An encyclopedia of an imaginary world akin to ours but both more beautiful and less intelligible that forces the reader/viewer to re-think the methods by which we try to make sense of things. An encyclopedia is a synoptic version of the order by which we attempt to see the world. Such books reflect a "scientific" method which has ordered sight especially since the enlightenment but back to the taxonomies of Aristotle. This volume alludes to our desire to place sensation into category but offers, tacitly, other criteria of analogy and relation that undo the habits of too tutored thought.

Learning to speak Japanese, it Is universally acknowledged, can be done in a reasonable amount of time, but learning to read and write it cannot. The culprit is kanji, or Chinese characters, which complicate the Japanese writing system to the point of frustration. A first step toward conquering kanji was taken by Yasuko Mitamura in 1997 with the publication of Let's Learn Kanji. There, the fundamentals were introducedstrokes, radicals, and components-and 250 basic kanji as well. Now, Let's Learn More Kanji moves on to complex kanji and the formation of compounds of more than one character. Not simply a brilliant exposition but more importantly a workbook, it teaches the student how to analyze difficult characters in terms of radicals, components, and basic kanji; how to put kanji together into compounds; and how to recognize and learn any kanji not actually introduced in the book. Progress is constantly checked, and the student is continually motivated through quizzes and exercises. The result is the acquisition of 300 complex kanji. If the student has also studied Let's Learn Kanji, at the end of this volume he or she will have mastered 550 kanji for writing and received exposure to some 2,000 kanji altogether. As a result, the student will be firmly on the road to reading and writing Japanese.

Серия "Электронный запасник Государственной Публичной Исторической библиотеки России" представляет издания из фондов Отдела Редких книг библиотеки. Отдел редких книг был создан в 1922 году как отдел библиотеки Исторического музея. В 1938 году все фонды отдела, за исключением рукописей и старопечатных книг, были переданы в Историческую библиотеку. Само название "Отдел Редких книг" говорит о необходимости особого режима хранения и использования книг этого отдела в силу их уникальности. Благодаря современным технологиям издания, существующие ныне в ограниченном числе экземпляров, ветхие и малотиражные, будучи перенесены на электронные носители, становятся доступными широкому кругу читателей.
The Electronic Archive of The State Historical Public Library of Russia holds editions from the archive of the Department of Rare Books of the Library. The Department of Rare Books was created in 1922 as a department of the library of the Historical Museum. In 1938 all items of the department, except for manuscripts and early printed books, were transferred to the Historical library. The name Department of Rare Books implies the necessity for special storage and use of the books of the department because of their uniqueness.

Although Feng has been practiced in the Eastern hemisphere for thousands of years, it is relatively new to western civilization. Feng Shui may seem mysterious and foreign to our western culture, but it is actually a very sensible collection of ideas and actions. Once you understand its principles, you will be able to produce harmony, comfort and balance in almost any situation or environment. 26 Secrets has been put together to simplify Feng Shui so that everyone can understand and work with its principles to balance their lives and make way for more money, love, health and happiness. Some of these tips will help bring these things to you, while others will make it easier to hold on to money, romance and health once they’re in your hands. When you energize the various parts of your home, your life will improve and you will
start to attract more abundance and happiness.

I learned statistics back in the university then never applied concepts and after some 10 years I was challenged to undertake basic statistics matters in the way of learning Six Sigma. This book is very focused on the variation and the graphical interpretation of data. Yuo may read this book over a weekend then attack Six Sima stats without pain.

This step-by-step introduction to teaching thinking skills will be useful to teachers, librarians, and staff development personnel. Each thinking skill is presented in a one-page reproducible (easily adapted to a transparency or PowerPoint slide), followed by several self-contained activities using fairy tales and fantasy books as the basis to teach the integrated skill. Skills taught range from deductive reasoning to inferential and perceptual thinking. There are over 30 skills in all. Gifted education teachers will love this book.

Артур Уэйт (1857-1942) - один из крупнейших знатоков оккультных наук своего времени, автор десятков печатных трудов, видный член нескольких эзотерических сообществ. В историю он, однако, вошел главным образом как создатель самой популярной в мире колоды карт Таро. В этой книге символизм и прорицательные значения карт Таро `Райдер-Уэйт` (названных так в честь издателя и разработчика) разъясняются самим Уэйтом.

