Probleme der Strömungsmechanik sollen immer häufiger mit Computerprogrammen gelöst werden. Dies setzt voraus, dass die Physik des Problems verstanden ist. Der Autor trägt zum grundlegenden Verständnis bei, indem er die Physik der Strömungsformen anschaulich darstellt. Mathematische Grundgleichungen, wie die Navier-Stokes-Gleichungen und den Energiesatz, stellt er in allgemeiner Form bereit und erläutert deren mathematische Bedeutung. Konsequen...
Using the Bible as primary evidence, with the finest modern scholarship as supporting evidence, Arthur Blech lucidly demonstrates that anti-Semitism is no accident of history, no tragic consequence of ignorance, or the influence of a few contemporary figures of unique evil. Blech argues that both Christianity and Judaism are responsible for anti-Semitism in claiming divine revelation as the source of their scriptures. By assuming divine author...
In The Truth About Dibels you'll find out why teachers, administrators, and reading researchers nationwide are emphatically resisting the insidious influence of Dibels. Well-known education writers--including P. David Pearson, Robert Tierney, Sandra Wilde, and Maryann Manning--tell you how Dibels hurts students and teachers and why it impairs learning and teaching. They present chapters that: - dispel the science and methodology that "support"...
We know that all writing follows some kind of structure. But when theres a Right Answer involved, those structures tightenespecially in testing situations, where someone else constructs the prompts and the answers. This narrows writing and offers students less freedom. Fortunately, Right-Answer Writing provides writers a direct path from the prompt to an accurate, correct response, enabling them to complete each task with success and confidenc...
Body Glorious / Corps à corpsBooks And Authors 2008 - WinnerIndie excellence - finalistWelcome to THE NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE 2008 BOOK AWARDS"The Indie Excellence Book Awards are dedicated to celebrating and promoting the outstanding work of independent publishers and authors." -Dan Poynter, author of The Self Publishing Manual and 100 other booksThe Indie Excellence Awards are sponsored by Smarketing, LLC. President & CEO Ellen Reid has be...
Robert Meyers begins by distinguishing between the epistemological and psychological/causal versions of empiricism, showing that it is the former that is of primary interest to philosophers. Chapters on Locke, Berkeley, and Hume provide clear introductions to the main protagonists in the British empiricist tradition, avoiding excessive details about disputes surrounding particular philosophers. Meyers then examines more contemporary material, ...
Three young men in their 20s experience intrigue and adventure as members of the elite U.S. Naval Security Group during the 1960s cold war. They're expertly prepared to intercept and analyze Soviet communications-but not for the dangerous missions that put them in harm's way above, on, and under the oceans of the Pacific Rim. Having just left his new bride, Jake Morton finds himself facing challenges solving communications mysteries for the Na...
Bidini returns to the game he loves bestIn 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto's McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking about how others see the game. Afterward, he set off to talk to former professional players about their experiences of hockey. The result is vintage Bidini — an...
The award-winning author of River in a Dry Land explores the Nature that we - and our religions - sprang fromThe Genesis story of Jacob, the patriarch of the Judeo-Christian tradition, wrestling with a spirit has been interpreted in a multitude of ways, but never more persuasively than by Trevor Herriot in Jacob's Wound. He sees it as a struggle between Jacob and his wilder twin brother, Esau, whose birthright Jacob has swindled. The central i...