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The world as it is viewed from modern physics and cosmology has many strange and unexpected features. Often these are in stark contrast with our everyday experience or our preconceptions, such as the concept of space and time as finite and changeable. Nevertheless it is this strange world which is...

Now in its second edition, this textbook provides an introduction and overview of number theory based on the density and properties of the prime numbers. This unique approach offers both a firm background in the standard material of number theory, as well as an overview of the entire discipline. All...

This volume presents an anthropological perspective on the hidden continuities between corruption and law. The authors argue that the two opposites, corruption and law, are inextricably linked - with the possibility of the former already inscribed into the latter. Taking a critical stance towards...

The Changing Organization provides a multidisciplinary approach for studying the management of change under conditions of complexity. Single-discipline approaches frequently miss essential elements that reduce the possibility of coherence within a multi-agency organizational setting. Combining a systems...

Wer kennt sie nicht? Die schaurigen Geschichten von Edgar Allan Poe? 59 Autoren haben sich an die Fersen des großen Meisters des Gruselns gehängt und sind ihm gefolgt, haben Geschichten geschrieben, die es in sich haben. Kaum weniger psychotisch, gruselig und mörderisch. Der amerikanische Schriftsteller...

Extrait : "CAMILLE, seul, assise sur le canapé : Déjà deux heures ! Et Maurice qui n'est pas là ! Lui qui depuis trois mois ne manque pas de venir me faire la cour en attendant notre mariage ! Notre mariage ! Qui m'eût dit que je me marierais jamais quand, il y a deux ans, je devins veuve de cet...

"Beggars cannot be choosers. We wanted just companies, we gave a damn who they were, we had no prejudice against them. We went to Germany because Europe was scared of Soviet Russia and saw a communist revolution coming. The German industrialists were particularly scared. In 1950 I was the first...

Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai Ṣevi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai Ṣevi was an obscure...

The main topic of the book is a reconstruction of the evolution of nervous systems and brains as well as of mental-cognitive abilities, in short “intelligence” from simplest organisms to humans. It investigates to which extent the two are correlated. One central topic is the alleged uniqueness...

Beavers are widely recognised as a keystone species which play a pivotal role in riparian ecology. Their tree felling and dam building behaviours coupled with a suite of other activities create a wealth of living opportunities that are exploited by a range of other species. Numerous scientific studies...

Vor knapp einem Vierteljahrhundert führten die Volksbewegungen in den ostmitteleuropäischen Staaten und in der DDR sowie der Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion zum Ende des Kalten Krieges und zur Überwindung der Spaltung Europas. Der damalige Bundeskanzler Kohl nutzte die Gunst der Stunde zur Vereinigung...

This book reviews the achievements of American women in the American economy; in education; in government; in religion; in the military; in law enforcement and in communications. The author predicts the feminization of American life with particular reference to changes in the American family and the ever increasing dominance of women in all American institutions.

Information research has shifted from something people did in libraries to something people do mostly on the Internet. But companies often don’t have the time or internal resources available to sift through the sheer volume of information on the Internet. Now, you can seek out information on behalf...

Written by authors from different fields to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, this book guides the reader through new nano-materials processing inspired by nature. Structured around general principles, each selection and explanation is motivated by particular biological case studies....