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    • HET BEDROG VAN DE EVOLUTIELEER

      Adnan Oktar

      Wetenschap en natuur De auteur, die onder de naam HARUN YAHYA schrijft, is in 1956 in Ankara geboren. Hij studeerde kunst aan de Mimar Sinan Universiteit in Istanboel en filosofie aan de Universiteit van Istanboel. Sinds de jaren ’80, heeft de auteur vele boeken op politiek, geloof gerelateerde en wetenschappelijke onderwerpen, gepubliceerd. Harun Yahya is goed bekend als een auteur die heel belangrijke werken heeft geschreven, welke de vervalsing van de evolutionisten onthullen en de ongeldigheid van hun beweringen en de duistere nauwe samenwerking tussen Darwinisme en bloedige ideologieën bloot leggen. Zijn schrijversnaam is gemaakt van de namen “Harun” (Aaron) en “Yahya” (Johannes) als herinnering aan die twee verheven profeten die tegen het ontbreken van geloof vochten. Het zegel van de Profeet op de voorkant van de boeken van de auteur heeft een symbolische betekenis die samenhangt met de inhoud ervan. Dit zegel vertegenwoordigd de Qoer-aan als het laatste boek van God en het laatste woord

    • Sustainability - The Geography Perspective: Part I

      Simon N. Gosling, Tania Mendonca, Joshua Baker, Steve Stapleton, Andy Beggan & Sarah Speight

      Aardwetenschappen In this eBook, we examines the core pillars of sustainability, with aid of everyday examples, in order to develop a holistic understanding of what sustainability means. The eBook has been written by a Geographer but it is aimed at all people interested in learning about sustainability from the local to the global scale. To maintain focus, we consider sustainability with respect to water, food, agriculture, forestry and energy. For each of these elements of sustainability, the module illustrates why their sustainable management is important, given that we are living within finite environmental limits.  *This ebook is a U-NOW resource from The University of Nottingham. Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence

    • Introduction to Statistics: An Interactive e-Book

      David M. Lane

      Wiskunde Introductory Statistics covers major topics in statistics including descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, t-tests, statistical graphs, power, complex ANOVA designs, and multiple regression in an easy-to-understand non-mathematical manner. Features include interactive self-testing exercises, an extensive glossary (with links from the text), and the option to view video presentations. Statistical concepts are explained using examples from real research. A statistical literacy section is included in each chapter. This book is designed for introductory college and AP statistics courses and has been approved by the American Institute of Mathematics.

    • Het Afrikaanse Waddenatelier

      Erik van Ommen, Kees de Pater & Marc Plomp

      Natuur Hij is de koning van de natuurkunst: Erik van Ommen en een verwoed vogelaar. Al dertig jaar schildert, tekent en schrijft hij de prachtigste natuur- en vogelboeken. Daarin combineert hij aquarellen, etsen, pentekeningen, olieverfschilderijen, en ook levendige schetsen van diergedrag met een warme mix van persoonlijke teksten, scherpe observaties en veel liefde voor de natuur. ‘Het Afrikaanse Waddenatelier’ is zijn eerste iBook. Een visueel verslag met video’s, fotogalerieën, talrijke schetsen van de prachtige reis die Erik van Ommen naar de Afrikaanse Wadden in Mauritanië maakte. Hij was daar op zoek naar de grote stern, de vogel die hij het laatste schilderde op Vlieland voor zijn jubileumboek ‘Het Waddenatelier’. Deze Afrikareis komt via beeld en geluid tot leven op een manier die een gedrukt boek niet kan evenaren. Een uniek beeldverslag voor liefhebbers van vogels, de wadden, natuur, kunst en reizen. ‘Het Afrikaanse Waddenatelier’ is onderdeel van zijn 30 jarig jub

    • Walden

      Henry David Thoreau

      Natuur An American masterwork in praise of nature, self-reliance, and the simple life "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." In 1845, the transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau moved from his home in the town of Concord, Massachusetts, to a small cabin he built by hand on the shores of Walden Pond. He spent the next two years alone in the woods, learning to live self-sufficiently and to take his creative and moral inspiration from nature. Part memoir, part philosophical treatise, part environmental manifesto, Walden is Thoreau’s inspirational account of those extraordinary years and one of the most influential books ever written.

    • The Einstein Theory of Relativity

      H.A. Lorentz

      Natuurkunde The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics.

    • Faunasoorten in Nederland

      Ton Vermaas

      Natuur Dit kleurrijke en interactieve boek beschrijft op bondige wijze meer dan 100 diersoorten die in Nederland voorkomen. Het wordt opgeluisterd met ongeveer 325 foto's, verschillende afbeeldingen en een aantal filmpjes. Elk hoofdstuk wordt afgesloten met een  toets. In de meegeleverde woordenlijst kan de verklaring van allerlei begrippen worden opgezocht of later nog eens nageslagen worden. Het boek is interessant voor iedereen die van de natuur houdt of zich wat meer wil verdiepen in de om ons heen levende dieren.

    • De uitdaging van het denken

      Baptist Vermeulen

      Wetenschap en natuur De uitdaging van het denken biedt een zeer toegankelijke inleiding in de Westerse filosofie aan de hand van een thematische behandeling van de klassieke onderwerpen: kennistheorie, metafysica, ontologie, logica, wetenschapsfilosofie, ethiek, sociale en politieke filosofie en esthetica. Van elk onderwerp wordt helder uitgelegd wat het kernvraagstuk is, wat de historische context is en welke filosoof de belangrijkste bijdrage eraan heeft geleverd. Vervolgens wordt van elk thema de actuele context aangetoond, veelal aan de hand van een onderwerp uit de huidige maatschappelijke discussie (met als eindpunt de huidige 'internetdemocratie'). De uitdaging van het denken probeert de lezer ertoe aan te zetten zelf de praktijk van het filosoferen op zich te nemen en aan de hand daarvan doordachte opinies te formuleren over de zaken die hem of haar werkelijk raken. Door middel van kennis, maar vooral van toepassing ('Wat kan ik hier zélf mee?') en met als doel bewustwording en inzicht.

    • Bipolar Disorder: Biopsychosocial Etiology and Treatments, and Its Place On a Cognitive Spectrum

      Brendan Bombaci

      Wetenschap en natuur This succinct and resourceful research paper is a synthesis and analysis of the conclusions of myriad academic and journalistic research projects seeking to (1) elucidate the factors that manifest, exacerbate, and relieve Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression), and (2) determine where it exists in relation to the cognitive spectrum of scientific/technical artistry and the revelations of the deeply religious. It concludes with a caring set of suggestions from the author, who is a remediated sufferer himself.

    • Narcistocracies & Narcistics

      Louis Schreurs

      Wetenschap en natuur Introductory to and introduction of the science of narcistics.

