本書是一本數學思考書，共分為五個單元，分別為：超乎想像的提問思考牢籠思想起飛腦力激盪突破性思考內容由淺入深，並穿插具有啟發性的典故，讀者可依興趣選擇單元，無須依序完整閱讀。以下簡要說明各單元的內容與適合的年齡層。超乎想像的提問（適合四年級以上）以簡單的類比描述解題過程中可能遇到的各種情境，並藉由一段數學學習的挫折經驗，引導讀者檢視自己在解題時曾遇到的困難，以及如何克服。接著，導入「提問」的概念，並透過「掏金」的類比，使讀者更具體理解提問的作用。最後，提供可行的練習方法與提問清單，供讀者參考。思考牢籠（適合五年級以上）指出多數學生將老師教授的解法當作唯一方法，較少進一步思考是否有更直覺或更簡單的作法。久而久之，這種習慣便形成「思考牢籠」。本單元以因數與倍數的經典問題為例，說明思考牢籠的形成...

Describing recent developments in the engineering and generation of plants as production platforms for biopharmaceuticals, this book includes both vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. It has a particular emphasis on targeting diseases which predominate in less developed countries, encompassing the current state of technologies and describing expression systems and applications. This book also includes a variety of vaccine case studies, protecting against pervasive infectious diseases such a...

This review volume integrates the advances in cancer biology, molecular imaging techniques and imaging probes for visualization and quantitative measurement of anatomical, functional, and molecular profiles of cancer. The volume also presents a comprehensive summary of the state-of-the-art technology in molecular imaging probe design and applications in radionuclide (PET and SPECT), magnetic resonance (MR), optical (fluorescence, Raman, photoacoustic), ultrasound, CT, and multimodality ima...

Neoliberalism has been widely criticised because of its role in prioritising ‘free markets’ as the optimum way of solving problems and organising society. In the field of education, this leads to an emphasis on the knowledge economy that can reduce both persons and education to economic actors and be detrimental to wider social and ethical goals.Drawing on a range of international contexts across informal, adult, school and university settings, this book provides innovative example...