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The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity: 40th Symposium of the British Ecological Society (Symposia of the British Ecological Society)
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0632057149 |
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The last decade has seen countless advances in the measurement and interpretation of the impacts of environmental heterogeneity upon organisms and ecological processes. This volume discusses the effects of environmental heterogeneity; the effects of spatial and temporal heterogeneity on individuals, populations, communities and biodiversity; and the management and conservation implications of environmental heterogeneity.
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Teaches the beginner how to read and understand material containing regression analysis. It does not teach the reader how to do regression analysis; rather, it walks the reader through elementary material using few equations or specialized jargon. The authors present a verbal intuitive interpretation of regression coefficients, associated statistics, and hypothesis tests. Thus, this book can be used by anyone who needs to understand the principles of regression analysis.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Accessible Overview for the Beginning Student.......2005-10-05
This work is an excellent overview of regression for the beginning student (undergraduate or graduate). It's primarily designed for interpreting regression analyses, rather than actually conducting them yourself, but I found it extremely helpful to read in concert with my graduate course on regression. I'd recommend it for anyone just starting out with regression or for someone who is primarily a reader of regression analyses conducted by others.
I would also highly recommend, Multiple Regression: A Primer by Paul Allison.
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Introductory quantitative analysis
Larry E Wilson
Manufacturer: Merrill
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ASIN: 0675088690 |
Book Description
Open the door to the fascinating world of physics! The most fundamental of all natural sciences, physics will reveal to you the basic principles of the Universe. And while physics can seem challenging, its true beauty lies in the sheer simplicity of fundamental physical theories--theories and concepts that can enrich your view of the world around you. COLLEGE PHYSICS: VOLUME II gives you a clear and logical presentation of the basic concepts, and with its integrated media resources, you have the maximum opportunity for success! Each new text includes access to PHYSICSNOW, the ultimate web-based homework and tutorial system! This interactive learning system tailors itself to your needs in the course. It's like having a personal tutor available whenever you need it!
Customer Reviews:
It wasn't terrible........2006-04-30
4-30-06
I used 7th ed vol. 2 for an online physics course and it wasn't a terrible book. Most of the stuff in here is not at all intuitive, so the nature of the subject matter itself is difficult. You need to work problems to get this stuff in your head, and you have to be self-motivated to study if you're doing an online course. One criticism I have is that the "PhysicsNow" is worthless. They provide no explanation on the website.
If you are reading this review and you need the book, I'll send you the one I have if I still have it. E-mail me at scott340pd@email.com if you're interested. Give me time to check my email account, because this is one I don't use often.
Professors please spare your students.......2006-03-22
I don't think this book explains concepts very well and it's even worse at teaching how to build on them. Some of the questions at the end of the chapter are very complex but, for people whose last supporting math class was years ago, the chapter often lacks thoroughly worked up examples to help figure out how to build the equation.
In the questions at the end of each chapter there are several problems that have on line coaching at the PHYSICS NOW web site, indicated by the PHYSICS NOW icon. Very often the problems that are indicated in the book are not the ones coached on line.
Volume 2 is published as a separate book but it is really the second half of volume 1. Many of the concepts in volume 2 are dependent on concepts, equations and other data presented in volume 1, but the book lacks an index containing this important information for those who took the first semester long enough ago to have sold the book. DO NOT BUY VOLUME 2 UNLESS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A FIRST SEMESTER BOOK.
This book is worthless.......2005-12-16
I used this book for my physics class and I totally hate it. We will be using it again for next semester and I wish they would use a different one. If you are a teacher, please save your studernts from the headache! pick a better book!
Waste of Money.......2005-10-09
Do not waste your money on this textbook! Even the most basic concepts are poorly explained. Examples are random and rarely help to reinforce the lesson. You can find a much better physics book for a fraction of the price. I can't believe they published this book!!
less than one star... but since there's no zero.......2004-03-12
This is one of the poorest books I've ever used for learning any subject. This is simply NOT GOING TO WORK if you learn by reading/studying, rather than in class.
I already have a college degree, and I've read thousands of books, and studied from many. Rarely have I found a book this thick that has so little
1) EXPLANATION OF CORE CONCEPTS,
or
2) THOROUGHLY WORKED EXAMPLES OF PROBLEMS.
There is a lot of verbiage but that is all.
DO NOT WASTE TIME WITH THIS BOOK. Without a GOOD teacher, this book is beyond totally useless. With a teacher one can use this book for homework problems, but nothing more.
Since I am doing this as a pre-requisite for medical school, I am using the web and a number of other texts instead. I wish I could find a good thorough text though.