    • Duurzame ontwikkeling is mensenwerk

      Hans Buskes

      Natuur In 2050 telt de wereld 9 miljard mensen. De vraag naar energie en natuurlijke hulpbronnen stijgt navenant. Daarom is er geen alternatief voor duurzame ontwikkeling: duurzaamheid is geen keuze meer maar pure noodzaak. Dit ebook, dat tot stand kwam in de aanloop naar de VN-conferentie Rio+20 in juni 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, staat vol met initiatieven en tips die duurzame ontwikkeling helpen versnellen. Allemaal van Nederlandse bodem. Naast de 10 prioriteiten die dienen als inbreng voor Rio+20, opgehaald uit de Nederlandse samenleving, bevat het ebook 10 best practices op het gebied van duurzaamheid en 10 inspirerende initiatieven. Verder komen onder meer Marga Hoek (De Groene Zaak), Ad van Wijk (hoogleraar TU Delft), Alexandra van Huffelen (wethouder Rotterdam), Saskia Bolten en Ruud Lubbers aan het woord middels columns en interviews. Het ebook is bedoeld als inspiratiebron voor mensen die mee willen denken over en werken aan de toekomst. Onze toekomst. “Energietekort? Er is een energ

    • Rekenvaardigheden bij het vak natuurkunde

      Jeroen Kleijn

      Natuurkunde In dit boek wordt uitgebreid aandacht besteed aan een aantal rekenvaardigheden die goed van pas komen bij het vak natuurkunde.

    • Het beste van Scientias.nl

      Caroline Kraaijvanger, Marleen De Roode & Tim Kraaijvanger

      Wetenschap en natuur Tien topartikelen over wetenschap & technologie. O.a. Gaat een superintelligentie onze beschaving vernietigen?, Leer elk jaar een nieuwe taal, De allermooiste Hubble-foto’s & Wat als de Berlijnse muur niet was gevallen?

    • De 'e' van e-Health

      Daan Dohmen

      Wetenschap en natuur Proefschrift inclusief extra's van Daan Dohmen waarin 10 jaar zorginnovatie wordt geanalyseerd en ervaringen worden omgezet in een generiek E5-implementatiemodel dat als handvat kan dienen voor zorgvernieuwers, beleidsmedewerkers en zorgverleners die met e-Health in de zorg aan de slag willen. De digitale uitgave bevat naast het proefschrift zelf ook uniek videomateriaal en de livestream van de promotieplechtigheid. Daan Dohmen (1979) is ondernemer met een passie voor de zorg. Zijn gedrevenheid is ontstaan uit de missie om zoveel mogelijk ouderen zelfstandig en gelukkig thuis te laten wonen. Tijdens zijn studie aan de Universiteit Twente ontdekte hij de kracht van moderne technologie voor de ouderenzorg en deze kracht wist hij na het afronden ervan te vertalen in zijn succesvolle onderneming Focus Cura Zorginnovatie. Met dit bedrijf is hij inmiddels benoemd tot Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) en meest innovatieve bedrijf van Nederland (2011). Gezien de huidige ontwikkelingen in de zor

    • The Interactive Space Book

      Graham K Wright

      Wetenschap en natuur A collection of photos, information and videos compiled from Wikipedia and brought together in an interactive book on Space.  Topics covered include early astronomy, exploration of the solar system and the Apollo programme.

    • The Colours of Energy

      Gert Jan Kramer & Bram Vermeer

      Wetenschap en natuur In The Colours of Energy – Essays on the Future of Energy in Society, leading energy thinkers explore the future of energy in society. In 36 provoking and inspiring essays, they question established truths and chart possible paths towards a more sustainable future. They share their insights on how to provide energy to an increasingly affluent and growing world population within the boundaries of our planet.  The 55 authors are thought leaders in industry, government and academia. Their thinking covers the full range of the issues related to energy transitions. Subjects are as varied as geopolitics, mobility, biomass, geologic climate records, nuclear energy and the ethics of oil recovery.   Jorgen Randers (Club of Rome) draws lessons from his seminal The Limits to Growth. Amory Lovins (Rocky Mountain Institute) paints energy efficiency as a disruptive technology. Jeremy Bentham (Shell’s scenario group) analyses how global carbon emissions may be reduced to a net zero. Th

    • On the Origin of Species

      Charles Darwin

      Geschiedenis van de wetenschap Can we doubt that individuals having any advantage, however slight, over others, would have the best chance of surviving and of procreating their kind?' In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. His insistence on the immense length of the past and on the abundance of life-forms, present and extinct, dislodged man from his central position in creation and called into question the role of the Creator. He showed that new species are achieved by natural selection, and that absence of plan is an inherent part of the evolutionary process. Darwin's prodigious reading, experimentation, and observations on his travels fed into his great work, which draws on material from the Galapagos Islands to rural Staffordshire, from English back gardens to colonial encounters.

    • Calculus II

      David Mao

      Wiskunde This is the keynote that are used for the class Calculus II (Math 1272) the author taught in University of Minnesota in 2011 Fall.The contents are based on the Chapter 7 - 13 of the famous Stewart Calculus, including: Integration Techniques Advanced Integration Topics Ordinary Differential Equations Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates Series and Taylor Expansions Vectors and Vector Calculus

    • Atoms in Motion

      Atoms In Motion

      Scheikunde Discover the fundamental nature of matter; everything is made of atoms. The atomic theory is brought to life in "Atoms in Motion" -- this book is a guide to fully interactive atomistic simulation that uses sophisticated Molecular Dynamics (MD) algorithms to perform computational chemistry calculations right on your iPad. Such computations reveal the motions of atoms as they attract, repel, and collide with one another. Fun for all ages -- in this simulation you control the atoms! With the tap of the finger you can add, delete, or highlight atoms within the simulation. With a gentle touch you can move, place, or throw atoms. With the swipe of a finger you can control the temperature and explore the states-of-matter (solids, liquids, and gases). Discover the physics behind the ideal gas laws, and perform your own experiments by changing the volume, the number of atoms in the simulation, or the temperature. This Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation includes realistic interatomic potentials

    • Twelve Birds and Their Songs

      Lang Elliott

      Natuur A free sampler from The Music of Nature (musicofnature.com), featuring twelve birds and their songs: American Robin, Mourning Dove, Summer Tanager, Wood Thrush, Blue Jay, Northern Flicker, Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Barred Owl, Wild Turkey, White-throated Sparrow, and Common Loon.

