Biology 2e

Biology 2e

Biology 2e (2nd edition) is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry, highlight careers in the biological sciences, and offer everyday applications. The book also includes various types of practice and homework questions that help students understand — and apply — key concepts. Vividing Activilization is a reliable and scalable platform specially designed for creating the next generation, high quality, interactive, mobile first digital contents that can be mass produced and easily delivered to any devices with a special emphasis on Exam & Assessment products. This book is created by Vividing Inc. using proprietary platform that is interactive, personal, mobile, and open to all digital devices. This book is intent to deliver the original contents except with the addition of interactive features. The makers of the books believes this next generation books brings joys to the reading whereas providing readers an interactive, convenient, effective and mobile first experience.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

This collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world's understanding of quantum electrodynamics. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman-from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.

Biomedical Engineering Challenges

Biomedical Engineering Challenges

An important resource that puts the focus on the chemical engineering aspects of biomedical engineeringIn the past 50 years remarkable achievements have been advanced in the fields of biomedical and chemical engineering. With contributions from leading chemical engineers, Biomedical Engineering Challenges reviews the recent research and discovery that sits at the interface of engineering and biology. The authors explore the principles and practices that are applied to the ever-expanding array of such new areas as gene-therapy delivery, biosensor design, and the development of improved therapeutic compounds, imaging agents, and drug delivery vehicles.Filled with illustrative case studies, this important resource examines such important work as methods of growing human cells and tissues outside the body in order to repair or replace damaged tissues. In addition, the text covers a range of topics including the challenges faced with developing artificial lungs, kidneys, and livers; advances in 3D cell culture systems; and chemical reaction methodologies for biomedical imagining analysis. This vital resource: Covers interdisciplinary research at the interface between chemical engineering, biology, and chemistry Provides a series of valuable case studies describing current themes in biomedical engineering Explores chemical engineering principles such as mass transfer, bioreactor technologies as applied to problems such as cell culture, tissue engineering, and biomedical imaging Written from the point of view of chemical engineers, this authoritative guide offers a broad-ranging but concise overview of research at the interface of chemical engineering and biology.

Palliative Care and Catholic Health Care

Palliative Care and Catholic Health Care

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the compatibility of palliative care with the vision of human dignity in the Catholic moral and theological traditions. The unique value of this book is that it presents expert analysis of the major domains of palliative care and how they are compatible with, and enhanced by, the holistic vision of the human person in Catholic health care. This volume will serve as a critically important ethical and theological resource on palliative care, including care at the end of life, for bioethicists, theologians, palliative care specialists, other health care professionals, Catholic health care sponsors, health care administrators and executives, clergy, and students. Patients receiving palliative care and their families will also find this book to be a clarifying and reassuring resource.

La cognition. Du neurone à la société

La cognition. Du neurone à la société

La cognition désigne l’ensemble des phénomènes qui se rapportent à l’esprit humain, son fonctionnement, ses effets sur le comportement, son émergence au cours de l’évolution, et son développement, typique ou non. Elle inclut les grandes facultés identifiées par la tradition (attention, mémoire, raisonnement, décision, langage...), mais tout autant la perception, la motricité, les émotions, la conscience, la socialité. Rendre compte de cet immense domaine est le but des sciences cognitives, fédération de disciplines allant de la biologie à la linguistique, de la psychologie à l’intelligence artificielle, de la philosophie à l’anthropologie. De cette rencontre naissent de nouvelles questions. Les sciences cognitives connaissent depuis un quart de siècle un formidable essor, les amenant au seuil d’applications dans de nombreux domaines, de la médecine à l’éducation, de la révolution numérique aux politiques publiques, de la culture à la justice... Le présent ouvrage, qui ne présuppose pas de connaissances spécialisées, est organisé en deux parties. La première présente les différentes échelles auxquelles la cognition peut être appréhendée : de la molécule au neurone, du neurone au cerveau, de l’individu à la société, et pour la dimension temporelle le développement et l’évolution. La seconde est consacrée aux grandes fonctions cognitives : l’action, la conscience, la coopération, la décision, les émotions, le langage, la perception et le raisonnement. À l’étudiant, ce volume offre un instrument de travail ; au spécialiste, un panorama des disciplines proches de la sienne ; au citoyen, enfin, une appréhension globale d’un mouvement d’idées essentiel pour nos sociétés dans la période qui s’ouvre.

