Chemistry is widely considered to be the central science: it encompasses concepts from which other branches of science are developed. Yet, for many students entering university, gaining a firm grounding in chemistry is a real challenge. Chemistry(3) responds to this challenge, providing students with a full understanding of the fundamental principles of chemistry on which to build later studies.

Uniquely amongst the introductory chemistry texts currently available, Chemistry(3) is written by ...

This book promotes an evidence-based paradigm of fetal heart rate monitoring during labour, with a move away from the traditional 'pattern-based' interpretation to physiology-based interpretation. Chapters are presented in a systematic and accessible format, covering topics such as non-hypoxic causes of fetal brain injury, pre-existing hypoxia, types of intrapartum hypoxia, erroneous monitoring of maternal heart rate, fetal scalp blood sampling and fetal ECG (STAN), intermittent auscultation ...

Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational public history textbook for use in undergraduate and graduate classrooms. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings, from local community-based projects to international case studies.

Avec son découpage chronologique et ses nombreuses illustrations, cet ouvrage permet de balayer onze siècles d'histoire littéraire.

Afin d'offrir un large panorama du sujet, cet ouvrage :

explique les grands mouvements de la littérature française, du Moyen Âge à nos jours,

expose les principes des différents genres littéraires,

recense les oeuvres et auteurs marquants de chaque courant littéraire.

Étudiants préparant une licence ou un CAPES de lettres classiques ou de lettres mode...

This text provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of food from the unique perspective of place. It shows that our experiences with food are deeply influenced by their cultural, social, economic, and political contexts. The authors explore a wide range of questions such as: Do GMOs threaten rural livelihoods? Why don't we eat dogs? Does your neighborhood make you fat? Do community gardens encourage urban gentrification? Can cheese save a local economy? Why are gourmet burgers appeari...

One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. In Montessori, Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori. Lillard presents the research behind nine insights that are foundations of Montessori education, describing how each of these insights is applied in the Montessori classroom.

In reading this book, pa...

Het livre de l'élève bestaat uit een inleidende unité en twaalf unités. Elke unité heeft de volgende opbouw:

Een introductiepagina die de voorkennis van de cursisten activeert en hen voorbereidt op het thema. De leerdoelen worden hier aangegeven.

Zes pagina’s leerstof verdeeld in deel A en deel B. In gekleurde kaders staan de belangrijkste taalfuncties en grammaticale onderwerpen. Regelmatig moeten cursisten een schema of regel aanvullen. In elke unité staan verwijzingen naar oefening...

In The Globalization of Renaissance Art: A Critical Review, Daniel Savoy assembles an interdisciplinary group of scholars to evaluate the global discourse on early modern European art. Over the course of eleven chapters and a roundtable, the contributors assess the discourse's goal of transcending Eurocentric boundaries, reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses of current terms, methods, theories, and concepts. Although it is clear that the global perspective has exposed the artistic and cu...

Ouvrage de Communication en français langue étrangère (FLE) dans la collection Progressive destiné aux grands adolescents et adultes niveau avancé (B2/C1).

​Ce qui fait le succès de cet ouvrage :

Une organisation claire : la leçon sur la page de gauche, les activités communicatives sur la page de droite

47 chapitres présentant les points généralement abordés aux niveaux B2 et C1 du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues

Un apprentissage progressif : il suit la pr...