    • NASA - A Human Adventure

      Rob de Ruiter & Daan de Hoop

      Wetenschap en natuur Van juni 2013 tot en met januari 2014 in het Beatrixgebouw van Jaarbeurs Utrecht kan men spectaculaire en unieke ruimtevaart objecten bekijken in een prachtige tentoonstelling Nasa - A Human Adventure. Tevens is er een galerij over Nederland aan toegevoegd. Deze grote tentoonstelling met een oppervlakte van 3.500 m2 met meer dan 300 objecten heeft al gestaan in Stockholm, Madrid en Istanbul en trok daar ruim 300.000 bezoekers.  Op al deze expo’s wordt getoond dat onze wereld aanzienlijk is veranderd door het benutten van gegevens van satellieten voor honderden toepassingen over onder meer communicatie, navigatie, klimaatonderzoek, waterbeheer, volgen van orkanen en luchtvervuiling.  Uiteraard wordt op deze tentoonstellingen ook aandacht geschonken aan bemande ruimtevaart, het ruimtestation ISS en wetenschap. Menigeen in Nederland heeft zeker de verrichtingen van André Kuipers in het ISS gevolgd.  In dit boek wordt enige achtergrond informatie gegeven o

    • De strijd tegen kanker

      Kennislink

      Levenswetenschappen De strijd tegen kanker is in volle gang  Kennislink.nl interviewde tien toponderzoekers in Nederland en bundelde hun verhalen in een interactief digitaal boek.  In laboratoria in heel Nederland doen topwetenschappers baanbrekend onderzoek naar een medicijn tegen kanker. Dit boek toont een portret van tien van deze wetenschappers. Wie zijn ze, wat is hun idee voor een geneesmiddel en natuurlijk, hoe ver zijn ze al met het maken ervan?  In tien interviews krijgt de lezer een goed beeld van hoe kanker zicht ontwikkelt. Elke tumor doorloopt dezelfde tien ontwikkelingsstadia. Elk stadium biedt daarom een mogelijkheid voor een geneesmiddel dat tegen alle tumoren kan werken. In de wetenschap zijn dit de tien kenmerken van kanker.       Ingewikkelde begrippen worden extra uitgelegd in de vorm van beeld, video en infographics. De strijd tegen kanker gaat over Nederlands toponderzoek, maar is vooral een interactieve en multimediale reis door de cel en al haar eigen

    • Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. Beagle

      Charles Darwin

      Levenswetenschappen British scientist Charles Darwin records his observations while serving as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle in this classic work first published in 1860 and reprinted in this 1914 volume with many illustrations.

    • Evolution, the Theories and The Facts

      Silvio Famularo

      Wetenschap en natuur While most people seem to believe the theories of evolution, the fact is that the majority of people have never really checked them out for themselves. They just believe what they have been told to believe. This booklet proves that all the theories are nothing but far-fetched fantasies.

    • UFO

      Louis Byun

      Wetenschap en natuur Believe or Not??!! While technically a UFO refers to any unidentified flying object, in modern popular culture the term UFO has generally become synonymous with alien spacecraft; however, the term ETV (ExtraTerrestrial Vehicle) is sometimes used to separate this explanation of UFOs from totally earthbound explanations. This eBook includes video and interactive graphic materials. (CNN) -- Deep down on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Swedish treasure hunters think they have made the find of a lifetime. The problem is, they're not exactly sure what it is they've uncovered. Out searching for shipwrecks at a secret location between Sweden and Finland, the deep-sea salvage company Ocean Explorer captured an incredible image more than 80 meters below the water's surface. At first glance, team leader and commercial diver Peter Lindberg joked that his crew had just discovered an unidentified flying object, or UFO. Table of Contents 1 Extraterrestrial hypothesis 2 Studies 3 Terminology 4 Early hi

    • The Game of Logic

      Lewis Carroll

      Wiskunde This book is designed to teach mathematical logic for who is interested in mathmatics.

    • Mathematical Analysis

      Elias Zakon

      Wiskunde Mathematical Analysis I was re-licensed as CC-BY through the Open Textbook Challenge by Saylor.org, a free and open collection of more than 240 college level courses. Look for more of our materials at the Saylor.org iTunes U page http://itunes.apple.com/us/institution/the-saylor-foundation/id514135210. Mathematical Analysis I was written by Dr. Elias Zakon of the University ofWindsor and submitted to the Open Textbook Challenge by Dr. Bradley Lucier of Purdue University. According to the preface, "One of [the] main objectives is updating the undergraduate analysis as a postcalculus course... [without losing] contacts with classical texts still widely in use."

    • Het duurzame huis

      Jeroen Kleijn

      Wetenschap en natuur Met behulp van dit boek ga je zelf een duurzaam huis ontwerpen en je verdiepen in verschillende aspecten van de warmtehuishouding van een huis.

    • Food Security, Farming, and Climate Change to 2050

      Gerald C. Nelson, Mark W. Rosegrant, Amanda Palazzo, Ian Gray, Christina Ingersoll, Richard Robertson, Simla Tokgoz, Tingju Zhu, Timothy B. Sulser, Claudia Ringler, Siwa Msangi & Liangzhi You

      Aardwetenschappen As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand for food, placing additional pressure on sustainable food production. Climate change adds a further challenge, as changes in temperature and precipitation threaten agricultural productivity and the capacity to feed the world’s population. This study assesses how serious the danger to food security might be and suggests some steps policymakers can take to remedy the situation. Using various modeling techniques, the authors project 15 different future scenarios for food security through 2050. Each scenario involves an alternative combination of potential population and income growth and climate change. The authors also examine the specific test case of a hypothetical extended drought in South Asia, to demonstrate the possible effects of increased climate variability on a particular world region. They conclude that the negative effects of climate change on food security can be counteracted by bro

    • Guide to the birds of São Paulo's Atlantic Forest

      WWF-Brasil & São Paulo State Forestry Foundation

      Natuur WWF-Brazil and the São Paulo State Forestry Foundation hope this guide will encourage birdwatching in the beautiful region of Serra do Mar and Serra de Paranapiacaba, in São Paulo, Brazil. It is designed to help all birdwatchers, whether beginners or veterans, to discover and savor the multicolored wealth of bird­life in these protected areas. This ebook has been given a QED Seal, which stands for Quality, Excellence, Design. It has gone through a rigorous 13-point inspection on multiple devices and formats and will look good however you read.

    • Zo goed als nieuw - Regeneratieve geneeskunde: helpen het lichaam zichzelf te herstellen

      Kennislink.nl

      Levenswetenschappen Als er in ons lichaam iets kapot gaat, hebben we een probleem. Sommige onderdelen zijn te vervangen, maar zo goed als het origineel wordt het nooit meer. We kijken gefascineerd naar de salamander axolotl, die een hele nieuwe poot kan laten groeien. Het mooie is dat ons lichaam zichzelf ook kan herstellen; het heeft daarbij alleen wel extra hulp nodig. Dát is de essentie van regeneratieve geneeskunde.   Zo goed als nieuw is een multimediale en interactieve reis langs het onderzoek en de behandeling van de eerste patiënten door het consortium Translational excellence in Regenerative Medicine (TeRM) in de afgelopen 6 jaar. De TeRM-onderzoekers ontwikkelden nieuwe technieken en materialen om ons lichaam  dat extra zetje te geven. Lees en beleef hoe ze met slim medisch vernuft het lichaam aanzetten tot herstel van een beschadigd hart, een 3D printer inzetten om verbrijzeld bot te herstellen, gaten in kraakbeen herstellen in 1 operatie, een hartklep ontwerpen die  meeg

    • Elementary Linear Algebra

      Kenneth Kuttler

      Wiskunde Elementary Linear Algebra was re-licensed as CC-BY through the Open Textbook Challenge by Saylor.org, a free and open collection of more than 240 college level courses. Look for more of our materials at the Saylor.org iTunes U page http://itunes.apple.com/us/institution/the-saylor-foundation/id514135210. Elementary Linear Algebra was written and submitted to the Open Textbook Challenge by Dr. Kenneth Kuttler of Brigham Young University. Dr. Kuttler wrote this textbook for use by his students at BYU. According to the introduction of Elementary Linear Algebra , “this is intended to be a first course in linear algebra for student who are sophomores or juniors who have had a course in one variable calculus and a reasonable background in college algebra.” A solutions manual for the textbook is included.