Book Description
Planning to take the MCAT exam? You'll appreciate the handy appendix provides detailed conceptual and quantitative explanations of key examination areas, as well as additional MCAT-styled questions and answers for additional practice in ENHANCED COLLEGE PHYSICS. This textbook will reveal to you the basic principles of the Universe. The most fundamental of all natural sciences, physics will reveal to you the basic principles of the Universe. And while physics can seem challenging, its true beauty lies in the sheer simplicity of fundamental physical theories--theories and concepts that can enrich your view of the world around you. ENHANCED COLLEGE PHYSICS, VOLUME II gives you a clear and logical presentation of the basic concepts, and with its integrated media resources, you have the maximum opportunity for success! Each new text includes access to PHYSICSNOW, the ultimate web-based homework and tutorial system! This interactive learning system tailors itself to your needs in the course. It's like having a personal tutor available whenever you need it!
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For Chapters 15-30, this manual contains detailed solutions to approximately 12 problems per chapter. These problems are indicated in the textbook with boxed problem numbers. The manual also features a skills section, important notes from key sections of the text, and a list of important equations and concepts.
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For more than five decades, Sears and Zemansky's College Physics has provided the most reliable foundation of physics education for readers around the world. For the Eighth Edition, Robert Geller joins Hugh Young to produce a comprehensive update of this benchmark text. A broad and thorough introduction to physics, this new edition carefully integrates many solutions from educational research to help readers to develop greater confidence in solving problems, deeper conceptual understanding, and stronger quantitative-reasoning skills, while helping them connect what they learn with their other courses and the changing world around them.
Models, Measurements, and Vectors, Motion along a Straight Line, Motion in a Plane, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Applications of Newton’s Laws, Circular Motion and Gravitation, Work and Energy, Momentum, Rotational Motion, Dynamics of Rotational Motion, Elasticity and Periodic Motion, Mechanical Waves and Sound, Fluid Mechanics, Temperature and Heat, Thermal Properties of Matter, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Electric Charges, Forces and Fields, Electric Potential and Electric Energy, Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits, Magnetism, Magnetic Flux and Faraday’s Law of Induction, Alternating Currents, Electromagnetic Waves, Geometric Optics, Optical Instruments, Interference and Diffraction, Relativity, Photons, Electrons, and Atoms, Atoms, Molecules, and Solids, 30 Nuclear and High-Energy Physics.
For all readers interested in most reliable foundation of physics education. (
College Physics, (Chs.1-30) with Mastering College Physics, 8/e ,
ISBN
0-8053-9070-7
Book Description
Volume 1 (chapters 1-15): College Physics is the best solution for today's college physics market. With a unique, new, approach to physics that builds a conceptual framework as motivation for the physical principles, consistent problem solving coverage, stunning art, extensive end-of-chapter material, and superior media support, Giambattista, Richardson, and Richardson delivers a product that addresses today's market needs with the best tools available.
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College Physics, Second Edition is the best solution for today's college physics market. With a unique, new, approach to physics that builds a conceptual framework as motivation for the physical principles, consistent problem solving coverage strategies, stunning art, extensive end-of-chapter material, and superior media support, Giambattista, Richardson, and Richardson delivers a product that addresses today's market needs with the best tools available.
Customer Reviews:
better than no solutions manual.......2007-05-14
this manual does not have all the answers or explanations to them. the detail is poor, and none of the conceptual questions or multiple choice have answers at all. it helps sometimes, but comes up short often.
Do not buy if looking for the even answers.......2007-03-22
My professor likes to give practice problems from the even section and he does not provide solutions, so I bought this book. One BIG problem, it does not have the even problems, so now I am in the same boat as before. Extremely upset that this is not advertised in the description. This is a college level book and it ridiculous that all the answers are not answered.
Is the $20 price for the text book or solution manual.......2007-02-02
Is the $20 price for the solution manual or is it actually for the text book. Please highlight me before i make a purchase. Email me as soon as possible.
email: bechband@yahoo.co.uk
beware.......2007-01-12
hey, notice it is only the second half of the book, equals second semester or phys 2b or something, i made the mistake of buying it and i needed part one... anywho
Excellent help.......2007-01-04
This book was a great help while taking the course to better understand problems and answers.
Book Description
This reader-friendly book presents the fundamental principles of physics in a clear and concise manner. Emphasizing conceptual understanding as the basis for mastering a variety of problem-solving tools, it provides a wide range of relevant applications and illustrative examples. This book discusses mechanics, thermodynamics, oscillations and wave motion, electricity and magnetism, optics, and modern physics. For anyone wishing to learn more about the fundamentals of physics and how physical principles apply to a variety of real-world situations, devices, and topics.
Customer Reviews:
Don't waste your time with the regular edition.......2006-09-05
If you want a competitive advantage in this class, buy the ANNOTATED INSTRUCTORS EDITION. It is available used from the Amazon marketplace for only $99.
Instructors often use the suggested problems in the instructor's edition for their quizzes and tests.
sloppy book.......2006-04-01
I bought this at Amazon.com from an Awesome Deal I found on DailyTool.com. This book is sloppy because my professor always tells us that don't trust the formulars from the book. However, the book does cover something interesting and related to our everyday life.
