Klaus Lux's Books

Representations of Groups

A Computational Approach

By: Klaus Lux,Herbert Pahlings

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Representations of Groups

A Computational Approach

By: Klaus Lux,Herbert Pahlings

The representation theory of finite groups has seen rapid growth in recent years with the development of efficient algorithms and computer algebra systems. This is the first book to provide an introduction to the ordinary and modular representation theory of finite groups with special emphasis on the computational aspects of the subject. Evolving from courses taught at Aachen University, this well-paced text is ideal for graduate-level study. The authors provide over 200 exercises, both theoretical and computational, and include worked examples using the computer algebra system GAP. These make the abstract theory tangible and engage students in real hands-on work. GAP is freely available from www.gap-system.org and readers can download source code and solutions to selected exercises from the book's web page.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

471

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1139489186

ISBN 13

9781139489188

Governing After Communism

Institutions and Policymaking

By: Vesselin Dimitrov,Klaus H. Goetz,Hellmut Wollmann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Governing After Communism

Institutions and Policymaking

By: Vesselin Dimitrov,Klaus H. Goetz,Hellmut Wollmann

This timely comparative analysis explores the evolution of governance in Central and Eastern Europe. The book considers post-communist leaders' key challenge: the development of central government institutions capable of coordinating, integrating, and steering the policymaking process. Building on a broad range of primary sources and extensive field research, the distinguished authors analyze the processes and outcomes of institution-building in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria since the late 1980s. They examine in detail the organization and inner workings of central executives; explain differences in executive trajectories across time and countries by considering the influence of institutional legacies, the impact of evolving party systems, and the role of crises in spurring institutional change; and show the effects of executive institutions on patterns of public policy, especially the budgetary process. Through a rigorous application of the core-executive framework, this study offers nuanced conceptual and analytical insights that will enhance understanding of both the evolving institutions of Central and Eastern Europe and the more stable West European systems. The in-depth analysis of the development of national executive institutions casts a distinctive new light on debates about EU enlargement, Europeanization, and patterns of governance.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

074254009X

ISBN 13

9780742540095

Local Activity Principle

By: Klaus Mainzer,Leon O. Chua

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Local Activity Principle

By: Klaus Mainzer,Leon O. Chua

The principle of local activity explains the emergence of complex patterns in a homogeneous medium. At first defined in the theory of nonlinear electronic circuits in a mathematically rigorous way, it can be generalized and proven at least for the class of nonlinear reactionOCodiffusion systems in physics, chemistry, biology, and brain research. Recently, it was realized by memristors for nanoelectronic device applications. In general, the emergence of complex patterns and structures is explained by symmetry breaking in homogeneous media, which is caused by local activity. This book argues that the principle of local activity is really fundamental in science, and can even be identified in quantum cosmology as symmetry breaking of local gauge symmetries generating the complexity of matter and forces in our universe. Applications are considered in economic, financial, and social systems with the emergence of equilibrium states, symmetry breaking at critical points of phase transitions and risky acting at the edge of chaos.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

456

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

1908977108

ISBN 13

9781908977106

2017 global hunger index: The inequalities of hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,Hossain, Naomi,Brown, Tracy,Prasai, Nilam,Yohannes, Yisehac,Patterson, Fraser,Sonntag, Andrea,Zimmerman, Sophia-Maria,Towey, Olive,Foley, Connell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

2017 global hunger index: The inequalities of hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,Hossain, Naomi,Brown, Tracy,Prasai, Nilam,Yohannes, Yisehac,Patterson, Fraser,Sonntag, Andrea,Zimmerman, Sophia-Maria,Towey, Olive,Foley, Connell

The 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows long-term progress in reducing hunger in the world. The advances have been uneven, however, with millions of people still experiencing chronic hunger and many places suffering acute food crises and even famine. According to 2017 GHI scores, the level of hunger in the world has decreased by 27 percent from the 2000 level. Of the 119 countries assessed in this year’s report, one falls in the extremely alarming range on the GHI Severity Scale; 7 fall in the alarming range; 44 in the serious range; and 24 in the moderate range. Only 43 countries have scores in the low range. In addition, 9 of the 13 countries that lack sufficient data for calculating 2017 GHI scores still raise significant concern, including Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria. To capture the multidimensional nature of hunger, GHI scores are based on four component indicators—undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality. The 27 percent improvement noted above reflects progress in each of these indicators according to the latest data from 2012–2016 for countries in the GHI.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published Date

