Ed Emberley is a Caldecott award-winning children's book illustrator and writer who has been creating original books since the 1960s. He has written and illustrated more than 100 books, including his beloved how-to-draw books for kids. These simple and straightforward books, originally published in the 1970s and 1980s, have encouraged a generation of kids to take the drawing process step by step. Contemporary working artists today often cite Ed Emberley as a beloved early inspiration in their...

The Third Edition of this classic text presents the basic concepts of PET imaging technology. Topics include basic physics of PET imaging; detectors, scanners and data collection; storage, display, and PACS; PET radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals; reimbursement for PET procedures; and performance of PET studies. This revised edition is thoroughly updated and includes information on new PET scanning detectors and PET/MRI scanners; PET/MRI data acquisition; software packages; recently devel...

The value of Plutarch's perception of physical reality and his attitude towards the natural spectacle.

Plutarch was very interested in the natural world around him, not only in terms of its elementary composition and physical processes, but also with respect to its providential ordering and 'wonders'. His writings teach us a lot about his perception of physical reality and about his attitude to the natural spectacle. He found his greatest inspiration in the ontological and epistemological fr...

Modern Caribbean Flavors van Helmi Smeulders is hét kookboek over de moderne Caribische keuken. Chef Helmi Smeulders geeft in het kleurrijke en stijlvolle kookboek een moderne twist aan de traditionele Caribische keuken. Hiervoor gebruikt ze de vele smakelijke Caribische kruiden, heerlijk fruit, gezonde groenten en verse vis. Helmi is continu op zoek naar nieuwe smaken en combinaties om verrassende recepten te maken. Denk hierbij aan een heerlijke Caribische variant van 'pulled pork', een fr...

Widely used across industrial and manufacturing automation, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) perform a broad range of electromechanical tasks with multiple input and output arrangements, designed specifically to cope in severe environmental conditions such as automotive and chemical plants. Programmable Logic Controllers: A Practical Approach using CoDeSys is a hands-on guide to rapidly gain proficiency in the development and operation of PLCs based on the IEC 61131-3 standard. Using the...

Dan Larose’s Discovering Statistics strikes the ideal balance of conceptual application and computational understanding to develop students’ statistical sense and enable them to discover the statistician within.

Now available with Macmillan’s online learning platform Achieve, Larose’s Discovering Statistics strikes the ideal balance of conceptual application and computational understanding to develop students’ statistical sense and enable them to discover the statistician within.

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Ed Emberley is a Caldecott award-winning children's book illustrator and writer who has been creating original books since the 1960s. He has written and illustrated more than 100 books, including his beloved how-to-draw books for kids. These simple and straightforward books, originally published in the 1970s and 1980s, have encouraged a generation of kids to take the drawing process step by step. Contemporary working artists today often cite Ed Emberley as a beloved early inspiration in their...

Hotel Kids Only is just what kids need during those endless hours spent sitting on a plane, in the car, twiddling thumbs at the dining table, or wandering round and around the hotel room! It’s filled with fun things for kids to do, both inside and out. The puzzles, crafts and games are guaranteed to give children a delightful introduction to the city of Amsterdam. Around the table: draw and colour, solve puzzles together, learn Dutch words and turn napkins into rabbits. In the hotel room: c...

'A meteor of spirit, science, talent and activity' - thus Goethe described Petrus Camper (1722-1789). Goethe's words contain all the elements that make Camper such a fascinating figure in the history of science and arts in the eighteenth-century Dutch Republic. This volume sheds new light on Camper's versatility, engagement, and charisma in all fields and disciplines he ventured into and published on. It not only addresses his scientific activities, findings, and opinions, but also delves int...