Bøker av Mark Newman

Fourier's discovery that almost any signal could be built out of basic sine waves, was years ahead of its time. The Fourier Series, and its later developments: the Fourier Transform and the Fast Fourier Transform, lie at the heart of so many of our electronic devices today. From the mobile phone sitting in your pocket, to early warning systems that keep aircraft engines running safely, Fourier is there, telling you which sine waves are present in your signal.The standard approach to teaching complicated mathematical concepts in schools and universities relies more on mathematical analysis and the student's capability to manipulate equations, than on his or her intuition. A good diagram and a clear analogy are often worth a thousand words.This book will guide you systematically, visually, and intuitively through each of the core concepts making up the Fourier Series; granting you the knowledge you need to confidently use one of the cornerstones of signal analysis.

This book brings together recent advances and presents a comprehensive picture of the scientific study of networks. It includes discussion of computer networks, social networks, biological networks, and others, and an introduction to the mathematics of network theory, including analysis techniques, computer algorithms, and network modeling.

Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners in Middle School explores strategies for teaching social studies to learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The book centers on a framework that integrates inquiry, primary source analysis, and visual literacy to provide a progressive learning sequence for students.

The book explains how and why visual literacy can help improve learning for all students. It defines visual literacy and discusses how it works. It shows how the subjective, incomplete nature of visuals can be used to advantage in the classroom. Visual Literacy provides an array of classroom strategies and activities.

While some black Catholics challenged racism in the Catholic Church, many were conflicted about the manner of Catholic desegregation generally imposed by closing valued black institutions. Tracing its impact through the early 1990s, Newman reveals how desegregation shook congregations but seldom brought about genuine integration.

This analytical introduction assesses contrasting definitions of black nationalism in America, thereby providing an overview of its development and varied manifestations across two centuries.

Geography as Inquiry invites teachers and learners to explore geography in exciting ways, across key concepts, connected to history and the social sciences, reestablishing its place in the social studies and history curriculum.

The National Council of Churches established the Delta Ministry in 1964 to further the cause of civil rights in Mississippi. This work is a full-length history of one of the largest and most enduring civil rights organizations in the Mississippi movement.

Aimed at helping the physics student to develop a solid grasp of basic graduate-level material, this book presents worked solutions to a wide range of informative problems. These problems have been culled from the preliminary and general examinations created by the physics department at Princeton University for its graduate program. The authors, all students who have successfully completed the examinations, selected these problems on the basis of usefulness, interest, and originality, and have provided highly detailed solutions to each one. Their book will be a valuable resource not only to other students but to college physics teachers as well. The first four chapters pose problems in the areas of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, thereby serving as a review of material typically covered in undergraduate courses. Later chapters deal with material new to most first-year graduate students, challenging them on such topics as condensed matter, relativity and astrophysics, nuclear physics, elementary particles, and atomic and general physics.

From the Internet to networks of friendship, disease transmission, and even terrorism, the concept--and the reality--of networks has come to pervade modern society. But what exactly is a network? What different types of networks are there? Why are they interesting, and what can they tell us? In recent years, scientists from a range of fields--including mathematics, physics, computer science, sociology, and biology--have been pursuing these questions and building a new "e;science of networks."e; This book brings together for the first time a set of seminal articles representing research from across these disciplines. It is an ideal sourcebook for the key research in this fast-growing field. The book is organized into four sections, each preceded by an editors' introduction summarizing its contents and general theme. The first section sets the stage by discussing some of the historical antecedents of contemporary research in the area. From there the book moves to the empirical side of the science of networks before turning to the foundational modeling ideas that have been the focus of much subsequent activity. The book closes by taking the reader to the cutting edge of network science--the relationship between network structure and system dynamics. From network robustness to the spread of disease, this section offers a potpourri of topics on this rapidly expanding frontier of the new science.

Although much has been written about the golden days of radio, Entrepreneurs of Profit and Pride is the first book to examine the black radio industry.

The strong push to use primary sources in teaching history and social studies creates a need among teachers for more information on what they are and how they can be used effectively in the classroom. Vital Witnesses meets this need by providing teachers with a comprehensive guide to primary sources and their use in the classroom.

Mark Newman outlines the range of white responses to the Civil Rights Movement and analyses both northern and southern opinion.