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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days To navigate the complex ecosystem of societal challenges, the International Conference on Knowledge Management Conference (ICKM 2017) focused on big data and data analytics as part of the relationship to the wider concept of knowledge management processes and practices.This book includes top papers presenting the major, and diverse, topics discussed at the conference. The papers covered various aspects of big data ranging from enhancing access to the big data to facilitating its wide applications in healthcare, social media, library and information centers, governments, and corporations. Features Summary To navigate the complex ecosystem of societal challenges, the International Conference on Knowledge Management Conference (ICKM 2017) focused on big data and data analytics as part of the relationship to the wider concept of knowledge management processes and practices... Author Suliman Hawamdeh (Editor), Jeff Allen (Editor), Daniel Alemneh (Editor) Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Release date 20171208 Pages 364 ISBN 981-3234-47-4 ISBN 13 978-981-3234-47-5

For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe This book provides a tour of the "greatest hits" of cosmological discoveries-the ideas that reshaped our universe over the past century. The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place, filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled by dark energy and structured by dark matter. Priyamvada Natarajan, our guide to these ideas, is someone at the forefront of the research-an astrophysicist who literally creates maps of invisible matter in the universe. She not only explains for a wide audience the science behind these essential ideas but also provides an understanding of how radical scientific theories gain acceptance. The formation and growth of black holes, dark matter halos, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the echo of the big bang, the discovery of exoplanets, and the possibility of other universes-these are some of the puzzling cosmological topics of the early twenty-first century. Natarajan discusses why the acceptance of new ideas about the universe and our place in it has never been linear and always contested even within the scientific community. And she affirms that, shifting and incomplete as science always must be, it offers the best path we have toward making sense of our wondrous, mysterious universe. Format:Hardback

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Where learning is an adventure! Welcome to Our Discovery Island, a six-level primary series that engages children in 21st century learning. Children uncover clues and solve mysteries as they learn English. * Whole learner: Adventures on themed islands develop cognitive, emotional, and social skills. * Authenticity: Children are safe, absorbed and happy playing and practising in the online world * Repetition: Songs, chants, and games reinforce essential vocabulary and grammar practice * Motivation: Stories, characters, and activities engage learners.Our Discovery Island is a groundbreaking new course that makes learning English an exciting and engaging experience. www.pearsonELT.com/ourdiscoveryisland Features Summary Each level of the Pupil's Book contains a Welcome unit and 8 units each designed for 2-3 hours of class per week. Each unit includes a cross-curricular lesson and a "phonics" lesson... Author Linnette Erocak Publisher Pearson Longman Release date 20120216 Pages 80 ISBN 1-4082-3852-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4082-3852-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days We live in the Information Age, with billions of bytes of data just two swipes away. Yet how much of this is mis- or even disinformation? A lot of it is, and your search engine can't tell the difference. As a result, an avalanche of misinformation threatens to overwhelm the discourse we so desperately need to address complex social problems such as climate change, the food and water crises, biodiversity collapse, and emerging threats to public health. This book provides an inoculation against the misinformation epidemic by cultivating scientific habits of mind. Anyone can do it-indeed, everyone must do it if our species is to survive on this crowded and finite planet. This survival guide supplies an essential set of apps for the prefrontal cortex while making science both accessible and entertaining. It will dissolve your fear of numbers, demystify graphs, and elucidate the key concepts of probability, all while celebrating the precise use of language and logic. David Helfand, one of our nation's leading astronomers and science educators, has taught scientific habits of mind to generations in the classroom, where he continues to wage a provocative battle against sloppy thinking and the encroachment of misinformation. Features Summary We live in the Information Age, with billions of bytes of data just two swipes away. Yet how much of this is mis- or even disinformation? A lot of it is... Author David J. Helfand Publisher Columbia University Press Release date 20160123 Pages 325 ISBN 0-231-16872-1 ISBN 13 978-0-231-16872-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Science is never so much fun as when you are carrying out exciting experiments revealing amazing things about the world we live in. Step forward The Big Box of Science Fun! This great set combining a clearly-written and colourfully illustrated book with a range of useful components, will take kids on a journey of discovery in the world of science. It will help them get more out of their science lessons at school and provide hours of absorbing fun at home. Its main features are: - Lots of science fun for kids at home and back up for lessons at school - Fun, easy to do experiments with step-by-step illustrated instructions - A great range of components Components included: prism, compass, light bulb and holder, plastic figure, insulated wire, marble, 2 crocodile clips, 2 mirrors, 2 bar magnets, 2 balloons. Features Summary A set with an illustrated book and components, this work aims to help kids discover the world of science, and also to help them get more out of their science lessons at school... Author John Clark Publisher Haldane Mason Release date 20141126 Pages 48 ISBN 1-909720-00-3 ISBN 13 978-1-909720-00-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The astonishing world of the dinosaurs never fails to fascinate. We