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A Handbook of Public Speaking for Scientists and Engineers helps
scientists and engineers improve their skills at speaking in public
in the course of their professional activities. The book shows how
best to prepare papers for presentation at a technical conference
and how to put cases to committee meetings. Not only does the book
deal with specific events, but it also provides the techniques of
more effective speaking, whether presenting papers, answering
questions, or speaking "off-the-cuff." The book is written in a
highly entertaining manner and should put all complacent lecturers
on their guard. This is essential reading for every scientist and
engineer called upon to speak in public on technical matters.
Liddell at One Hundred celebrates the life of Liverpool and
Scotland legend Billy Liddell. Born in Fife in 1922, Billy made the
move from Scotland to Liverpool at 16, but the Second World War
delayed his debut. After serving in the RAF as a navigator, he
returned to football and won the league with Liverpool in his first
full season with the club after the war. A diehard Red, Billy spent
his whole career with the club, scoring 228 times in 534
appearances between 1938 and 1961. He remains the oldest goalscorer
in Liverpool's history and their fourth-highest scorer of all time.
Liddell spent a decade playing for Scotland and has the honour -
alongside Stanley Matthews - of being one of only two men to
represent a Great Britain XI more than once. A true sportsman and
consummate professional, he was never booked or sent off in his
entire footballing career. Liddell at One Hundred brings you the
inside story of his life from those who knew him best - friends,
supporters, family members and former team-mates.
Everyone encounters statistics on a daily basis. They are used in
proposals, reports, requests, and advertisements, among others, to
support assertions, opinions, and theories. Unless you're a trained
statistician, it can be bewildering. What are the numbers really
saying or not saying? Better Business Decisions from Data:
Statistical Analysis for Professional Success provides the answers
to these questions and more. It will show you how to use
statistical data to improve small, every-day management judgments
as well as major business decisions with potentially serious
consequences. Author Peter Kenny-with deep experience in
industry-believes that "while the methods of statistics can be
complicated, the meaning of statistics is not." He first outlines
the ways in which we are frequently misled by statistical results,
either because of our lack of understanding or because we are being
misled intentionally. Then he offers sound approaches for
understanding and assessing statistical data to make excellent
decisions. Kenny assumes no prior knowledge of statistical
techniques; he explains concepts simply and shows how the tools are
used in various business situations. With the arrival of Big Data,
statistical processing has taken on a new level of importance.
Kenny lays a foundation for understanding the importance and value
of Big Data, and then he shows how mined data can help you see your
business in a new light and uncover opportunity. Among other
things, this book covers: How statistics can help you assess the
probability of a successful outcome How data is collected, sampled,
and best interpreted How to make effective forecasts based on the
data at hand How to spot the misuse or abuse of statistical
evidence in advertisements, reports, and proposals How to
commission a statistical analysis Arranged in seven
parts-Uncertainties, Data, Samples, Comparisons, Relationships,
Forecasts, and Big Data-Better Business Decisions from Data is a
guide for busy people in general management, finance, marketing,
operations, and other business disciplines who run across
statistics on a daily or weekly basis. You'll return to it again
and again as new challenges emerge, making better decisions each
time that boost your organization's fortunes-as well as your own.
A Handbook of Public Speaking for Scientists and Engineers helps
scientists and engineers improve their skills at speaking in public
in the course of their professional activities. The book shows how
best to prepare papers for presentation at a technical conference
and how to put cases to committee meetings. Not only does the book
deal with specific events, but it also provides the techniques of
more effective speaking, whether presenting papers, answering
questions, or speaking "off-the-cuff." The book is written in a
highly entertaining manner and should put all complacent lecturers
on their guard. This is essential reading for every scientist and
engineer called upon to speak in public on technical matters.
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Memories of Another Land (Paperback)
Peter Kenny; Illustrated by Sue Bradley; Foreword by John C. Allen
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A world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe,
between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin
Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global
financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding
light. But does it need the Concern: an all-powerful organisation
with a malevolent presiding genius, pervasive influence and
numberless invisible operatives in possession of extraordinary
powers? On the Concern's books are Temudjin Oh, an un-killable
assassin who journeys between the peaks of Nepal, a version of
Victorian London and the dark palaces of Venice; and a nameless,
faceless torturer known only as the Philosopher. And then there's
the renegade Mrs Mulverhill, who recruits rebels to her side; and
Patient 8262, hiding out from a dirty past in a forgotten hospital
ward. As these vivid, strange and sensuous worlds circle and
collide, the implications of turning traitor to the Concern become
horribly apparent, and an unstable universe is set on a dizzying
course.
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