Based on course notes from over twenty years of teaching engineering and physical sciences at Michigan Technological University, Tomas Co's engineering mathematics textbook is rich with examples, applications and exercises. Professor Co uses analytical approaches to solve smaller problems to provide mathematical insight and understanding, and numerical methods for large and complex problems. The book emphasises applying matrices with strong attention to matrix structure and computational i...

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice**2021 Hooks National Book Award WinnerThe fascinating, forgotten story of the 1970s attempt to build a city dedicated to racial equality in the heart of “Klan Country”**In 1969, with America’s cities in turmoil and racial tensions high, civil rights leader Floyd McKissick announced an audacious plan: he would build a new city in rural North Carolina, open to all but intended prima...

The story of a monk, a minstrel, and the music that brought them togetherIn 1965 writer-activist-monk Thomas Merton fulfilled a twenty-four-year dream and went to live as a hermit beyond the walls of his Trappist monastery. Seven months later, after a secret romance with a woman half his age, he was in danger of losing it all. Yet on the very day that his abbot uncovered the affair, Merton found solace in an unlikely place—the songs of Bob Dylan, who, as fate would have it...

“Brings the pace and confusion and inspiration of filmmaking to life . . . Schatz has made a lasting contribution to film history.”—Directors Guild of America NewsletterAt a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional blend of business and art. This book lays to rest the persistent myth that businesspeople and producers stifle artistic talent and ...

A groundbreaking revisionist take on the Supreme Court justice everyone knows about but no one knows.“One of the marvels of Robin’s razor-sharp book is how carefully he marshals his evidence. . . . It isn’t every day that reading about ideas can be both so gratifying and unsettling.”**—**The New York TimesMost people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of s...

Dieses kleine Insekten-Kochbuch will einen Weg weisen, Insekten schmackhaft zuzubereiten. Es enthält 17 Rezepte zu Insektengerichten in 10 Kategorien – von der Vorspeise bis zum Dessert. Man kann Insekten sehr vielfältig verwenden und zubereiten. Der Verzehr von Insekten war in Westeuropa bis vor einigen hundert Jahren sehr verbreitet und Gerichte dazu standen auf den Speisekarten. Leider ist dieses Wissen im Laufe der Jahrhunderte verloren gegangen und verschwunden. Vielleicht inspiriert ...

Klimaschutz und Rohstoffwandel erfordern für die Chemie- und Treibstoffindustrie neue, nachhaltige Kohlenstoffquellen. Tatsächlich erreichen Verfahren, die kohlenstoffhaltige Emissions- und Gasströme industriell verwerten, die industrielle Praxis. Sie werden auch in Europa einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Senkung der Kohlenstoff-Emission und für den Einstieg in eine echte Kohlenstoff-Kreislaufwirtschaft leisten.Dieses Buch beschreibt die Grundlagen chemischer und biotechnologischer Verf...

After the end of hostilities in 1945, the fishing industry was quick to establish some semblance of recovery and a surge of new builds and restoration of Admiralty motor fishing vessels soon followed. In Fraserburgh, on Scotland's east coast, several established yards satiated this desire amongst the fishing-boat owners for new craft. Thus it wasn't surprising that a new yard sprung up at the end of the 1940s when three local apprentices from one of the yards decided to se...

Thomas Edison (SparkNotes Biography Guide)Making the reading experience fun!SparkNotes Biography Guides examine the lives of historical luminaries, from Alexander the Great to Virginia Woolf. Each biography guide includes:An examination of the historical context in which the person livedA summary of the person’s life and achievementsA glossary of important terms, people, and eventsAn in-depth look at the key epochs in the person’...

In this eloquent first-person account of a family drama that changed the face of American business, the man who transformed IBM into the world's largest computer company reflects on his lifelong partnership with his father--and how their management style and shared dedication to excellence united to create a unique corporate culture that became the blueprint for the entire technology boom.In the course of sixty years Thomas J. Watson Sr. and his son, Thomas J. Watson Jr., together ...

Thomas More (SparkNotes Philosophy Guide)Making the reading experience fun!SparkNotes Philosophy Guides are one-stop guides to the great works of philosophy–masterpieces that stand at the foundations of Western thought. Inside each Philosophy Guide you’ll find insightful overviews of great philosophical works of the Western world.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) ist ein etabliertes und anerkanntes Verfahren zur Behandlung von trauma- und belastungs- bzw. stressorbezogenen Störungen. Das Praxishandbuch legt eine umfassende Darstellung der Anwendung und Einsatzmöglichkeiten von EMDR bei Kindern und Jugendlichen vor. Zunächst werden die theoretischen Grundlagen und die wissenschaftliche Evidenz des Verfahrens berichtet sowie wichtige Aspekte der therapeutischen Beziehungsgestaltung erörtert. Eine a...