The underlying idea and motive for the book is that the notion of complexity may humanize the social sciences, may conceive the complex human being as more human, and turn reality as assumed in our doing social science into a more complex, that is a richer reality for all.
This book lays the foundation for an integrated NGIOA risk governance framework, and makes a convincing case for the far-reaching need and understanding of global risk concepts, global risk fundamentals, and risk centric integrated NGIOA governance.
This book presents a collection of chapters describing the state of the art on computational modelling and fabrication in tissue engineering.
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Reading Comprehension: Assisting Children with Learning Difficulties examines the complex nature of reading comprehension. Issues... Læs mere
This volume presents a comprehensive perspective on the global scientific, technological, and societal impact of nanotechnology since 2000, and explores the opportunities and research directions in the next decade to 2020.
It covers numerous topics that address key themes for contemporary science education including scientific literacy, goals for science teaching and learning, situated learning as a theoretical perspective for science education, and science for citizenship.
Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education results from the Joint ICMI/IASE Study Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education.
The third edition of the Dictionary of Ceramic Science and Engineering builds on the heavily revised 2nd edition which, in turn, expanded the original edition by some 4000 entries to include new fabrication, testing, materials, and vocabulary.
Literature seeks in numerous channels of insight the dominant threads of “the sense of life”, “the inward quest”, “the frames of experience” in reaching the inward sources of what we call ‘destiny’ inspired by experience and temporality which carry it on.
This book examines the relationships between cities and nation-states over the sweep of history, and in particular the role of trust networks in mediating this relationship. It includes a chapter from an unfinished manuscript by sociologist Charles Tilly.
This is one of the few books to analyze the systemic and the ethical mistakes that led to the financial crisis of 2008. It keeps the middle ground, while investigating the role of speculation in the formation of the crisis.