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The meaning of selfhood has become an urgent question, largely in reaction to the radical individualism in which many modern Western notions of selfhood have been cast. The 11 contributors to "Selves, People, and Persons" aim to reshape fundamental ideas of the self in such varied fields as theology, biology, psychoanalysis and political philosophy. Nearly all of them agree that selves are always to be understood in relation to the communities...

This is the first book by a sociologist devoted exclusively to a general sociology of mathematics. The author provides examples of different ways of thinking about mathematics sociologically. The survey of mathematical traditions covers ancient China, the Arabic-Islamic world, India, and Europe. Following the leads of classical social theorists such as Emile Durkheim, Restivo develops the idea that mathematical concepts and ideas are collectiv...

Die Buchreihe Chemie für Laboranten und Chemotechniker erscheint in drei Bänden. Sie ist vorzugsweise für die Ausbildung von Chemie-, Biologie- und Physiklaboranten und Chemisch-technische Assistenten geschrieben. Dem ausgebildeten Chemielaboranten bietet sie die Möglichkeit zur Vertiefung seiner Kenntnisse. Für die Weiterbildung zum Chemotechniker ist sie eine wertvolle Hilfe. Band 1 Organische Chemie erscheint jetzt in der 2. Auflage, wurde ...

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Research of the origins of life in connection with a marine environment started at the end of the seventies, when the `black smokers' in the Pacific were discovered and the Red Sea deep hydrothermal brines were found to be a fruitful environment for abiotic synthesis of life precursors. For a while this research was categorised under the heading `chemistry', but in less than a decade the topic became fully integrated into the science of 'ocean...

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Power is distributed and maintained in Ehing culture by the concept of Odieng ("hatchet”), which as a spirit acts upon human beings much as an ax does upon a tree. Marc Schloss's ethnography of the Ehing is a study of the meaning of Odieng's power, explaining why its rules are so essential to the Ehing way of life.

Intended as a study of higher-dimensional complex analysis, this book covers the theory of holomorphic functions of several complex variables, holomorphic mappings, and submanifolds of complex Euclidean space.

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Presents a review of aquatic animal pathobiology covering infectious and non-infectious diseases of vertebrates such as marine mammals and fishes, in addition to diseases of invertebrates such as crustacea, mollusks, and lower phyla. This book also provides information on viral, fungal, parasitic, and neoplastic diseases of fish and invertebrates.

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Focuses on the principal sources of indoor radon and detecting radon through geochemical and hydrological studies of ground water. This book addresses how to measure radon, covers geological field study techniques, and presents techniques for assessing radon potential. It provides techniques for measuring radon in ground water.

The meaning of selfhood has become an urgent question, largely in reaction to the radical individualism in which many modern Western notions of selfhood have been cast. The 11 contributors to Selves, People, and Persons aim to reshape fundamental ideas of the self in such varied fields as theology, biology, psychoanalysis and political philosophy. Nearly all of them agree that selves are always to be understood in relation to the communities o...

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