Peter Smith Knihy

Publikace slovem i obrazem mapuje nejaktuálnější stav výzkumu planety Mars. Dva planetologové ve spolupráci s žurnalistou předkládají přehled současných vědeckých výsledků zkoumání naší sousední planety. Z dosavadních kosmických letů k Marsu je hlavní pozornost zaměřena na popis úspěšného letu a přistání sondy Pathfinder s vozítkem Sejourner, které bylo ovládano ze Země (červenec 1997). Na základě vědeckých výsledků mise se dozvídáme vzrušující podrobnosti o geologickém vývoji, morfologii, počasí, ovzduší a perspektivách zkoumání planety. Celou publikaci doplňují snímky pořízené z oběžné dráhy nebo přímo z povrchu Marsu. Některé fotografie jsou zpracovány pomocí speciální vyspělé technologie a s použitím přiložených stereoskopických brýlí je lze vnímat prostorově.... celý text

This introductory textbook provides an overview of child development. It covers such topics as perception, the development of language and reading skills, the bonding of parent and child, the development of sex differences, friendship and play. Each chapter contains two case studies.

Great local interest on the South Coast from Ramsgate to Penzance.

An extensively rewritten second edition of this best-selling standard text for graduates and upper-level undergraduate students of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and pure mathematics. A clear and accessible treatment of Gödel's famous, intriguing, but much misunderstood incompleteness theorems.

A journey to the American South in search of friendship, life lessons and bluegrass.

The Psychology of Bullying provides a highly accessible overview about the nature of bullying, what is known about it, its possible effects, and what can be done about it. It focuses on bullying at school with special attention given to the development of cyberbullying, and a final chapter looks at bullying in other contexts. Illustrated with examples and case studies, it examines who bullies and who gets bullied, what is known about effective coping strategies, and what friends, peers and the school can do to help. It will be essential reading for students, teachers and parents looking for psychological insights into what bullying is.

During World War II, the Soviet Union's Petlyakov Pe-2 Peshka dive-bomber stood out for its speed, matching that of most fighter aircraft. At a time when the RAF believed monoplane aircraft couldn't effectively perform vertical bombing, the Pe-2 emerged as the primary dive- and light-bomber for Russia's air power on the Eastern Front, remaining in service until the early 1950s with Warsaw Pact countries and Yugoslavia. Initially conceived as a high-altitude twin-engine fighter by a team of aircraft designers imprisoned on political charges, the Pe-2's role shifted to fast dive-bomber due to the success of German Stukas during the Blitzkrieg. It entered service around the time of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Although only a few were operational at the start of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, the Pe-2 quickly became the main dive-bomber for both the Soviet VVS and Naval service. Rapid mass production led to over 11,000 units, including various variants, by 1945. The Pe-2 played a crucial role in the Soviet counteroffensive that led to the fall of Berlin and also participated in the decisive Manchurian campaign against Japan in 1945. Utilizing official sources and numerous photographs, this book provides a comprehensive record of the Pe-2, highlighting its significance as a supreme dive-bomber.

This new edition has been expanded to include areas of current importance such as bifurcation, structural stability and chaotic behavior. Other topics covered are linearization, perturbation theory, subharmonics, stability, the existence of limit cycles, and Poincaré maps. The text isconcerned with practical applications and includes over 400 examples and exercises.

Everything I Know About Love for the over 40s.

Formal logic provides us with a powerful set of techniques for criticizing some arguments and showing others to be valid. These techniques are relevant to all of us with an interest in being skilful and accurate reasoners. In this very accessible book, extensively revised and rewritten for the second edition, Peter Smith presents a guide to the fundamental aims and basic elements of formal logic. He introduces the reader to the languages of propositional and predicate logic, and develops natural deduction systems for evaluating arguments translated into these languages. His discussion is richly illustrated with worked examples and exercises, and alongside the formal work there is illuminating philosophical commentary. This book will make an ideal text for a first logic course and will provide a firm basis for further work in formal and philosophical logic.