Not Much to Say..........2005-09-27
As this was required text for my class, there's no need to pick it apart. Should have opted for the Teacher's edition. But who cares....I just saved a bunch of money on my school books by switching to Amazon.com, YEAH BABY.
Best Algebra Based Physics Text.......2002-12-30
Physics is a difficult subject. This text does an admirable job of making a difficult subject easier.
There are advantages and disadvantages to disallowing the writer to use calculus in writing the material. Some formulas require calculus to derive and so must be either taken on faith as true, or the derivations looked up in a calculus based test. Fortunately the times when this issue comes up are few enough to not seriously hamper the flow of the book.
This book may be read as a first book on Physics. I strongly recommend the book Conceptual Physics by Hewitt for a running start at the subject.
Members of the lay public interested in physics may read both of these texts, as they are at introductory level and contains material on classical as well as modern physics.
The units are in SI ( metric ) which simplifies the math.
The Wilson and Buffa text has Color photos of natural phenomenon and situations that illustrate the physics under discussion. There examples are intermixed throughout showing how to work problems involving the principles involved.
I believe this book is an important part of a well rounded education. Physics is NOT an easy topic. If it were, then Newton would have developed theories on relativity and gravity waves. This book does what it was designed to do, that is assist beginners in starting their journey.
I read the book. I found it to be fun.
Katherine Rogers
Yes, Real girls do physics.
Not Bad, Not Great.......2002-09-27
While I haven't had the pleasure of having Buffa for a professor (and by all accounts I'm planning on avoiding it), the book really isn't that bad. The sample problems are helpful and the escalating difficulty is appreaciated.
The downside is that he tends to get bogged down in little details that aren't really as important as he makes them out to be--especially considering that the book is for people who don't need calc-based Physics (read life science majors, and all non-science related majors who need a GE), and occasionally the problems seem totally unrelated to what has been presented in the text.
Still, as far as text books go, this one isn't bad and if you have a good teacher to go along, it'll serve you just fine.
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KEY MESSAGE: Building on the results of an extensive NSF-funded educational research program and detailed input from an unprecedented 4,500 students and 250 instructors, Randy Knight and Addison-Wesley published
Physics for Scientists and Engineers in 2003. Already the most widely adopted new physics text published in more than 30 years, this book has attracted widespread critical acclaim. In
College Physics: A Strategic Approach, Randy Knight is joined by Brian Jones and Stuart Field to carefully apply the best solutions from educational research to the algebra-based introductory physics course. Built from the ground up on a wealth of research into how readers learn physics and how they can be taught more effectively,
College Physics leads readers to more proficient and long-lasting problem-solving skills, a deeper and better-connected understanding of the concepts, and a broader picture of the relevance of physics to the world around them.
Optics: Wave Optics, Ray Optics, Optical Instruments. Electricity And Magnetism, Electric Forces and Fields, Electrical Potential, Current and Resistance, Circuits, Magnetic Fields and Forces, Electromagnetic Induction and Electromagnetic Waves, AC Circuits. Modern Physics, Relativity, Quantum Physics, Atoms and Molecules, Nuclear Physics.
For all readers interested in algebra-based college physics.
Customer Reviews:
Comprehensible and Interesting Physics.......2006-12-10
I have had the pleasure of being taught Physics by Brian Jones at CSU from this book, and I will say that although I have personally had an aversion and dread of taking a physics class, Brian's enthusiasm, knowledge, real-life applications, participation and integration with this text have made Physics into my favorite class this semester (and I am a Biomedical Science major). This text is extremely readable, even engrossing; moreover, it thoroughly covers the major principles of physics without losing the reader. The clever integration of real-world examples helps to visualize physics as the amazing observation and understanding tool of the "magical" aspects of the world and the greater universe surrounding us. The problems in the book are workable, and there are plenty of examples in the text that relate to the problems to help solve them. Brian used to write problems for the MCAT, and some of the problems in the book are geared for biology applications, so this would be a great study tool for the MCAT as well. This text does not require any calculus, but a strong understanding of trigonometry is essential. As an aside, Brian is devoted to making physics fun and interesting and has taught physics all over the world, including in Africa. His Little Shop of Physics (go to littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/) is an extraordinary traveling teaching tool geared to elementary school students--my own children have been turned on to a love of science by this program.
Customer Reviews:
Pearls and Peril.......2000-06-16
I love all of Lynn Gardner's books. I have read all of them many times through. They keep you breathless from the moment you open to the first page to the last. The discriptions in the book let you picture the whole story in your mind. These are some of the best books ever written.
Books 1 - 6.......2000-03-11
I have recently had the oportunity to read this series up to amithist and arson. i enjoyed all of them! If you enjoy adventure or romace i think you should read this series. Start with Emerals and Epionage.
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