    • Geographies of the World's Knowledge

      Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Scott A. Hale & Kunika Kono

      Aardwetenschappen Who owns the world's knowledge? Who produces it? Who is able to consume it? Has the Internet democratized geographies of information? This free interactive book containing accessible, informative and beautiful maps and graphics illustrates geographies of knowledge in our Internet Age. It visualizes and explores contemporary patterns of commercially produced and peer-produced knowledge. The intriguing results should be seen by anyone interested in better understanding the global flows of knowledge.

    • Moon Rocks: An Introduction to the Geology of the Moon

      Andrew G. Tindle & Simon P. Kelley

      Wetenschap en natuur Moon Rocks is the story of the Moon through the eyes of a geologist. The authors worked with thin sections of Moon rocks provided by NASA, and use interactive panoramas, videos, and many many images to tell the story of the Moon. The interactive virtual microscopes are a new feature that allows the reader to easily explore rocks from the Apollo missions up close. Additionally, chapter 4 makes a detailed comparison between a volcanic rock on the Moon and a volcanic rock on Earth. The book also contains original NASA scientific reports, quizzes to test your knowledge and a glossary of terms. At the end of the experience the user will have a good insight into how scientists study Moon rocks.

    • Space

      Dmitry Buyanovsky

      Wetenschap en natuur This is my first produced book. It contains information about Space, Satellites and the different planets in our Solar System as well as our Moon. It contains interesting information and facts as well as educational and interesting videos, 3D interactions, pictures, charts and much more! I shall keep adding to this book, although I believe it is already a great textbook. I hope you enjoy it! 

    • The Qur'an & Modern Science

      Dr. Maurice Bucaille

      Wetenschap en natuur There is no human work in existence that contains statements as far beyond the level of knowledge of its time as the Qur’an. Scientific opinions comparable to those in the Qur’an are the result of modern knowledge. In the commentaries to translations of the Qur’an that have appeared in European languages, I have only been able to find scattered and vague references to them. Nor do commentators writing in Arabic provide a complete study of the aspects of the Qur’an that deal with scientific matters. This is why the idea of a comprehensive study of the problem appealed to me. In addition to this, a comparative study of similar data contained in the Bible (Old Testament and Gospels) seemed desirable. Thus, a research project was developed from the comparison of certain passages in the Holy Scriptures of each monotheistic religion with modern scientific knowledge. The project resulted in the publication of a book entitled, The Bible, the Qur'an and Science. The first French ed

    • Linear Algebra: Theory and Applications

      Kenneth Kuttler

      Wiskunde Linear Algebra, Theory and Applications was re-licensed as CC-BY through the Open Textbook Challenge by Saylor.org, a free and open collection of more than 240 college level courses. Look for more of our materials at the Saylor.org iTunesU page http://itunes.apple.com/us/institution/the-saylor-foundation/id514135210 Linear Algebra, Theory and Applications was written and submitted by Dr. Kenneth Kuttler of Brigham Young University. Dr. Kuttler wrote this textbook for use by his students at BYU. According to the preface of the text: “This is a book on linear algebra and matrix theory. While it is self-contained, it will work best for those who have already had some exposure to linear algebra. It is also assumed that the reader has had calculus. Some optional topics require more analysis than this, however.”

    • Ocean Mapbook

      Ocean and Design

      Natuur Ocean Mapbook for iPad is a new digital mapbook for any ages. This download includes the original unique-looking maps of The World Ocean, The Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific Ocean, The Indian Ocean, The Arctic Ocean, and The Southern Ocean. The book also contains the useful links to Wikipedia and an extra video. Ocean and Design are planning to release a series of the extensive ocean education interactive books in the coming seasons. Follow Ocean and Design on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OceanandDesign Ocean and Design also supports any organizations and individuals who are seeking for a iPad multi-touch publication. Please contact Ocean and Design for any further questions at support@oceandesi.com

    • Op zoek naar wat ons muzikale dieren maakt

      Henkjan Honing

      Levenswetenschappen Dit essay beschrijft een recentelijk ingezette zoektocht over de vraag wat ons muzikale dieren maakt. Wat is er te zeggen over de oorsprong van muziek en muzikaliteit vanuit een biologisch en evolutionair perspectief? Hoe is muziek ontstaan? Is muziek uniek voor mensen, zoals taal dat lijkt te zijn? En zo niet, welke muzikale vaardigheden delen we dan met andere primaten? Het antwoord op deze vragen zal nog veel onderzoek vergen. Het essay is een verslag van de eerste stappen die Honings onderzoeksgroep zet op dit grotendeels onontgonnen onderzoeksterrein. www.iedereenismuzikaal.nl

    • The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

      Leonardo da Vinci

      Wetenschap en natuur Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo da vˈvintʃi] About this sound pronunciation (help·info); April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote". Marco Rosci states that while there is much speculation about Leonardo, his vi

    • 9/11: Finding the Truth: 2nd Edition

      Andrew Johnson

      Wetenschap en natuur What really happened on 9/11 What can the evidence tell us Who is covering up the evidence, and why are they covering it up This book attempts to give some answers to these questions and has been written by someone who has become deeply involved in research into what happened on 9/11. A study of the available evidence will challenge you and much of what you assumed to be true. "Now we are discovering that there is a highly-sophisticated black-ops weaponization of free energy technology and it was responsible for the bizarre, low-temperature pulverization of the Twin Towers. Dr. Judy Wood has pieced together the physical evidence and Andrew Johnson has highlighted who is working to silence or smear whom, as the powers that be rush to impede or at least contain the dissemination of these startling findings." - Conrado Salas Cano, M.S. in Physics

    • Chemistry

      Michael Biscotti

      Scheikunde The ultimate guide to passing an AP® Chemistry exam. This book reviews in excruciating detail all the nuances of the science, called Chemistry.

