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This book Great Scientists of India is a collection on some famous scientists, who have been significant in building up the vast and rich scientific culture of modern India.

An insight into a popular yet complex genre that has developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The volume explores the contemporary anxieties to which crime fiction responds, along with society's changing conceptions of crime and criminality. The book covers texts, contexts and criticism in an accessible and user-friendly format.

Gilbert Filbert and His Big MAD Box, by Ian Gilbert and Andy Gilbert, is the story of one boy’s desire to make a difference and help his mother find her smile again. It is a book about a boy, a box and a battle for a penguin but, more than that, it is a tale about families, hope and how to make...

«Studiare è un’attività impegnativa, che di solito riguarda chi ha un’età in cui mille interessi diversi dallo studio reclamano il loro posto nella giornata: è per questo che lo studio mette alla prova non solo l’intelligenza, ma anche molte altre facoltà come l’autocontrollo, la forza...

This book was written because I got fed up saying the same thing to every student that came through my door when I was running a cross-discipline writing centre. It covers every major avoidable error that students make in their writing, such as referencing, structure, knowing what the question means,...

The dream of writing a book for prosperity is one of the so-called purposes in life. They all write it down together with “plant a tree” and “have a child” and most will marry, breed offspring and participate in a reforestation campaign but… what about the book? We walk through a bookstore...

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This book highlights innovative approaches to preparing secondary mathematics teachers. Based on empirical findings gathered in several countries on five continents, it provides a wealth of best practices for preparing secondary mathematics teachers, and discusses issues related to their professional...

How to Manage Your Science and Technology Degree is a ground-breaking book, offering a no-nonsense approach to all areas of undergraduate life, including maximizing learning opportunities, handling mathematics and coping with laboratory work. How to succeed in mastering time and finances is covered,...

In the following pages I have attempted to trace certain developments in the theory of translation as it has been formulated by English writers. I have confined myself, of necessity, to such opinions as have been put into words, and avoided making use of deductions from practice other than a few obvious and generally accepted conclusions.

Parents asked educators about their children’s learning. Frustrated when they were ignored, they asked politicians to put pressure on the educators. They were then surprised when the politicians provided personal advice about the optimal way to nurture learning. They were even more surprised when...

Unleash your visual learner’s potential with this practical guide. Learn proven, easy to apply strategies for the specific way your child learns and processes information. This guide is packed with over 14 years of hands-on experience, examples, charts, and guides. By adopting the strategies presented,...

These explicit, reiterative strategies improve motivation, help struggling students "learn how to learn," and provide them with an effective skill set for all content areas.