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Experimental Methods in Rf Design
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Experimental Methods in Rf DesignExperimental Methods in Rf Design

Immerse yourself in the communications experience by building equipment that contributes to understanding basic concepts and circuits.
Explore wide dynamic range, low distortion radio equipment, the use of direct conversion and phasing methods, and digital signal processing. Use the models and discussion to design, build and measure equipment at both the circuit and the system level. Laced with new unpublished projects and illustrated with CW and SSB gear.

 
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Sign Languages
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Sign LanguagesSign Languages

What are the unique characteristics of sign languages that make them so fascinating? What have recent researchers discovered about them, and what do these findings tell us about human language more generally?
 
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Teaching and Learning Geometry: Issues And Methods In Mathematical Education
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Teaching and Learning Geometry: Issues And Methods In Mathematical Education

This fascinating title reviews the teaching and learning of school geometry from the perspective of both the new teacher and the more experienced teacher. It is designed to extend and deepen subject knowledge and to offer practical advice and ideas for the classroom in the context of current practice and research. Particular emphasis is given to the following elements: Understanding the key ideas of the geometry curriculum. Learning geometry effectively: lessons from research and current practice. Misconceptions and errors. Geometry reasoning: problem solving and proving.
 
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Music as Discourse
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Music as DiscourseMusic as Discourse

The question of whether music has meaning has been the subject of sustained debate ever since music became a subject of academic inquiry. Is music a language? Does it communicate specific ideas and emotions? What does music mean, and how does this meaning occur?
Kofi Agawu's Music as Discourse promises to quickly become a standard and definitive work in musical semiotics.
 
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Einstein, 1905-2005: Poincaré Seminar 2005
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Einstein, 1905-2005: Poincaré Seminar 2005Einstein, 1905-2005: Poincaré Seminar 2005

The Poincaré Seminar is held twice a year at the Institute Henri Poincaré in Paris. The goal of this seminar is to provide up-to-date information about general topics of great interest in physics. Both the theoretical and experimental results are covered, with some historical background. Particular care is devoted to the pedagogical nature of the presentation. 
 
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