Big history and the future of humanity "This remains the best single attempt to theorize big history as a discipline that can link core concepts and paradigms across all historical disciplines, from cosmology to geology, from biology to human history. With additional and updated material, the Second Edition also offers a fine introduction to the history of big history and a superb introductory survey to the big history story. Essential reading for anyone interested in a rapidly evolving new f...

Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016 MRI at a Glance encapsulates essential MRI physics knowledge. Illustrated in full colour throughout, its concise text explains complex information, to provide the perfect revision aid.

Colonialism/Postcolonialism is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the historical, theoretical and political dimensions of colonial and postcolonial studies. This new edition includes a new introduction and conclusion as well as extensive updates throughout. Topics covered include globalization, new grassroots movements (including Occupy Wall Street), the environmental crisis, and the relationship between Marxism and postcolonial studies.

Loomba also discusses how ongoing struggles such a...

How is practical change work carried out in modern organizations? And what kind of challenges, tasks and other difficulties are normally encountered as a part of it?In a turbulent and changing world, organizational culture is often seen as central for sustained competitiveness. Organizations are faced with increased demands for change but these are often so challenging that they meet heavy resistance and fizzle out. Changing Organizational Culture encourages the development of a reflexive app...

For courses in computer programming and engineering. Beginner to Intermediate Programming in JavaThis book is designed to serve as a textbook and reference for programming in the Java language. Although it does include programming techniques, it is organized around the features of the Java language rather than any particular curriculum of programming techniques.

The main audience is undergraduate students who have not had extensive programming experience with the Java language. The introducto...

Het Kursbuch bestaat uit tien Lektionen. In de Inhaltsverzeichnis worden de onderdelen van elke Lektion weergegeven: opbouw, thema's, taalhandelingen, woordenschat en grammatica, uitspraak en spellingregels. Thema's die aan bod komen zijn onder andere: introductie van een nieuwe medewerker, de bedrijfsstructuur, een fabrieksbezoek, een zakenreis, vergaderingen, thuiswerken, beroepskleding en de computerwerkplek.

De tien Lektionen zijn helder gestructureerd en bieden een ruim aanbod aan opdra...

Het boek Arbeidsrecht voor HR-management combineert

de theorie van het arbeidsrecht met gerichte praktijkvoorbeelden.

Hierbij wordt speciale aandacht gegeven

aan wijzigingen die de Wet werk en zekerheid (WWZ)

met zich mee brengt.

De praktijkvoorbeelden zijn gebaseerd op twee fi ctieve

professionals: Henk en Veronique. Henk is franchiseondernemer

van een supermarkt en Veronique is

HR-manager bij een internationale onderneming. Aan

de hand van de praktijkvoorbeelden worden alledaagse

werksituaties beschr...

An engineering system contains multiple components that interconnect to perform a specific task. Starting from basic fundamentals through to advanced applications, Sensors and Actuators: Engineering System Instrumentation, Second Edition thoroughly explains the inner workings of an engineering system. The text first provides introductory material-practical procedures and applications in the beginning-and then methodically integrates more advanced techniques, theory, and concepts throughout th...

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Kursbuchteil:

- transparenter Aufbau

- trainiert die vier Grundfertigkeiten sowie "Sehen und Hören", "Wortschatz" und "Grammatik" im Baukastensystem

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This new edition of a bestselling evangelical survey of the Old Testament (over 180,000 copies sold) has been thoroughly updated and features a beautiful new interior design. It is lavishly illustrated with four-color images, maps, and charts and retains the pedagogical features that have made the book so popular:* chapter outlines, objectives, and summaries* study questions* sidebars featuring primary source material, ethical and theological issues, and contemporary applications* lists of ke...