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by Sherry Seethaler
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Curious Folks Ask 2: 188 Real Answers on Our Fellow Creatures, Our Planet, and Beyond (9780137057399) by Sherry Seethaler. Available in print and digital formats. Why crickets chirp, ants touch noses, and bees can’t...
Breakthrough!
How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Why are you alive right now? Chances are, you owe your life to one of the remarkable medical discoveries in this book. Maybe it was vaccines. Or antibiotics. Or X-rays. Revolutionary medical breakthroughs like these haven’t just changed the way we treat disease, they’ve transformed how we understand...
A Comprehensive Guide to Project Management Schedule and Cost Control
Methods and Models for Managing the Project Lifecycle
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Master all the modern project scheduling and cost control techniques you need, in one focused tutorial! Randal Wilson's Project Schedule & Cost Control isn't your typical project management guide: it's 100% focused on the specific principles, techniques, and best-practice methodologies of scheduling...
by Luke Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business (9780137025145) by Luke Williams. Available in print and digital formats. Why incremental change is a recipe for disaster–and what your business must do instead. Successful companies often...
Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease, Portable Documents
From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This very readable overview of the rise and transformations of medical genetics and of the eugenic impulses that have been inspired by the emerging understanding of the genetic basis of many diseases and disabilities is based on a popular nonmajors course, "Social Implications of Genetics,"...
It Takes a Genome
How a Clash Between Our Genes and Modern Life is Making Us Sick
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Human beings have astonishing genetic vulnerabilities. More than half of us will die from complex diseases that trace directly to those vulnerabilities, and the modern world we’ve created places us at unprecedented risk from them*. In It Takes a Genome*, Greg Gibson posits a revolutionary new hypothesis:...
Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management
Practices that Deliver Remarkable Results
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
In this book, project management expert Dr. Alexander Laufer leads an all-star team of practitioners and thought leaders in presenting a powerful project leadership framework. Laufer’s framework addresses the toughest challenges of new product development: large, complex projects composed of many...
by Jagmohan Raju, Z. John Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from Smart Pricing (ISBN: 9780131494183) by Jagmohan Raju and Z. John Zhang. Available in print and digital formats. What your business can learn from Radiohead’s successful experiment with “pay as you wish” pricing. On October 9, 2007, the English alternative rock...
by Richard Templar
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2008
There are lots of wrong ways to bring up your kids, but there are lots of right ones, too. There's no list of instructions you have to follow to the letter if you don't want your child to end up a loser. The Rules of Parenting presents the principles to follow which you can adapt to suit you and your...
The Rules of Parenting
A Personal Code for Raising Happy, Confident Children, Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
There are lots of wrong ways to bring up your kids, but there are lots of right ones, too. There's no list of instructions you have to follow to the letter if you don't want your child to end up a loser. Richard Templar's The Rules of Parenting, Expanded Edition presents the principles to follow which...
by Jim McTague
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
This Element is an excerpt from Crapshoot Investing: How Tech Savvy Traders and Clueless Regulators Turned the Stock Market into a Casino (9780132599689) by Jim McTague. Available in print and digital formats. How the nerds took over Wall Street–and how their high-frequency, computer-driven trading...
by Quint Tatro
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading (9780137067084) by Quint Tatro. Available in print and digital formats. How to stay one step ahead of the mass of traders who’ve recently discovered basic technical analysis. With...
by John Authers
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
This Element is an excerpt from The Fearful Rise of Markets: Global Bubbles, Synchronized Meltdowns, and How To Prevent Them in the Future (9780137072996) by John Authers. Available in print and digital formats. Are we headed for another global market bubble and economic collapse that will dwarf...
by Douglas A. Perednia
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Overhauling America's Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (9780132173254) by Douglas A. Perednia. Available in print and digital formats. Uncovering the heart of the U.S. healthcare crisis: spiraling,...