In elk laboratorium worden andere chemicaliën gebruikt en verschillende analysemethoden toegepast. Dat maakt het geven van een standaardrichtlijn voor het veilig en milieuvriendelijk werken in het laboratorium niet gemakkelijk. Dit boek helpt de lezer om de risico’s die hij in zijn eigen specifieke situatie tegenkomt beter te beoordelen en passende voorzorgsmaatregelen te treffen. Hierbij staat een brongerichte benadering centraal. Met de juiste aanpak en gezond verstand kan elke laborator...

Guided practice helps students develop into expert problem solversThe new 15th Edition of University Physics with Modern Physics, now in SI Units, draws on insights from several users to help students see patterns and make connections between problem types. Students learn to recognize when to use similar steps in solving the same problem type and develop an understanding for problem solving approaches, rather than simply plugging values into an equation. This edition addresses students' tende...

Augusto Boal saw theatre as a mirror to the world, one that we can reach into to change our reality. This book, The Theatre of the Oppressed, is the foundation to 'Forum Theatre', a popular radical form practised across the world. Boal's techniques allowed the people to reclaim theatre, providing forums through which they could imagine and enact social and political change.

Rejecting the Aristotelian ethic, which he believed allowed the State to remain unchallenged, he broke down the wall bet...

Yuval Noah Harari's bestselling phenomenon now in a beautifully packaged new special edition. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

How does a single cell develop into myriad different specialised cell types, control the organization of these different cells into tissues and organs, and ultimately form an unimaginably complex living organism such as a human? Furthermore, how is it possible for some adult animals, but not others, to regenerate fully functioning limbs?Principles of Development opens up the fascinating field of developmental biology to those wanting to understand the answers to questions such as these. Cutti...

'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times) You are accused of a crime.

Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence. Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions - in healthcare, tran...

Ostberlin im Sommer 1989: Mirco Watzke steckt in der Klemme. Der sonst so vorbildliche Schüler der Klasse 7a hat Ärger mit den blöden FDJlern, und der Einzige, der ihm dabei helfen kann, ist ausgerechnet der unheimliche Neue aus der Parallelklasse...

In "Kinderland" erzählt Mawil von Freundschaft, Mut und Vertrauen, einer Kindheit zwischen Jungen Pionieren und Kirche, von "verschwundenen" Vätern und heimlich belauschtem Getuschel übers "rübermachen", von der "Angabe des Todes" und eine...

Das bewährte Lehrwerk auf der Niveaustufe C2 in neuer durchgesehener Auflage, das sich detailliert, didaktisch aufbereitet und ausführlich mit dem Prüfungsteil Freies Schreiben befasst. Für Kandidaten, die sich auf das neue Goethe-Diplom C2, freier schriftlicher Ausdruck gezielt vorbereiten wollen. Lernziel: Das Lehrwerk führt die Lerner Schritt für Schritt darauf hin, sich angemessen schriftlich zu einem vorgegebenen Thema zu äußern. Methodisches Vorgehen: Durch zahlreiche spezielle ...

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies. Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds-the conventional economy and the platform economy. Platforms that operate for business purposes usually exist at the level of an industry or ecosystem, bringing together individuals and organizations so they can innovat...

Time is limited. Attention is scarce. Are you engaging your customers?Apple Stores, Disney, LEGO, Starbucks.

Do these names conjure up images of mere goods and services, or do they evoke something more--something visceral?Welcome to the Experience Economy, where businesses must form unique connections in order to secure their customers' affections--and ensure their own economic vitality. This seminal book on experience innovation by Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore explores how savvy companies excel ...