Author: Charles Allen Whitney
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN: 9780870334269
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is written for the mariner who wants to learn the concepts of piloting and navigation, and do more than merely follow a closely prescribed set of rules. While the authors have supplied guidance in the practical matters, such as reading the Almanac and carrying out sight reductions (there are reduction forms in the appendices), they have also provided an understanding of the principles so the sailor can invent new methods when required. Readers are expected to be active participants, and there are many exercises designed to help them along the way. What makes this book different from most others is its focus on three methods used in a Harvard freshman tutorial course: confrontation with misconceptions, definitions based on procedures, and the use of imaginary scenarios. The authors feel these are keys to learning, as they are much more powerful than memorization of rules and will prepare the sailor to handle situations that are not in any textbook. Whitney and Wright have directed their writing to the sailor who is interested in the principles but not particularly comfortable with geometry.
Learn to Navigate by the Tutorial System Developed at Harvard
Author: Charles Allen Whitney
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN: 9780870334269
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is written for the mariner who wants to learn the concepts of piloting and navigation, and do more than merely follow a closely prescribed set of rules. While the authors have supplied guidance in the practical matters, such as reading the Almanac and carrying out sight reductions (there are reduction forms in the appendices), they have also provided an understanding of the principles so the sailor can invent new methods when required. Readers are expected to be active participants, and there are many exercises designed to help them along the way. What makes this book different from most others is its focus on three methods used in a Harvard freshman tutorial course: confrontation with misconceptions, definitions based on procedures, and the use of imaginary scenarios. The authors feel these are keys to learning, as they are much more powerful than memorization of rules and will prepare the sailor to handle situations that are not in any textbook. Whitney and Wright have directed their writing to the sailor who is interested in the principles but not particularly comfortable with geometry.
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN: 9780870334269
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is written for the mariner who wants to learn the concepts of piloting and navigation, and do more than merely follow a closely prescribed set of rules. While the authors have supplied guidance in the practical matters, such as reading the Almanac and carrying out sight reductions (there are reduction forms in the appendices), they have also provided an understanding of the principles so the sailor can invent new methods when required. Readers are expected to be active participants, and there are many exercises designed to help them along the way. What makes this book different from most others is its focus on three methods used in a Harvard freshman tutorial course: confrontation with misconceptions, definitions based on procedures, and the use of imaginary scenarios. The authors feel these are keys to learning, as they are much more powerful than memorization of rules and will prepare the sailor to handle situations that are not in any textbook. Whitney and Wright have directed their writing to the sailor who is interested in the principles but not particularly comfortable with geometry.
Learn to Navigate! by the Harvard Tutorial System
Author: Frances Woodworth Wright
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Writer's Market
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
4,000 places to sell your articles, books, short stories, novels, plays, scripts, greeting cards, and fillers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
4,000 places to sell your articles, books, short stories, novels, plays, scripts, greeting cards, and fillers.
Writer's Market, 1994
Author: Mark Garvey
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN: 9780898796070
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
This edition contains up-to-date information on 4,000 buyers of freelance materials, as well as listings of contests and awards. Helpful articles and interviews with top professionals make this the source for up-and-coming--and already arrived--writers.
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN: 9780898796070
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
This edition contains up-to-date information on 4,000 buyers of freelance materials, as well as listings of contests and awards. Helpful articles and interviews with top professionals make this the source for up-and-coming--and already arrived--writers.
Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose Arny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1568
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1832
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1832
Book Description
The Woodenboat
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Boatbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
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Category : Boatbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
The Learning of Liberty
Author: Lorraine Smith Pangle
Publisher: Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"This very important book is original, sweeping, and wise about the relation between education and liberal democracy in the United States. The Pangles reconsider superior ideas from the founding period in a way that illuminates any serious thinking on American education, whether policy-oriented or historical". -- American Political Science Review. "An important and thoughtful book, stimulating for citizens as well as scholars". -- Journal of American History.
Publisher: Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"This very important book is original, sweeping, and wise about the relation between education and liberal democracy in the United States. The Pangles reconsider superior ideas from the founding period in a way that illuminates any serious thinking on American education, whether policy-oriented or historical". -- American Political Science Review. "An important and thoughtful book, stimulating for citizens as well as scholars". -- Journal of American History.
Navigation Training at Harvard University
Author: Harlan True Stetson
Publisher:
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Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute
Author: United States Naval Institute
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description