    • NASA: Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

      Ginger Butcher, Troy Benesch, Jenny Mottar, Jeff Carns, Ruth Netting, Jeannette E. Allen, Max Bernstein, Dr. Marcianna P. Delaney, Britt Griswold, Dr. Hashima Hasan, Dr. J. E. Hayes, Dr. Paul Hertz, Dr. Lisa Wainio, Greg Williams, Dr. Eric Brown de Colstoun, Scott Gries, Dr. David Lindley, Dr. Christopher A. Shuman, Todd E. Toth & George Varros

      Wetenschap en natuur Electromagnetism is all around us and is essential to the world in which we live.  We rely on electromagnetic waves to heat our food, carry cell phone calls, and even bring music to the radios in our cars. But how does NASA sense this energy to study vegetation on Earth, monitor solar eruptions on the Sun, or detect elements on another planet?  This iBook provides animation and interactive graphics to illustrate electromagnetism and its associated wave properties. NASA imagery and spectral signatures demonstrate how NASA instruments harness the unique qualities of each wavelength to help study the dynamic properties of our Sun, the complexities of our Earth System, and the origins of the universe.

    • A Brief History of Perpetual Motion

      Alf B. Meier

      Natuurkunde Since the 12th century inventors and scientist have been describing machines that "moved forever" and "generated work without input". A Brief History of Perpetual Motion takes a look at these sources and examines the results of the efforts.

    • Introduction to Astronomy

      Walter Deleon

      Astronomie With Introduction to Astronomy , Walter Deleon is able to pair the science of Astronomy with interactivity of iPad by having text emphasizing on critical thinking, visualization, and the process of scientific discovery. Introduction to Astronomy is able to give people the most connected user experience and education through a plethora of video, photos, and even 3D animations that will help introduce the wonders of Astronomy to a new generation in a way never done so before.  Made Available by the Walter Media Open Book initiative: http://waltermedia.weebly.com/open-book-project.html

    • Earth from space

      European Space Agency

      Aardwetenschappen This book brings together a fascinating suite of images and discoveries made by satellites. In a way, it is a consequence of what we are doing every day at the European Space Agency: employing modern technologies to acquire and spread knowledge. By turning the virtual pages of this book you will discover how some of the latest technology has changed the way we see Earth.

    • Het Leven der Dieren

      Alfred Edmund Brehm

      Natuur De wilde avonturen van een onstuimige jonge hark die in de Britse marine tijdens de Napoleontische oorlogen, werd dit boek geschreven door een marine-officier van dat tijdperk. Frank Mildmay is een schurkenstaat en een schelm die snijdt een memorabele baan aangezien hij beweegt de gelederen van de Koninklijke Marine. Verleiden mooie meisjes aan de wal, trotseren de orkanen op zee.

    • Animals

      Tony Xu

      Levenswetenschappen Check out all kinds of animals around the world including lions, tigers, penguins, kangaroos, giraffes, elephants, snakes and many more you like to see. Watching many videos and enjoying more than 350 colorful photos showcase animals from this book. Take a close look of panda from Beijing Zoo. Kids will love to read the book and see animals they like. Although they cannot visit zoo everyday, kids can open this book anytime and at any place to enjoy and learn.

    • 21-12-12 The reality

      Maz Shams

      Astronomie 21st Dec, 2012 What’s the reality behind 2012 predictions? Is it really going to happen what they showed in the movie? Who were the Mayans? How did they predicted our future? What are the doomsday predictions ? How did all this fuss originated? Where are the scientific facts? This book analyzes all the aspects of the predicted doomsday on 21st December 2012 in easy and understandable language for people who are unable to figure out the 2012 phenomenon. This book will answer all your questions, misconceptions and concerns about the end of the world in December 2012. After reading this, you will be able to realize the ultimate reality about 2012 doomsday scenario. Don't forget to give a short review after reading this eBook. Thanks :)

    • Freedom

      Jeremy Griffith

      Biologie FREEDOM has its own very informative website: visit www.humancondition.com The fastest growing realization everywhere is that humanity can't go on the way it is going. Indeed, the great fear is we're entering endgame where we appear to have lost the race between self-destruction and self-discovery―the race to find the psychologically relieving understanding of our 'good and evil'-afflicted human condition. Well, astonishing as it is, this book by biologist Jeremy Griffith presents the 11th hour breakthrough biological explanation of the human condition necessary for the psychological rehabilitation and transformation of our species! The culmination of 40 years of studying and writing about our species' psychosis, FREEDOM delivers nothing less than the holy grail of insight we have needed to free ourselves from the human condition. It is, in short, as Professor Harry Prosen, a former president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, asserts in his Introduction, 'The book that saves

    • In het Vondelpark

      Hans Homburg

      Natuur Heruitgave van In het Vondelpark van Heimans en Thijsse uit 1901.

    • Statistische gegevensverwerking met behulp van IBM SPSS Statistics 19

      Prof. Georges Van Maele, Dr. Ellen Deschepper, Drs. Heidi Buysse & Dr. Pascal Coorevits

      Wetenschap en natuur Samen met SAS is SPSS een van de oudste statistische pakketten die sinds hun ontstaan (rond de jaren 1968) de verschillende gedaanteverwisselingen aan hardware platforms van mainframe tot PC met glans hebben doorstaan. Terwijl SAS vooral aan de universiteiten en farmaceutische bedrijven trouwe gebruikers kende en kent, heeft SPSS hoofdzakelijk zijn sporen verdiend in de sociale wetenschappen – SPSS is dan ook niet voor niets oorspronkelijk het acroniem voor “Statistical Package for the Social Sciences”. In zijn huidige – eind 2010 werd deze versie SPSS 19 beschikbaar gesteld – gedaante is SPSS een totaalpakket voor gegevensinvoer, erwerking en–presentatie en mikt als commercieel software pakket op een ruimere afname dan alleen universiteiten. Maar binnen de universiteiten is het pakket wereldwijd verspreid en algemeen aanvaard als een zeer veelzijdig en vooral heel gebruiksvriendelijk pakket. In 2009 werd SPSS overgenomen door IBM die de vorige versie 18 verrassend genoeg

    • Math Vocabulary

      Judd Robertson

      Wiskunde Vocabulary for 7th and 8th Grade Pre-Algebra & Algebra 1 courses.

    • Why We Should Go Vegan

      Magnus Vinding

      Natuur "An excellent concise statement of the arguments for going vegan." — Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, author of Animal Liberation . Magnus Vinding provides a comprehensive review of the many reasons to stop supporting the animal industry, and to instead transition toward a system that is less harmful for both human and non-human beings.

    • Coral Reefs

      Charles Darwin

      Aardwetenschappen The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N. during the years 1832 to 1836, was published in 1842 as Charles Darwin's first monograph, and set out histheory of the formation of coral reefs and atolls. He conceived of the idea during the voyage of the Beagle while still in South America, before he had seen a coral island, and wrote it out as HMS Beagle crossed the Pacific Ocean, completing his draft by November 1835. At the time there was great scientific interest in the way that coral reefs formed, and Captain Robert FitzRoy's orders from the Admiraltyincluded the investigation of an atoll as an important scientific aim of the voyage. FitzRoy chose to survey the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. The results supported Darwin's theory that the various types of coral reefs and atolls could be explai

    • Nature

      Ralph Waldo Emerson

      Natuur Emerson defines nature as an all-encompassing divine entity inherently known to us in our unfettered innocence, rather than as merely a component of a world ruled by a divine, separate being learned by us through passed-on teachings in our experience.

    • Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

      Edwin Abbott Abbott

      Wiskunde Illustrated by the author, this early twentieth-century work is a mock-sociological study of Flatland (the world of one dimension) and the narrator’s introduction to three dimensions.

    • Atlas of Thoracic and Abdominal Cadaver Dissection with Accompanying Histological Samples

      Grace Hongsermeier & Barbie Klein

      Levenswetenschappen A cadaver atlas of the thorax and abdomen containing histology.

    • Alternative to Darwinism and Creationism Based on Free Will

      Shaun Johnston

      Levenswetenschappen Do we have free will? Answering this question using logic drives us into paradox. Instead, the author takes us to a world where people know they really do have free will. As a result their science takes a different direction, leading them to an evolutionary theory totally different from ours. In this theory, is there intelligent design? Yes. Is it the work of a supernatural agent? No. Instead, through an audacious surmise, the author arrives at a theory of evolution close to common sense, that supports traditional thinking about the self. Who should care? Anyone whose work affects the opinions others have of themselves. And the humanities generally, under threat from encroachment on their turf by the sciences, all of whose specialties depend on traditional notions of free will. This ingenious story can serve as a model for how the balance between the arts and sciences can be reset.

    • The Moon-Voyage

      Jules Verne

      Wetenschap en natuur During the Federal war in the United States a new and very influential club was established in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It is well known with what energy the military instinct was developed amongst that nation of shipowners, shopkeepers, and mechanics. Mere tradesmen jumped their counters to become extempore captains, colonels, and generals without having passed the Military School at West Point; they soon rivalled their colleagues of the old continent, and, like them, gained victories by dint of lavishing bullets, millions, and men. But where Americans singularly surpassed Europeans was in the science of ballistics, or of throwing massive weapons by the use of an engine; not that their arms attained a higher degree of perfection, but they were of unusual dimensions, and consequently of hitherto unknown ranges. The English, French, and Prussians have nothing to learn about flank, running, enfilading, or point blank firing; but their cannon, howitzers, and mortars are mere pock

    • Walking

      Henry David Thoreau

      Natuur Thoreau begins his three-part essay by referring to human's role in nature "as an inhabitant, or a part or parcel of Nature." He later criticizes members of society for their lack of such a relationship with nature. Furthermore, Thoreau also uses an experience from his own life to represent a personal account in nature, more specifically his experiences while walking into the forest near his property.

    • Het Leven der Dieren

      Alfred Edmund Brehm

      Natuur De wilde avonturen van een onstuimige jonge hark die in de Britse marine tijdens de Napoleontische oorlogen, werd dit boek geschreven door een marine-officier van dat tijdperk. Frank Mildmay is een schurkenstaat en een schelm die snijdt een memorabele baan aangezien hij beweegt de gelederen van de Koninklijke Marine. Verleiden mooie meisjes aan de wal, trotseren de orkanen op zee.

    • Pi-dag - 3.14

      Ann Thoelen & Jan Thoelen

      Wiskunde Op π-dag , 14 maart, wordt wereldwijd op verschillende wiskundeafdelingen van universiteiten feestgevierd. π-dag wordt op 14 maart gevierd, omdat in de Amerikaanse schrijfwijze voor data 14 maart geschreven wordt als 3/14 en de driecijferige benadering voor π 3,14 is. Deze dag wordt op verschillende manieren gevierd. Zo staan sommigen stil bij de rol die π in hun leven gespeeld heeft en proberen zich op humoristische wijze een wereld zonder π voor te stellen. De viering begint gewoonlijk om 13:59 uur (1:59 PM), omdat de zescijferige benadering van π 3,14159 is. Mensen die de 24-uurs klokindeling gebruiken handhaven een ander begin: 1:59 of 15:09. Het "ultieme π-moment" was op 14 maart 1592 om 6:53 en 58 seconden, omdat dit 3/14/1592 6:53:58 in de Amerikaanse schrijfwijze voor data is. Dit komt overeen met de eerste 12 cijfers van π (3,14159265358). Op scholen en universiteiten in Amerika begon men een aantal jaren geleden de π-dag te vieren met het eten van taart (in het Enge

    • On the Significance of Science and Art

      Leo Tolstoy

      Wetenschaps- en natuuressays For the study of the laws of life of human societies, there exists but one indubitable method, the positive, experimental, critical method. Only sociology, founded on biology, founded on all the positive sciences, can give us the laws of humanity. Humanity, or human communities, are the organisms already prepared, or still in process of formation, and which are subservient to all the laws of the evolution of organisms.

    • Het Leven der Dieren

      Alfred Edmund Brehm

      Natuur De wilde avonturen van een onstuimige jonge hark die in de Britse marine tijdens de Napoleontische oorlogen, werd dit boek geschreven door een marine-officier van dat tijdperk. Frank Mildmay is een schurkenstaat en een schelm die snijdt een memorabele baan aangezien hij beweegt de gelederen van de Koninklijke Marine. Verleiden mooie meisjes aan de wal, trotseren de orkanen op zee.

    • The Solar System

      Thomas Woodward

      Astronomie A visual guide to the planets and our local star system. This book describes each planet in detail, what the core's are made of, if the planet has a magnetic field and what satellites have visited the planet. 

    • Mathematics

      Juli Kimbley

      Wiskunde This is a portfolio of some of the concepts that we covered in class. The posters are the original artwork of the students in the class.

    • Flora en Fauna op de Kennemer Golf & Country Club

      Marijke Haverkamp Begemann - van der Mieden van Opmeer, Bart IJssel de Schepper, Johan Smidt van Gelder, F. Mertens & Aris Begemann

      Natuur Flora, Fauna, Bomen, Heesters, Vogels, Zoogdieren, Reptielen en Amfibieën komen allemaal aan bod in dit boekje Flora en Fauna op de Kennemer Golf & Country Club te Zandvoort, Nederland.

    • Het Leven der Dieren

      Alfred Edmund Brehm

      Natuur De wilde avonturen van een onstuimige jonge hark die in de Britse marine tijdens de Napoleontische oorlogen, werd dit boek geschreven door een marine-officier van dat tijdperk. Frank Mildmay is een schurkenstaat en een schelm die snijdt een memorabele baan aangezien hij beweegt de gelederen van de Koninklijke Marine. Verleiden mooie meisjes aan de wal, trotseren de orkanen op zee.

