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  • MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
    MALCOLM MCLEAN
    This book is a record of the conference entitled Materials Science and Engineering: Its Nucleation and Growth held at Imperial College on 14 and 15 May 2001 as one of the events held to mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Royal School of Mines (RSM). ...

    $1,480.00

  • SYSTEMS THINKING METHODS IN SPORT
    SCOTT MCLEAN / MITCHELL NAUGHTON / GEMMA READ / NEVILLE A. STANTON / ADAM HULME / GUY WALKER / PAUL SALMON
    Sport is increasingly being described as a complex system. This inherent complexity cannot be understood by examining components in isolation; rather, the system as a whole should represent the unit of analysis. Systems thinking is the answer to understanding this complexity and is gaining traction in sport. Systems thinking provides a philosophy and a set of associated methods...

    $1,120.00

  • LINEAR ALGEBRA FOR EARTH SCIENTISTS
    J. DOUGLAS WALKER / NOAH M. MCLEAN
    Linear Algebra for Earth Scientists is written for undergraduate and graduate students in Earth and Environmental sciences. It is intended to give students enough background in linear algebra to work with systems of equations and data in geology, hydrology, geophysics, or whatever part of the Earth Sciences they engage with. The book does not presuppose any extensive prior know...

    $2,800.00

  • BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS' JUSTICE
    JEREMY MCLEAN
    ⚓ Feinde wohin man blickt. Der Schatz eines Königs am Horizont. Der Pirat Roberts setzt die Segel.⚓ Bartholomew Roberts hat das Piratenleben mit einer rücksichtslosen Hingabe angenommen, sehr zur Freude seiner neuen Crew. Unter seiner Führung sieht ihr Schicksal rosig aus, doch die Stimmung an Bord der Royal Rover ist nicht wie sie scheint. Bevor Roberts und seine Crew den näch...

    $50.00

  • FORENSIC DNA ANALYSES MADE SIMPLE
    OMAR BAGASRA / EWEN MCLEAN
    Sequencing genetic material is now common practice. The general population have become consumers of this information but without an understanding of the biological processes that render sequencing data useful. The interpretation of genetic sequence depends on an appreciation of the basics of genetics and the limits of such data. This book provides the background necessary to un...

    $1,100.00

  • THE POCKET DIARY OF A SENCO
    PIPPA MCLEAN
    The Pocket Diary of a SENCO spans a typical school year and includes hopeful and often humorous diary entries that share the authentic aspirations, joys and frustrations of championing inclusion and working in the role of a SENCO. Grounded in real-life experiences and day-to-day practice, Pippa McLean describes the experiences of a SENCO and the reality of SEND provision in sch...

    $520.00

  • LITERARY KNOWING AND THE MAKING OF ENGLISH TEACHERS
    LARISSA MCLEAN DAVIES / BRENTON DOECKE / PHILIP MEAD / WAYNE SAWYER / LYN YATES
    At a time when knowledge is being 're-valued' as central to curriculum concerns, subject English is being called to account. Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers puts long-standing debates about knowledge and knowing in English in dialogue with an investigation of how English teachers are made in the 21st century. This book explores, for the first time, the role ...

    $1,060.00

  • ETHICAL BASICS FOR THE CARING PROFESSIONS
    G. R. MCLEAN
    This book trains students of the caring professions, across health and social care, in the basic philosophical skills and knowledge needed to deal with the ethical aspects of their profession. It shows why ethical education is required, and teaches the skills of reasoning that equip professionals to think critically about the theories and arguments used in ethical discussions. ...

    $1,060.00

  • MAKER LITERACIES AND MAKER IDENTITIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
    JENNIFER ROWSELL / CHERYL A. MCLEAN
    This book explores “making” in the school curriculum in a period in which the ability to create and respond to digital artifacts is key and focuses on makerspaces in educational settings. Combining the arts with design to give a fuller picture of the engagement and wonder that unfolds with maker literacies, the book moves across such settings and themes as: Creativity and writi...