know so much more about these extraordinary creatures than ever before but the essence of the world in which they lived and moved and the drama of their departure can only be imagined. John Sibbick captures that essence in the vast sweep of his landscapes and the understanding of the scientific detail in his superbly realised artwork. True to geological time, the book traces the rise and fall of the dynasties of the dinosaurs and chronicles their story through the tales of the dinosaur hunters of the modern age. Science and art combine to make this an outstanding, accessible and beautiful work. Features Summary Targeted at 7-11-year-olds, this book captures the extraordinary world of the dinosaurs. Tracing the rise and fall of the dinosaur dynasties, it tells their story through the tales of the modern dinosaur hunters... Author Steve Parker (Author), John Sibbick (Illustrator) Publisher Cornwall Editions Limited Release date 20050908 Pages 96 ISBN 1-904880-14-2 ISBN 13 978-1-904880-14-1

Come On A Journey With Africa's Finest Nature Photographer To Lands Of Time-Honoured Cultural Traditions And Unspoilt Natural Wilderness. Here Is The 'Real Africa' - Astonishing In Its Diversity Of Wildlife, Breathtaking In Its Natural Beauty And Unforgettable In Its Bursting Floral Kingdom. Evocative Africa Is A Visual Journey Taking The Reader Through Gerald Cubitt's Selection Of The 'Unmissable' In Sub-Saharan Africa. This Extensive Collection Of Images Juxtaposes The Scale And Grandeur Of The Continent With An Intimate Attention To Smaller, Less Obvious Wonders. The Informative Commentary Reveals The Social, Ecological And Geographical Context Of The Images. The Book Bursts With A Multitude Of Images. The Reader Will Be Immersed In South Africa, Will Visit Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana And Namibia. Just Offshore, No Lifetime's Safari On The East Coast Of Africa Can Ignore Madagascar, Perhaps The Most Compelling Hotspot Of Biodiversity In The World. Four And A Half Years Have Gone Into The Design And Preparation Of This Book And The Endeavour Of The Photographer And Publisher Is To Make Evocative Africa The Best Of Its Kind Ever Produced In South Africa: A Book That Captures The Magic And Character Of The 'Real Africa' - Its Timeless Wildlife And Wilderness, Its Colourful And Proud Ethnic Heritage And, Of Course, Its Stunning Diversity Of Landscape. It Represents The Culmination Of Many Years Of Photographing Africa, Her People, Her Places And Her Wildlife. It Celebrates Destinations We Can All Enjoy, Showing Them In A New Light, Giving Us Many Moments Of Delight From Places We Already Know To Be Astonishing. This product ships within 3-5 working days

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A journey through scientific discovery, from stone tools and simple machines to rockets and robots, Science Year by Year traces the key steps in the history of science and is packed full of fascinating science facts for kids. Science Year by Year features stunning illustrated timelines that detail pivotal scientific developments and in-depth studies on revolutionary innovators and inventors. The easy-to-follow timeline information transforms momentous scientific discoveries into manageable chunks of knowledge so you can easily explore the ideas, experiments and technologies that have shaped our daily lives. Using stunning images to reveal snapshots of scientific history, such as the first atomic bomb, and quotes from groundbreaking scientists that add context to their amazing ideas, Science Year by Year is a fantastic resource for children age 9+, parents and teachers. Features Summary A journey through scientific discovery, from stone tools and simple machines to rockets and robots, Science Year by Year traces the key steps in the history of science and is packed full of fascinating science facts for kids... Author Dk Publisher DK Children Release date 20170227 Pages 256 ISBN 0-241-21226-X ISBN 13 978-0-241-21226-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'We ourselves were almost awestruck, not so much at the power of the Bomb, for this we had expected, but because the Americans had used it with so little notice.' R. V. Jones, head of wartime British Scientific Intelligence Marcial Echenique, a Cambridge professor, recently became curious when he found wiring concealed under the floorboards of his country mansion, Farm Hall. The manor had an astonishing past as an MI6 staging post for some of the most secret operations of the Second World War. But in April 1945, Farm Hall was to play an even more astounding role, housing ten of Germany's top nuclear physicists captured in daring raids. Amid the chaos of the disintegrating Third Reich they were flown to England covertly in a mission code-named Operation Big. Every word they uttered was bugged by MI6 eavesdroppers using the wires found by the professor. After the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, these men would claim they could have developed A-bombs for the Third Reich, but did not 'for the greater good of mankind'. Most believe this to have been a lie. But was there an even greater deception? Were they captured not to stop Hitler, but to stop Stalin? Did the US drop the Bomb as a show of power not to the Japanese, but to the Soviets? Colin Brown guides us through a world of espionage, scientific discovery and questions of morality as he reveals the extraordinary truth surrounding Hitler's atomic bomb. Features Summary The Cambridgeshire country house at the centre of a secret mission to stop Hitler's A-Bomb Author Colin Brown Publisher Amberley Publishing Release date 20161109 Pages 304 ISBN 1-4456-6467-4 ISBN 13 978-1-4456-6467-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 9 working days Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We are taught in school that matter is not continuous, but discrete. As a few of the philosophers of ancient Greece once speculated, nearly two and a half thousand years ago, matter comes in 'lumps', and science has relentlessly peeled away successive layers of matter to reveal its ultimate constituents. Surely, we can't keep doing this indefinitely. We imagine that we should eventually run up against some kind of ultimately fundamental, indivisible type of stuff, the building blocks from which everything in the Universe is made. The English physicist Paul Dirac called this 'the dream of philosophers'. But science has discovered that the foundations of our Universe are not as solid or as certain and dependable as we might have