    • The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2

      Roald Amundsen

      Aardwetenschappen It is a geographical book. We have thus taken observations as near to the Pole as was humanly possible with the instruments at our disposal. We had a sextant and artificial horizon calculated for a radius of 8 kilometres. On December 17 we were ready to go. We raised on the spot a little circular tent, and planted above it the Norwegian flag and the Fram’s pennant. The Norwegian camp at the South Pole was given the name of 'Polheim'. The distance from our winter quarters to the Pole was about 870 English miles, so that we had covered on an average 15 1/2 miles a day. We began the return journey on December 17. The weather was unusually favourable, and this made our return considerably easier than the march to the Pole. We arrived at 'Framheim', our winter quarters, in January, 1912, with two sledges and eleven dogs, all well. On the homeward journey we covered an average of 22 1/2 miles a day. The principal result —­ besides the attainment of the Pole —­ is the determination o

    • Geological Observations on South America

      Charles Darwin

      Aardwetenschappen Geological Observations on South America is a book written by the English naturalist Charles Darwin. The book was published in 1846, and is based on his travels during the second voyage of HMS Beagle, commanded by captain Robert FitzRoy. The HMS Beagle arrived in South America to map out the coastlines and islands of the region for the British Navy. On the journey, Darwin collected fossils and plants, and recorded the continent's geological features.

    • Clarifying Concepts in Physics

      Dr. Armando Bukele Kattán

      Natuurkunde Clarifying Concepts in Physics: New ideas and answers, including Dark Matter, Higgs boson and neutrino's FTL travel. With a fresh and easy to understand perspective, and with simple mathematical equations, Armando Bukele tackles many of the concepts and theories that have been baffling scientists and physicists in modern times: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, the time before the Big Bang, the end of the Universe (and what comes next), Quantum Mechanics, Superpartners, String Theory, faster than light Neutrinos, and the Higgs Boson; just to mention some of the many topics included in this book. This groundbreaking book answers many of the questions that have been left unanswered... until now.

    • Chemistry

      Claude Yoder

      Scheikunde This is the first chapter in an 18 chapter interactive text for introductory chemistry at the college or Honors/AP high school level.  The book contains video demonstrations, animations, photo galleries, checkpoints, audio introductions to each chapter, as well as methodology, visualization, and sample problems all done by sequential, progressive disclosure of the answer.  The book has a continuing emphasis on ways to learn chemistry, with hints, additional help in scrolling sidebars or “pop-ups,” as well as video clips of student preceptors’ views on how they successfully mastered chemistry.  The organization of the text allows the student to learn the basic concepts related to the bonding and structure of matter in the first eight chapters and then tackle the concepts necessary for an understanding of the reactions of matter—stoichiometry, thermodynamics and kinetics, and the four types of reactions with an emphasis on acids and bases.  The text integrate

    • Transform Your Life And Save The World

      Jeremy Griffith

      Biologie This Second Edition of Transform Your Life And Save The World was published in 2019 and amended in 2021. The book is supported by a very informative www.humancondition.com The world is in crisis!  What is the solution? Ultimately, we have to find the redeeming, and thus transforming, understanding of our psychologically troubled human condition. And it is precisely that dreamed-of insight, and its now desperately needed transformation of our lives, that Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith presents in this book.  Titled Transform Your Life And Save The World - Through The Dreamed Of Arrival Of The Rehabilitating Biological Explanation Of The Human Condition , this book is a very short but powerful condensation of Griffith’s definitive treatise of the human condition that is presented in his book FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition . The genesis of Transform Your Life And Save The World lay in Griffith’s address at the June 2016 launch of FREEDOM at the Royal Geograph

    • The Special Theory of Relativity

      Albert Einstein

      Natuurkunde The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a university matriculation examination, and, despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of patience and force of will on the part of the reader. The author has spared himself no pains in his endeavor to present the main ideas in the simplest and most intelligible form, and on the whole, in the sequence and connection in which they actually originated. In the interest of clearness, it appeared to me inevitable that I should repeat myself frequently, without paying the slightest attention to the elegance of the presentation. I adhered scrupulously to the precept of that brilliant theoretical physicist L. Boltzmann, accord

    • The Reassuring Universe

      Don Ray

      Wetenschap en natuur The Universe is big, cold, violent, and doomed. What could be reassuring about this?! Welcome on a voyage through a universe of personal relevance, potential, and purpose. Your voyage will cross the blank space on the map between science and spirit. Can these words even appear at peace together? Surely our intellect and our heart must remain locked in combat for our loyalty; surely intelligence precludes faith and education exorcises belief. Entering the temple, church, or mosque you have to check your brain at the door; entering the laboratory or university you have to check your soul at the door. Invoking quantum mechanics, the holographic universe, relativity, string theory, M theory, multiple dimensions, alternative universes, dark matter, dark energy, and virtual particles, Part I of The Reassuring Universe unveils the surprising spiritual potential and personal relevance of modern science. Does modern science make room for spirit and soul, even God and eternal life? Part II exam

    • Age of Union

      Dax Dasilva

      Natuur Age of Union is a compelling guide for igniting today's changemaker—those ready to take action for our planet and its inhabitants.  We have seen growing divisions between people on either side of gender, religious, political and cultural borders for too long. Meanwhile, global health crises, environmental degradation, and human-accelerated climate change pose immense challenges to our future that we must now face quickly and cooperatively. Separation has to be confronted head-on. We can do this each and every day with meaningful, impactful acts of union. There is a greater need for unity than ever before. Dax Dasilva presents a guide to take simple measures to promote our collective well-being and union. Grounded in four pillars—leadership, culture, spirituality, and nature—the book advocates that the time for change is now and that our choices are the catalyst. We are all in this together, so let us move toward an Age of Union. May it strengthen your resolve to start build

    • All Around the Moon

      Jules Verne

      Wetenschap en natuur A few years ago the world was suddenly astounded by hearing of an experiment of a most novel and daring nature, altogether unprecedented in the annals of science. In accordance with the Cambridge men's note, the cannon intended to discharge the projectile was to be planted in some country not further than 28° north or south from the equator, so that it might be aimed vertically at the Moon in the zenith. The bullet was to be animated with an initial velocity of 12,000 yards to the second. It was to be fired off on the night of December 1st, at thirteen minutes and twenty seconds before eleven o'clock, precisely. Four days afterwards it was to hit the Moon, at the very moment that she reached her perigee, that is to say, her nearest point to the Earth, about 228,000 miles distant. The leading members of the Club, namely President Barbican, Secretary Marston, Major Elphinstone and General Morgan, forming the executive committee, held several meetings to discuss the shape and material o

    • Occult Chemistry

      Annie Wood Besant

      Natuurkunde Occult Chemistry proposes that the structure of chemical elements can be assessed through clairvoyant observation with the microscopic vision of the third eye.

    • Why Haven't Aliens Contacted Us?

      Lenny Everson

      Wetenschaps- en natuuressays This is a short discussion paper listing possible solutions to the question, "Why haven't alien civilizations contacted us?" It tosses up a range of possibilities, from the idea that there is no other life to the idea that predator aliens roam the galaxy.

