Author: Linda Ewles BSc SRD MSc MAIna Simnett MA(Oxon)
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: guide, practical, health, promoting
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2003-05-22
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0702026638
ISBN-13: 9780702026638

Textbook is aimed at those involved in health promotion with the purpose of improving health in communities and individuals. Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of health promotion. Discusses public health, ethical issues, and how to plan and manage a community health project. Includes case studies and learning exercises. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover.

Author: Rory Knight B.Com M.Com MA (Oxon.) Ph.D C.A De
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: performance, financial
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2000-12-27
List price: $118.00
ISBN-10: 0750640111
ISBN-13: 9780750640114

’Financial Performance’ presents the foundation concepts underlying the Senior Executive Programmes the Authors have taught together and separately over the last 15 years in Europe, Asia and North America.These programmes includeThe Oxford Advanced Management ProgrammeThe Oxford Senior Executive Finance ProgrammeThe INSEAD Advanced Management ProgrammeThe IMI, Geneva, Advanced Management ProgrammeThe Harvard Advanced Management ProgrammeThe Oxford International Executive Programme, SingaporeThe IMI International Finance Programme, SingaporeThe book is intended as a reference manual

Author: Owen Bishop B.Sc (Bristol.) B.Sc (Oxon.)
Publisher: Syngre
Keywords: nxt, mindstorms, lego, programming
Number of Pages: 257
Published: 2008-06-30
List price: $40.95
ISBN-10: 1597492787
ISBN-13: 9781597492782

Teach your robot new tricks! With this projects-based approach you can program your Mindstorms NXT robot to solve a maze, build a house, run an obstacle course, and many other activities. Along the way you will learn the basics of programming structures and techniques using NXT-G and Microsoft VPL. Includes a DVD w/ e-text, programming code, and link to accompanying website.For hobbyists, and students working on robot projects, Bishop provides the background and tools to program your robot for tasks that go beyond the simple routines provided with the robot kit. The programs range in complexit

Author: Owen Bishop B.Sc (Bristol.) B.Sc (Oxon.)
Publisher: Newnes
Keywords: second, course, first, electronics
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-07-05
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0750669608
ISBN-13: 9780750669603

Owen Bishop’s First Course starts with the basics of electricity and component types, and introduces students to practical work almost straightaway. No prior knowledge of electronics is assumed.The approach is student centred with Self-Test features to check understanding, and numerous Activities suitable for practicals, homework and other assignments. New Multiple Choice Questions are incorporated throughout the text to aid student learning. Key facts, formulae and definitions are highlighted to aid revision, and theory is backed up by numerous examples within the book. Each chapter end

Author: Owen Bishop B.Sc (Bristol.) B.Sc (Oxon.)
Publisher: Newnes
Keywords: second, electronics, understand
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2001-10-16
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0750653191
ISBN-13: 9780750653190

In Understand Electronics, Owen Bishop covers the basics needed in all the main areas of electronics with a jargon-free, informative style, and numerous illustrations. An essential book for the newcomer to electronics, this highly practical guide provides a thorough introduction to practical electronics and the basic principles of electronic components and circuitry. Owen Bishop, a leading international electronics author, takes a step-by-step approach, employing the minimum of mathematics, to create a text that is ideal for the student or enthusiast who has little previous knowledge of th

Author: Owen Bishop B.Sc (Bristol.) B.Sc (Oxon.)
Publisher: Newnes
Keywords: filters, electronic, understand
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 1996-10-31
List price: $52.95
ISBN-10: 0750626283
ISBN-13: 9780750626286

This book covers a field of electronics which is very mathematical and which presents difficulties to electronics students at all levels. It aims to provide the reader with enough maths to really understand what electronic filters are, how they work and how to use them. The book assumes a knowledge of mathematics at about GCSE level, and a minimum of electrical and electronic theory. It proceeds by easy stages to describe the structure, action and uses of filters, introducing and explaining the necessary additional maths at each stage. The discussion is backed up by descriptions of practical

Author: Owen Bishop B.Sc (Bristol.) B.Sc (Oxon.)
Publisher: Newnes
Keywords: newnes, devices, systems, microelectronics
Number of Pages: 213
Published: 2000-07-25
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 075064723X
ISBN-13: 9780750647236

This is a completely new textbook written to be fully in line with the new BTEC Higher National unit from Edexcel, the 2000 specification Advanced GNVQ unit, BTEC NII and NIII, and A-Level modules. The resulting breadth of coverage makes Microelectronics - Systems and Devices an excellent international student text.The book takes a student-centred approach towards microelectronics, with Test Your Knowledge features to check understanding, and numerous Activities suitable for practicals, homeworks and other assignments. Key facts, formulae and definitions are highlighted to aid revision, and th