If you are an animator or are studying animation, this book is invaluable. Wayne Gilbert has decades of animation experience behind his observations, and I couldn't recommend it more highly. For me, as an animator, it's a no-brainer to have this on my shelf with me at work. It covers far more than "just thumbnails," and does a great job of simplifying complex concepts such as force and you'll really get a great feel for what happens in the body when it's lifting something heavy or hanging or fighting.
Harnessing children's natural curiosity about the world, this engaging series introduces kids to key science concepts through a simple question-and-answer format.
The mechanics of sunlight, darkness, vibrations, and sound are simplified for young readers in this illuminating reference.
Differential Forms on Singular Varieties: De Rham and Hodge Theory Simplified
Differential Forms on Singular Varieties: De Rham and Hodge Theory Simplified uses complexes of differential forms to give a complete treatment of the Deligne theory of mixed Hodge structures on the cohomology of singular spaces. This book features an approach that employs recursive arguments on dimension and does not introduce spaces of higher dimension than the initial space.
THE STUDY SMART SERIES, designed for students from junior high school through lifelong learning programs, teaches skills for research and note-taking, provides exercises to improve grammar, and reveals secrets for putting these skills together in great essays. Spelling Simplified uses logic and simple explanations to lead the student through basic techniques for learning to "hear" how a word is spelled, to master irregularities, and to spell larger words by knowing how to spell the smaller words and syllables inside them.
Created and illustrated by Highlights magazine for children, these workbooks teach grammar including punctuation, parts of speech, editing, mechanics, fragment and run-on sentences, capitalization, verb tenses, and more. The instructions are simple enough for children to follow and correct all by themselves (all the answers are in the back). Select books by skill level, rather than age.
