Quanta, logic and spacetime [[electronic resource] /] / S.A. Selesnick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454321803321
• Autore: Selesnick S. A (Stephen Allan)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2003
• ISBN: 1-281-93541-7; 9786611935412; 981-279-493-X
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (487 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.12
• Soggetti: Quantum theory; Special relativity (Physics); 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 (p. 429-441) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Part I Preliminaries ; 1. Foundations ; 1.1 Physics without Objects ; 1.2 Observables ; 1.3 Finite Dimensional Heuristics ; 2. Quantum Sets ; 2.1 Logics and Lattices ; 2.2 Some First-order Quantum Aggregates ; 2.2.1 Finite Products ; 2.2.2 Sequences ; 2.2.3 Sets; 2.2.4 Sibs 2.3 Quantum Set Theory ; 3. Group Duality Coherence and Cyclic Actions ; 3.1 The Duality of Groups and Hopf Algebras ; 3.1.1 Algebras ; 3.1.2 Coalgebras ; 3.1.3 Bialgebras and Hopf Algebras ; 3.1.4 The Additive Affine Group ; 3.1.5 Finite Group Algebras; 3.1.6 Topological Hopf and Coalgebras 3.1.7 The Algebra of Representative Functions on a Compact Group ; 3.1.8 Tensor Symmetric and Exterior Algebras ; 3.1.9 The Universal Enveloping Algebra of a Lie Algebra ; 3.2 Quantum Versions of Cyclic Groups; 3.2.1 Quantum Permutations: from SI(n C) to Zn ; 3.2.2 Condensation and Coherence ; 3.2.3 Quantizing Cycles: from Zn to SI(n C) ; Part II Computational Paradigms ; 4. Natural Deduction ; 4.1 Natural Deduction for a Minimal System ; 4.2 The Curry-Howard Isomorphism; 4.3 The Gentzen Sequent Calculus 5. Quantum Logic ; 5.1 Orthologic and its Model Theory ; 5.1.1 Orthologic as a Deductive System ; 5.1.2 Modal Logic and Kripke Models ; 5.1.3 A Modal Translation Theorem ; 5.1.4 The Implication Problem and Orthomodular Logic; 5.1.5 Orthomodular Foundations for Quantum Mechanics
• Sommario/riassunto: In this expanded edition of <i>Quanta, Logic and Spacetime</i>, the logical base is greatly broadened and quantum-computational aspects of the approach are brought to the fore. The first two parts of this edition may indeed be regarded as providing a self-contained and logic-based foundation for - and an introduction to - the enterprise known as quantum computing. The rest of the work takes on the task (as in the first edition) of computing from first principles certain dynamical expressions which turn out to compare favorably with the Lagrangian densities of the (massless) Standard Model, i

Literacy for young children : a guide for early childhood educators / / Priscilla L. Griffith, Sara Ann Beach, Jiening Ruan, Loraine Dunn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827854103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, c2008; Thousand Oaks, CA : , : Corwin Press, , [2008]; �2008
• ISBN: 1-4522-9471-2; 1-4833-2973-9; 1-4522-9788-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Gale eBooks
• Disciplina: 372.6
• Soggetti: Language arts (Preschool) - United States; Reading (Preschool) - United States; Literacy - Study and teaching (Preschool) - United States
• 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 (pages 205-216) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction: Why Early Literacy?; Early Reading First; Developmentally Appropriate Practice; Overview of This Book; Chapter 1 - Children's Development and Literacy Learning; How Children Develop and Learn; Child Development: The Foundation for Literacy; Introducing Rebecca, Juan, Michael, and Annie; Foundations for Learning to Read; Supportive Classroom Environments; Summary; Chapter 2 - Language Development and Diversity; Role of Oral Language in Literacy Development; What Does Research Say about How Children Acquire Language?; Benchmarks of Oral Language Development for Preschool ChildrenAssessing Oral Language Development; Research-Based Instructional Strategies Supporting Oral Language Development; Language Diversity; Summary; Chapter 3 - Phonological Awareness Development in Preschool Children; What Is Phonological Awareness and What is Its Role in Literacy Development?; What Does Research Say About How Children Acquire Phonological Awareness?; Indicators of ; Children's Development of Phonological Awareness; Assessing Phonological Awareness; Research-Based Instructional Strategies Supporting Phonological AwarenessAddressing Diversity; Summary; Chapter 4 - Alphabetic Principle; What is the Alphabetic Principle and What is Its Role in Literacy Development?; What Does Research Tell us about the Alphabetic Principle?; Assessing the Alphabetic Principle; Research-Based Instructional Strategies Supporting Understanding of the Alphabetic Principle; Addressing Diversity; Summary; Chapter 5 - Writing; How Are Reading and Writing Connected in Early Literacy Development?; What Does Research Say about Emergent Writing Development?; Assessing WritingResearch-Based Instructional Strategies to Support Emergent Writing; Addressing Diversity; Summary; Chapter 6 - Comprehension: Making Meaning; What is Comprehension?; What Helps Children Comprehend?; Assessing Comprehension; Research-Based Instructional Strategies; Addressing Diversity; Summary; Chapter 7 - Sharing Books with Children; The Importance of Book Sharing for Children's Early Literacy Development; What Does Research Say about Storybook Reading with Children?; Selecting High-Quality Children's Literature; Developing Classroom Libraries; Research-Based Instructional Strategies for Sharing Books with ChildrenAddressing Diversity; Summary; Chapter 8 - Integrating Literacy Across the Curriculum; Integrated Curriculum; Planning an Integrated Unit; Summary; Chapter 9 - Literacy in the Real World; Language and Literacy in Communities; Infusing Home and Community Literacy in the Classroom; Summary; Chapter 10 - Helping Parents Facilitate Children's Literacy at Home; Why Parents Become Involved; Parental Beliefs; Types of Parental Involvement; Why Parental Involvement?; Summary; Chapter 11 - Bringing it All Together; Preschool Programs Make a Difference
• Sommario/riassunto: The assessment and instructional activities in this book are evidence based, practical and should be easy to implement. The text demonstrates how to link assessment and instruction practices for various components of literacy learning and aims to help teachers become informed decision makers about purposeful literacy instruction.