Прочая образовательная литература
Различные книги в жанре Прочая образовательная литератураEngaging Young Students in Mathematics through Competitions — World Perspectives and Practices
The two volumes of 'Engaging Young Students in Mathematics through Competitions' present a wide scope of aspects relating to mathematics competitions and their meaning in the world of mathematical research, teaching and entertainment. Volume II contains background information on connections between the mathematics of competitions and the organization of such competitions, their interplay with research, teaching and more. It will be of interest to anyone involved with mathematics competitions at any level, be they researchers, competition participants, teachers or theoretical educators. The various chapters were written by the participants of the 8th Congress of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions in Austria in 2018. Contents: Mathematics Competitions and Research: From the Lifting-the-Exponent-Lemma to Elliptic Curves with Isomorphic Groups of Points: How Olympiad Mathematics Influences Mathematical Research (Clemens Heuberger) Examples of Mathematics and Competitions Influencing Each Other (Peter Taylor and Kevin McAvaney) University Mathematics in the Polish Mathematical Olympiad (Krzysztof Ciesielski) Building Bridges Between Olympiads and Mathematics: Three Long-Distance Trains of Thought (Alexander Soifer) Mathematics Competitions and Teaching: Beyond the Rainbow — Thoughts on the Potential of Mathematics Competition Problems in the Classroom (Robert Geretschläger) How to Create and Solve: Analysis of Items from the Mathematical Kangaroo from Two Perspectives (Lukas Andritsch, Evita Hauke and Jakob Kelz) The Special Role of Mathematics Competitions in Certain Countries: The Impact of Mathematical Olympiads on the Mathematics Community of Colombia (María Falk de Losada) The Impact of Mathematical Olympiads on the Mathematics Community of Venezuela (Rafael Sánchez Lamoneda) Mathematical Olympiads in Cabo Verde: Genesis, History and Comments (Natália Furtado) Special Mathematics Competitions: Some Selected Problems from the Mediterranean Mathematics Competition after its First 20 Years (Francisco Bellot-Rosado) Náboj: A Somehow Different Competition (Erich Fuchs, Bettina Kreuzer, Alexander Slávik and Martina Vaváčková) The CompMath Competition: Solving Math Problems with Computer Algebra Systems (Stoyan Kapralov, Penka Ivanova and Stefka Bouyuklieva) Evolving Ideas in Problem Series of the Chernorizec Hrabar Math Tournament (Borislav Yordanov Lazarov) The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival: A Complement and Alternative to Competitions (Mark Saul) The Flavor of the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: A Concerto in Four Movements (Alexander Soifer) Computational Thinking Hackathon (Yahya Tabesh and Shaya Zarkesh) Readership: Students, teachers, researchers, and general public interested in mathematics competition problems.Mathematics Competitions;Mathematics Education;Mathematical Puzzles00
Black Hawk Down
Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden’s brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they found themselves pinned down through a long and terrible night fighting against thousands of heavily armed Somalis. The following morning, eighteen Americans were dead and more than seventy had been badly wounded.Drawing on interviews from both sides, army records, audiotapes, and videos (some of the material is still classified), Bowden’s minute-by-minute narrative is one of the most exciting accounts of modern combat ever written—a riveting story that captures the heroism, courage, and brutality of battle.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin (1809–82) changed the world forever with the 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin: A Celebration of His Life and Legacy is an anthology of critical writings that grew out of a lecture series, hosted by Auburn University, held on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the first edition of his most famous book. Ideas in On the Origin of Species reordered the biological sciences forever, spawned new disciplines including evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, and evolutionary developmental biology, became foundational for modern biomedical research and practice, inspired new literature and literary criticism, were misused by 20th-century eugenicists and social Darwinists, traumatized persons with certain theological views, and continue to alter humankind’s view of itself and its place in the world. The seventeen contributors to this anthology tell an interdisciplinary story of Charles Darwin the person, Darwin’s work and world-altering ideas, and Darwin’s legacy.
The Safety Net
The advent of the internet has been one of the most significant technological developments in history. In this thought-provoking and ground-breaking work David Eagleman, author of international bestseller Sum, presents six ways in which the net saves us from major existential threats: pandemics, poor information flow, natural disasters, political corruption, resource depletion and economic meltdown.
Evolved
B and N ebook promotions.Free ebook promotion available to indie bookstores.A humanities guy exploring backyard science, Werner offers a layman's view of evolutionary theory.Werner's accessible, welcoming prose invites the reader to move in closer for a fresh look at everyday human activities and commonplace natural wonders.With a voice and viewpoint all his own, Werner takes a well-earned place on the shelf between the evolutionary theory of E.O. Wilson and the shimmering prose of Terry Tempest Williams.A confident, thought provoking speaker, Werner will facilitate a panel of Torrey House Press authors at the 2012 Utah Book Festival and will be a featured presenter at the 2013 festival.Werner teaches writing at the University of Utah, and is well connected in the West's writing circles.
Расплетая радугу. Наука, заблуждения и потребность изумляться
Аудиокнига известного ученого-эволюциониста и одаренного писателя Ричарда Докинза о… поэзии в науке. Джон Китс вменял Ньютону в вину, что тот, объяснив происхождение радуги, уничтожил ее красоту. Докинз в своей яркой и провокационной манере доказывает, что Китс не мог бы заблуждаться сильнее, и демонстрирует, как понимание науки помогает человеческому воображению и увеличивает наше изумление перед Вселенной. © Richard Dawkins, 1998 © А. Гопко, перевод на русский язык, 2020 © А. Бондаренко, оформление, 2020 Издательство CORPUS ® © & ℗ ООО «Издательство АСТ», «Аудиокнига», 2020 Продюсер аудиозаписи: Татьяна Плюта
Илон Маск: Откровенно говоря…
Илон Маск вызывает восхищение как успешный бизнесмен, миллионер и человек, известный и уважаемый во всем мире. Эта книга – сборник его высказываний, в которых затрагиваются такие темы, как создание электромобиля и ракет, приземляющихся на плавающую платформу, колонизация Марса, способы спасения нашей планеты от вымирания, космический интернет, солнечная энергия, сверхзвуковые поезда и большие деньги. Для широкого круга читателей.
Письменный китайский
Для учеников второго года обучения. Уровень HSK-2 – HSK-3. Структура предложения, типы предложений, времена. Обстоятельства времени и места, образа действия. Простые и подробные объяснения. Во избежание проблем с отображением иероглифов и транскрипции большая часть текста переведена в формат картинок. Рисунки автора.
Цвет для продаж
Влияет ли цвет на успешность продаж?Как привлечь клиентов в своей сфере с помощью цвета?Какие цвета используют в своих логотипах известные бренды и почему?На все эти и другие вопросы автор дает ответы.
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От автора:Курс «Экология на английском языке» предлагается для учащихся, студентов и преподавателей школ с глубоким изучением английского языка, лицеев, гимназий, высших учебных заведений, а также работников сферы экологического просвещения. Предлагаемый материал поможет в изучении специализированной литературы по экологии на английском языке, а также для осуществления проектов совместной работы школьников, студентов и преподавателей разных стран в решении экологических проблем на планете.