    $1,100.00

  • HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS IN SPORT
    ADAM HULME / COLIN SOLOMON / SCOTT MCLEAN
    Sport is an integral part of society, playing a key role in human health and well-being, and cultural, political and economic development. As sport is becoming more complex, competitive, diverse, and increasingly reliant on technology, HFE theories, methods, and principles are progressively being applied to help understand and optimize sports systems. Human Factors and Ergonomi...

    $1,580.00

  • ACADEMIC LIFE IN THE MEASURED UNIVERSITY
    TAI PESETA / SIMON BARRIE / JAN MCLEAN
    While a life in academia is still one bestowed with enormous privilege and opportunity, on the inside, its cracks and fragility have been on display for some time. We see evidence of this in researchers bemoaning time spent applying for grants rather than doing research; teachers frustrated at the ways student feedback data are deployed to feed judgements about them; and doctor...

    $1,160.00

  • TRANSFORMATIVE GROUND
    ROSS MCLEAN
    Aimed at students and instructors, alongside practitioners and researchers, in landscape architecture and its allied disciplinary fields, this book provides the reader with a clear framework of theoretical and practical considerations for interpreting and designing post-industrial landscapes. One of the biggest contemporary challenges currently faced in the profession is how to...

    $1,060.00

  • XENOTRANSPLANTATION
    SHEILA A. M. MCLEAN
    Originally published in 2005. One of the leading causes of death is organ failure, that is, when one or other of the organs that run the machine we call the body gives out. However, whereas with a machine spare parts can usually replace faulty parts, in the case of humans the supply of these is limited as it is dependent on organs being obtained from living or dead donors. Due ...

    $1,160.00

  • SCALING IMPACT
    ROBERT MCLEAN / JOHN GARGANI
    Scaling Impact introduces a new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation. Inspired by leading scientific and entrepreneurial innovators from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East, this book presents a synthesis of unrivalled diversity and grounded ingenuity. The result is a different perspective on how to...

    $1,060.00

  • JAMAICAN LABOR MIGRATION
    ELIZABETH MCLEAN PETRAS
    This book traces the historical process of the West Indian Labour Recruitment and migration out of Jamaica after the demise of the sugar industry. It examines how the availability of Jamaican immigrant labor between 1850 and 1930 fueled the accumulation of capital for entrepreneurs and investors. ...

    $1,200.00

  • DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
    VIRGIL L. ANDERSON / ROBERT A. MCLEAN
    The book is written for anyone who wants to design experiments, carry them out, and analyze the results. The authors provide a clear-cut, practical approach to designing experiments in any discipline and explain the general principles upon which such design is based. The reader then can apply these theories to any specific problem in his own work. No advanced mathematics is nee...

    $1,800.00

  • THE CURRICULUM
    BRIAN HOLMES / MARTIN MCLEAN
    Originally published in 1989. What should be taught in schools? This book explores the differing curriculum traditions in Britain, Europe, the USA, Latin America, India and the Far East and the possibilities for change. For the practising teacher and the educationalist it opens up the debates about ‘quality’ in education which have been intense in many countries throughout the ...

    $960.00

  • MEN'S WAYS OF BEING
    CHRISTOPHER MCLEAN / MAGGIE CAREY / CHERYL WHITE
    Men's Ways of Being represents a dramatic turning point in the debate on what it is to be a man, an insightful rethinking of the questions of men and masculinity. It shows how men can take action to change the very demands of masculinity. ...

    $1,340.00

  • GEOLOGY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS
    C. GRIBBLE / A. MCLEAN
    This seasoned textbook introduces geology for civil engineering students. It covers minerals and rocks, superficial deposits and the distribution of rocks at or below the surface. It then looks at groundwater and gives guidance on the exploration of a site before looking at the civil engineering implications of rocks and the main geological factors which affect typical engineer...

