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$Math Puzzles and Games, Grades 6-8: Over 300 Reproducible Puzzles that Teach Math and Problem Solving$

Math Puzzles and Games, Grades 6-8: Over 300 Reproducible Puzzles that Teach Math and Problem Solving

Jossey-Bass, 2009

In the 1950s we punished misbehaving students in middle school or junior high school by making them stay after school to do 100 multiplication or long-division math problems. Mathematics was taught in a highly ordered and mechanically repetitive manner with the objective being to master basic arithmetic skills. A decade later New Math emerged as a...

Computational Prospects Of Infinity - Part I: Tutorials (Lecture Notes)

World Scientific Publishing, 2008

This volume presents the written versions of the tutorial lectures given at the Workshop on Computational Prospects of Infinity, held from 18 June to 15 August 2005 at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore. It consists of articles by four of the leading experts in recursion theory (computability theory) and set...

From a Philosophical Point of View: Selected Studies

Princeton Press, 2004

One of the most important philosophers of recent times, Morton White has spent a career building bridges among the increasingly fragmented worlds of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. From a Philosophical Point of View is a selection of White's best essays, written over a period of more than sixty years. Together these...

Is Democracy Possible Here?: Principles for a New Political Debate

Princeton Press, 2008

Politics in America are polarized and trivialized, perhaps as never before. In Congress, the media, and academic debate, opponents from right and left, the Red and the Blue, struggle against one another as if politics were contact sports played to the shouts of cheerleaders. The result, Ronald Dworkin writes, is a deeply depressing political...

Investment Manager Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Portfolio Selection, Monitoring and Optimization

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Investment Manager Analysis provides readers with a broad framework that covers the investment manager due diligence process from initial screening to analytical techniques, interviewing skills, and legal and contract negotiations. As it guides the reader through the selection process, it clearly demonstrates a variety of mechanisms for...

Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs: Architecture and EDA (Systems on Silicon)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2009

Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs Architecture and EDA is an invaluable reference for researchers and practicing engineers concerned with power-efficient, FPGA design. State-of-the-art power reduction techniques for FPGAs will be described and compared. These techniques can be applied at the circuit, architecture, and...

Rule Based Expert Systems: The Mycin Experiments of the Stanford Heuristic Programming Project

Addison Wesley, 1984

The last seven years have seen the field of artificial intelligence (AI) transformed. This transformation is not simple, nor has it yet run its course. The transformation has been generated by the emergence of expert systems. Whatever exactly these are or turn out to be, they first arose during the 1970s, with a triple claim: to be AI systems that...

Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics: Principles and Parameterizations

Cambridge University Press, 2009

This book focuses specifically on bin and bulk parameterizations for the prediction of cloud and precipitation at various scales - the cloud scale, mesoscale, synoptic scale, and the global climate scale. It provides a background to the fundamental principles of parameterization physics, including processes involved in the production of clouds, ice...

Terrorism and Torture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Terrorism and torture are twin evils that have dominated news headlines - particularly since the horrifying events of 9/11. In this thought-provoking volume, scholars from a diverse range of disciplines examine the complex motivational and situational factors contributing to terrorist acts and state-sponsored torture, and the potential linkage...

Employee Engagement: A Roadmap for Creating Profits, Optimizing Performance, and Increasing Loyalty

Jossey-Bass, 2009

"If you think you know everything it takes to attain associate/employee engagement, put yourself to the test. This book provides a holistic approach to engagement that will create the competitive edge required to succeed in this economy."
-- Sharon S. Bilgischer, senior manager, logistics global talent, curriculum and...

Intelligent Systems for Automated Learning and Adaptation: Emerging Trends and Applications

Information Science Publishing, 2009

Intelligent Systems for Automated Learning and Adaptation: Emerging Trends and Applications presents methodologies, architectures, and approaches on experiential automated learning. This critical mass of sought after research assembles the most intriguing and innovative applications, advancements, and leading studies on the...

Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta: Symposium Aristotelicum (Oxford Symposium Aristotelicum)

Oxford University Press, 2009

Nine leading scholars of ancient philosophy from Europe, the UK, and North America offer a systematic study of Book Beta of Aristotle's Metaphysics. The work takes the form of a series of aporiai or "difficulties" which Aristotle presents as necessary points of engagement for those who wish to attain wisdom. The topics include causation,...

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