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Most top business schools require multiple essays, and this book is your best bet for acing them all. Business School Essays That Made a Difference, 2nd Edition, contains over 50 essays as well as interviews with admissions pros and with students who've been through the process and made it to business school. Inside you’ll find interviews with admissions officers from the following schools: Babson College, Olin Graduate School of Business Columbia University Tulane University–Freeman School of Business University of California–Berkeley University of Chicago
Every year thousands of graduate students face the daunting--sometimes terrifying-- challenge of writing a thesis or dissertation. But most of them have received ittle or no instruction on doing it well. This book shows them how in ways no other book does.It combines the practical guidance and theoretical understanding students need to complete their theses or dissertations with maximum insight and minimum stress. Drawing on her extensive research and experience advising hundreds of graduate students, Dr. Irene Clark presents a solid overview of the writing process. Clark shows how to apply innovative theories of process and genre and understand the writing process for what it is: your entrance into a conversation with the scholarly community that will determine your success or failure. This book offers useful strategies for each phase of the process, from choosing advisors and identifying topics through writing,revision, and review. Coverage includes. 作者简介： Irene L.Clark is Professor of Englis
This revised edition of Feynman’s legendary lectures includes extensive corrections Feynman and his colleagues received and Caltech approved, making this the definitive edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. For all readers interested in physics.
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《传播学概论(英文影印版)》是传播学的奠基之作，自出版以来在各个国家均引起较大反响。本书介绍了传播学的基础知识，包括传播过程、传播符号、传播代码、传播途径等内容，对于理解这门学科有很重要的价值。本书的原版影印长期以来一直有着很大的需求，有助于该专业的师生更好地理解作者的思想和一些核心概念。
