The Routledge Companion to Big History guides readers though the variety of themes and concepts that structure contemporary scholarship in the field of big history. The volume is divided into five parts, each representing current and evolving areas of interest to the community, including big history’s relationship to science, social science, the humanities, and the future, as well as teaching big history and ‘little big histories’. Considering an ever-expanding range of theoretical, ped...

The revised and updated third edition of Simplified TRIZ: New Problem Solving Applications for Technical and Business Professionals, 3rd Edition continues to demystify TRIZ (systematic innovation), the internationally acclaimed problem solving technique. It demonstrates how TRIZ can be used as a stand alone methodology or used to enhance Lean, Six Sigma, and other systems of organizational improvement. Simplified TRIZ 3rd Edition once again strikes the perfect balance between overly complex a...

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Offering unrivalled coverage of classical theories, contemporary approaches, and current issues, together with an exceptionally clear writing style, Introduction to International Relations provides a uniquely accessible and engaging introduction to the subject. With an emphasis on theoretical approaches and their application to the real world, the authors encourage critical engagement with the theories presented, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and the major points of contention. Th...

This fully updated third edition provides students and researchers with the tools they need to perform critically engaged, theoretically informed research using methods that include interviewing, focus groups, historical research, oral histories, ethnography and participant observation, textual analysis and digital research. Each chapter features step-by-step instructions that integrate theory with practice, as well as a case study drawn from published research demonstrating best practices fo...

A fully reconceived first edition exploring human development topic by topic.

Kathleen Berger’s breakthrough text tells a compelling story of life-span development via a topically organised approach. Berger draws from a variety of cultures around the world to tell the story of human development, communicating the scientific understanding and human impact of developmental psychology in her distinguished narrative voice.With a wide-ranging cultural perspective, up-to-date research, this text...

Conducted properly, information security risk assessments provide managers with the feedback needed to manage risk through the understanding of threats to corporate assets, determination of current control vulnerabilities, and appropriate safeguards selection. Performed incorrectly, they can provide the false sense of security that allows potential threats to develop into disastrous losses of proprietary information, capital, and corporate value. Picking up where its bestselling predecessors ...

Offers a unified discussion of generalized linear models and correlated data methods. Provides information suitable for graduate non-statistics majors or advanced undergraduate statistics majors. Includes case studies with real data. Offers material on R at the end of each chapter. Provides a solutions manual.

"Dans l'histoire naturelle et sociale du Second Empire, La Curée est la note de l'or et de la chair." C'est par ces mots que Zola annonce en 1871 le premier grand roman parisien de la série des Rougon-Macquart. En digne successeur de Balzac, il allie ici avec brio la satire et le récit, le tableau de moeurs et le drame, la fiction et une analyse socio-politique acérée du capitalisme conquérant. À travers l'histoire du couple formé par Saccard, le spéculateur frénétique, et Renée, ...

Linie 1 B1 richtet sich an Deutschlernende, die in Alltag und Beruf angemessen kommunizieren möchten. Linie 1 zeichnet sich aus durch lineare Lernwege und ein breites Angebot an Differenzierungsmöglichkeiten für heterogene Lernergruppen. Durch regelmäßige Aktivierung und Individualisierung des Gelernten führt Linie 1 zu stetigen Erfolgserlebnissen und motiviert zum eigenen Sprachhandeln außerhalb des Sprachkurses. Das Lehrwerk ist zum Einsatz im Einstiegskurs und Integrationskurs geeig...