[cmath] Volume resulting from the 14th ICMI Study now available

[Eric Muller]

I have received the following information from Bernard R. Hodgson,  
Secretary-General of ICMI,

Eric Muller
Canadian ICMI Representative

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A NEW NISS VOLUME

I am pleased to inform you that the Study Volume resulting from the  
14th ICMI Study has recently appeared in the New ICMI Study Series  
(NISS) published by Springer.  The data of the book is:

Werner Blum, Peter L. Galbraith, Hans-Wolfgang Henn and Mogens Niss, eds.,
MODELLING AND APPLICATIONS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: THE 14TH ICMI STUDY.
Springer, 2007.  (NISS 10) 524p., with DVD
ISBN: 978-0-387-29820-7

Information about the book can be found on the NISS webpage, inside  
Springer website:
http://www.springeronline.com/series/6351

ICMI DISCOUNT --- ONLINE ORDERING OF THE NISS VOLUME

I USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND YOU THAT INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN  
THE ACTIVITIES OF ICMI AND PURCHASING THE NISS BOOKS FOR PERSONAL USE  
ARE ENTITLED TO A 60% DISCOUNT ON THE HARDBOUND PRICE AND A 25%  
DISCOUNT ON THE SOFTBOUND PRICE.

In order to obtain the society discount granted to ICMI, the  
appropriate "SpringerToken" must be entered during the online ordering  
process through the Springer website
(http://www.springeronline.com/series/6351).

Once the shopping is done, the button "Proceed to checkout" should be  
clicked.  This leads to the payment process and on the bottom of the  
payment screen, one finds:
"If necessary, please enter your SpringerToken here:"

This is where the appropriate (ICMI) SpringerToken must be entered.

The SpringerTokens issued for the ICMI community were recently changed  
and are now:

Token for Hardbound: zqwqqJQFWzQ8WqY
Token for Softbound: hAjkrckgWFaEYQA

The previous tokens were expiring every year, and ICMI has now been  
granted tokens that will be valid until December 31, 2015.