The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry, physics, or engineering text focused on nano. It must be an integrated, multidisciplinary, and specifically nano textbook.

The archetype of the modern nano textbook, Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology builds a solid background in characterization and fabrication methods while integrating the physic...

Throughout history, humankind has pursued means to improve the yield of crop plants through selective plant breeding and hybridization. Today, genetic manipulation provides a powerful tool for directing plant breeding. But how is genetic manipulation implemented? What benefits can it offer? And what are the broader issues surrounding the use of this technology? The second edition of Plant Biotechnology: the genetic manipulation of plants presents a balanced, objective exploration of the techn...

Structural proof theory is a branch of logic that studies the general structure and properties of logical and mathematical proofs. This book is both a concise introduction to the central results and methods of structural proof theory, and a work of research that will be of interest to specialists. The book is designed to be used by students of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. A special feature of the volume is a computerized system for developing proofs interactively, downloadab...

Structural proof theory is a branch of logic that studies the general structure and properties of logical and mathematical proofs. This book is both a concise introduction to the central results and methods of structural proof theory, and a work of research that will be of interest to specialists. The book is designed to be used by students of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. A special feature of the volume is a computerized system for developing proofs interactively, downloa...

Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for th...

Mentoren in het voortgezet onderwijs vragen zich vaak af hoe ze het beste invulling kunnen geven aan hun taak als leerlingbegeleider. Vanuit een duidelijke en expliciete visie op onderwijs en leerlingbegeleiding geven de auteurs handvatten voor de praktijk.

Door de herkenbare praktijksituaties en de verwijzingen naar relevante literatuur en websites is dit boek een must voor elke (beginnende) mentor. Niet alleen (aanstaande) mentoren in het voortgezet onderwijs, maar ook docenten-in-opleiding,...

In dit handboek over de oudheid wordt de geschiedenis van de Griekse en Romeinse wereld op een nieuwe wijze gepresenteerd: ingebed in naar tijd en ruimte uitgebreide kaders – chronologisch van de vroege prehistorie tot ver in de Middeleeuwen en geografisch over het hele gebied van Europa, Azië en Noord-Afrika.

Binnen deze kaders ligt de nadruk steeds op de Grieks-Romeinse wereld van de periode 1000 v.C. tot 500 n.C. Die periode wordt in vier naar opzet gelijkwaardige delen gesplitst, waarbi...