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2020 has been the year of the virus, and it will not be a mere footnote in history. This book reflects on the unprecedented changes to our lives and the impact on our behaviour as we lived through social isolation during the global Covid-19 pandemic. From sociable creatures of ha...bit, we were forced into a period of uncertainty, restriction and risk, physically separated from families and friends. Packed with guidance and coping strategies for lockdown, top psychologist, David Cohen, explores the impact of this wide-spread quarantine on our relationships, our children, our mental health and our daily lives. Benedictine monks, hermit popes, Dorothy Sayers, Daniel Defoe (who made the isolated Robinson Crusoe a hero), Sigmund Freud and a rabbi's angry dog are all among the cast of characters as we are taken on a whistle-stop tour through plagues in history and brain science, to the importance of introspection and how to make meaning from lockdown. In his trademark entertaining style, he examines the psychology behind our behaviour during this unusual time to discover what we can learn about human nature, what lessons we can learn for the future, and whether we will.
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Designed to introduce students in middle/upper primary to the mathematical concept of algebra, this book helps them to place it in everyday life. It provides activities and problems, which give students the confidence to reach beyond their current experience. It also includes a s...election of transparency masters, worksheets and answers.
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By DK; Foreword by Parker, Matt
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Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised, and the great minds behind them, with this original, graphic-led book. Applying the Big Ideas series' trademark combination of authoritative, accessible text and bold graphics to ch...art the development of maths through history, the book explores and explains subjects that range from ancient mathematical ideas and inventions, such as prehistoric tally bones and Sumerian multiplication tables, through to the developments in mathematics during medieval and Renaissance Europe, to the rise of game and group theory more recently Tracing maths through the scientific revolution to its 21st-century use in computers, the internet, and AI, The Maths Book uses an innovative graphic-led approach to make the subject accessible to everyone.
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This bestelling introductory course covers all the key areas of algebra including elementary operations, linear equations, formulae, simultaneous equations, quadratic equations, logarithms, variation, laws and sequences.
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By Gonick, Larry
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Covers all of algebra's essentials-- including rational and real numbers, the number line, variables, expressions, laws of combination, linear and quadratic equations, rates, proportion, and graphing-- with clear, funny, and easy-to-understand illustrations --Page 4 of cover.
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By Tan, Soo T.
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Contains fully worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises in the text, giving students a way to check their answers and ensure that they took the correct steps.
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Written by the text authors, this Study Guide includes review material for each section of the text. It includes section objectives, concepts, vocabulary, exercises, worked out examples, and practice chapter tests with solutions.
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Including exposition, numerous examples, and plentiful problem sets, this title reinforces the following common thread: learn a skill; practice the skill to help solve equations; and, then apply what you have learned to solve application problems.
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Contains fully worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises in the text, giving students a way to check their answers and ensure that they took the correct steps to arrive at an answer.
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