Das vorliegende Werk vermittelt ein solides Fundament zum Verständnis der wesentlichen Prinzipien, Funktionsweisen und Architekturen von Echtzeitsystemen. Dabei werden zunächst die Grundlagen der Automation von technischen Prozessen mithilfe der Steuerungs- und Regelungstechnik behandelt. Anschließend werden elementare Hardware- und Software-Architekturen sowie Kommunikationsmechanismen für Echtzeitsysteme beschrieben und Methoden der Echtzeitprogrammierung, der Echtzeitbetriebssysteme sowie der Echtzeit-Middleware fundiert dargestellt. Abgeschlossen wird das Buch durch Anwendungsbeispiele von Echtzeitsystemen aus der Fabrikautomation, wie z. B. speicherprogrammierbare Steuerungen oder Roboter- und Werkzeugmaschinensteuerungen. Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an Studierende der Informatik, Elektrotechnik, Regelungstechnik und des Maschinenbaus im fortgeschrittenen Grundstudium und ist in gleicher Weise für in der Praxis stehende Entwickler in diesen Fachgebieten geeignet.

Die Unifed Modeling Language (UML) ist der etablierte Standard für objektorientierte Modellierungssprachen. Die neue erheblich erweiterte Version 2.0 unterstützt komponentenbasierten Entwurf und die Spezifikation eingebetteter Systeme. Dieses Buch macht die UML 2 beherrschbar. Es bietet nach einer Einführung in die objektorientierte Modellierung, die die wichtigsten UML Diagramme herausstellt, eine kompakte, anschauliche Darstellung des Sprachumfangs mit vielen Beispielen. Schwerpunkt des Buches ist die schrittweise Verfeinerung des Modells bis hin zur Implementierung als Java-Programm. Dabei wird ein flexibles, praxiserprobtes Vorgehensmodell vorgestellt, welches die Verantwortung der Klassen betont und in dem jede Anforderung durch den gesamten Entwicklungsprozess verfolgt werden kann. Für jede der Entwurfsphasen wird ein durchgängiges Anwendungsbeispiel behandelt. Die beigefügte CD-ROM enthält die UML-Spezifikationen als pdf, die UML-Referenz als html-Dateien sowie alle Quelltexte der Java-Programme.

Informationen braucht jeder, und viele Unternehmen und Institutionen nutzen das Web, um Informationen in der Kundenkommunikation zur Verfügung zu stellen. Moderne Web-Technologien sind zudem eng mit der Entwicklung von Lernsystemen, E-Commerce-Systemen und Cyberworlds verknüpft. Im vorliegenden Buch werden Open-Source-basierte Techniken zurWeb-Kommunikation in fundierter Weise und einem Learning-by-Doing-Ansatz vermittelt. Zentrale Themen sind dabei Chatbots, Avatare, Virtuelle Messen und Rich-Media-Content sowie die Integration verschiedener Web-Funktionalitäten in einem Portal. Die Autoren vermitteln diese Technologie in einem thematischen Kontext, und zeigen damit verschiedene funktionelle Komponenten des WWW zur Kommunikation im Zusammenspiel. Nach der Lektüre dieses Werkes sollte der Leser imstande sein, selbständig ein dialogfähiges, animiertes Lern- und Informationsportal entwickeln, installieren und administrieren zu können.

The relationship between science and religion is generally depicted in one of two ways. In one view, they are locked in an inevitable, eternal conflict in which one must choose a side. In the other, they are separate spheres, in which the truth claims of one have little bearing on the other.This collection of provocative essays by leading thinkers offers a new way of looking at this problematic relationship. The authors begin from the premise that both science and religion operate in, yet seek to reach beyond, specific historical, political, ideological, and psychological contexts. How may we understand science and religion as arising from, yet somehow transcending, human experience? The volume is divided into four sections. The first takes a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion in broad terms: as spheres of knowledge or belief, realms of experience, and sources of authority. The other three sections take on topics that have been focal points of conflict between science and religion: the nature of the cosmos, the origin of life, and the workings of the mind. Ultimately, the authors argue, by seeing science and religion as irrevocably tied to human experience we can move beyond simple either/or definitions of reality and arrive at a more rich and complex view of both science and religion.

Have evolution, science and the trappings of the modern world killed off God irrevocably? And what do we lose if we choose not to believe in him? From Newton and Descartes to Darwin and the discovery of the genome, religion has been pushed back further and further while science has gained ground. But what fills the void that religion leaves behind? This book is an attempt to look at these questions and to suggest a third way between the easy consolations of religion and the persuasive force of science that the everyday modern reader can engage with.

Demonstrating how practitioners in the emerging field of "cultural epidemiology" describe human health, communicate with diverse audiences, and intervene to improve health and prevent disease, this book uses textual and statistical portraits of disease to describe interdisciplinary collaborations. Interpreting epidemiology as a cultural practice helps to reveal the ways in which measurement, causal thinking, and intervention design are influenced by belief, habit, and theories of power.