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Learning by Discovery

A Lab Manual for Calculus

This book contains 26 laboratory modules for use in coursework or in independent projects.

We need to tell them what they should do before the lab in order to be prepared,
what they should do in the lab, and how to report their findings. The lab modules
in this volume have been classroom tested 4 Learning by Discovery.

Never Sang for Hitler

The Life and Times of Lotte Lehmann, 1888-1976

Both a narrative of Lehmann's life and an analysis of the artist and society.

The affair reached its apex in Salzburg during August, as Lehmann sang under
the maestro's direction at a benefit for the Vienna Philharmonic on the twenty-
sixth. At that time, the soprano almost left her husband. As Krause was staying
with ...

Optics in Astronomy

The Thirty-second Herstmonceux Conference

Ground-based optical astronomy is undergoing a renaissance inspired by recent technological advances. This book collects contributions from expert international designers and observers which show the fundamental role of innovative optical design in modern astrophysics and cosmological research. The papers are based on those presented at a conference held at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge, in September 1991 in celebration of Professor C. G. Wynne. New and future telescopes, instruments, spectrographs and detector-systems are described in the context of the research problems at which they are targeted. This book is an essential reference for both state-of-the-art instrumentation and future design.

... telescope would have to be raised to avoid significant seeing degradation by
this layer. Part of the programme of CARA (the US Center for Astrophysical
Research in Antarctica) is to measure seeing at the South Pole more
quantitatively than ...

This Side Up

Spatial Determination in the Early Development of Animals

During animal development the descendants of a single cell form many different tissues and organs in appropriate positions within an embryo. To do this they must recognise their position, and this book examines our knowledge of how this is done.

In the offspring of grandchildless mothers, most of those granules have indeed
disappeared from oviposited eggs (Mahowald, Caulton & Gehring, 1979b). In
cecidomyid flies the posterior pole plasm protects nuclei from the elimination of
most ...

Syntax and Parsing

An examination of the role of syntax in theories of sentence comprehension.

This book examines the role of syntax in theories of sentence comprehension, and argues for a distinct processing component which is devoted to the recovery of syntactic structure and which utilizes the contrasting types of information ...

Natural Language Parsing

Psychological, Computational, and Theoretical Perspectives

This collection of new papers by leading researchers on natural language parsing brings together different fields of research, each making significant contributions to the others. The volume includes papers applying the results of experimental psychological studies of parsing to linguistic theory. Others which present computational models of parsing and a mathematical linguistics paper on tree-adjoining grammars and parsing.

This collection of new papers by leading researchers on natural language parsing brings together different fields of research, each making significant contributions to the others.

Methodology in Language Teaching

An Anthology of Current Practice

This comprehensive anthology provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. Containing a broad collection of articles published primarily in the last decade, it illustrates the complexity underlying many of the practical planning and instructional activities involved in teaching English. These activities include teaching English at elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels, teacher training, language testing, curriculum and materials development, the use of computers and other technology in teaching, as well as research on different aspects of second-language learning. Organized into 16 sections, the book contains 41 articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers. Also included are two sets of discussion questions--a pre-reading background set and a post-reading reflection set. The anthology serves as an important resource for researchers, M.A. TESOL students, and teachers wishing to design a basic course in methodology.

Organized into 16 sections, the book contains 41 articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers. Also included are two sets of discussion questions--a pre-reading background set and a post-reading reflection set.

face2face Starter Student's Book with DVD-ROM

face2face Second edition is the flexible, easy-to-teach, 6-level course (A1 to C1) for busy teachers who want to get their adult and young adult learners to communicate with confidence. The fully updated and redesigned Starter Student's Book provides 60-90 hours of material, with a clear focus on improving students' listening and speaking skills. It comes with a free DVD-ROM which includes consolidation activities and an electronic portfolio for learners to track their progress with customisable tests, and grammar and vocabulary reference sections. The Student's Book includes new optional video for the Real World lessons (video available on the Teacher's DVD) with vocabulary selection informed by English Profile and the Cambridge Learner Corpus. (Please note that the face2face Second edition Class Audio CDs are available separately.)

"Face 2 face second edition is .... general English course for adults and young adults who want to learn quickly and effectively in today's world.

Poverty/Prostitution York

This is a study of 1,400 prostitutes and brothel-keepers operating in a Victorian cathedral city over a half century. Based on evidence from a variety of sources, the conclusions reached challenge existing interpretations of the subject and show that it was far from being a healthy and comparatively harmless activity. The book is illustrated throughout with the histories of individual women, and contains fascinating photographic material.

This is a study of 1,400 prostitutes and brothel-keepers operating in a Victorian cathedral city over a half century.

Social Media Mining

An Introduction

Integrates social media, social network analysis, and data mining to provide an understanding of the potentials of social media mining.

An Introduction Reza Zafarani, Mohammad Ali Abbasi, Huan Liu. 2. Graph.
Essentials. We live in a connected world in which networks are intertwined with
our daily life. Networks of air and land transportation help us reach our
destinations; ...