once imagined. They are instead built from ghosts and phantoms, of a peculiar quantum kind. And, at some point on this exciting journey of scientific discovery, we lost our grip on the reassuringly familiar concept of mass. How did this happen? How did the answers to our questions become so complicated and so difficult to comprehend? In Mass Jim Baggott explains how we come to find ourselves here, confronted by a very different understanding of the nature of matter, the origin of mass, and its implications for our understanding of the material world. Ranging from the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus, and their theories of atoms and void, to the development of quantum field theory and the discovery of a Higgs boson-like particle, he explores our changing understanding of the nature of matter, and the fundamental related concept of mass. Features Summary Jim Baggott explores how our understanding of the nature of matter, and its fundamental property of mass, has developed, from the ancient Greek view of indivisible atoms to quantum mechanics... Author Jim Baggott Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20170622 Pages 368 ISBN 0-19-875971-1 ISBN 13 978-0-19-875971-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days This book provides a unique introduction to the study of relationships between gender and biology, a core part of the feminist science research tradition which emerged nearly half a century ago. Lynn Hankinson Nelson presents an accessible and balanced discussion of research questions, background assumptions, methods, and hypotheses about biology and gender with which feminist scientists and science scholars critically and constructively engage. Writing from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science, she examines the evidence for and ethical implications of biological hypotheses about gender, and discusses relevant philosophical issues including understandings of scientific objectivity, the nature of scientific reasoning, and relationships between biological research and the scientific and social contexts in which it is pursued. Clear and comprehensive, this volume addresses the engagements of feminist scientists and science scholars with a range of disciplines, including developmental and evolutionary biology, medicine, neurobiology, and primatology. Features Summary A balanced and accessible introduction to the engagements that feminist scientists and science scholars undertake with a variety of biological sciences. Author Lynn Hankinson Nelson Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20170907 Pages 240 ISBN 1-107-46203-7 ISBN 13 978-1-107-46203-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days In January 2000, two wildfires torched more than 8 000 hectares of the Cape Peninsula, swept through the Table Mountain National Park, and burned houses and property. There were more than 120 fires in the region on that one 'fire-storm Sunday'. The challenges faced in the Cape are shared by major cities and nature reserves in similar Mediterranean-type ecosystems in the USA, Australia and Mediterranean Europe. Wildfire has destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares and killed people in Greece, Australia and the United States. It has become a global, and a local, research and management challenge. In Burning Table Mountain the author tackles the environmental and social challenges of fire management on the wildland-urban interface of South Africa's Cape Peninsula, where a UNESCO World Heritage Site for Nature protects the unique fynbos vegetation and incorporates the iconic Table Mountain, and abuts the suburbs, townships and informal settlements of South Africa's parliamentary capital. He combines narrative, the history of ecological science in the region and the role of fire in fynbos ecology, to provide the first integrated history of wildfire and its management on the Cape Peninsula. He reflects on the need to use a holistic approach to understanding the range and conjunctions of causes that conspire to cause large fires and increase fire incidence over time. This book will demonstrate the contribution environmental history can make, through combining scientific and social approaches, to understanding past environments and managing the environment today. It is a seminal contribution to a neglected area of South African history, but also offers an important contribution to global histories of fire. Features Summary In January 2000, two wildfires torched more than 8 000 ha of the Cape Peninsula, swept through the Table Mountain National Park, and burned houses and property... Author Simon Pooley Publisher University of Cape Town Press Release date 20150112 Pages 315 ISBN 1-77582-001-7 ISBN 13 978-1-77582-001-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days The Digestive Health Solution takes you on a journey of scientific discovery towards personalized, effective natural solutions for optimal digestive health. Stomach cramps, pain, bloating, gas, diarrhoea and constipation a " collectively called irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) a " affect 1 in 4 people. People can suffer tremendously from these symptoms, which often are not simply a digestive issue but also related to severe fatigue, muscle pain, headaches, depression and anxiety. Remarkably, IBS symptoms are still considered an enigma with no known cause; but in fact extensive research has uncovered numerous ways to resolve them and enhance digestive health. This book explores the minda "body connection, food intolerances, gluten sensitivity, dietary changes and key issues in the digestive system and provides practical ways to transform your digestive health. It looks at research on popular natural medicines, sifting fact from fiction, and uncovering evidence-based, safe treatments that can enhance your digestion and improve, or even eliminate, symptoms fast. Using a personalized approach you can then follow an easy five-step plan for quick symptom relief, improve your health from the inside out and enjoy better digestive health, for life. This new edition includes updated information on gut bacteria and parasites, the FODMAP diet, additives and preservatives, and a diet summary table. Features Summary The Digestive Health Solution provides effective, natural solutions for digestive health. The book explores the minda "body connection and food intolerances... Author Benjamin I. Brown Publisher Exisle Publishing Release date 20170401 Pages 272 ISBN 1-925335-38-0 ISBN 13 978-1-925335-38-5