Wiley-VCH - General Science & Engineering

Funding Atlas 2012

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (ed.) — 9 May 2013 08:17:14 +0200

Compiled by the largest funding institution in Germany, this book contains detailed tabulated data about grants awarded to university and non-university research institutions and the subject fields of the grant recipients. [80 Pages, Softcover]

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Sciences International Student Version

Trefil, James / Hazen, Robert M. — 17 Dec 2012 08:18:43 +0100

A solid text with all the key coverage needed the 7th edition of Sciences focuses on updated information on the science, examples and integration. Additionally, the new issue includes additional virtual labs, updated end-of-chapter activities, extensively revised biology coverage and online, stepped-out math problems to reinforce problem solving and integration of information.More features in this new edition include: emphasized themes and relationships important for informed citizens, the Great Ideas of Science; increased emphasis on using visuals to help connect with the great ideas of science and learn key concepts; real-world connections: NEW Current events/In the News cases; tools to help understand the basics: In-text pedagogy and new Stepped problems to answer those Big Questions in science, new animations/online labs; and updated Discovery Labs. [656 Pages, Softcover]

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Europe to the Stars

Schilling, Govert / Christensen, Lars Lindberg — 20 Sep 2012 08:17:35 +0200

ESO's 50th anniversary. This sumptuously illustrated book contains the best 300 of ESO's images, hand-picked from a large collection of more than 100 000 images. [224 Pages, Hardcover]

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Managing Nonprofit Organizations

Tschirhart, Mary / Bielefeld, Wolfgang — 30 Jul 2012 08:17:18 +0200

Managing Nonprofit Organizations offers a comprehensive treatment of the key topics in nonprofit management for practitioners, professors, and students in both graduate and undergraduate courses. This groundbreaking volume serves as both text and handbook and includes supplemental online materials and additional cases. The authors Tschirhart and Bielefeld (two of the top scholars in nonprofit management) bring theory and practice together in a cohesive way so readers are both informed and interested. [512 Pages, Hardcover]

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Wissenschaft kommunizieren

Könneker, Carsten — 27 Apr 2012 08:17:19 +0200

Eine systematische Einführung in die Praxis guter Wissenschaftskommunikation: Spektrum der Wissenschaft-Chefredakteur Carsten Könneker erklärt, wie Sie verschiedene Zielgruppen über Forschung informieren können ? in Vorträgen, Pressemeldungen, Blogs, Drittmittelanträgen usw. [XIV, 220 Pages, Softcover]

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Engineering Your Future

Walesh, Stuart — 7 Mar 2012 08:17:29 +0100

This updated textbook provides a resource on the non-technical aspects of professional practice for both engineering students and young technical professionals. Coverage supports the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)'s Engineering Criteria 2000, as well as ASCE's current BoK and ASME and AIChE's BoKs. The book treats essential non-technical topics like self-management, communication, interpersonal relationships, teamwork, project and total quality management, design, construction, manufacturing, engineering economics, organizational structures, business accounting, law, ethics, consulting, and marketing. Engineering Your Future concludes with the future world of work, paradigms, and leadership. [504 Pages, Softcover]

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