The book offers insights from a Harvard health care executive on navigating the complexities of health care spending. It empowers readers to become informed consumers, emphasizing strategies to maximize value and make smarter choices in their health care decisions. Through practical advice, it aims to enhance understanding of the health care system and improve personal health outcomes.
Individual ants manage their incredibly complex colonies with no one in charge―how do they do it? Ants have long been regarded as the most interesting of the social insects. With their queens and celibate workers, these intriguing creatures have captured the imaginations of scientists and children alike for generations. Yet until now, no one had studied intensely the life cycle of the ant colony as a whole. An ant colony has a life cycle of about fifteen years―it is born, matures, and dies. But the individual ants that inhabit the colony live only one year. So how does this system of tunnels and caves in the dirt become so much more than the sum of its parts?Leading ant researcher Deborah Gordon takes the reader to the Arizona desert to explore this question. The answer involves the emerging insights of the new science of complexity, and contributes to understanding the evolution of life itself.
Focusing on academic essay writing, this book equips ESL students with essential writing skills, starting from sentence construction and progressing to paragraph writing. It includes a Digital Pack featuring an eBook and interactive resources for enhanced instruction and practice in academic writing and vocabulary. The mobile-friendly content allows for easy access on various devices, making it a versatile tool for learners seeking to improve their writing proficiency.