Linear measurement in standard units starts with a one-inch fish and progresses to a six-inch fish, measuring everything else along the way.

Explore the world of measurements with this essential guide, perfect for middle school educators. Learn about the metric system, the universal language of science, detailing its units for mass, volume, length, and temperature. This resource simplifies metric conversions, offering clear explanations and practical tips for accurate measurements. Learn how to seamlessly convert between different metric units and understand the importance of precision in scientific inquiry. Equip your students with the skills to measure and convert like scientists, enhancing their understanding and appreciation of the metric system's role in global research. Empower your classroom with this comprehensive measurement companion.

Contains the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2006. The papers are organized in topical sections on, indexing, XML query processing, information retrieval, sensor networks and grid computing, peer-to-peer systems, Web services, Web searching, caching and moving objects, clustering, and more. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2006, held in Hong Kong, China in June 2006. The 50 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 290 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on, indexing, XML query processing, information retrieval, sensor networks and grid computing, peer-to-peer systems, Web services, Web searching, caching and moving objects, temporal database, clustering, clustering and classification, data mining, data stream processing, XML and semistructured data, data distribution and query processing, and advanced applications

A new translation of Euclid's 'Elements' together with a comprehensive introduction to each of the 'Elements'' books, all contained in a single volume. Euclid's 'Elements', produced c300 BC, superseded all previous attempts to identify the 'elements' of geometry and became the authoritative work on plane and solid geometry, number theory, proportion, and the irrationals to be relied upon and quoted by later Greek mathematicians. This edition contains a translation of Euclid's 'Elements' and discusses Euclid's methods - the development of axioms (postulates and common notions), the establishment of proofs derived from definitions, axioms and previously made proofs and the use of proof by contradiction. Each of the 'Elements' thirteen books is summarised and discussed in an introductory chapter. There is a fresh look at Euclid's treatment of rationality and commensurability, based as it was on comparisons of straight lines rather than numbers.

A massive set of classic books includes the most influential works of literature, philosophy, and science, in the history of the West.