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onderneem om jou op een of andere manier op het spoor te komen... Ik heb al alles geprobeerd: veel gebeden, nog meer gemediteerd, herhaaldelijk gesmeekt, dikwijls op bedevaart geweest, kaarsen met hopen laten branden, ja zelfs ook al wel eens gevloekt, feitelijk nogal veel, ja zelfs wat teveel misschien... en verder heb ik mijn hoofd gepijnigd en gebroken om te achterhalen wat ik verkeerd doe, of wat ik nog meer zou kunnen ...

What do people do, if they are out in the street? Reading? Waiting? Can we recognize the inhabitant, the stranger, the traveller by his actions and deeds in an urban setting? This is the premise of Johannes Schwartz's exploration, which was set in Athens in the fall of 2015. The result are photos of streets, public squares, museums, ruins and shops, places of culture and consumption. Devided in 17 chapters everything passes by in a set of chance driven encounters. Designed by Experimental Jet...

Nadat Jana een van haar artsen had uitgedaagd haar volledige dossier te lezen, was de uiteindelijke conclusie: "Het is net een roman, maar een hele slechte. Niemand zal die nachtmerrie geloven." Een andere arts noemde haar: "De vrouw waar van alles is ingestopt en alles is uitgehaald." Dit boek gaat over de achtergronden van die twee uitspraken. Medische missers, vakmanschap, het alledaagse leven en de grillen van het lot, wisselen elkaar, vaak in snel tempo, af. Toch put Jana de kracht uit h...

Toegepaste wiskunde deel 1 (6e druk, 2016) behandelt de wiskundeleerstof voor de propedeusefase. Het boek is geschikt voor alle opleidingen in het hoger technisch onderwijs.

In deel 1 krijgt de student veel oefeningen aangereikt. Met voorbeelden wordt de student door de stof geleid. Er is veel gedaan om het inzicht en de routine in wiskundige concepten te vergroten, maar ook wiskundige contexten krijgen voldoende aandacht. Uitvoerige, formele bewijzen komen nauwelijks voor.

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The careful design of experiments lies at the core of good research. Experimental Design for the Life Sciences equips you with the skills you need to effectively design experiments, making this essential aspect of the research process readily understandable. It demonstrates how good experimental design relies on clear thinking and biological understanding, not mathematical or statistical complexity.

With a refreshingly approachable and articulate style, the book walks you through the consider...

The ideal course companion, Elements of Physical Chemistry is written specifically with the needs of undergraduate students in mind, and provides extensive mathematical and pedagogical support while remaining concise and accessible. For the seventh edition of this much-loved text, the material has been reorganized into short Topics, which are grouped into thematic Focus sections to make the text more digestible for students, and more flexible for lecturers to teach from. At the beginning of e...

For courses in Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing About Biology. Developing the tools to effectively write about biologyTeaching biology and strong writing skills simultaneously is a challenge, especially when students exhibit a range of abilities. The Ninth Edition of A Short Guide to Writing about Biology provides tools to strengthen student writing and reinforce critical thinking.

Written by a prominent biologist, this best-selling guide teaches students to express ideas clearly and ...

Student Course Book * Authentic texts from the Financial Times and other sources develop reading skills and provide essential business vocabulary. * Interviews with business people and experts develop listening skills, such as prediction, listening for specific information and note taking. * Language Work develops students' awareness of common problem areas and introduces grammatical concepts.

* 16 pages of business skills in each level: negotiating, presentation, writing emails, telephoning ...

For courses in Organic Chemistry (2-Semester) A framework for organic chemistry built around the similarities in reaction types Paula Bruice's presentation in Organic Chemistry, Eighth Edition provides mixed-science majors with the conceptual foundations, chemical logic, and problem-solving skills they need to reason their way to solutions for diverse problems in synthetic organic chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine. The Eighth Edition builds a strong framework for thinking about organic ch...

While the subject of migration has received enormous attention in academic journals and books across the social sciences, introductory texts on the matter are few and far between. Even fewer books have explored migration through a critical and explicit engagement with spatial concepts. Now in its second edition, Migration remains the only text in more than a decade that emphasizes how geographical or spatial concepts can be used critically to understand migration.

The multi-disciplinary text ...