    $2,540.00

  • MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS
    SHEILA MCLEAN
    This title was first published in 2002.The wide range of essays contained within this volume present contemporary thinking on the legal and ethical implications surrounding modern medical practice. ...

    $1,340.00

  • GENETICS AND GENE THERAPY
    SHEILA A.M. MCLEAN
    Genetics and Gene Therapy shows the wide range of the debate and the very real significance that genetics and its associated developments have for human beings, individually and collectively. Few areas of science and medicine have resulted in the volume of academic and popular literature as has genetics. The so-called revolution in understanding of the causes of disease states,...

    $1,460.00

  • KRAUS' RECREATION & LEISURE IN MODERN SOCIETY
    DANIEL MCLEAN / AMY HURD / DENISE M. ANDERSON
    The Eleventh Edition of Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society provides a detailed introduction to the history, developments, and current trends in leisure studies. It addresses contemporary issues facing the recreation and leisure profession and focuses on challenges and opportunities that impact the profession now as well as years from now. Extensive research into e...

    $433.60

  • GROW YOUR FACTORY, GROW YOUR PROFITS
    TIMOTHY MCLEAN
    When I was first given the job of managing a small plastics factory back in 1989, I quickly realized that most of the books and teaching on Lean Manufacturing were designed for big companies and were not relevant to my factory.Tim McleanThe last 25 years has seen Tim lead and assist over 100 small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturing ope ...

    $1,060.00

  • ON TIME, IN FULL
    TIMOTHY MCLEAN
    "On Time-In Full" is an important work. Tim McLean provides an easy to follow practical approach to building a highly performing supply chain" -Drew Locher, Shingo Prize Winning Author and Lean Thinker The most fundamental requirement for a manufacturing or distribution business is to deliver to customers what they want, in the quantity they want, when they want it. It doesn’t ...

    $1,060.00

  • FIRST DO NO HARM
    MCLEAN, SHEILA A M, PROFESSOR
    This collection brings together essays from leading figures in the field of medical law and ethics which address the key issues currently challenging scholars in the field. It has also been compiled as a lasting testimony to the work of one of the most eminent scholars in the area, Professor Ken Mason. The collection marks the academic crowning of a career which has laid one of...

    $1,460.00

  • THE COSMOGRAPHIA OF SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER
    MATTHEW MCLEAN
    Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was an immensely influential book that attempted to describe the entire world across all of human history and analyse its constituent elements of geography, history, ethnography, zoology and botany. First published in 1544 it went through thirty-five editions and was published in five languages, making it one of the most important books of the ...

    $1,240.00

  • HEATING SERVICES DESIGN
    RONALD K. MCLAUGHLIN / R. CRAIG MCLEAN / W. JOHN BONTHRON
    Heating Services Design focuses on the design of heating systems. The book first discusses the fundamentals of fluid flow. Topics include fluid properties, viscous fluids in motion, fluid flow in pipes, and additional losses in pipes. The text explains automatic control and considers feedforward and feedback control, process reaction rate, system time lags, control valves, mod...

    $970.00

  • PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, CAPABILITIES AND THE PUBLIC GOOD
    MELANIE WALKER / MONICA MCLEAN
    This book innovatively explores how universities might be engines of reform and be directed towards social change. Using rich case studies drawn from South African research, the book comprehensively provides a myriad of new perspectives on what constitutes a set of appropriate public-good professional capabilities that will translate successfully into contributions to human dev...

    $1,540.00

  • MARKETING THE MUSEUM
    FIONA MCLEAN
    Marketing the Museum is the ideal guide to the ways in which museums can overcome the numerous hurdles on the route to truly achieving a marketing orientation. The history of the museum is one of shifting purposes and changing ideals and this volume asks if it is possible to define the 'product' which the modern museum can offer. This book explores the crucial question: Are the...

    $1,240.00

  • REGULATING PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
    A.M. MCLEAN, SHEILA / ELLISTON, SARAH
    The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more controversial uses have arisen such as HLA typing to save the life of a sibling...

    $1,100.00


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