Szalone, złe i smutne.

Szalone, złe i smutne.

Historia narzucanych kobietom norm, podwójnych standardów i kategorii zbyt ciasnych, by pomieścić ludzkie życie.Histeria, szaleństwo laktacyjne, kobiece sprawy... W XIX wieku zaburzenia psychiczne kobiet wzbudzały w lekarzach (mężczyznach) niepokój, który często przeradzał się w lekceważenie. Jeszcze nie tak dawno dręczone przez własne umysły pacjentki mogły liczyć co najwyżej na zakucie w kaftan, kąpiele lecznicze albo wizytę egzorcysty. Lisa Appignanesi w samym centrum tej wstrząsającej opowieści umieszcza kobiety, których życie i emocje coraz częściej stawały się przedmiotem badań lekarzy, jak choćby Freuda, Junga i Lacana, którzy opracowali dla nich nowe terapie. Pojawiają się one zarówno jako pacjentki – Mary Lamb, która w napadzie załamania nerwowego rzuciła się na matkę z nożem, Sylvia Plath i Virginia Woolf, latami dręczone przez nawracającą depresję, czy Zelda Fitzgerald i Marilyn Monroe, stopniowo pokonywane przez własne uzależnienia i kompleksy – jak i terapeutki, z Anną Freud oraz Melanie Klein na czele. To także opowieść o tym, jak przez lata objawy i diagnozy dopasowywały się do modnych diagnoz, oraz o tym, jak terapie przynosiły sukcesy lub zawodziły. Wszystko to pozwala szerzej spojrzeć nie tylko na delikatne zagadnienie zdrowia psychicznego na przestrzeni wieków, ale także – a może przede wszystkim – na rolę i miejsce kobiet w całym tym szaleństwie.

Notre forêt - 40 chemins pour guérir la Terre et découvrir les bienfaits des arbres

Notre forêt - 40 chemins pour guérir la Terre et découvrir les bienfaits des arbres

40 chemins pour guérir la Terre. Diana Beresford-Kroeger, une des expertes mondiales en médecine forestière, met en avant les bienfaits de la forêt pour en faire un des axes majeurs de lutte contre le dérèglement climatique. Une approche holistique à mi-chemin entre sciences et sagesses forestières des Celtes et de Premières nations.Comment les arbres communiquent-ils en cas de danger ? Les hellébores sont-elles de bonnes mères ? Le bois de nos meubles a-t-il un impact sur notre santé ? Le lichen serait-il bigame ? Quels arbres étaient anti-famine ? Pour répondre à ces questions, et à bien d'autres, Diana Beresford-Kroeger nous guide dans un grand voyage à travers les forêts du monde. Inspirée par le style des seanchaì, ces conteurs traditionnels irlandais qui ont transmis les mythes et les légendes celtes au fil des siècles, elle propose une vision holistique de la forêt entre écologie, botanique, magie et spiritualité, pour faire des arbres un des axes majeurs de la lutte contre le changement climatique. Des dernières découvertes botaniques aux savoirs ancestraux hérités des Celtes et des Premières Nations, en passant par les méthodes de guérison traditionnelles autochtones, ce récit nous plonge dans les mystères du monde végétal et nous invite à la découverte des bienfaits de la forêt. Portée par l'émerveillement que lui inspire la nature dans toute sa diversité, Diana Beresford-Kroeger compose ici, dans le contexte brûlant du dérèglement climatique, une véritable ode au vivant.Traduit de l'anglais par Marion Roman.

