Understanding the earth’s climate system has never been more crucial.

At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's breakthrough text provides a thorough and multi-disciplinary introduction to the earth’s climate. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.

The objective of this book is to assist readers to improve their communication skills in the Korean language. The format of the textbook and the workbook allows the learner to select and focus on any of the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). These skills are connected by a common learning objective in each lesson, enabling the student to build on each through new situations and repetition.

The students learn specific language functions through meaningful practic...

Ik weet wat van wijn is tot stand gekomen onder auspiciën van Stichting Wijn Onderwijs Nederland (SWON), het Wijninformatiecentrum (WIC) en Stichting Dranken Examens Normering (SDEN).

Kinderen met complex trauma (ook gehechtheidstrauma of vroeg ontwikkelingstrauma genoemd) worden in de hulpverlening aangemeld omdat ze moeilijk in de omgang zijn. Hun opvoeders, begeleiders en ouders kunnen een gespecialiseerde handleiding gebruiken om deze kinderen zonder kleerscheuren te helpen opgroeien. Ontwikkelingstaken die bij andere kinderen iets meer 'vanzelf' verlopen, of met slechts kleinere hobbels in de weg, zijn voor deze kinderen soms onoverkomelijke struikelblokken of doen de...

The book is an indispensable companion to all students of biology, but particularly those enrolled in courses concerning experimental design, data analysis, hypothesis testing, research methods, or any practical project work.

The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering a global and comprehensive perspective on wide ranging public health needs and priorities in modern health care. The sixth edition retains its approach of dividing the complex, dynamic subject of public health into three topics.

'The Scope of Public Health' discusses the development of the discipline, determi...

From the author of the bestselling introduction to evidence-based medicine, this brand new title makes sense of the complex and confusing landscape of implementation science, the role of research impact, and how to avoid research waste.

This open access book bridges the gap between playing with robots in school and studying robotics at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for careers in industry and research. Robotic algorithms are presented formally, but using only mathematics known by high-school and first-year college students, such as calculus, matrices and probability. Concepts and algorithms are explained through detailed diagrams and calculations.

Elements of Robotics presents an overview of differen...