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Texts and Contexts: An Introduction to Literature and Language Study
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Texts and Contexts: An Introduction to Literature and Language StudyStudying texts in contexts is very important in Literature studies. This book explores different contexts in different genres.
 
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Joy of Science
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Joy of Science
(60 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)

Course No. 1100

Taught by Robert M. Hazen
George Mason University
Ph.D., Harvard University


English novelist and scientist C. P. Snow classed certain scientific ideas with the works of Shakespeare as something every educated person should know. One such idea, according to Snow, was the second law of thermodynamics, which deals with the diffusion of heat and has many profound consequences.

He might well have added Newton's laws, the periodic table of elements, the double-helix structure of DNA, and scores of other masterpieces of scientific discovery.

Now, Professor Robert M. Hazen introduces these and other great ideas in 60 lectures that explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of all of the physical and biological sciences—physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more.
 
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From Naming to Saying: The Unity of the Proposition
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From Naming to Saying: The Unity of the Proposition
From Naming to Saying explores the classicquestion of the unity of the proposition, combining an historical approach with contemporary causal theories to offer a unique and novel solution.

    * Defends a novel approach to the classical question about the unity of the proposition.
    * Examines three key historical theories: Frege’s doctrine of concept and object, Russell’s analysis of the sentence, and Wittgenstein’s picture theory of meaning.
    * Combines an historical approach with discussion and defense of a contemporary causal theory of the unity of the proposition.
    * Establishes a view compatible with, though not dependent on, a causal theory of meaning.


 
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Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates
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Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates
Mathematics educators agree that problem solving is one of the essential skills their students should possess, yet few mathematics courses or textbooks are devoted entirely to developing this skill. Supported by narrative, examples, and exercises, Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates is a readable and enjoyable text designed to strengthen the problem-solving skills of undergraduate students. The book, which provides hundreds of mathematical problems, gives special emphasis to problems in context, often called story problems or modeling problems, that require mathematical formulation as a preliminary step. Both analytical and computational approaches, as well as the interplay between them, are included. This engaging book will strengthen students' mathematical skills, introduce them to new mathematical ideas, demonstrate the connectedness of mathematics, and improve both their analytical and computational problem solving. Students are encouraged to use the computer, or any tool at hand, for experimentation or to test their ideas.
 
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Diabetes at Your Fingertips
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Diabetes at Your FingertipsDiabetes at your fingertips is a practical, useful guide on the everyday issues of living with diabetes.
It has drawn from its panel of experienced medical experts to present the most commonly asked questions, with simple answers in non-medical terms.

This book explores issues such as different ways of treating diabetes, how to adjust your lifestyle and eating habits, and the effects of diabetes on pregnant women, children and teenagers.


 
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