Dialogo

Dialogo

Gli anni della formazione, i rapporti con la scuola, le letture, gli incontri, le responsabilità della scienza, il futuro dell'uomo, la nascita dell'universo, la teoria della relatività e le ipotesi piú recenti della fisica contemporanea, la fantascienza... Nel giugno 1984, davanti a un piccolo registratore, un grande scrittore e un grande fisico si ritrovano a parlare delle loro esperienze e passioni intellettuali. Ne scaturisce un dialogo pieno di sorprese, curiosità, confessioni autobiografiche, proiezioni mirabolanti, humour. Uno dei rari momenti in cui la cultura scientifica e quella umanistica si ritrovano per dare vita a uno straordinario percorso di conoscenza. «Un paio d'ore di lettura in tutto, questo volumetto, ma di quelle che vengono dal cielo. Una di quelle letture che riconciliano con l'esistenza e le dànno, almeno provvisoriamente, un senso». Massimo Piattelli Palmarini

Transformation of Solid Waste to Energy

Transformation of Solid Waste to Energy

Transformation of Solid Waste to Energy: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities brings together the latest developments, technologies, and approaches surrounding the transformation of organic waste into energy, enabling the reader to tackle head-on the challenges of valorizing waste as bioenergy. Sections introduce biomass as a sustainable renewable energy source, conversion processes, and possible energy recovery routes, before in-depth chapters highlight technologies for solid waste. Types of waste streams, conversion technologies, and sustainable development issues are considered, along with case studies.The second part focuses on liquid waste, notably covering wastewater treatment and energy recovery, the production of biofuels, and microbial fuel cells. This new volume in the Woodhead Series in Bioenergy is of interest to all those with an interest in waste-to-energy, bioenergy, waste management, chemical engineering, and sustainability, including researchers, advanced students, faculty, engineers, scientists, R&D, industrial practitioners, and policymakers. - Covers the transformation of solid and liquid wastes into bioenergy, which is of great interest in the energy transition - Builds on sustainable development principles in adding value to organic waste streams - Considers key challenges and solutions, current trends, and future opportunities

Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management

Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management

Subsea repairs and inspection are costly for petroleum and pipeline engineers and proper training is needed to focus on ensuring system strength and integrity. Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management is the perfect companion for new engineers who need to be aware of the state-of-the-art techniques. This handbook offers a "hands-on" problem-solving approach to integrity management, leak detection, and reliability applications such as risk analysis. Wide-ranging and easy-to-use, the book is packed with data tables, illustrations, and calculations, with a focus on pipeline corrosion, flexible pipes, and subsea repair. Reliability-based models also provide a decision making tool for day-to-day use. Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management gives the engineer the power and knowledge to protect offshore pipeline investments safely and effectively. Includes material selection for linepipe, especially selection of standard carbon steel linepipeCovers assessment of various types of corrosion processes and definition of anti-corrosion design against internal as well as external corrosion Gives process and flow assurance for pipeline systems including pipeline integrity management

Inmune: un viaje al misterioso sistema que te mantiene vivo

Inmune: un viaje al misterioso sistema que te mantiene vivo

A menudo, las cosas que más nos afectan permanecen ocultas a la vista. Es el caso del sistema inmunitario, tan indispensable para nosotros como el corazón o los pulmones, pero desconocido para la mayoría de la gente.El divulgador científico Philipp Dettmer nos ayuda en este libro ilustrado a desentrañar los secretos del complejo sistema que nos mantiene con vida. Conocer mejor las claves de la inmunología no es un mero ejercicio de curiosidad, sino un recurso para entender qué le pasa a nuestro cuerpo cuando enfermamos y cómo podemos evitarlo, mejorando con ello nuestra salud e incrementando nuestra esperanza de vida.En Inmune, Dettmer continúa y amplía la labor de divulgación que realiza en su famosísimo canal de YouTube «En pocas palabras», uno de los canales más vistos del mundo. Lleno de atractivos gráficos e ilustraciones, este libro riguroso pero accesible para todos los públicos nos invita a un viaje para conocer con detalle cómo funciona y cómo nos protege nuestro sistema inmunitario.

