81 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

Everything you wanted to know about numbers is included in this book, including aliquot sequences, the cattle problem, Pascal's triangle, and the Syracuse algorithm. Why was the number of Hardy's taxi significant? Why does Graham's number need its own notation? How many grains of sand would fill the universe? What is the connection between the Golden Ratio and sunflowers? Why is 999 more than a distress call? All these questions and a host mor...

Keine Beschreibung.

Can Ireland be reinvented? "In Search of Ireland" argues that the idea of an Ireland divided between North and South, Protestant and Catholic, unionist and nationalist, is a negation of place that can indeed be reinvented into a diverse and socially hybrid world. The contributors maintain that Ireland's political problems are created by conflicts and confusions of identity. By examining Ireland's historical complexities, literature, politics, ...

Keine Beschreibung.

Drawing on such disparate fields as history, economics, risk analysis, management science, sociology, and psychology, the author of "Eve's Rib" illuminates the complex, often fascinating interplay between machines and society, in this highly readable account of how technology and the modern world shape each other.

Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an "over-tall" 11-year-old. They are odd candidates for friendship, but they still find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

A concise guide to musical structures of the tonal era. The text is illustrated with many music examples providing an ideal introduction for music students and performers. It is also invaluable for higher grade practical exams, as it provides key background information on the final aural test, and for higher grade Practical Musicianship.

The debate on abortion has tended to avoid the psychological significance of an unwanted pregnancy, dominated instead by the strong emotions the subject excites. In this book Eva Pattis Zoja examines the thoughts and feelings that surround the decision to end a pregnancy, through the dreams, diary entries and reports of the women themselves. "Abortion" proposes the controversial thesis that although contraception is so readily available that t...

In Search of Ireland examines the nature of the political economy and the exercise of power within the context of contemporary cultural geography.

Keine Beschreibung.

India Modern is a visually stunning compilation of modern Indian design and architecture. This beautiful book examines contemporary sub-continental design and craft, to identify it within the context of native traditions and history. It explores the vast range of roots and themes from village societies to Mogul palaces, to illustrate how traditional forms and methods are reinvigorated in contemporary arts. Herbert Ypma travelled across India...

This text summarizes the conclusion of the technical committee's investigations into the resistance of concrete to freeze-thaw attack, specific in this to resistance with or without de-icing chemicals. It presents the RILEM recommendations on testing the freeze-thaw and de-icing salt resistance of concrete.

Keine Beschreibung.

William B. McGregor proposes and develops a new theory of grammar based on the notion of the linguistic sign. In interpreting language and its structure as a semiotic system consisting of signs, he provides a range of new analyses of well established syntactic and morphological relations, categories, and roles. This book constitutes an important and valuable contribution to linguistic theory. The author draws on his extensive knowledge of Aust...

This book sees public art outside the normal confines of art criticism and place it within broader contexts of public space and gender. Using different perspectives, it explores both the aesthetic and political aspects of the medium.

Der Autor geht der Frage nach, wie subjektiven Rechtsschutzbelangen im Zusammenhang mit Bundestagswahlen Rechnung getragen werden kann. Zunächst werden die Grundlagen des Wahlprüfungsverfahrens beschrieben. Sodann wird die Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts in Wahlprüfungsverfahren umfassend dargestellt und ausgewertet. In einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Rechtsprechung sowie dem wahlprüfungsrechtlichen Schrifttum zeigt...