This unique reference is intended to help users learn SolidWorks on their own with little or no outside help. Unlike other books of its kind, it begins at a very basic level and ends at a fairly advanced level. It has been updated to include all new features of SolidWorks 2011 - 2012. And it's perfe[...]
Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) are used to predict molecular affinities, solubility, and solubility-related phenomena. Revised and updated throughout, Hansen Solubility Parameters: A User's Handbook, Second Edition features the three Hansen solubility parameters for over 1200 chemicals and corr[...]
Play is an essential part of learning and development for children and is an increasingly important aspect of creative approaches to teaching and learning in primary education. This book demonstrates the value of play in all its different forms as a highly effective medium for teaching and learning [...]
Trainee teachers are expected to demonstrate reflective practice in many ways throughout their course. This text provides the support, enabling them to demonstrate their ability to be meaningfully reflective. It gives trainees guidance on how to encourage children to be reflective in their learning [...]
New edition of this popular text for primary trainees aimed at consolidating and developing their mathematics teaching skills. Now linked to the 2012 Teachers' Standards.[...]
Art charms are easy to create from nearly any material imaginable and fun to use in creative jewelry pieces. This book presents nine chapters organized by medium -- including paper, found objects, polymer clay, plastic, wood, fiber, resin, metal, and glass -- and gives directions to make three charm[...]
"Teaching and the Case Method" delves into the special role of teacher and students in the case method learning process. Schools that want to use the case method more effectively can use this book to teach groups of faculty how to apply case method techniques. For the first time, too, a book about c[...]
This book starts deep in the Delta to explore the history of the blues, spotlighting landmark musicians, recordings and happenings along the way. Blues greats covered here include Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan and dozens more. The book also explores the so[...]
In some 300 large-size illustrations, this book shows the whole development of German passenger ships from the first paddle steamers on rivers and lakes, via the early ocean liners still equipped with auxiliary sails and the luxury high-speed steamers before and between the World Wars, to the great [...]
Filled with a wide array of classic knitting patterns, this book is, in essence, the ultimate mitten book. The patterns are organized from simple to difficult and their origins range from traditional Scandinavian and Canadian Maritime patterns to more contemporary sewn and windblock patterns from ri[...]
An introduction to the practical treatment of inverse problems using numerical methods for graduate students, including examples and exercises.[...]
A taste of Denmark dishes up delicious servings of authentic traditional recipes such as Æbleskiver and Smørrebrød. Full of beautiful photographs of finished dishes and many how-to pictures, this is also an art creation by Danish born executive chef Stig Hansen. A perfect companion in exploring D[...]
As borders become increasingly fluid in a globalized world, border security remains at the heart of public and policymaker concerns about immigration.This volume brings together perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic on what border security means in practice. It addreses the challenges that co[...]