DIVDIVWisconsin-born Richard Bong was the highest-rated flying ace in World War II, famous for having shot down 40 Japanese planes during a 3 year career as a fighter pilot. The recipient of a Silver Star and a Congressional Medal of Honor, Bong was killed after the war in a flying accident just months after marrying the love of his life, Marge Vattendahl./divDIV /divDIVBadger Biographies is a series intended to integrate reading and Wisconsin history for 4th through 8th grade students or for ELL/ESL high school students./div/DIVDIVDIVPete Barnes is a National Board certified teacher who teaches fifth grade social studies, science, and math in New Albany, Ohio. He has written articles for youth audiences in the American history magazineiCobblestone/i, for educators in the magazineiInstructor/i, and for fellow teachers in the magazineiTeaching K-8/i. Pete has a bachelor’s degree from The College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in education from The Ohio State University. This is his second book in the Badger Biographies series./div/DIV

P@AUTHBIO=BEvelyn Petersen/Bis a nationally known, award-winning parenting columnist and child and family advocate. She is an active consultant, a public speaker, an early childhood educator and an author. Her weekly Parent Talk column has been carried on the Knight Ridder Tribune News Wire since 1987, and is distributed to more than 300 newspapers nationwide. Petersen holds degrees in Child Development, Family Life and Education from both Purdue and Central Michigan Universities. Throughout her 40 years of teaching, she has worked with children, parents and teachers from pre-school to post-graduate levels. In the past 18 years, she has done in depth training for teachers and parents in hundreds of early childhood and Head Start programs in 30 states. She has been a federal compliance reviewer of well over 100 Head Start programs in 18 states and 14 Tribal Nations./PP@HEADLINE= Improve the quality of your early childhood education curriculum planning! @BULLET= Emphasizes skill development (motor, perceptual, memory, literacy and problem-solving), including strong coverage of planning to encourage development across all domains. @BULLET= Includes strategies for documenting compliance with national standards in the field. @BULLET= Integrated activities cover ECE national priority areas: literacy, math, science, ecology, anti-bias and multicultural awareness, and parent involvement./PP@SUMMARY= This comprehensive book offers easy and practical systems to organize and integrate interest-based and skill-based curriculum ideas and to effectively plan for young children. It makes ongoing lesson plans easier to write, implement and monitor, and links lesson planning to both curriculum objectives and children’s outcomes in all learning domains. The book provides comprehensive information on the setting of daily schedules, long and short range lesson planning, guidance/classroom management, and trends and priorities in the field. Diagrams, lesson plan@7Ï(õÂ? ¾Û€

Problem Solving provides students with a general approach and strategies to solve problems in real life. The text is easy to read and geared mainly for students who dislike math. Problems throughout the book range from easy to difficult, and require minimal mathematical experience. While possessing knowledge is one important requirement to solving problems, there are many others. Problem Solving focuses on providing strategies to help students become proactive, successful, and confident problem solvers.Chapter 1 The Problem-Solving Enterprise Chapter 2 Problem Solving: Five Easy Pieces Chapter 3 Be Proactive Chapter 4 See It Chapter 5 Simplify It Chapter 6 Stir It Up Chapter 7 Pause and Reflect Chapter 8 Interpersonal Problems Chapter 9 Communication Chapter 10 Stretches Chapter 11 Projects Bibliography

Purely mathematical treatment covers Rayleigh-Ritz method, Weinstein method, Weinstein-Aronszajn method and others. Little math needed beyond elements of calculus. First 9 chapters discuss general theory of variational methods with special reference to the vibrating plate. Last chapter extends to more general cases. Includes exercises. 1957 edition.

Radio Frequency (RF) is the fundamental technology behind a huge range of modern consumer electronics and wireless communication devices, and this book provides a comprehensive and methodical guide to RF for engineers, technicians, enthusiasts and hobbyists with an interest in the electronics behind radio frequency communications. In Practical RF Handbook, Ian Hickman draws upon his own radio engineering background to develop a hands-on guide to the difficulties and pitfalls of RF design with a minimum of maths. A broad coverage includes devices, circuits, equipment, systems, radio propagation and external noise to fully acquaint the reader with the necessary circuit technologies and techniques. The fourth edition brings the book fully up-to-date with new advances in RF, including coverage of OFDM, UWB, WiFi and WiMax. * Practical coverage of the cutting-edge technology behind the fast-moving world of communications electronics* Real-world design guide for engineers, technicians and students, covering key principles with a minimum of maths* Updated throughout, including coverage of recent hot topics such as UWB, WiFi and WiMax

