.Drawing on his extensive experience with companies such as Kodak,US West, Saturn, and Baxter Healthcare, Larry Wilson showsmanagers, executives, and salespeople how to design and nurture'customer-keeping' organizations. Filled with smart advice andpractical customer partnering guidelines, Stop Selling, StartPartnering redefines the new success factors for every organizationthat faces the daily challenge of finding and keeping customers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Foreword by Tom Peters Internationally known management consultants Nicholas Imparato and Oren Harari connect the big picture of our changing civilizations with the specific practical actions that managers have to take to produce results today. All organizations are faced with the same challenge: the need to jump the curve to make significant, discontinuous leaps in their thinking, whether about product, technology, or management style. The alternative to follow current practices all the way to their inevitable decline is unacceptable. The authors show us that it is also unnecessary. Drawing on numerous personal interviews with innovative leaders around the world, as well as research and first-hand observation, Imparato and Harari identify the four strategic imperatives--innovation, intelligence, coherence, and responsibility--that will enable companies to successfully jump the curve and thrive in the emerging epoch. And they show how cutting-edge companies and leaders are translating these imperatives into action. Not since the dawn of the Modern Age some five hundred years ago has civilization undergone the kind of profound, rapid-fire changes we're experiencing today. Even organizations that are adapting, growing and innovating have the gnawing sense that obsolescence is right around the corner. Jumping the Curve offers perspective and guidance for doing business at this unique moment in time. It connects the big picture of our changing world with the practical actions managers must take now to position their organizations for success in a new epoch we can't yet fully see or understand.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Case Studies in Public Services Management examines key issues such as managing networks, measuring performance, changing culture, implementing strategy and strategic change. In addressing the key contemporary issues in public services management the cases cover a range of functions including education, health, community care, welfare benefits and policing.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There was a wooden picnic table under the grape arbor, where Zelma sat all day when she wasn't actively gardening. She shelled peas, wrote letters, and mended clothes there. The older she got, she said, the less she wanted to be inside. Following Zelma's model, I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden, doing whatever the hell I want. There was a time when this would have sounded unfulfilled to me, if not downright depressing, but now I look forward to it. Robin Chotzinoff From the Introduction.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many years before his death in 1948, legendary golf course architect Donald Ross wrote a book that was never published. Within the manuscript, Ross offered many of his thoughts on the game that he so dearly loved. In the mid-1990s, the book was miraculously rediscovered and published to great acclaim. Golf Has Never Failed Meis an insightful look at the game by one of its most famous and beloved people. And what may surprise you is that many of the astute observations that he made so long ago still hold true today.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The philosophy of mind is one of the fastest-growing areas in philosophy, not least because of its connections with related areas of psychology, linguistics and computation. This Companion is an alphabetically arranged reference guide to the subject, firmly rooted in the philosophy of mind, but with a number of entries that survey adjacent fields of interest.The book is introduced by the editor s substantial Essay on the Philosophy of Mind which serves as an overview of the subject, and is closely referenced to the entries in the Companion. Among the entries themselves are several 'self-profiles' by leading philosophers in the field, including Chomsky, Davidson, Dennett, Dretske, Fodor, Lewis, Searle and Stalnaker, in which their own positions within the subject are articulated. In some more complex areas, more than one author has been invited to write on the same topic, giving a polarity of viewpoints within the book s overall coverage.All main entries have a full bibliography, and the book is indexed to the high standards set by other volumes in the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies is a new sociology textbook which provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to the history, sociology and ideas of modern society. It has been written for students and readers who have no prior knowledge of sociology, and is designed to be used in a variety of social science courses in universities and colleges. The book is divided into three parts, corresponding to the formation, consolidation and prospects of modernity. From the start, four major social processes are identified: the social, the cultural, the political, and the economic. These form the basis of the four chapters in Part 1, and organize the narrative or 'story-line' of the rest of the text. In Part 2, they provide the framework for an analyis of what developed industrial societies look like and how they work. And in Part 3,they provide the basis for identifying the emergent social forces and contradictory processes which are radically re-shaping modern societies today. This is the widest-ranging introduction to the nature of modern societies and will be invaluable to introductory and post-introductory students of sociology.