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For Sophomore/Junior-level courses in Automatic Control Systems,
Process Controls, and Instrumentation and Measurement. This text is
designed to provide students with an understanding and appreciation
of some of the essential concepts behind control system elements
and operations, without the need of advanced math and theory. It
also presents some of the practical details of how elements of a
control system are designed and operated, such as would be gained
from on-the-job experience. This edition includes treatment of
modern fieldbus approaches to networked and distributed control
systems. This middle ground of knowledge enables students to design
the elements of a control system from a practical, working
perspective, and comprehend how these elements affect overall
system operation and tuning.
Teachers fully in charge of what matters for student and school
success is now a movement, growing steadily in nearly half the
states of the U.S. According to a national survey, most teachers in
America are unaware that this is a professional option. And,
because most thinking is about "real school," it is apparently not
"safe" for even scholars to talk about teachers being in charge.
Nearly every book diagnoses the problem then defaults to a
conventional remedy - like chasing good principals. This book is
aimed at raising the teacher-powered movement's visibility, making
it safe to talk about teachers in charge of schools, showing how
this arrangement erases the talent drain now plaguing the schools,
and offering evidence that students do better in these schools than
they do in the conventional system. The book outlines how the
movement could get bigger, faster. And the massive institutional
resistance to change that slows its progress. And unlike most
books, the author sees teachers unions as part of the solution.
Teachers fully in charge of what matters for student and school
success is now a movement, growing steadily in nearly half the
states of the U.S. According to a national survey, most teachers in
America are unaware that this is a professional option. And,
because most thinking is about "real school," it is apparently not
"safe" for even scholars to talk about teachers being in charge.
Nearly every book diagnoses the problem then defaults to a
conventional remedy - like chasing good principals. This book is
aimed at raising the teacher-powered movement's visibility, making
it safe to talk about teachers in charge of schools, showing how
this arrangement erases the talent drain now plaguing the schools,
and offering evidence that students do better in these schools than
they do in the conventional system. The book outlines how the
movement could get bigger, faster. And the massive institutional
resistance to change that slows its progress. And unlike most
books, the author sees teachers unions as part of the solution.
For evolutionary biologists, the concept of chance has always
played a significant role in the formation of evolutionary theory.
As far back as Greek antiquity, chance and "luck" were understood
to be key factors in the evolution of the natural world.
Emphasizing chance is an entire way of thinking about nature, and
it is also one of the key ideas that separates Charles Darwin from
other systematic biologists of his time. Studying the concept of
chance in Darwin's writing reveals core ideas in his theory of
evolution, as well as his reflections on design, purpose, and
randomness in nature's progression over the course of
history.
In Darwin's Dice: The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles
Darwin, Curtis Johnson does exactly that. He examines the work of
Darwin in terms of his views on randomness and chance, and how the
views changed as his work progressed. Randomness was a focal point
for Darwin, and pursuing it as a theme helped significantly
transform his research. Darwin's Dice shows us how Darwin defined
"chance," and explores Darwin's influential architect metaphor in
relation to the idea. Through the lens of randomness, Johnson
reveals how Darwin's treatment of free will becomes more complex.
This approach can shed light on many other quirks and points of
interest in Darwin's work, including the curiously shifting
presence of giraffes in subsequent drafts of On the Origin of
Species. Johnson also reexamines Darwin's "Metaphysical Notebooks,"
and discusses the role Darwin felt that chance plays in morality
and religion.
Darwin's Dice presents a new way to look at Darwinist thought and
the writings on Charles Darwin. Curtis Johnson reveals that chance
and randomness play a large part in Darwinist thought, and that we
can better understand Darwin's work by understanding that part.
A comprehensive study of evangelism as a lifestyle. This is not
your typical evangelism outline, and is sure to change the way you
see life as a Christian while taking you to a new level of
influence in personal evangelism. Lifestyle Evangelism is the first
step in taking the work of the Christian ministry to its ultimate
level, personal life change.
A groundbreaking and timely prescription for education reform-from
a leading expert in innovation and growth Recent studies in
neuroscience reveal that the way we learn doesn't always match up
with the way we are taught. To stay competitive-academically,
economically, and technologically-we need to rethink our
understanding of intelligence and reevaluate our educational
system. Disrupting Class offers a groundbreaking and timely
prescription for education reform that incorporates customized
learning, student-centric classrooms, and new technology. The
foremost expert in the field of disruptive innovation, Clayton M.
Christensen and his coauthors apply his famous theories to
illustrate the benefits of changing our approach to education.
Featuring fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and
unprecedented insights on how innovation must be managed, this book
will open your eyes to new possibilities, unlock hidden potential,
and get you to think differently about learning and education.
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