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Randy Knight taught introductory physics for thirty-two years at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic State University, where he is Professor Emeritus of Physics. Professor Knight received a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before joining the faculty at Ohio State University. A growing awareness of the importance of research in physics education led first to Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach and later College Physics: A Strategic Approach. Professor Knight's research interests are in the fields of laser spectroscopy and environmental science. When he's not in front of a computer, you can find Randy hiking, traveling, playing the piano, or spending time with his wife Sally and their five cats.

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About our author Michael Parkin is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Professor Parkin has held faculty appointments at Brown University, the University of Manchester, the University of Essex, and Bond University. He is a past president of the Canadian Economics Association and has served on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review and the Journal of Monetary Economics and as managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics. Professor Parkin's research on macroeconomics, monetary economics, and international economics has resulted in over 160 publications in journals and edited volumes, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He became most visible to the public with his work on inflation that discredited the use of wage and price

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John Sloman was Director of the Economics Network from its foundation in 1999 until 2012 and is now Visiting Fellow at the University of Bristol, where the Network is based. John is also Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Dean Garratt is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston Business School and Associate of the Economics Network. Dean is also an Academic Assessor for the Government Economics Service and a tutor on HM Treasury's Graduate Development Programme. Discover more on our Sloman Economics news site.

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Professor David Falzani MBE is a serial entrepreneur, business consultant and non-executive director. He began his career as an engineer at IBM, before joining a Silicon Valley style start-up, Madge Networks, which grew from 240 employees to 2,000 in 3 years and IPO'd on the NASDAQ. This experience led him to study for an MBA at The Wharton School (USA) and SDA Bocconi (Italy).  He has been a mentor and/or trainer for growth programmes at Nottingham University, and Oxford University Saïd Business School, as well as Royal Academy of Engineering's Leaders in Innovation Fellowship and Enterprise Hub overall, supporting over 2,000 companies. David is a Professor at Nottingham University Business School's Haydn Green Institute and has published more than 60 articles and blogs. 

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Joel Hass received his PhD from the University of California - Berkeley. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of California - Davis. He has coauthored widely used calculus texts as well as calculus study guides. He is currently on the editorial board of several publications, including the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. He has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and he was a Sloan Research Fellow. Hass's current areas of research include the geometry of proteins, three dimensional manifolds, applied math, and computational complexity. In his free time, Hass enjoys kayaking. Christopher Heil received his PhD from the University of Maryland. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of a graduate text on analysis and a number of highly cited research survey art

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Peter Parker is a high school student. He is very clever. Look! A dangerous spider is on Peter’s hand – OW! Now he is Spider-Man! Peter sees a robber – what does he do? Is Peter a super hero?

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Dr. Bob Bates worked in the Civil Service for many years as a senior manager before becoming a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University in 1997. Throughout his career he has worked extensively with SMEs specialising in staff and management development. .

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Glen Arnold runs an investment fund and previously held positions as Professor of Finance and Professor of Investing. In addition to the textbook Modern Financial Markets and Institutions, he has authored leading investment and banking books, including The Financial Times Guide to Investment, The FT Guide to Banking, and The FT Guide to Value Investing. Deborah Lewis is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath. As a Director of Studies for the Bath MBA programme, featured in the top 100 of the FT Global MBA 2018 Ranking, she ensures the material is useful both for the student and the practitioner. Deborah's previous commercial experience allows her to blend academic theory with professional application.

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