Intended for architects of k-12 schools primarily, and the school adminstrators who hire the architects secondarily, this is a comprehensive book on the sustainable design of schools. Complete with case studies of the best contemporary sustainable schools, the book is organized by the phases of the [...]
This book on sustainable renovation will focus on how buildings are made and sites developed, and on the improvements to building systems and envelopes that can be accomplished within both historic and modern existing buildings. Great examples of existing building upgrades will be examined, illustra[...]
Two-part treatment begins with discussions of coordinates of points on a line, coordinates of points in a plane, and coordinates of points in space. Part two examines geometry as an aid to calculation and peculiarities of four-dimensional space. Abundance of ingenious problems -- includes solutions,[...]
This volume in SIOP's Organizational Frontiers Series is a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary conflict research which aims to place conflict research and theory squarely within the realm of industrial and organizational psychology. This volume brings together and integrates classic and contem[...]
The need for improved mathematics education at the high school and college levels has never been more apparent than in the 1990s. As early as the 1960s, I.M. Gelfand and his colleagues in the USSR thought hard about this same question and developed a style for presenting basic mathematics in a clear[...]
Trigonometry, a work in the collection of the Gelfand School Program, is the result of a collaboration between two experienced pre-college teachers, one of whom, I.M. Gelfand, is considered to be among our most distinguished living mathematicians. His impact on generations of young people, some now [...]
Written as a hybrid between a research monograph and a textbook the first half of this book is concerned with basic concepts for the study of Banach algebras that, in a sense, are not too far from being commutative. Essentially, the algebra under consideration either has a sufficiently large center [...]
Brimming with more than more than 1700 references, this reader-friendly and extensively revised Fourth Edition will prove invaluable to instructors and students alike-providing a unified approach to the anatomical, physiological, and perceptual aspects of audition with updated chapters on the latest[...]
Praise for this book: This unique book encompasses everything from hearing science and psychoacoustics to hearing conservation and basic audiometry...explaining it at beginner's level while providing a more in-depth look for the more experienced.--Doody's Review The third edition of the successful [...]
For over ten years Boris Gelfand has been one of the world's top-ranking players. Born in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, he has been living for several years now in Rishon-Le-Zion, Israel. This is the first collection of his best games, which the 35-year-old grandmaster has annotated in great detail[...]
I januari 1945 samlar Röda armén sina styrkor för det sista slaget mot Nazityskland. Löjtnant Vladimir Gelfand, en 21-årig ukrainsk jude, ingår i 5. stötarmén. Han upplever förödelsen vid fronten, men också vardagen med personliga konflikter, angiverier och löss. Om nätterna tar han sin[...]
Den första privata dagboken av en officer i Röda armén på svenska, skriven av Vladimir Gelfand, en ung ukrainsk jude. Han tog sin tillflykt till dagboken på nätterna efter striderna under framryckningen mot Berlin. Som en sann krönikör undviker Gelfand int[...]