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This book is ideal for one- or two-semester or two- orthree-quarter
courses covering topics in college algebra, finite mathematics,and
calculus for students in business, economics, and the life and
socialsciences. Introductory Mathematical Analysis for Business,
Economics, and the Life andSocial Sciences provides a mathematical
foundation for students in avariety of fields and majors. The
authors establish an emphasis on algebraiccalculations that sets
this text apart from other introductory, appliedmathematics books.
Because the process of calculating variables builds skillsin
mathematical modeling, this emphasis paves the way for students to
solvereal-world problems that use calculus. The book's
comprehensivestructure-covering college algebra in Chapters 0
through 4, finite mathematicsin Chapters 5 through 9, and calculus
in Chapters 10 through 17-offersinstructors flexibility in how they
use the material based on the coursethey're teaching, the semester
they're at, or what the students' backgroundallows and their needs
dictate.
Spin doctors are seldom out of the news for long. But who really
understands what 'spin' is, or what spin doctors do? The media has
moved on from a world where press officers carried piles of
newspapers to the office each morning, when Twitter was what birds
did and mobile phones were the size of bread loaves. Thank goodness
Paul Richards is here to explain spin doctoring in a digital
world.Essential reading for anyone who wants a career in
communications or is intrigued by what keeps the cogs turning
behind Parliament, How to Be a Spin Doctor covers all the essential
skills, such as:* snagging positive media coverage* creating
eye-catching news releases and photo opportunities* avoiding the
endless traps set by journalistsPaul Richards challenges the
increasingly negative connotations of spin, arguing that it is
neither a dishonourable practice nor a new one; it's simply the
most practical way to convey information or make a point. The truth
of the matter is that the spin doctor's trade secrets can be useful
to anyone trying to promote a company, client or cause: to protect
reputations, get messages across and win public support. So it's
time to start reading and get spinning.
Originally published in 1985, this book argues forcefully and
practically for new relationship between science and the small
farmer. It advocates scientific research seeking out changes which
are already taking place within the smallholder farming sector and
building on local initiatives. Drawing on his experience of West
Africa, the author demonstrates that many of the most successful
innovations in food-crop production during the 20th century have
indigenous roots and that there should therefore be less emphasis
on ‘teaching’ farmers how to farm and more emphasis on how to
foster and support local adaptation and inventiveness. This book
will be of interest to students of agriculture, environmental
studies and rural development as well as those working with relief
and development agencies.
Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that
effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be
based in a respect for the indigenous farmer’s understanding of
the environment. Based on participant-observation of rice farming
in Sierra Leone, the book challenges the prevailing of attitudes of
policy makers in the late 20th Century and restores indigenous
culture and local wisdom to their rightful place. After analysing
the fate of a number of ‘top-down ‘attempts to improve rice
cultivation in Sierra-Leone the author derives an alternative
agenda of research and development issues more closely reflecting
the resource-poor farmers’ major interests and priorities. As a
significant research-based contribution to the widespread general
debates about the relevance of social factors in technological
change, this book will be of interest to students in social and
environmental sciences.
The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern
Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth
claims which were equal in strength and different in contents.
Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature,
contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book
explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late
medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance
philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the
philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of
Renaissance authors, including Lull, Salutati, Raimundus Sabundus,
Plethon, Cusanus, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Bruno, SuA!rez, and
Campanella, this book offers an important understanding of the
current philosophy/religion and faith/reason debates and fills the
gap between medieval and early modern philosophy and theology.
The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern
Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth
claims which were equal in strength and different in contents.
Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature,
contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book
explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late
medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance
philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the
philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of
Renaissance authors, including Lull, Salutati, Raimundus Sabundus,
Plethon, Cusanus, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Bruno, SuA!rez, and
Campanella, this book offers an important understanding of the
current philosophy/religion and faith/reason debates and fills the
gap between medieval and early modern philosophy and theology.
This book is ideal for one- or two-semester or two- orthree-quarter
courses covering topics in college algebra, finite mathematics,and
calculus for students in business, economics, and the life and
socialsciences. Introductory Mathematical Analysis for Business,
Economics, and the Life andSocial Sciences provides a mathematical
foundation for students in avariety of fields and majors. The
authors establish an emphasis on algebraiccalculations that sets
this text apart from other introductory, appliedmathematics books.
Because the process of calculating variables builds skillsin
mathematical modeling, this emphasis paves the way for students to
solvereal-world problems that use calculus. The book's
comprehensivestructure-covering college algebra in Chapters 0
through 4, finite mathematicsin Chapters 5 through 9, and calculus
in Chapters 10 through 17-offersinstructors flexibility in how they
use the material based on the coursethey're teaching, the semester
they're at, or what the students' backgroundallows and their needs
dictate.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International
Conference, VISIGRAPP 2010, the Joint Conference on Computer Vision
Theory and Applications (VISAPP), on Imaging Theory and
Applications (IMAGAPP), and on Computer Graphics Theory and
Applications (GRAPP), held in Angers, France, in May 2010. The 19
revised full papers presented together with two invited papers were
carefully reviewed and selected. The papers are organized in
topical sections on computer vision theory and applications;
imaging theory and applications; computer graphics theory and
applications; and information visualization theory and
applications.
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For Zion's Sake (Paperback)
Paul Richard Wilkinson; Foreword by Thomas Ice
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This groundbreaking book challenges decades of misrepresentation of
Christian Zionism and questionable theology, exploding the myth
that J. N. Darby stole the doctrine of the pretribulation rapture
from his contemporaries. By revealing the truth behind the man and
his message, Paul Wilkinson vindicates Darby and spotlights the
imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ as the center piece of his
theology.
Examines the war in Sierra Leone as a crisis of modernity. Do small
wars in Africa manifest a 'new barbarism'? What appears as random,
anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods
of of Sierra Leone's soldiers may not fir conventional western
models of warfare,but they are rational and effective nonetheless.
The war must be understood partly as a 'performance', in which
techniques of terror compensate for lack of equipment. PAUL
RICHARDS is Professor of Technology and Agrarian Development,
Wageningen University Published in association with the
International African Institute
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