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The modernity and postmodernity debates of recent years have tended to direct attention towards frameworks of periodization, and away from the social and cultural processes currently at work in the world. This volume reverses the emphasis, to focus on modes of authority and identity, and to examine the roles which existing and new traditions may play in our epoch. It announces a new agenda for contemporary social theory, moving beyond current debates over (post)modernity. The contributors include Mark Poster, Richard Sennett, Ulrich Beck, Margaret Archer, Mary Douglas and Thomas Luckmann.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Emotions and Cancer Helps readers understand the important connection between emotions and cancer--and develop the skills needed to provide effective care to cancer patients and their families. With wisdom and compassion, psychologist and cancer survivor Linda Seligman provides practical strategies for helping patients through their trials. She describes successful treatment techniques such as visualization, meditation, hypnosis, and affirmations. The author also outlines ways to lessen the shock of diagnosis, and temper negative reactions to aversive medical procedures.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The third edition of this classic text, first published in 1949, contains additional colour plates and text describing popular decorative paint finishes such as lapis lazuli, tortoiseshell, malachite, patinated gold and fossilstone marble. A chapter on broken colour effects--including ragging, dragging, stippling, sponging and shading--is also provided. The extensive text on graining has been enhanced by replacing the descriptive-only ground colours with two full-colour plates of suggested colours (aligned with the British Standard), thereby enabling access to paints from local suppliers or helping the decorative painter make and mix his/her own colours.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An insightful, provocative collection that will enrich your work with new vitality, meaning, and direction. Offers timely perspectives on the theory and practice of psychotherapy as reflected in the themes of narrative, constructivism, social constructionism, postmodernism, epistemology, developmental constructivism, language, and social discourse. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a must for every synthetic chemist. With didactic skill and clarity, K. C. Nicolaou and E. Sorensen present the most remarkable and ingenious total syntheses from outstanding synthetic organic chemists.To make the complex strategies more accessible, especially to the novice, each total synthesis is analyzed retrosynthetically. The authors then carefully explain each synthetic step and give hints on alternative methods and potential pitfalls. Numerous references to useful reviews and the original literature make this book an indispensable source of further information.Special emphasis is placed on the skillful use of graphics and schemes: Retrosynthetic analyses, reaction sequences, and stereochemically crucial steps are presented in boxed sections within the text. For easy reference, key intermediates are also shown in the margins.Graduate students and researchers alike will find this book a gold mine of useful information essential for their daily work. Every synthetic organic chemist will want to have a copy on his or her desk.; An diesem Buch wird kein Organiker vorbeikommen. Mit didaktischem Gespür und großer Klarheit stellen K.C. Nicolaou und E. Sorensen bemerkenswerte Totalsynthesen hervorragender Synthetiker vor.Um komplexe Strategien vor allem für Anfänger verständlich darzustellen, wird jede Synthese retrosynthetisch betrachtet. Die Autoren erklären sorgfältig jeden Syntheseschritt und weisen auf alternative Methoden und mögliche exprimentelle Probleme hin. Die ausführliche Zusammenstellung von Übersichtsartikeln und Orginalliteratur macht dieses Buch zu einer unverzichtbaren Quelle für weiterführende Informationen.Besondere Sorgfalt wurde auf den geschickten Einsatz von Graphiken und Schemata verwandt: Retrosynthetische Analysen, Reaktionsfolgen und stereochemisch entscheidende Schritte sind durch markierte Kästen hervorgehoben. Um das Lesen angenehm und einfach zu gestalten, sind die wichtigsten Zwischenstufen nochmals in der Randspalte aufgeführt.Dieses Buch wird fortgeschrittenen Studenten und Forschern bei Ihrer täglichen Arbeit unverzichtbar werden. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An diesem Buch wird kein Organiker vorbeikommen. Mit didaktischem Gespür und großer Klarheit stellen K.C. Nicolaou und E. Sorensen bemerkenswerte Totalsynthesen hervorragender Synthetiker vor. Um komplexe Strategien vor allem für Anfänger verständlich darzustellen, wird jede Synthese retrosynthetisch betrachtet. Die Autoren erklären sorgfältig jeden Syntheseschritt und weisen auf alternative Methoden und mögliche exprimentelle Probleme hin. Die ausführliche Zusammenstellung von Übersichtsartikeln und Orginalliteratur macht dieses Buch zu einer unverzichtbaren Quelle für weiterführende Informationen. Besondere Sorgfalt wurde auf den geschickten Einsatz von Graphiken und Schemata verwandt: Retrosynthetische Analysen, Reaktionsfolgen und stereochemisch entscheidende Schritte sind durch markierte Kästen hervorgehoben. Um das Lesen angenehm und einfach zu gestalten, sind die wichtigsten Zwischenstufen nochmals in der Randspalte aufgeführt. Dieses Buch wird fortgeschrittenen Studenten und Forschern bei Ihrer täglichen Arbeit unverzichtbar werden.Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstraße 12, 69469 Weinheim 798 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume begins in a period in which bitterness and revenge vied with hope and a new ideal of liberty. The Reconstruction imposed by the North upon the South is examined by the author from all points of view. He traces the steps by which the economy recovered and by which the USA emerged as the world's industrial giant. Factors as various as the anarchy of the Wild West and the gold rush, the completion of the railroad system, the maturing of the great centers of learning, the numerous manifestations of opportunity and strength led to the formation of a distinct culture and to a new consciousness of nationhood. They also gave birth, Professor Wright argues, to the American Dream, an elusive idea of such force that it informed much of the twentieth century in the USA and, as American power became pre-eminent, influenced the world at large. After describing the key American involvement in the European, Pacific and Asian wars, and the development of culture, politics, and ideology at home, the author examines the dissipation of that dream in the disillusion and corruption of the Reagan years. Ironically, this was the time when the USA emerged as the world's sole super-power. And the country remained - as it had been for almost all its history - the ideal destination for the poor and downtrodden of the world, a beacon of opportunity, hope and, above all, of liberty.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the climate-controlled buildings of today, moisture problemsaffect not only the useable life expectancy of the structure, butthe comfort and health of the occupants. This reference is thefirst to apply up-to-date moisture control and treatment techniquesin a problem/solution format. Opening with an introductoryexplanation of the nature and causes of mold, mildew, andcondensation, the book gives specific advice on heated, cooled, andcombination environments, plus a short course in the dynamics ofmoisture movement within buildings. Other invaluable coverageincludes: \* clear, detailed recommended practices for all United Statesclimates \* practices for cooling as well as heating climates (often, heatingclimate solutions are applied in cooling climates, where problemsand solutions are completely different) \* an overall, systematic view of moisture problems--including howmechanical systems and occupant lifestyles can create and alsoresolve moisture problems \* actual case studies of buildings with moisture problems thatillustrate the principles and practices presented in the book This detailed, no-nonsense exploration of moisture cause andeffect--as well as its protection and remediation--will expandreaders' knowledge on this crucial subject. Moisture ControlHandbook will be welcomed by building contractors, architects,mechanical engineers, building science researchers, buildingproduct manufacturers, homeowners, and small commercial buildingowners.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Couples and family therapists have long known that intrapersonal difficulties are played out in, and exacerbated by, problems in interpersonal relationships. In this ground-breaking new book, leading couples and family clinicians and researchers present a clinically-based typology of relational disorders. Already hailed as one of the most important books of the decade, this timely volume examines the role of diagnosis in couples and family therapy, and offers clinical criteria for diagnosing a broad spectrum of relational disorders and dysfunctional relational patterns.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rosemary Ashton explores the many facets of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's complex personality, by turns poet, critic, thinker, enchanting companion, feckless husband, fabled conversationalist and guilt-ridden opium addict.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is about some of the basic ideas in mathematics that people are likely to encounter in the normal course of their lives. It is about money-statistics, relations, probabilit graphs, decision making, codes, logic, languages, and much more. It was written to help people develop their mathematical problem solving skills and to help them see how mathematics is a part of modern society.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An diesem Buch wird kein Organiker vorbeikommen. Mit didaktischem Gespür und großer Klarheit stellen K.C. Nicolaou und E. Sorensen bemerkenswerte Totalsynthesen hervorragender Synthetiker vor. Um komplexe Strategien vor allem für Anfänger verständlich darzustellen, wird jede Synthese retrosynthetisch betrachtet. Die Autoren erklären sorgfältig jeden Syntheseschritt und weisen auf alternative Methoden und mögliche exprimentelle Probleme hin. Die ausführliche Zusammenstellung von Übersichtsartikeln und Orginalliteratur macht dieses Buch zu einer unverzichtbaren Quelle für weiterführende Informationen. Besondere Sorgfalt wurde auf den geschickten Einsatz von Graphiken und Schemata verwandt: Retrosynthetische Analysen, Reaktionsfolgen und stereochemisch entscheidende Schritte sind durch markierte Kästen hervorgehoben. Um das Lesen angenehm und einfach zu gestalten, sind die wichtigsten Zwischenstufen nochmals in der Randspalte aufgeführt. Dieses Buch wird fortgeschrittenen Studenten und Forschern bei Ihrer täglichen Arbeit unverzichtbar werden. 798 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Safety by Objectives What Gets Measured and Rewarded Gets Done Second Edition Dan Petersen One of the nation's leading consultants in the field of safety management and organizational behavior has updated and expanded this groundbreaking work. Providing new insight into ensuring increased safety in the workplace, no matter what the organizational style of the company, Safety by Objectives demonstrates how accountability drives better safety performance. The author shows how to devise, install, operate, and maintain tailor-made accountability systems that will foster a sense of safety responsibility, first in upper and middle managers and finally throughout the entire organization, thereby reducing on-the-job injuries and illnesses. The Second Edition demonstrates that measuring accident prevention efforts and rewarding effective safety performance are the foundation of any successful safety system. Drawing from modern management concepts, including Total Quality Management, Statistical Process Control, and Management by Objectives, it provides essential guidance on how to \* Analyze and understand the corporation's individual culture \* Assess current safety systems using audits and perception surveys \* Identify the hazards that cause injuries and illnesses \* Set safety objectives and evaluate whether they have been met \* Establish rewards for meeting safety performance goals \* Overcome the pitfalls that traditionally doom accountability systems The key to a flexible and results-producing safety system, Safety by Objectives should be part of the working library of every safety manager, safety engineer, industrial hygienist, and environmental professional.