This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at problem solving research and practice over the last fifteen years. The first chapter describes differences in types of problems, individual differences among problem-solvers, as well as the domain and context within which a problem is being solved. Part one describes six kinds...

• Colour layout helps navigation and highlights key learning points, formulae and exercises
• Fully up-to-date with Levels 2 and 3 of the BTEC Engineering Specifications
• Containing 1000 worked problems, 1750 further problems and 238 multiple-choice questions and answers
• Real-world situations...

Originally devised as a guide for converting from imperial to metric measurements, 'The Metric Handbook' has since been totally transformed into the major handbook of planning and design data for...

This cutting-edge textbook with coverage matching the electronics units of many vocational engineering courses is organized with a logical learning progression, making it ideal for a wide range of electronics courses. The approach is student-centred and includes numerous examples and activities, web research topics, self test features,...

Travel to exotic places is fascinating, and equally so are infections and other dangers of exotic travel. Moreover, one need not be traveling to suffer these maladies; sometimes they travel to you. The enormous global mobility demands a public health response. The result is the concept of ‘travel medicine’ as a separate...

Up to twenty percent of the American population suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder, and cross-national studies suggest a high prevalence of such disorders elsewhere. In recent decades, advances in our knowledge of the brain are causing us to question many of the theories underlying traditional approaches to diagnosing and treating...

Now in its third edition, this successful must-have manual is thoroughly updated with new chapters and material, covering issues including:

* Technology development - the different types of travel agency systems available, what they do, how they do it and how to use them
* The Internet -...

'Essential Law for Marketers' offers clear and concise explanations of the laws that impact on the practice of marketing, advertising, sponsorship, design and public relations, providing expert guidance on crucial issues for the busy practitioner.

Each chapter in the book offers, in simple English,...

There are increasing calls for social science researchers to work more closely with research users. References to engaging users in and with research are now common in research funding requirements, national research strategies and large-scale research programmes. User engagement has therefore become part of the rhetoric of educational and...

The BTEC National Engineering course has a brand new syllabus and this text is now fully updated to reflect these changes. It introduces electrical principles and...

First edition: Winner of Choice Magazine - Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 Sustainability promises both reduced environmental impacts and real cash savings for any organization - be it a business, non-profit/NGO or government department. This easy-to-use manual has been written by top business consultants specifically to help managers,...