Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: walker r

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  • EXERCISES IN STATISTICAL REASONING
    MICHAEL R. SCHWOB / YUNSHAN DUAN / BEATRICE CANTONI / BERNARDO FLORES-LOPEZ / STEPHEN G. WALKER
    Students cultivate learning techniques in school that emphasize procedural problem solving and rote memorization. This leads to efficient problem solving for familiar problems. However, conducting novel research is an exercise in creative problem solving that is at odds with a procedural approach; it requires thinking deeply about the topic and crafting solutions to unique prob...

    $1,400.00

  • GEOGRAPHIES OF POST-INDUSTRIAL PLACE, MEMORY, AND HERITAGE
    AMY WALKER / WILLIAM R. PRICE / MARK ALAN RHODES II
    All industrialization is deeply rooted within the specific geographies in which it took place, and echoes of previous industrialization continue to reverberate in these places through to the modern day. This book investigates the overlap of memory and the impacts of industrialization within today’s communities and the senses of place and heritage that grew alongside and in reac...

    $1,200.00

  • CULTURE, IDEOLOGY, AND WORLD ORDER
    R.B.J. WALKER
    Contemporary discourse about human affairs is largely grounded in the specific historical experience and interests of a few dominant societies. This poses an important challenge to all those who urge that we need to adopt a global perspective on modern political life, whether in terms of international relations, comparative and developmental politi ...

    $1,200.00

  • FOUNDATIONS OF CRIME ANALYSIS
    JEFFERY T. WALKER / GRANT R. DRAWVE
    In recent years, the fields of crime analysis and environmental criminology have grown in prominence for their advancements made in understanding crime. This book offers a theoretical and methodological introduction to crime analysis, covering the main techniques used in the analysis of crime and the foundation of crime mapping. Coverage includes discussions of: The development...

    $1,580.00

  • THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
    AARON J. MACKINNON / PETER N. DUINKER / TONY R. WALKER
    This book charts the history of the application of science in environmental impact assessment (EIA) and provides a conceptual and technical overview of scientific developments associated with EIA since its inception in the early 1970s. The Application of Science in Environmental Impact Assessment begins by defining an appropriate role for science in EIA. From here it goes on to...

    $660.00

  • THE FOREMAN ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE
    CHARLES R. WALKER / ROBERT H. GUEST / ARTHUR N. TURNER
    As part of a 1950s study dealing with various phases of the impact of mass production on human behaviour, this volume, originally published in 1956 and now a classic of its time examines the technological environment and the foreman within management, from the foreman's point of view. The book presents case-history material, but behind this presentation and controlling it are b...

    $920.00

  • EUROPE'S 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGE
    DIDIER BIGO / R.B.J. WALKER
    This volume presents the final results of the CHALLENGE research project (The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security) - a five-year project funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of DG Research of the European Commission. The book critically appraises the liberties of citizens and others within the EU, and the different ways in which they are affected by the prol...

    $1,480.00

  • BRITISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE TEST BAN 1954–1973
    JOHN R. WALKER
    In 1962 Dean Acheson famously described Britain as having lost an Empire but not yet found a role. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in the realms of nuclear weapons. An increasingly marginal world power, successive post-war British governments felt that an independent nuclear deterrent was essential if the country was to remain at the top table of world diplomacy. Foc...

    $1,380.00

  • PRINCIPLES OF ECOTOXICOLOGY
    C.H. WALKER / R.M. SIBLY / S.P. HOPKIN / D.B. PEAKALL
    Cutting across traditional subject boundaries, Principles of Ecotoxicology, Fourth Edition gives readers an integrated view of ecotoxicology, from molecules to ecosystems. This new edition of a bestselling textbook continues to emphasize principles rather than practice, providing the interdisciplinary perspective and grounding required for research ...

    $3,000.00

  • PRINCIPLES OF ECOTOXICOLOGY
    C.H. WALKER / R.M. SIBLY / S.P. HOPKIN / D.B. PEAKALL
    Cutting across traditional subject boundaries, Principles of Ecotoxicology, Fourth Edition gives readers an integrated view of ecotoxicology, from molecules to ecosystems. This new edition of a bestselling textbook continues to emphasize principles rather than practice, providing the interdisciplinary perspective and grounding required for research ...

    $3,000.00

  • BRITAIN AND DISARMAMENT
    JOHN R. WALKER
    Since the use of poison gas during the First World War and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan at the end of the Second World War, nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC) weapons have registered high on the fears of governments and individuals alike. Recognising both the particular horror of these weapons, and their potential for inflicting mass death and destruction, much effo...

