Purdue University Press: 164 books
Becoming a Spacewalker
My Journey to the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
This nonfiction picture book is a children's version of NASA astronaut Jerry L. Ross's autobiography, Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer, designed for ages 7-12. Told in friendly first-person narration, it represents how Ross followed his dream from...
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An Introduction to Problem Solving in Java with a Focus on Concurrency, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Multicore microprocessors are now at the heart of nearly all desktop and laptop computers. While these chips offer exciting opportunities for the creation of newer and faster applications, they also challenge students and educators. How can the new generation of computer scientists growing up with...
by Bruce Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
In 1948, the world-renowned book designer Bruce Rogers wrote a brief text that documented and illustrated his creation of the Centaur typeface several decades earlier: The Centaur Types. The book was privately printed by Rogers himself under the name of his design studio, October House. This limited...
Spacewalker
My Journey in Space and Faith as Nasa's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
From the age of ten, looking up at the stars, Jerry Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space. This autobiography tells the story of how he came not only to achieve that goal, but to become the most-launched astronaut in history, as well as a NASA veteran whose career spanned the entire US Space...
A Better Way to Build
A History of the Pankow Companies
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed. This book is a study in business history as well as civil engineering and construction management. It details the contributions that Charles J. Pankow,...
Scattering the Seeds of Knowledge
The Words and Works of Indiana's Pioneer County Extension Agents
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Today, Purdue Extension delivers practical, research-based information that transforms lives and livelihoods. Tailored to the needs of Indiana, its current programs include Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health and Human Sciences, Economic and Community Development, and 4-H Youth Development....
by Guillermo Martínez
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Borges and Mathematics is a short book of essays that explores the scientific thinking of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). Around half of the book consists of two "lectures" focused on mathematics. The rest of the book reflects on the relationship between literature, artistic...
The C-SPAN Archives
An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and preserves all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, and research uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, from all House and Senate sessions in the US Congress, to hearings, presidential speeches, conventions, and campaign events, totaling over...
Slow Ball Cartoonist
The Extraordinary Life of Indiana Native and Pulitzer Prize Winner John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Slow Ball Cartoonist takes readers on a journey to an earlier era in America when cartoonists played a pivotal role each day in enabling major daily newspapers to touch the lives of their readers. No American cartoonist was more influential than the Chicago Tribune's John T. McCutcheon-the plainspoken...
The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research
Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
C-SPAN is the network of record for US political affairs, broadcasting live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided––without editing, commentary, or analysis and with a balanced presentation...
Data Information Literacy
Librarians, Data and the Education of a New Generation of Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Given the increasing attention to managing, publishing, and preserving research datasets as scholarly assets, what competencies in working with research data will graduate students in STEM disciplines need to be successful in their fields? And what role can librarians play in helping students attain...
by Robert J. Sternberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
In an increasingly competitive higher education environment, Americas public universities are seeking ways to differentiate themselves. This book suggests that a hopeful vision of what a university should be lies in a reexamination of the land-grant mission, the common system of values originally...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks originally given at the annual "Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science," the chapters explore interconnections between the three areas in an engaging and accessible...
Engineering and Social Justice
In the University and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
This book is aimed at engineering academics worldwide, who are attempting to bring social justice into their work and practice, or who would like to but don't know where to start. This is the first book dedicated specifically to University professionals on Engineering and Social Justice, an emerging...