Der Band untersucht das OEuvre Ostades erstmals unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Komik. Es wird dabei in Bezug gesetzt zur Kultur des Komischen im 17. Jahrhundert im Bereich der Literatur und der...
This book provides an in-depth insight of different multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques, with particular enphasis to their application. Among others, techniques such as Analytic...
Alan S. Blinder offers the dual perspective of a leading academic macroeconomist who served a stint as Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board--one who practiced what he had long preached and...
Initially known for its beautiful images of the faces of babies, 3D ultrasound has become an important tool in prenatal diagnosis for its ability to image fetal organs in normal and abnormal...
Despite the relevance of astrology in Graeco-Roman mentality, our information about the early period of Hellenistic astrology is marred żeby the scarcity of original sources. Personal astrology did...
The book provides an up-to-date overview of the fast growing area of vibrational spectroscopy. Analytic methods using vibrational spectroscopy allow for the chemical analysis of materials....
Public corporations and private businesses operate in an increasingly complex, uncertain, and interconnected world. When evaluating investment decisions, business managers can no longer base their...
What is a self? Does it exist in reality or is it a mere social construct--or is it perhaps a neurologically induced illusion? The legitimacy of the concept of the self has been questioned aby both...
In dieser Neuauflage von Band 1 der Bergmann/Schaefer-Reihe werden die Grundlagen von Mechanik, Akustik und Thermodynamik vermittelt. Alle behandelten Themen werden in der bewährten, diese Reihe...
This book offers a compact overview on crystallography, symmetry, and applications of symmetry concepts. The author explains the theory behind scattering and diffraction of electromagnetic...
The series Texts and Monographs in Theoretical Physics collects advanced texts on selected topics from the broad and varied field of Theoretical Physics. The works in the series will enable the...
This revised 3rd edition details the factors involved in the injection moulding process, from material properties and selection to troubleshooting faults, and includes the equipment types currently...
The experimental practices of a group of artists in the former East Germany upends assumptions underpinning Western art s postwar histories.In Paper Revolutions, Sarah James offers a radical...
Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies.Urban humanities is an...
Artwork as opposed to experiment? Engineer versus artist? We often see two different cultural realms separated by impervious walls. But some fifty years ago, the borders between technology and art...
Six essays by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky on how education can foster inventiveness, paired with commentary żeby Minsky's former colleagues and students.
A provocative call for the transformation of science museums into "idea colliders" that spark creative collaborations and connections. Today's science museums descend from the Kunst-und...
Slavoj Zizek, a leading intellectual in the new social movements that are sweeping Eastern Europe, provides a virtuoso reading of Jacques Lacan. Zizek inverts current pedagogical strategies to...
When Alfred Jarry died in 1907 at the age of thirty-four, he was a legendary figure in Paris--but this had more to do with his bohemian lifestyle and scandalous behavior than his literary...
Der Band stellt Schinkels Arbeiten für die östlichen und nordöstlichen Provinzen der preußischen Monarchie vor, die heute zu Polen, Rußland und Litauen gehören.Der 18. Band des 'Karl Friedrich...
The computerization of the economyżand everyday lifeżhas transformed the division of labor between humans and machines, shifting many people into work that is hidden, poorly compensated, or...
An accessible synthesis of ethical issues raised aby artificial intelligence that moves beyond hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions.Artificial intelligence powers Google's...