Practical skills form the cornerstone of chemistry. However, the diversity of skills required in the laboratory means that a student's experience may be limited. While some techniques do require specific skills, many of them are transferable generic skills that are required throughout the subject area.

Limited time constraints of the modern curriculum often preclude or minimise laboratory time. Practical Skills in Chemistry 3rd edition provides a general guidance for use in and out of practic...

Industrial Production offers a broad and thorough introduction to the multidisciplinary field of production engineering, with a focus on the production of mechanical products. The book covers design and machining processes, as well as topics such as materials behaviour, manufacturing, assembly and manufacturing machines. It also looks at quality, costs, important aspects of product and production development (including design for production) as well as technical and organisational management.

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Mensen geven graag, vaak en veel advies. Om daarmee anderen te helpen hun doelen te bereiken of om hun persoonlijke of professionele situatie te verbeteren. Maar hoe stel je vast wat een verbetering is? Wat is de beste manier om iemand daarbij te adviseren? En vooral, welke kwaliteiten en vaardigheden moet je bezitten om deskundig advies te kunnen geven?Dit boek bevat theorie, tips en trucs, praktijkvoorbeelden en oefeningen. Het geeft je duidelijk inzicht in de vaardigheden die je nodig hebt...

Vervolgboek wiskunde volgt op het succesvolle studieboek Basisboek wiskunde, waarin de eerste elementaire kennis van wiskunde wordt aangeboden. Vervolgboek wiskunde gaat een stap verder.

De onderwerpen die worden besproken zijn vectorrekening, matrixrekening, het oplossen van stelsels lineaire vergelijkingen met behulp van Gausseliminatie, machtreeksen en Taylorreeksen, functies van meer variabelen, meervoudige integralen, complexe getallen en differentiaalvergelijkingen. Door deze selectie v...

Sometimes people lose control of their lives and find it hard to cope. With Pathways to Empowerment, professionals can support them in achieving the quality of life that they wish for, in which they become full members of society and are allowed to participate, belong, have significance, and be who they are.

Pathways to Empowerment helps counsellors to master an attitude and acquire the competences needed to do strength-based work with clients. The book consists of three parts. Part I describ...

Het boek Een meester in leren is geschreven naar aanleiding van de behoefte van studenten van lerarenopleidingen aan een praktisch, leesbaar, en studeerbaar boek over leertheorieën en leerprocessen. Dit boek voorziet in die behoefte, doordat het in heldere taal geschreven is en vol staat met praktijkvoorbeelden van de wijze waarop leertheorieën in de dagelijkse onderwijspraktijk van het voorgezet onderwijs (algemeen voortgezet onderwijs en (v)mbo) toegepast kunnen worden.

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For courses in introductory calculus-based physics. Precise. Highly accurate.

Carefully crafted. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy and a clear and direct narrative with applications that draw the student into the physics at hand. The text gives students a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of physics in all its aspects, from mechanics to modern physics.

Each topic begins with concrete observations and experiences that students can relate to their eve...

Offers a concise yet thorough presentation of engineering mechanics theory and application. The material is reinforced with numerous examples to illustrate principles and imaginative, well-illustrated problems of varying degrees of difficulty. The book is committed to developing users' problem-solving skills. Features Photorealistc figures (over 400) that have been rendered in often 3D photo quality detail to appeal to visual learners. Presents a thorough combination of both static and dynami...

Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed.Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice.#1...

"A gripping and gloriously treacherous thriller without guide ropes or safety nets. Leave all certainties by the door." Frances Hardinge A taut thriller about murder, maths and the mind. Peter Blankman is afraid of everything and must confront unimaginable terror when his mother is attacked.

Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a maths prodigy. He also suffers from severe panic attacks. Afraid of everything, he finds solace in the orderly and logical world of mathematics and in the love of hi...