From the Publisher:Thompson, Strickland and Gambles’, Crafting and Executing Strategy, 15e presents the latest research findings from the literature and cutting-edge strategic practices of companies have been incorporated to keep step with both theory and practice. Scores of new examples have been added to complement the new and updated Illustration Capsules. More chapter-end exercises have been included. The result is a text treatment with more punch, greater clarity, and improved classroom effectiveness. But none of the changes have altered the fundamental character that has driven the text’s success over the years. The chapter content continues to be solidly mainstream and balanced, mirroring both the best academic thinking and the pragmatism of real-world strategic management. Known for its cases and teaching notes, Crafting and Executing Strategy includes a case line–up that will spark student interest and generate lively classroom discussions. A truly appealing lineup of 33 diverse, timely, and thoughtfully-crafted cases complements the text presentation. Many cases involve high-profile companies, and all are framed around issues and circumstances tightly linked to the content of the 13 chapters, thus pushing students to apply the concepts and analytical tools they have read about. And there’s a comprehensive package of support materials that are a breeze to use, highly effective, and flexible enough to fit most any course design.About the Author:A.J. (Lonnie) Strickland received a BS in Math and Physics from the University of Georgia, an MS in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a PhD from Georgia State university. He currently holds the rank of Professor of Strategic Management in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Alabama. He has done extensive consulting and research work. In recent years, he was honored with the Outstanding Professor Award for the Graduate School of Business, and was the recipient of the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award for the University of Alabama.With additional writing contribution by Arthur A. Jr. Thompson and John E. Gamble.

PThis book is written for students in two- and four-year technology programs at community colleges and universities. Chapters are organized around the broad technologies applicable to semiconductor manufacturing./PPChapters 1 to 8 present fundamental technical information relevant to semiconductor manufacturing. Chapter 9 presents a process model overview with a general flowchart that links the major areas in wafer fabrication. Chapters 10 to 19 cover each of the major processes. Each process chapter concludes with a summary of quality measures and troubleshooting issues to provide the student with practical challenges encountered during wafer fabrication. Chapter 20 provides an overview of the back-end process for IC assembly and packaging./PPAcademic and industry reviewers have applauded this book as the most comprehensive and up-to-date text currently available in the market./PHTMLH2PREFACE/H2PThis text started with a simple premise: as instructors, we need to teach relevant microchip technology to students and employees in semiconductor manufacturing. Unfortunately, in the semiconductor industry, changes in technology are measured in months, not years. Our challenge was to write a relevant book that would not be outdated by the time it was published. With that in mind, we researched the material and applied ourselves to writing the chapters and creating the artwork. Following the aggressive pace of Moore’s law, the technical material in our book is at most only 18 to 24 months old. This permits us to keep abreast of the changing technology nodes swirling through the semiconductor industry./PPThis text is written for students in two-year and four-year technology programs at community colleges and universities. The text will also be a practical reference as well as a standard text in corporate and technical training classes. Students are expected to have an understanding of high school chemistry, physics, and math. Chapters are organiz@Uw®záH ¾Û€

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Problems that beset Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cauchy, Gauss, Monge and other greats, ready to challenge today’s would-be problem solvers. Among them: How is a sundial constructed? How can you calculate the logarithm of a given number without the use of logarithm table? No advanced math is required. Includes 100 problems with proofs.

An unbeatable study companion for geometry students everywhereUsing the proven Self-Teaching Guide format, this thorough, easy-to-use guide walks high school and college students through key concepts in geometry. The ” insured learning” format lets students work at their own pace as they progress through plane, solid, and analytic geometry, ending with geometric applications for calculus. Throughout, examples, reviews, quizzes, exercises, and detailed answer explanations reinforce essential concepts and help build problem-solving skills. Cowritten by a veteran Self-Teaching Guide author, this book is peerless resource for people who need to learn or review geometry– and an indispensable link between our existing guides to algebra and calculus.Steve Slavin, PhD (Brooklyn, NY), is a Professor Emeritus of Economics and the author of many Wiley Self-Teaching Guides, including Precalculus, Quick Algebra Review (0-471-57843-6), Quick Business Math (0-471-11689-0), All the Math You’ ll Ever Need (0-471-31751-9), and Economics (0-471-31752-7). Ginny Crisonino (Cranford, NJ) has taught math at Union County College in New Jersey for sixteen years.