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"I keep this book beside my computer all the time. It's astonishing how often I rely on it to guide me in making efficient, accurate research inquiries " - Bruce, Lawyer

"I thought I knew my way around a search engine, but the tips in here improved my research strategies ten times over." - Rachel, college student

The Research Virtuoso is an easy and thoroughly up-to-date guide to seeking, sourcing, and sorting information on any given topic. From card catalogs to Internet blogs, readers will find explanations on every kind of research tool available today and step-by-step advice on how to use them.

- At the library: How to make effective use of extensive print, audio, and video resources, as well as librarians. - On the internet: Secrets to finding reliable, credible, and specialized websites, including accessing metasearch engines and the deep web.

Each chapter breaks down the search process into manageable steps and offers hands-on suggestions for collecting data while maintaining a critical perspective. Along the way, examples from an ongoing sample research project illustrate how it's done, plus interesting tidbits discuss the changing role of technology.

Complete with time-saving tips, recommended websites, and droll cartoons to keep things light, The Research Virtuoso is a passport to the rich possibilities of the information age. No one should log on without it..
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Over fifty years ago, Gerda Weissmann clung to life and the end of a 350-mile death march that took her from a slave labor camp in Germany to the Czech border. On May 7, 1945, the American military stormed the area, and among the first soldiers to approach Gerda was Kurt Klein. A great love had begun. By September they were engaged. Forced to separated just weeks after liberation and hours after their engagement, Gerda and Kurt began a correspondence that lasted until their reunion and wedding in Paris a year later. Their poignant letters reflect upon the horrors of war and genocide, but above all, upon the rapture and salvation of true love..
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The book is a glimpse into the life of Gerda Klein, and into the thoughts that have always vindicated her belief that the most treasured place on earth is home, and that the most beautiful and desirable aim for people is to spend "a boring evening" there with family.

"I have been in a place for six incredible years, where winning meant a crust of bread and to live another day. Since the blessed day of my liberation I have asked the question, Why am I here?...

In my mind’s eye I see those years and faces of those who never knew the magic of a boring evening at home. On their behalf I wish to thank you for honoring their memory, and you cannot do that in a better way than when you return to your homes tonight to realize that each of you who knows the joy of freedom is a winner. On their behalf I wish to thank you with all my heart."
-- Remarks by Gerda Weissmann Klein, accepting the Oscar for the documentary One Survivor Remembers, at the Sixty-eighth Annual Academy Awards in 1996.
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This two-volume textbook Comprehensive Mathematics for the Working Computer Scientist is a self-contained comprehensive presentation of mathematics including sets, numbers, graphs, algebra, logic, grammars, machines, linear geometry, calculus, ODEs, and special themes such as neural networks, Fourier theory, wavelets, numerical issues, statistics, categories, and manifolds. The concept framework is streamlined but defining and proving virtually everything. The style implicitly follows the spirit of recent topos-oriented theoretical computer science. Despite the theoretical soundness, the material stresses a large number of core computer science subjects, such as, for example, a discussion of floating point arithmetic, Backus-Naur normal forms, L-systems, Chomsky hierarchies, algorithms for data encoding, e.g., the Reed-Solomon code. The numerous course examples are motivated by computer science and bear a generic scientific meaning. This text is complemented by an online university course which covers the same theoretical content, however, in a totally different presentation. The student or working scientist who once gets involved in this text may at any time consult the online interface which comprises applets and other interactive tools.

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Describes the events of the Jewish Holocaust, comparing it to a forest fire that destroys all forms on life. The survivors are the promise of renewal .
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Do you like your monsters hairy, slimy, fire-breathing, blood-sucking, gigantic or tiny?

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. They come from all over the world and have been around since the beginning of storytelling. What makes a monster? Do they really exist? In Monsters, the second book in the Strange Science series, author Sylvia Funston explores the myths, legends and truths behind the startlingly strange stories of real and imagined monsters.

Did You Know:

• The ancient Chinese told stories of Gong-Gong, a great-horned monster that ripped holes in the sky, causing floods and great changes in the weather?
• Iroquois legends tell of evil stone giants, known as Chenoo, whose broken stone bodies can still be seen piled up at the base of a cliff?
• In old Scandinavian tales, trolls are monstrous beings who haunt the woods at night? They were doomed to live by moonlight like vampires, turning to stone if exposed to sunlight.

Monsters looks at legendary monsters, such as dragons and griffins, hairy monsters, like Sasquatch, and sea monsters like the giant kraken, the mightiest sea monster of all! Then there are real monsters such as the elusive giant squid, oozing slime molds (they're alive!) and blood-sucking parasites.

Meet the one-eyed giant Polyphemus from Greek mythology, the Bunyip, an evil stalker of Australian swamps, Dracula, the Loch Ness Monster, Frankenstein's monster and Big Foot. Find out why monsters were blamed for storms, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and were thought to cause disease and illnesses.

Alive with wonderful color photos and illustrations, and even a thrilling monster chase board game, Monsters is jam-packed with humorous and real scientific information.

About the Strange Science series

What makes a monster? Do they really exist? In the Strange Science series, award-winning author Sylvia Funston uncovers bone-chilling tales of strange and startling phenomena. Guaranteed to make your skin crawl and your hairs stand on end, this incredible series from Owl delves into the real science behind some of the most unreal occurrences. Monsters is the second book in the series, following Mummies, published in September 2000.

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The Woods Hole Cantata essays articulate a scientist's remarkable attempt to transcend the fragmentation of a society of specialists. Dr. Weissmann explores the social, cultural, and esthetic ramifications of contemporary biomedical research, placing the sophisticated insights of the highly specialized laboratory into a broader context of intellectual history. The essays draw on his wealth of experience--as teacher and clinician at Bellevue Hospital, marine biologist at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and investigator of the inflammatory response--and cover topics ranging from funding of AIDS research to copper cures for arthritis, from William Osler's Aequanimitas to medical journalism in Berlin. Throughout, Dr. Weissmann demonstrates how the scientist's faculties of logical thought and close observation can enrich his perception of society and be brought to bear on a wide range of social and humanistic issues..
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