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Financial Modeling
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Financial ModelingFinancial ModelingToo often, finance courses stop short of making a connection between textbook finance and the problems of real-world business. Financial Modeling bridges this gap between theory and practice by providing a nuts-and-bolts guide to solving common financial models with spreadsheets. Simon Benninga takes the reader step by step through each model, showing how it can be solved using Microsoft Excel.

The long-awaited third edition of this standard text maintains the "cookbook" features and Excel dependence that have made the first and second editions so popular.
 
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Big History and the Future of Humanity
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Big History and the Future of HumanityBig History and the Future of Humanity

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes "big history" – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe –– accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. 
•Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe 
 
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Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Science Teacher: Activities and Strategies for an Inclusive Classroom
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Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Science Teacher: Activities and Strategies for an Inclusive ClassroomThis book offers teachers proven techniques for designing and delivering effective science instruction, measuring success, getting students to work together, and collaborating with other professionals. The ready-to-use activities are tied to core curriculum standards for middle school students and each lesson incorporates adaptations for students with different learning needs.

The authors, both experienced teachers, offer a range of techniques, such as station/group activities, enrichment activities, and modifications for students with specific disabilities.

 
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In the Light of Evolution: Volume 1. Adaptation and Complex Design
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In the Light of Evolution: Volume 1. Adaptation and Complex DesignIn the Light of Evolution: Volume 1. Adaptation and Complex DesignIn December 2006, the National Academy of Sciences sponsored a colloquium (featured as part of the "Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia" series) on "Adaptation and Complex Design" to synthesize recent empirical findings and conceptual approaches towards understanding the evolutionary origins and maintenance of complex adaptations.

 
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Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 28th Edition
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Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 28th EditionHarper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 28th Edition

The biochemistry text that every medical student must own--now in full color!
Comprehensive, concise, and up-to-date, Harper's is unrivaled in its ability to clarify the link between biochemistry and the molecular basis of health and disease.The Twenty-Eighth Edition has undergone sweeping changes -- including a conversion to full-color artwork and the substantial revision and updating of every chapter -- all to reflect the latest advances in knowledge and technology and to make the text as up-to-date and clinically relevant as possible.
 
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