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It's easier than you think to perform every retail math calculationquickly, accurately, and with confidence Mathematics is an essential tool for determining every financialarrangement important to a retail business. Whether you're buyingmerchandise, figuring business expenses, pricing merchandise, orrecording transactions, a solid working knowledge of practicalcalculating procedures is indispensable. But don't worry, we're nottalking algebra, trigonometry, or calculus--just simple arithmeticyou can perform using a calculator. Practical Merchandising Math helps you teach yourself all the mathyou need to succeed in the retail industry. You'll learn tocalculate markon, markup, and markdown; plan net sales, purchases,and stock turnover; and determine expenses and gross margin. You'llalso learn the meanings of important terms and discover how thefour retail areas where math is required--buying, selling,expenses, and record-keeping--are interrelated. This easy-to-useguide \* Covers all financial considerations relevant to costing andpricing merchandise \* Includes sample calculations with solutions \* Features handy, quick-reference charts for standard markonpercentages \* Presents material in short sections followed by self-checkpractice exercises Don't let math phobia become a roadblock on your way to retailsuccess. Develop the skills you need, quickly and easily, with thehelp of Practical Merchandising Math.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This dictionary is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the book published in 1984 as the Penguin Dictionary of Religions. It has undergone substantial change and considerable expansion, doubling the number of contributors from all parts of the world.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How to conduct clinical trials in an ethical and scientificallyresponsible manner This book presents a methodology for clinical trials that producesimproved health outcomes for patients while obtaining sound andunambiguous scientific data. It centers around a real-world testcase--involving a treatment for hypertension after open heartsurgery--and explains how to use Bayesian methods to accommodateboth ethical and scientific imperatives. The book grew out of the direct involvement in the project by adiverse group of experts in medicine, statistics, philosophy, andthe law. Not only do they contribute essays on the scientific,technological, legal, and ethical aspects of clinical trials, butthey also critique and debate each other's opinions, creating aninteresting, personalized text. Bayesian Methods and Ethics in a Clinical Trial Design \* Answers commonly raised questions about Bayesian methods \* Describes the advantages and disadvantages of this methodcompared with other methods \* Applies current ethical theory to a particular class of designfor clinical trials \* Discusses issues of informed consent and how to serve a patient'sbest interest while still obtaining uncontaminated scientific data \* Shows how to use Bayesian probabilistic methods to createcomputer models from elicited prior opinions of medical experts onthe best treatment for a type of patient \* Contains several chapters on the process, results, andcomputational aspects of the test case in question \* Explores American law and the legal ramifications of using humansubjects For statisticians and biostatisticians, and for anyone involvedwith medicine and public health, this book provides both apractical guide and a unique perspective on the connection betweentechnological developments, human factors, and some of the largerethical issues of our times.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thermodynamics of Materials A Classical and StatisticalSynthesis Designed as a reference resource for practicing professionals aswell as a text for advanced students, Thermodynamics of Materialsoffers a lucid presentation that ties together classical andstatistical treatments of thermodynamics within the framework ofmaterials science. Unlike most books in the field, it emphasizesthe natural connection between these two approaches, both as a wayof obtaining useful information about real systems, and as a way ofshowing the relations between the molecular-level properties ofsystems, and their properties on a macroscopic scale. In thisregard, the author's aim throughout the text is to introduce therigorous, general relations that arise from classicalthermodynamics, which are system independent, and then to usestatistical thermodynamic relations to calculate the expectedvalues of the macroscopic thermodynamic parameters of thesystems. Thermodynamics of Materials includes a review of classicalthermodynamics, an introduction to statistical thermodynamics, andnumerous practical problems in thermodynamics, especially thoseinvolving phase and chemical equilibrium. Handy appendices enhancethe value of this outstanding text.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Using a totally new approach, this groundbreaking book establishes the logical connections between metallurgy, materials modeling, and numerical applications. In recognition of the fact that classical methods are inadequate when time effects are present, or when certain types of multiaxial loads are applied, the new, physically based state variable method has evolved to meet these needs. Inelastic Deformation of Metals is the first comprehensive presentation of this new technology in book form. It develops physically based, numerically efficient, and accurate methods for predicting the inelastic response of metals under a variety of loading and environmental conditions.…