O último abraço da matriarca

O último abraço da matriarca

Desafiando a ruptura humano-animal e propondo a discussão de grandes questões éticas e filosóficas da atualidade, o grande primatólogo Frans de Waal nos leva a uma jornada irresistível pela riqueza emocional dos animais. Neste livro comovente e original, ele nos mostra que estamos muito mais conectados a nossos companheiros planetários do que jamais ousamos imaginar. Às vésperas de Mama completar 59 anos, e meses antes do octagésimo aniversário de Jan van Hooff, esses dois hominídeos tiveram um reencontro comovente. Mama, a matriarca de uma colônia de chimpanzés, estava deitada em seu ninho no zoológico de Arnhem, moribunda, quando o velho professor de biologia tomou a decisão incomum de visitá-la para uma despedida. Embora se conhecessem de longa data, nenhum ser humano em sã consciência entraria na jaula de um chimpanzé adulto. Mas ao ver o amigo, Mama despertou da letargia, reagiu com um grande sorriso e tranquilizou-o com tapinhas no pescoço. Ela parecia perceber a apreensão de Jan e dizer a ele que estava feliz com a sua presença. A vida de Mama e a cena desse último abraço são o ponto de partida para uma exploração fascinante das notáveis aptidões emocionais dos animais e do que elas podem revelar sobre nós. Neste livro surpreendente, Frans de Waal nos apresenta essa e outras histórias — do cão enlutado pela perda do amigo a elefantes que revisitam ossos de seus entes queridos — para ilustrar que não somos a única espécie com a capacidade de amar, odiar, sentir medo e até mesmo culpa. Símios expressam-se de modo mais parecido conosco, porém as emoções estão em toda a parte — de peixes e aves a moluscos como o polvo."Cativante, cheio de compaixão e insights sobre a vida dos animais, incluindo os humanos." — Yuval Noah Harari

Το νόημα των πραγμάτων

Το νόημα των πραγμάτων

Ανάμεσα στους μεγάλους αμερικανούς φυσικούς του αιώνα μας ο περισσότερο γνωστός στο ευρύ κοινό είναι, χωρίς άλλο, ο Richard Feynman —βραβείο Νόμπελ φυσικής το 1966. Εκατομμύρια αναγνώστες σε όλο τον κόσμο έχουν μελετήσει τις Διαλέξεις του, έχουν απολαύσει τις βιογραφίες του, ενώ το πνεύμα του και ο εκκεντρικός του χαρακτήρας έχουν αποτελέσει θέμα ειδικών τηλεοπτικών εκπομπών —ακόμη και κινηματογραφικής ταινίας. Παρ’ ότι είναι πολλοί εκείνοι που εκτιμούν τη συνεισφορά του στην επιστήμη της φυσικής κατά τον 20ό αιώνα, λίγοι έχουν συνειδητοποιήσει την ευρύτητα του προβληματισμού του για τον κόσμο γύρω μας —πόσο βαθιά και στοχαστικά συλλογίζεται πάνω στα θρησκευτικά, πολιτικά και κοινωνικά ζητήματα της εποχής μας. Το παρόν βιβλίο, βασισμένο σε μια σειρά αδημοσίευτων διαλέξεων που έδωσε για το ευρύ κοινό στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Ουάσινγκτον, το 1963, έρχεται να μας αποκαλύψει αυτή την άλλη πλευρά τού Feynman· μια πλευρά που προβάλλει μέσα από τις αναφορές του στην αιώνια διαμάχη επιστήμης και θρησκείας, στη δυσπιστία των πολιτών έναντι των πολιτικών, στα προβλήματα της παγκόσμιας ειρήνης και των εξοπλισμών. Αλλά και η επαφή με εξωγήινους πολιτισμούς, οι ψευδοεπιστήμες, η διά της πίστεως θεραπεία και η τηλεπάθεια δεν ξεφεύγουν από το κριτικό του πνεύμα. Αυτός είναι ο Feynman: στοχαστικός, διασκεδαστικός, διαφωτιστικός. «Μια θαυμάσια συλλογή προσωπικών ιστοριών και στοχασμών για τη ζωή, στο αυθεντικό στυλ του Feynman. Ένα βιβλίο για τον πραγματικό άνθρωπο και τα προβλήματά του, όχι για φιλοσοφικές αφαιρέσεις…» —Freeman Dyson, The New York Review of Books «Άλλη μια φορά ένας αεικίνητος Feynman…» —Timothy Ferris, The New York Times «Διασκεδαστικό και προκλητικό βιβλίο… Ο Feynman έχει πολλά ακόμη να μας πει —ακόμη κι από εκεί που βρίσκεται…» —Marcus Chown, The New Scientist «Μια πνευματώδης σύνοψη της φιλοσοφίας του Feynman για την επιστήμη, αλλά και μια εξαιρετική φιλοσοφία για τη ζωή…» —John Gribbin, The Sunday Times του Λονδίνου «Θαυμάσιο βιβλίο… Ο κόσμος έχει πολλά να κερδίσει από τη διεισδυτική ματιά και οξεία αντίληψη του Feynman…» —Paul Davies, καθηγητής φιλοσοφίας των φυσικών επιστημών στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Αδελαΐδας «Αυτές οι “νέες” διαλέξεις του Richard Feynman αποτελούν εξαίσιο εύρημα… Όταν ο Feynman στρέφει την προσοχή του στα κοινωνικά ζητήματα, δεν ανέχεται υποκρισίες και κενολογίες… Το βιβλίο θα αποτελέσει αναμφισβήτητα μέρος του θεμελιώδους έργου του…» —Tony Hey, καθηγητής ηλεκτρονικής και υπολογιστών στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Σαουθάμπτον

