Science for All Americans

A Perspective on Reform in Mathematics and Science Education

Project 2061 (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Floyd James Rutherford

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Understanding Physics

Student Guide

David Cassidy

This student guide and laboratory manual accompanies the ""Understanding Physics"" textbook.

Project Physics : Text and Handbook

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The Project Physics Course

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Comprendre la physique

David Cassidy, Gerald Holton, James Rutherford

La physique, une discipline ardue réservée à quelques initiés ? Un monde incompréhensible pour qui n’a pas de formation en mathématiques ? Des théories aussi abstraites qu’hermétiques ? Détrompez-vous : vous faire Comprendre la physique, tel est l’engagement des auteurs de ce livre passionnant, quel que soit votre bagage scientifique de départ. Au terme de ces pages, vous aurez acquis, sans effort, une solide culture en sciences physiques, des lois et des principes. Tout spécifiquement conçu pour un lectorat non scientifique, Comprendre la physique est l’aboutissement du célèbre Project Physics course américain, dont l’objectif est de rendre la physique plus attrayante, et accessible à tous. Suivant le développement historique des idées, il replace les principaux concepts dans un cadre humaniste, explique l’origine des principes fondateurs, ainsi que les limites auxquelles ceux-ci se heurtent. Très didactique et richement illustré, il propose de nombreuses questions d’auto-évaluation en fin de chaque chapitre, afin de permettre au lecteur de vérifier les connaissances acquises. Disponible pour la première fois en langue française, cette référence de l’enseignement en physique s’adresse aussi aux étudiants en sciences souhaitant parfaire leur culture générale, ainsi qu’aux enseignants, qui trouveront là de nombreuses pistes pour adapter leurs cours aux besoins de leur auditoire. Traduction française de la version américaine par Vincent Faye et Sébastien Bréard, professeur de physique au lycée Victor Bérard, à Morez.

The Project Physics Course

The nucleus; Reader

Gerald Holton

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The Generative Lexicon

James Pustejovsky

The first formally elaborated theory of a generative approach to word meaning, The Generative Lexicon lays the foundation for an implemented computational treatment of word meaning that connects explicitly to a compositional semantics. The Generative Lexicon presents a novel and exciting theory of lexical semantics that addresses the problem of the "multiplicity of word meaning"; that is, how we are able to give an infinite number of senses to words with finite means. The first formally elaborated theory of a generative approach to word meaning, it lays the foundation for an implemented computational treatment of word meaning that connects explicitly to a compositional semantics. In contrast to the static view of word meaning (where each word is characterized by a predetermined number of word senses) that imposes a tremendous bottleneck on the performance capability of any natural language processing system, Pustejovsky proposes that the lexicon becomes an active—and central—component in the linguistic description. The essence of his theory is that the lexicon functions generatively, first by providing a rich and expressive vocabulary for characterizing lexical information; then, by developing a framework for manipulating fine-grained distinctions in word descriptions; and finally, by formalizing a set of mechanisms for specialized composition of aspects of such descriptions of words, as they occur in context, extended and novel senses are generated. The subjects covered include semantics of nominals (figure/ground nominals, relational nominals, and other event nominals); the semantics of causation (in particular, how causation is lexicalized in language, including causative/unaccusatives, aspectual predicates, experiencer predicates, and modal causatives); how semantic types constrain syntactic expression (such as the behavior of type shifting and type coercion operations); a formal treatment of event semantics with subevents); and a general treatment of the problem of polysemy. Language, Speech, and Communication series

A New History of India

Stanley A. Wolpert, Stanley Wolpert

A New History of India, now in its fifth edition, explores today's affluent India. This edition remains the most readable and illuminating one-volume history of India and brings students up-to-date on current developments.

How to Do Things with Words

Second Edition

J. L. Austin

Assembles the twentieth-century philosopher's ideas and conclusions regarding issues and problems pertaining to word usage.

The Mandaeans

Ancient Texts and Modern People

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley

The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.

The Stuff of Thought

Language as a Window Into Human Nature

Steven Pinker

The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.

Maltese

Albert J. Borg, Marie Azzopardi-Alexander

Maltese, the national language of the island of Malta, is the only Semitic language of Europe, spoken by almost 400,000 people. Focusing primarily on Standard Maltese, the authors clarify many areas which, until now, remained undefined, especially syntax and intonation. English loanwords continue to find their way into Standard Maltese as the influence of English becomes increasingly important. This book describes the syntactic, morphological and phonological structure of Maltese as one integrated linguistic system composed of many strands (Arabic, Romance and English) and complies with the Descriptive Grammars series profile. Consequently, Maltese will be appreciated not simply by the typologist, but also by the Arabist and the scholar of Romance.

Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Vol. 12 (from May 1876 to May 1877) includes: Researches in telephony / by A. Graham Bell.

Scientific American

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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography, Geography, Statistics, and General Knowledge ...

John Clark Ridpath

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Scientific American Supplement

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Scientific American

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