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The book is centered on how major curriculum reform shapes mathematics and the professional practices of teachers. This book documents in real time the implementation of a major government numeracy programme and its receipt by trainee and new teachers. It documents the complete life span of that initiative. The account is targeted at an internat...

"The book is highly recommended as a text for an introductory course in nonlinear analysis and bifurcation theory... reading is fluid and very pleasant... style is informal but far from being imprecise." -review of the first edition. New to this edition: additional applications of the theory and techniques, as well as several new proofs. This bo...

Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in U.S. history, thanks to Stephen Ambroses superb book Band of Brothers, followed by portrayals in film. However, to date little has been heard of Fox Company of that same regiment—the men who fought alongside Easy ...

Motörhead a toujours été un groupe précédé par la réputation de son style de vie rocknroll, mais la formation a aussi composé tout au long de sa carrière un répertoire de chansons devenues cultes. Dans ce livre, et pour la première fois de leur histoire, la création de ces titres est explorée par le biais dentretiens exclusifs et autorisés par l...

This book treats Jacques Tit's beautiful theory of buildings, making that theory accessible to readers with minimal background. It covers all three approaches to buildings, so that the reader can choose to concentrate on one particular approach. Beginners can use parts of the new book as a friendly introduction to buildings, but the book also co...

This book is intended to serve as a textbook for an introductory course in mathematical analysis. In preliminary form it has been used in this way at the University of Michigan, Indiana University, and Texas A&M University. The book addresses the needs of a beginning graduate student, that is a student who has completed an undergraduate program ...

Control system power and grounding is possibly the single most important element to ensure a control system doesn't experience unidentified "gremlins" throughout its life. The topic is appropriate to every control system domain, including programmable logic controllers, process control systems, robotics, vision systems, etc.

Continual improvements in data collection and processing have had a huge impact on brain research, producing data sets that are often large and complicated. By emphasizing a few fundamental principles, and a handful of ubiquitous techniques, Analysis of Neural Data provides a unified treatment of analytical methods that have become essential f...

Although the unique flora of the Socotra Archipelago with its high degree of endemism has received much attention recently, little information is available on the vegetation and related ecological aspects. Based on their extensive field experience of the region, the authors have assimilated a vast amount of knowledge to produce this book, which ...