Rather than focus solely on theological concerns, this well-rounded introduction takes an expansive view of Islamic ideology, culture, and tradition, sourcing a range of historical, sociological, and literary perspectives. Neither overly critical nor apologetic, this book reflects the rich diversity of Muslim identities across the centuries and counters the unflattering, superficial portrayals of Islam that are shaping public discourse today. Aaron W.

Hughes uniquely traces the development of...

Hoe komt betekenis tot stand? Hoe past taal op de werkelijkheid? In Taal en betekenis leidt Martin Stokhof de lezer langs de voornaamste kwesties in de taalfilosofie. Dit nieuwe deel in de serie Boom Basisboeken is een volledig geactualiseerde versie van het eerder bij Boom onder dezelfde titel verschenen, succesvolle studieboek. Bij uitstek geschikt voor studenten wijsbegeerte, taalwetenschap, kunstmatige intelligentie en psychologie.Martin Stokhof is hoogleraar taalfilosofie aan de Universi...

Under neoliberalism the cult of individualism reigns supreme, forced upon us through culture, media and politics, it fatally limits our capacity to escape the current crisis of democratic politics. In Common Ground, Jeremy Gilbert asks us to reimagine the philosophical relationship between individuality, collectivity, affect and agency, proposing a radically non-individualist mode of imagining social life. The book considers how opponents of neoliberal hegemony, and of the individualist tradi...

For the calculus-based General Physics course primarily taken by engineers and science majors (including physics majors). This long-awaited and extensive revision maintains Giancoli's reputation for creating carefully crafted, highly accurate and precise physics texts. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the student into the physics.

The new edition also features an unrivaled suite of media and on-line...

Practical Web Analytics for User Experience teaches you how to use web analytics to help answer the complicated questions facing UX professionals. Within this book, you'll find a quantitative approach for measuring a website's effectiveness and the methods for posing and answering specific questions about how users navigate a website. The book is organized according to the concerns UX practitioners face.

Chapters are devoted to traffic, clickpath, and content use analysis, measuring the effec...

Revised for the Seventh Edition, this full-color atlas is packaged with every new copy of the text, and includes 107 bone and 47 soft-tissue photographs with easy-to-read labels. This new edition of the atlas contains a brand new comprehensive histology photomicrograph section featuring over 50 slides of basic tissue and organ systems. Featuring photos taken by renowned biomedical photographer Ralph Hutchings, this high-quality photographic atlas makes an excellent resource for the classroom ...

Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics, Third Edition, prepares students for the more abstract mathematics courses that follow calculus. Appropriate for self-study or for use in the classroom, this text introduces students to proof techniques, analyzing proofs, and writing proofs of their own. Written in a clear, conversational style, this book provides a solid introduction to such topics as relations, functions, and cardinalities of sets, as well as the theoretical aspects...

Journalisten krijgen steeds meer een dubbele rol. Enerzijds moeten zij nieuwsfeiten omzetten in snelle, lezersgerichte teksten, video's en foto's en anderzijds vraagt de maatschappij meer en meer om duiding. Studieboeken gaan nog altijd vooral over traditionele journalistiek, maar de opleidingen vragen om een basisboek dat alle (nieuwe) vormen van journalistiek behandelt. Journalistiek van nu voldoet aan die vraag.

Dit is het eerste basisboek dat maatschappijgerichte journalistiek centraal st...

The C++11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly, simply, and directly, and to write faster, more efficient code. Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++, thoroughly covers the details of this language and its use in his definitive reference, The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition. In A Tour of C++, Stroustrup excerpts the overview chapters from that complete reference, expanding and enhancing them to give an experienced programmer-in just a fe...