Plomp's Aspects of Tone Sensation--published 25 years ago--dealt with the psychophysics of simple and complex tones. Since that time, auditory perception as a field of study has undergone a radical me
This volume will be essential reading for workers in speech and hearing research, psycholinguists, acousticians, and cognitive scientists. It will also have a wide audience among musicians and psycho
Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings includes amagnificent selection of drawings by one of the greatest artists of the seventeenth century. For the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577?1640), drawing was
This book is the result of research from over fifteen countries, asking which background and environmental factors influence achievement in mathematics and science. This research is based on data from
The end of the last millennium was marked by rapid technological advances and deep changes in many aspects of human activity, often taken together as indicative of a shift into a ??~knowledge era'. S
Part of a project of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, this volume presents 33 studies documenting national education policies and practices related to infor
One of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30?1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was above all through his exceptional graphic work that
In our contemporary learning society, expectations about the contribution of education and training continue to rise. Moreover, the potential of information and communication technology (ICT) creates
Seventeenth-century Delft has often been viewed as a quaint town whose artists painted scenes of domestic life. This important book revises that image, showing that the small but vibrant Dutch city pr