    $1,340.00

  • OUT OF LINE
    R.B.J. WALKER
    A collection of essays on the politics of boundaries, this book addresses a broad range of cases, some geographical, some legal, and some involving less tangible practices of inclusion and exclusion. The book begins by exploring the boundary between modern Western forms of international relations and their constitutive outsides. Beyond this, the author engages with relations be...

    $1,340.00

  • WORLD YEARBOOK OF EDUCATION 1982/3
    MEGARRY, JACQUETTA / WALKER, DAVID R. F. / NISBET, STANLEY / HOYLE, ERIC
    The World Yearbook of Education was first published by the Evans Brothers in 1965 in association with the University of London Institute of Education and Teachers College, Columbia University. Since then it has become established as one of the most important forums for work in comparative education in the world. Each volume addresses a major issue in comparative education and i...

    $1,360.00

  • PLANNING CHINESE AGRICULTURE
    KENNETH R WALKER
    First Published in 1965. This short monograph is the first result of the author's decision in 1959 to study the Chinese economy. This came about as they were appointed to join a group of economists with the shared goal of examining the modern problems of Asian countries. The aim of the essay is to outline one of the many real problems encountered by the Chinese Government in ca...

    $1,240.00

  • UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATION THROUGH CULTURE AND STRUCTURE
    ANNE MAYDAN NICOTERA / MARCIA J. CLINKSCALES / FELICIA R. WALKER
    Understanding Organization Through Culture and Structure: Relational and Other Lessons From the African American Organization presents an innovative view of organizations and the communication processes that constitute them. Arguing that human beings are communicatively embedded in their cultures, Anne Maydan Nicotera and Marcia J. Clinkscales, working with Felicia R. Walker, e...

    $1,420.00

  • A FIRST COURSE IN FUZZY AND NEURAL CONTROL
    HUNG T. NGUYEN / NADIPURAM R. PRASAD / CAROL L. WALKER / ELBERT A. WALKER
    Although the use of fuzzy control methods has grown nearly to the level of classical control, the true understanding of fuzzy control lags seriously behind. Moreover, most engineers are well versed in either traditional control or in fuzzy control-rarely both. Each has applications for which it is better suited, but without a good understanding of both, engineers cannot make a ...

    $4,900.00

  • MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIOFILMS AND DRINKING WATER
    STEVEN LANE PERCIVAL / JAMES TAGGARI WALKER / PAUL R. HUNTER
    The development of biofilms and their role in public health - particularly drinking water - is often overlooked. Ideal for anyone interested in water related issues, Microbiological Aspects of Biofilms and Drinking Water presents an overview of the public health effects associated with drinking water. It highlights the microbiological aspects relating to the development of biof...

    $1,380.00

  • CREATIVE TECHNIQUES IN PRODUCT AND ENGINEERING DESIGN: A PRACTICAL WORKBOOK
    WALKER, D J / DAGGER, B K J / ROY, R.
    The proceedings of a seminar held at TWI in September, 1995, focusing on crack arrest philosophy which aknowledges that a brittle crack is arrested when it emerges from the critical region. Papers from prestigious researchers presented a critique and assessment of the theory and its application under: Introduction to crack arrest concepts; Recent trends in crack arrest research...

    $1,208.00

  • IMMUNOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE GUT
    WALKER, W. ALLAN / HARMATZ, PAUL R. / WERSHIL, BARRY K.
    Immunophysiology of the Gut ...

    $928.00

  • ECOSYSTEMS OF DISTURBED GROUND
    WALKER, L.R.
    As the human population inexorably grows, its cumulative impact on the Earth's resources is hard to ignore. The ability of the Earth to support more humans is dependent on the ability of humans to manage natural resources wisely. Because disturbance alters resource levels, effective management requires understanding of the ecology of disturbance. This book is the first to take ...

    $4,959.00

  • EYE MOVEMENT RESEARCH: MECHANISMS, PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS
    FINDLAY, J.M. / WALKER, R. / KENTRIDGE, R.W.
    This volume contains selected and edited papers from the 7th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 7) held in Durham, UK on August 31-September 3 1993. The volume is organized as follows:- Invited Lectures, Pursuit and Co-Ordination, Saccade and Fixation Control, Oculomotor Physiology, Clinical and Medical Aspects of Eye Movements, Eye Movements and Cognition, Eye Movement...

    $3,052.00

  • BEYOND LANGUAGE
    VERN R. WALKER
    Our use of everyday language should be mysterious, but familiarity hides the feeling of mystery. This book is a brief meditation on that mysterious activity. Building language outward from descriptions of the present moment, the meditation moves through our talk about space and time, to the realm of everyday thinking and science. But language enriches us further--through commun...

    $196.00