Why People Believe Weird Things

Why People Believe Weird Things

"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Revised and Expanded Edition.In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science.Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.

Les 100 mots de la ville

Les 100 mots de la ville

Penser la ville revient aujourd’hui à se pencher sur les conditions de vie de la majorité des Terriens. C’est décrire et analyser les réalités urbaines. C’est aussi se frotter aux mots des experts, des architectes, des urbanistes ou des élus. De «?NIMBY?» à «?bobo?» en passant par «?PLU?», «?équilibre spatial?» ou encore «?gentrification?», l’urbain suscite la création de néologismes et autres acronymes. Ce livre n’entend pas être un simple lexique. Il invite, au gré des mots – «?bidonville?», «?Dubaï?», «?toilettes publiques?», «?aéroport?» –, à une promenade sur la planète urbaine. Flânant entre réalités présentes et perspectives futures, les auteurs croisent des approches sociologiques, philosophiques, écologiques, juridiques, cinématographiques pour mieux saisir les ressorts de la vie citadine et inventer les territoires urbains de demain.

Cap 2030, une décennie pour changer le monde

Cap 2030, une décennie pour changer le monde

Et si on vous offrait la possibilité de changer le monde ? C'est ce qui est arrivé en 2020 à 150 Français tirés au sort pour participer à la Convention citoyenne pour le climat. Tous ont reçu un électrochoc en réalisant l'urgence écologique. À la fois expérience inédite de démocratie participative et feuille de route pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre d'ici 2030, la Convention dessine la France de demain : nouvelles mobilités, crime d'écocide, agroécologie, consommation responsable... Mais alors que la pandémie de Covid a un temps relégué le devenir de notre planète au second plan de nos préoccupations, le combat pour garantir l'avenir des 149 mesures proposées qui nous éviteront la catastrophe climatique se joue dans les mois à venir.

