1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463874303321

Autore

Illy József <1933->

Titolo

The practical Einstein [[electronic resource] ] : experiments, patents, inventions / / József Illy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4214-0533-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

530.078

Soggetti

Inventions

Physics - Experiments

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Sound Direction Ranging in Air and Water""""Prospecting for Ore and Water from a Dirigible""; ""Riveting Hammers and Pile Drivers""; ""Production of High-Pressure Gases""; ""“Electrophonic Piano�""; ""Aerial Stereophotography""; ""Magnetic Cores with Low Electric Conductivity""; ""Telescope for Daylight Observations of Phenomena near the Sun""; ""Makeup Mirror""; ""Balanced Tapered Bearing Rollers""; ""4 European Inventions""; ""The “Little Machine� (Maschinchen)""; ""Planimeter""; ""The Cat�s Back Airfoil""; ""Compasses for Land, Sea, and Air""; ""Filtering Viruses""

""Refrigerators in a Row""""Magnetostrictive Reproduction of Sound""; ""Hearing Aid""; ""5 American Inventions""; ""Altimeter""; ""Waterproof Breathable Clothes""; ""Heat- Insulating Vessel""; ""Liquid Filtering by Electrostatic Method""; ""Automatic Correction of Measured Data""; ""Airplane Horizon Indicator""; ""Electrostatic Microphone""; ""Fluid-Level Indicator""; ""Light-Intensity Self-Adjusting Camera""; ""Steel-Tape Recording""; ""Aircraft Speedometer""; ""Timer""; ""On the Threshold of the Manhattan Project""; ""Torpedoman Einstein""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""

""E""""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779186503321

Autore

Berlak Ann.

Titolo

Dilemmas of schooling : teaching and social change / / Ann & Harold Berlak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-47104-9

1-280-66209-3

9786613639028

1-136-47105-7

0-203-12883-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Education ; ; v. 165

Altri autori (Persone)

BerlakHarold

Disciplina

372.2410942

372.941

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - Social aspects - Great Britain

Teaching - Social aspects - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Methuem, 1981.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Dilemmas of Schooling; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Part One: Controversies and Context; I. Public issues and schooling controversies; II. Theoretical context; III. A brief history and overview of the book; Notes to Part One; Part Two: The Schools; IV. Port Primary; V. Scenes from the other schools; Notes to Part Two; Part Three: Towards a Theory and Language of Schooling; VI. Towards a dialectical account of teacher action; VII. The dilemma language; Notes to Part Three; Part Four: Interpretations of the Schools; VIII. Patterns of resolution

IX. Patterns of resolution and social change: an explorationNotes to Part Four; Part Five: Engaging in Critical Inquiry; X. Critical inquiry: teachers, schooling professionals and citizens as critical inquirers; XI. Educational researchers as critical inquirers; Notes to Part Five; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This study illuminates how the everyday activity of teachers raises profound economic, cultural, ethical, political and research issues, and provides a new and fruitful way of examining the practice of teaching.



The first part of the book offers a detailed description of sensitively recorded school situations, arising from work carried out in a number of British primary schools. From the analysis of their research the authors constructed a theoretical perspective for looking at schooling in the form of sixteen 'dilemmas'; the second half of the book is concerned with this perspective, and s

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778451603321

Autore

Getz Malcolm

Titolo

Investing in college [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for the perplexed / / Malcolm Getz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-03755-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

378.1980973

Soggetti

College choice - United States

College costs - United States

Education

Theory & Practice of Education

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Financial Returns -- 3. Career Opportunities -- 4. College Rank -- 5. The Learning Environment -- 6. Sticker Shock -- 7. Payment Options -- 8. The Admission Game -- 9. The Choice -- Tables -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

College education is one of the most important investments a family will make, but between the viewbooks, websites, insider gossip, and magazine rankings, students and their worried parents face a dizzying array of options. This guide will help students decide the best options for them.