Wspc imprint: 2707 books
by David R Ramsdale
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
100 Diagnostic Challenges in Clinical Medicine is composed of one hundred well-illustrated clinical scenarios and their appropriate investigations. A wide variety of specialties are covered including cardiology, neurology, dermatology, endocrinology, tropical medicine, haematology, metabolic medicine,...
The First Transplant Surgeon
The Flawed Genius of Nobel Prize Winner, Alexis Carrel
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
This is a new account, of how, in the early 1900s, the French-born surgeon Alexis Carrel (1873–1944) set the groundwork for the later success in human organ transplantation, and gained America's first Nobel Prize in 1912. His other contributions were the first operations on the heart, and the first...
Trigonometry
Notes, Problems and Exercises
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
This book provides a thorough, intermediate-level yet concise course in Trigonometry for use in colleges. There are 37 short chapters, each treating one specific theme and containing worked examples and easy exercises. Central to the work are the trigonometric properties of triangle ABC and its associated...
Solving Problems in Geometry
Insights and Strategies for Mathematical Olympiad and Competitions
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
This new volume of the Mathematical Olympiad Series focuses on the topic of geometry. Basic and advanced theorems commonly seen in Mathematical Olympiad are introduced and illustrated with plenty of examples. Special techniques in solving various types of geometrical problems are also introduced,...
Biotechnology and Medical Science
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Biotechnology and Medical Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This book is an all-embracing review of biotechnology, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, pharmacy and medicinal chemistry, and biopharmaceutical technology. Existing theories and the latest findings are discussed. Researchers, engineers, academics, and industry professionals will find this book...
Goh Keng Swee
A Public Career Remembered
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore's first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore's first industrial estate now known as Jurong Town. He was also the first and longest serving Defence Minister after Singapore became independent in 1965, responsible for building up the Singapore...
Ancient Silk Trade Routes
Selected Works from Symposium on Cross Cultural Exchanges and Their Legacies in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
As key nodes that connected ancient silk routes traversing China, Japan and India, trading hubs, towns and cities in Java and Sumatra and other places in Asia were key destination points for merchants, monks and other itinerants plying these routes.
Recent archaeological excavations in countries...
How Physics Confronts Reality
Einstein was Correct, but Bohr Won the Game
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
This book recalls, for nonscientific readers, the history of quantum mechanics, the main points of its interpretation, and Einstein's objections to it, together with the responses engendered by his arguments. Most popular discussions on the strange aspects of quantum mechanics ignore the fundamental...
Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe
Hot Big Bang Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
This book is written from the viewpoint of a deep connection between cosmology and particle physics. It presents the results and ideas on both the homogeneous and isotropic Universe at the hot stage of its evolution and in later stages. The main chapters describe in a systematic and pedagogical way...
by Pentti O Haikonen
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Robots are becoming more human, but could they also become sentient and have human-like consciousness?
What is consciousness, exactly?
It is a fact that our thoughts and consciousness are based on the neural activity of the brain. It is also a fact that we do not perceive our brain activity...
Nobel Laureates in Search of Identity and Integrity
Voices of Different Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2005
In this collection of essays, biographies and Nobel lectures, ten Nobel Laureates from five continents give various and startling perspectives on current questions about modernity and tradition, unity and diversity, integration, identity, integrity, gender and sexual roles in a multicultural world...
by Raz Kupferman
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
This book covers the elementary school mathematics curriculum common in most parts of the world. Its aim is to serve educators (teachers and parents) as a guide for teaching mathematics at elementary school level. The book focuses both on content knowledge and on pedagogical content knowledge. It...
The Power of Computational Thinking
Games, Magic and Puzzles to Help You Become a Computational Thinker
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
From the team behind Computer Science for Fun (cs4fn), The Power of Computational Thinking shows that learning to think can be fascinating fun.
Can you become a computational thinker?
Can machines have brains?
Do computers really see and understand the world?
Can games help us to study nature,...
by Jean-Luc Lebrun
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
Check out the author's website at www.scientific-writing.com
Given that scientific material can be hard to comprehend, sustained attention and memory retention become major reader challenges. Scientific writers must not only present their science, but also work hard to generate and sustain...