Una fortuna cosmica

Una fortuna cosmica

Per millenni gli uomini hanno osservato il cielo pieni di meraviglia, chiedendosi: perché siamo qui? Come ha avuto origine l'universo? E che senso ha la nostra esistenza nel cosmo? Fino a tempi recenti, la risposta a questi grandi interrogativi è stata appannaggio di preti e filosofi, ma oggi gli scienziati stanno cominciando a intervenire nel dibattito, con idee che sono insieme sorprendenti e profondamente controverse. Come ci racconta con chiarezza Paul Davies, le recenti scoperte scientifiche mettono in luce un fatto che lascia perplessi: molte caratteristiche fondamentali dell'universo fisico - dalla velocità della luce alla struttura dell'atomo di carbonio - sembrano calibrate in modo apparentemente miracoloso per permettere l'esistenza della vita. Spostamenti anche minimi nei valori di queste costanti potrebbero dare luogo a universi altrettanto fisicamente sensati del nostro, ma senza alcuna speranza di ospitare qualcosa di simile a uomini, piante e animali. Com'è quindi possibile che, di tutti gli universi, ci sia capitato in sorte proprio l'unico che sembra fatto su misura per produrre la vita? Abbiamo forse vinto una sorta di lotteria cosmica, il cui premio era la nostra stessa esistenza? Una teoria radicalmente nuova afferma, per esempio, che esistono davvero tutti gli universi possibili, ognuno dei quali è leggermente diverso dagli altri, e che si tratta di un caso se proprio il nostro, tra gli innumerevoli mondi paralleli, è risultato così favorevole alla vita. Ma secondo Davies la semplice statistica non può risolvere davvero l'enigma della nostra esistenza. Il fatto che il nostro universo abbia prodotto una forma di vita capace di consapevolezza e in grado di comprendere le leggi fisiche che lo governano non può essere solo una questione di fortuna, per quanto cosmica: il sospetto, allora, è che ci sia una trama più profonda, forse il dispiegamento di un progetto, se non, addirittura, l'intervento di un'entità superiore. Componendo in modo rigoroso ma vivace un quadro divulgativo delle maggiori teorie cosmologiche, Davies passa in rassegna tutte le risposte scientifiche all'enigma della nostra esistenza, compresa quella per la quale lui stesso propende, ma mette anche in evidenza come la scienza non abbia trovato la spiegazione definitiva che cerca da sempre, lasciando per il momento (ma per quanto tempo ancora?) senza conclusione certa questo dibattito millenario.

Science Education Research and Practice in Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Science Education Research and Practice in Asia-Pacific and Beyond

This book is based on presentations at the International Science Education Conference (ISEC) 2014. It showcases a selection of the best papers by researchers and science teachers from the Asia-Pacific region, North America and the United Kingdom. Centered on the theme of “Pushing the boundaries – Investing in our future”, they pursue new ways of helping learners appreciate the diversity and changes in science that result from a globalised world facing complex and diverse environmental and technological issues. The chapters touch on various themes in science education that explore and investigate issues of scientific literacy, societal challenges and affect, and teacher professional development. Its comprehensive themes make it a valuable textbook for graduate students of master’s and Ph.D. programs. It also appeals to pre-service and in-service teachers as a resource on innovative pedagogical practices and creative methods of professional development. With a selection that emphasises the research-practice nexus in education research, it serves as an introductory handbook for teachers to connect with the current issues facing science education.

Professional Development for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning

Professional Development for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning

This book examines the implementation of inquiry-based approaches in science teaching and learning. It explores the ways that those approaches could be promoted across various contexts in Europe through initial teacher preparation, induction programmes and professional development activities. It illustrates connections between scientific knowledge deriving from the science education research community, teaching practices deriving from the science teachers’ community, and educational innovation.  Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning (IBST/L) has been promoted as a policy response to pressing educational challenges, including disengagement from science learning and the need for citizens to be in a position to evaluate evidence on pressing socio-scientific issues. Effective IBST/L requires well-prepared and skilful teachers, who can act as facilitators of student learning and who are able to adapt inquiry-based activity sequences to their everyday teaching practice. Teachers also need to engage creatively with the process of nurturing student abilities and to acquire new assessment competences. The task of preparing teachers for IBST/L is a challenging one. This book is a resource for the implementation of inquiry-oriented approaches in science education and illustrates ways of promoting IBST/L through initial teacher preparation, induction and professional development programmes.