Scientific writing is a trade that can and must be learned and not a form of art that is limited to the talented. All aspects of building up and publishing a forceful scientific narrative are covered, from designing experiments to dealing with the reviewers’ comments. This book takes you step by step through the process of writing a paper.
"An affirming exploration of how to deepen the practices we do every day-yoga, book club, walking the dog-so they become rituals in the fabric of our modern spiritual lives"--
'The rare book that really might change your life. It has certainly changed mine.' - John Green, Author of The Fault in Our Stars
Elli, Jamal, Tom and Kade are playing football in the park when some youths steal their ball and break a window. Elli and the team take the blame. The next day they are surprised to find that the team they are facing in the match are none other than the youths. Will they be able to win against such bullies?
Dan's parents want him to be a doctor, but he wants to be play rugby. So he sneaks out to join his local team. How will his parents react when they discover the truth?
Crowdfunding is a development that recently caught a lot of attention. Over the last years, many crowdfunding platforms have been established and often proved to be successful in raising money. This phenomenon has been highlighted in the media as a new form of fund raising that has the potential to lead to revolutionary business models. On the basis of its increased efficiency, it is claimed that crowdfunding may even lead to a paradigm shift in the established ways of present-day funding. Even so, crowdfunding remains a topic on which academic research is, to present date, very limited. The result is that the concept of crowdfunding is not well defined, which leaves much room for discussion. The scale on which crowdfunding takes place is to a large extent still unknown. This research is of an exploratory and descriptive nature, in order to bring more insight to the phenomenon of crowdfunding.