    • Ruimtevaart in Europa

      Daan de Hoop & Rob de Ruiter

      Wetenschap en natuur Europa speelt een belangrijke rol op de wereldwijde ruimtevaartmarkt. De belangrijkste Europese ruimtevaart organisatie is de European Space Agency ESA, die met velen samenwerkt. De programma’s van ESA hebben een grote invloed op zowel de Europese ruimtevaart als wereldwijde samenwerkingsprojecten op het gebied van wetenschap en applicaties.  In dit boek wordt ruimschoots aandacht geschonken aan ESA en de rol van Nederland daarbij. In vogelvlucht worden de Europese activiteiten en de inbreng van Nederland in tal van gebieden van de Europese ruimtevaart en de deelname aan ESA, variërend van aardobservatie en navigatie tot ruimteonderzoek en technologie beschreven. Het belang van ESTEC in Nederland komt hierbij uiteraard ook aan de orde.  Doel is dat de publicatie breed wordt gelezen binnen en buiten de Nederlandse ruimtevaartsector, inclusief politici, bestuurders, overheid en velen van industrie, kennisinstellingen en universiteiten. De informatie blijft beknopt en is voo

    • College Biology Exams, 2007-2010

      John Janovy Jr

      Levenswetenschappen A superb study guide! This book contains all the exams given during a four-year period at a major university. Questions are sorted into general areas (genetics, evolution, metabolism, etc.) Although answers are not provided, they should be easy to obtain using any standard text.

    • The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1

      Alfred Russel Wallace

      Wetenschap en natuur The Malay Archipelago is a book by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace that chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eight-year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelagoincluding Malaysia, Singapore, the islands of Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, and the island of New Guinea.

    • Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

      Eleanor Spicer Rice

      Levenswetenschappen Dr. Eleanor is an entomologist with a knack for telling good stories, especially about the secret lives of her favorite insects: the ANTS! In this new guide to the common ants of North America, Dr. Eleanor delights readers young and old with tales of our tiny insect neighbors. Her stories of the heroes and villains that tiptoe around us are brought to life in this interactive new book by the vibrant photographs of Alex Wild.

    • Ocean life: expeditions and essays exploring the abyss

      Jon Copley

      Aardwetenschappen Follow recent scientific expeditions exploring volcanic vents on the ocean floor, where hot mineral-rich water nourishes lush colonies of deep-sea creatures, with articles about the search for new species of marine life in previously unseen parts of our planet.

    • Marine Life Field Guide

      NEPTUNE Canada

      Levenswetenschappen The Marine Life Field Guide, second edition, is a visual reference guide introducing the deep-sea creatures of the north-east Pacific Ocean. These species—some newly discovered or little-known—are observed through cameras installed on the Ocean Networks Canada subsea observatories, as well as during semi-annual expeditions. Undersea videos are captured by remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) diving to almost three kilometres below the ocean surface, where lifeforms thrive in complete darkness.

    • The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2

      Charles Darwin

      Levenswetenschappen Brassica oleracea, circumnutation of the radicle, of the arched hypocotyl whilst still buried beneath the ground, whilst rising above the ground and straightening itself, and when erect -- Circumnutation of the cotyledons -- Rate of movement -- Analogous observations on various organs in species of Githago, Gossypium, Oxalis, Tropaeolum, Citrus, Aesculus, of several Leguminous and Cucurbitaceous genera, Opuntia, Helianthus, Primula, Cyclamen, Stapelia, Cerinthe, Nolana, Solanum, Beta, Ricinus, Quercus, Corylus, Pinus, Cycas, Canna, Allium, Asparagus, Phalaris, Zea, Avena, Nephrodium, and Selaginella.

    • Het Leven der Dieren

      Alfred Edmund Brehm

      Natuur De wilde avonturen van een onstuimige jonge hark die in de Britse marine tijdens de Napoleontische oorlogen, werd dit boek geschreven door een marine-officier van dat tijdperk. Frank Mildmay is een schurkenstaat en een schelm die snijdt een memorabele baan aangezien hij beweegt de gelederen van de Koninklijke Marine. Verleiden mooie meisjes aan de wal, trotseren de orkanen op zee.

    • Beautiful Functions

      Jon Orr

      Wiskunde In this multi-touch book  you will complete challenges to help discover and learn a variety of mathematical functions (linear, quadratic, trigonometric, and various others). After each chapter you will use your newly found skills to produce a picture entirely made up of mathematical functions. The challenges use the powerful online graphing calculator Desmos. Teachers —use this book to inspire and challenge your students. Students — build and create art to showcase your graphing skills.

    • Biology

      Edmund Beecher Wilson

      Levenswetenschappen biology, study of living things and their vital processes. The field deals with all the physicochemical aspects of life. As a result of the modern tendency to unify scientific knowledge and investigation, however, there has been an overlapping of the field of biology with other scientific disciplines. Modern principles of other sciences—chemistry and physics, for example—are integrated with those of biology in such areas as biochemistry and biophysics.

    • Impact on Science and Society

      Erasmus University Rotterdam & Overbosch Communicatie

      Wetenschap en natuur Impact on Science and Society is a centennial publication of Erasmus University Rotterdam, with a focus on research. Erasmus University Rotterdam presents a splendid selection of leading, impact-driven scientists. They are figureheads, representing the four research domains which ‘the university for ambitious thinkers and doers’ aims to command: health, wealth, governance and culture.

    • Newton’s Laws of Motion

      Brian Dawson

      Natuurkunde A first look into Newton's 3 Laws of Motion, this iBook uses visual aids such as animations, videos, whiteboard worksheets and interactive quizzes to prepare and test elementary students on forces from Inertia to Action/Reaction.

    • History of Astronomy

      George Forbes

      Astronomie The historical portions of the book are helpful in understanding the viewpoint of the astronomers who's efforts laid the foundation for astronomy.

    • Het Leven der Dieren

      Alfred Edmund Brehm

      Natuur De wilde avonturen van een onstuimige jonge hark die in de Britse marine tijdens de Napoleontische oorlogen, werd dit boek geschreven door een marine-officier van dat tijdperk. Frank Mildmay is een schurkenstaat en een schelm die snijdt een memorabele baan aangezien hij beweegt de gelederen van de Koninklijke Marine. Verleiden mooie meisjes aan de wal, trotseren de orkanen op zee.

    • 1s Upon A Time

      Richard Kerr

      Wiskunde For those who hate numbers; and those who like them. Are numbers weird, annoying things that don't mean much? And where did they come from anyway? We don't learn the history of numbers in Math class. This gives them an unreal image that confuses a lot of people. But they came from somewhere for a reason and it helps to know where. This is a short article about the invention of 1, long, long ago.

    • A Brief Introduction to MATLAB: Taken From the Book "MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach"

      Peter I. Kattan

      Wiskunde This concise article of twenty pages takes you on a short tour of MATLAB. The article covers briefly some selected MATLAB commands. The presentation is made in the form of solved examples showing the exact MATLAB commands used and the output. At the end of the article, there are about 19 unsolved exercises for students to practice. The solutions to all the exercises are also provided. This article is taken form the bestselling book "MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach."

    • Biochemistry Free for All

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      Alfred Edmund Brehm

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