Algebra the Beautiful: An Ode to Math's Least-Loved Subject by G. Arnell Williams
English | August 23rd, 2022 | ISBN: 1541600681 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 18.47 MB
Amathematicianrevealsthehiddenbeauty,power,and-yes-funofalgebra

Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters, "Algebra for College Students, 9th Edition"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0538733543 | 832 pages | True PDF | 51 MB
Kaufmann and Schwitters have built this text's reputation on clear and concise exposition, numerous examples, and plentiful problem sets. This traditional text consistently reinforces the following common thread: learn a skill; practice the skill to help solve equations; and then apply what you have learned to solve application problems. This simple, straightforward approach has helped many students grasp and apply fundamental problem solving skills necessary for future mathematics courses. Algebraic ideas are developed in a logical sequence, and in an easy-to-read manner, without excessive vocabulary and formalism. The open and uncluttered design helps keep students focused on the concepts while minimizing distractions. Problems and examples reference a broad range of topics, as well as career areas such as electronics, mechanics, and health, showing students that mathematics is part of everyday life.

Alcohol and Humans: A Long and Social Affair edited by Robin Dunbar, Kimberley Hockings
English | February 5, 2020 | ISBN: 0198842465 | True EPUB | 224 pages | 7.2 MB
Alcohol use has a long and ubiquitous history. The prevailing tendency to view alcohol merely as a 'social problem' or the popular notion that alcohol only serves to provide us with a 'hedonic' high, masks its importance in the social fabric of many human societies both past and present. To understand alcohol use, as a complex social practice that has been exploited by humans for thousands of years, requires cross-disciplinary insight from social/cultural anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, psychologists, primatologists, and biologists.

Akak'stiman: A Blackfoot Framework for Decision-Making and Mediation Processes By Reg Crowshoe, Sybille Manneschmidt
2002 | 104 Pages | ISBN: 1552380440 | EPUB | 7 MB
Today, two health structures exist on the Peigan reserve. One is based on Blackfoot culture, and the other is based on European theories of health and healing. Although both methods are used on the reserve, the government only acknowledges the European approach. This book describes Blackfoot healing traditions, their spiritual foundations, and their historical development in great detail. Akak'stiman shows how Blackfoot healing methods can be integrated with western approaches on the Peigan reserve. Oral evidence from interviews with elders and historical documents bring varying approaches to this timely topic. It is an important document in the neglected field of First Nations procedures and philosophies.

After Debussy: Music, Language, and the Margins of Philosophy by Julian Johnson
English | February 10, 2020 | ISBN: 0190066822 | True EPUB | 396 pages | 11.7 MB
Classical music shows a close relationship to language, and both musicology and philosophy have tended to approach music from that angle, exploring it in terms of expression, representation, and discourse. This book turns that idea on its head. Focusing on the music of Debussy and its legacy in the century since his death, After Debussy offers a groundbreaking new perspective on twentieth-century music that foregrounds a sensory logic of sound over quasi-linguistic ideas of structure or meaning. Author Julian Johnson argues that Debussy's music exemplifies this idea, influencing the music of successive composers who took up the mantle of emphasizing sound over syntax, sense over signification. In doing so, this music not only anticipates a central problem of contemporary thought-the gap between language and our embodied relation to the world-but also offers a solution.

Simon Beames, "Adventurous Learning: A Pedagogy for a Changing World"
English | ISBN: 1138831662 | 2016 | 126 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Adventurous Learning interrogates the word 'adventure' and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own culturally specific, place-responsive contexts, without any requirement to learn a new program or buy an educational gimmick.

Advancing the Legal Status of Women in Islamic Law By Mona Samadi
2021 | 234 Pages | ISBN: 9004446931 | PDF | 3 MB
Mona Samadi examines the sources of gender differences within the Islamic tradition, with particular focus on guardianship, and describes the opportunities and challenges for advancing the legal status of women.

Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria Danube Region (RAAD 2018) by Nikos A. Aspragathos
English | PDF | 2018 (2019 Edition) | 755 Pages | ISBN : 3030002314 | 122.8 MB
This volume contains the proceedings of the RAAD 2018 conference, covering major areas of research and development in robotics. It provides an overview on the advances in robotics, more specifically in novel design and applications of robotic systems; dexterous grasping, handling and intelligent manipulation; intelligent cooperating and service robots; advanced robot control; human-robot interfaces; robot vision systems and visual serving techniques; mobile robots; humanoid and walking robots; field and agricultural robotics; bio-inspired and swarm robotic systems; developments towards micro and nano-scale robots; aerial, underwater and spatial robots; robot integration in holonic manufacturing; personal robots for ambient assisted living; medical robots and bionic prostheses; intelligent information technologies for cognitive robots etc.

Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2017: 18th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, Harbin, China, September 28-29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers, Part II By Bing Zeng
English | PDF | 2018 | 1029 Pages | ISBN : 3319773828 | 153.37 MB
The two-volume set LNCS 10735 and 10736 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 18th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2017, held in Harbin, China, in September 2017.

Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2017: 18th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, Harbin, China, September 28-29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers, Part I By Bing Zeng
English | PDF | 2018 | 925 Pages | ISBN : 3319773798 | 158.65 MB
The two-volume set LNCS 10735 and 10736 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 18th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2017, held in Harbin, China, in September 2017.