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Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues
Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German Princess: A Milestone in the
History of Physics Textbooks and More is a milestone in the history
of physics textbooks and the instruction of women in the sciences.
It also covers views of its author on epistemology, religion, and
innovations in scientific equipment, including telescopes and
microscopes. Today, 250 years later, we study this work of Euler's
as a foundation for the history of physics teaching and analyze the
letters from an historical and pedagogical point of view.
Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome covers the latest research on
the biological, motivational, cognitive, situational, and
dispositional factors that drive activity-travel behavior.
Organized into three sections, Retrospective and Prospective Survey
of Travel Behavior Research, New Research Methods and Findings, and
Future Research, the chapters of this book provide evidence of
progress made in the most recent years in four dimensions of the
travel behavior genome. These dimensions are Substantive Problems,
Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks, Behavioral Measurement, and
Behavioral Analysis. Including the movement of goods as well as the
movement of people, the book shows how traveler values, norms,
attitudes, perceptions, emotions, feelings, and constraints lead to
observed behavior; how to design efficient infrastructure and
services to meet tomorrow's needs for accessibility and mobility;
how to assess equity and distributional justice; and how to assess
and implement policies for improving sustainability and quality of
life. Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome examines the paradigm
shift toward more dynamic, user-centric, demand-responsive
transport services, including the "sharing economy," mobility as a
service, automation, and robotics. This volume provides research
directions to answer behavioral questions emerging from these
upheavals.
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