ISBN 10

0896292711

ISBN 13

9780896292710

The Asian Financial Crisis

Facts and Explanations

By: Klaus Veigel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Asian Financial Crisis

Facts and Explanations

By: Klaus Veigel

Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: Macroeconomic stability and rapid export growth were the two key elements in starting the virtuous circles of high rates of accumulation, efficient allocation, and strong productive growth that formed the basis for East Asia s success. (World Bank, 1993). Public perception of the Asian economies could hardly have shifted more since that time. Currency depreciation, rising corporate bankruptcy, bank failures, and sovereign bonds downgraded to junk bond status ended the euphoria in Asian emerging markets . Almost overnight, the reputation of the Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) in East and South East Asia deteriorated from a model of efficient development to an example of worst crony capitalism . Politicians, rating agencies, and investors were caught off guard by the development of the Asian financial crisis. During the meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum (APEC) in November 1997, U.S. President Bill Clinton referred to the financial crisis in Asia as merely a few small glitches in the road . Moody s and Standard and Poor s had upgraded the Philippines long term debt rating a few months earlier and downgraded the affected economies only when the crisis persisted for more than three months. Com-paring Thailand s situation to Mexico s economy prior to the peso crisis 1994-1995, the Morgan Stanley star analyst Barton Biggs wrote in January 1997: Thailand s problems are cyclical, not secular. Thailand is not Mexico in late1994. [..]On the numbers, Thailand qualifies for the euro and is healthier than Germany . The optimism seemed warranted by a history of high growth in the Asian countries. Before the outbreak of the crisis, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand had experienced uninterrupted growth of more that 5 percent of GDP per year for almost two decades. The economic profession also experienced its Waterloo in Asia. Economists not only failed to predict the crisis; they also failed to recognize the vulnerability of the region. Paul Krugman (1994) in his now famous article in Foreign Affairs was the only well-known economist to doubt the sustainability of rapid growth in East and Southeast Asia. Nevertheless, even he did not predict this kind of collapse, but rather a gradual economic slowdown of growth. Despite the initial confusion among economists, academic discussion about the Asian financial crisis quickly crystallized around two different explanations of the crisis. One explanation [...]

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

128

Publisher

diplom.de

Published Date

ISBN 10

3832415688

ISBN 13

9783832415686

Illuminating

Natural Light in Residential Architecture

By: Michelle Corrodi,Klaus Spechtenhauser

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Illuminating

Natural Light in Residential Architecture

By: Michelle Corrodi,Klaus Spechtenhauser

The image of open working and living spaces flooded with light has, more than any other, become fixed in our minds as a symbol of modernity and the spirit of the times. While the workplace has always been the focus of ergonomic studies and optimization with respect to a good provision of daylight, large glass surfaces have now become the order of the day for living spaces as well. But does this automatically make for better illumination? Taking this question as its starting point, the publication Illuminating thematizes central aspects of light planning, including the connection between the provision of daylight and architectural design, building orientation, the nature of the facade, the ground plan, comfort, and the proportions and atmosphere of rooms. In the process, general characteristics and fundamental principles as well as subtle facets of an intelligent treatment of daylight are discussed and critically examined within an expanded architecture- and culture-historical context.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Published Date

ISBN 10

3038216410

ISBN 13

9783038216414

Nonlinear Functional Analysis

By: Klaus Deimling

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nonlinear Functional Analysis

By: Klaus Deimling

topics. However, only a modest preliminary knowledge is needed. In the first chapter, where we introduce an important topological concept, the so-called topological degree for continuous maps from subsets ofRn into Rn, you need not know anything about functional analysis. Starting with Chapter 2, where infinite dimensions first appear, one should be familiar with the essential step of consider ing a sequence or a function of some sort as a point in the corresponding vector space of all such sequences or functions, whenever this abstraction is worthwhile. One should also work out the things which are proved in § 7 and accept certain basic principles of linear functional analysis quoted there for easier references, until they are applied in later chapters. In other words, even the 'completely linear' sections which we have included for your convenience serve only as a vehicle for progress in nonlinearity. Another point that makes the text introductory is the use of an essentially uniform mathematical language and way of thinking, one which is no doubt familiar from elementary lectures in analysis that did not worry much about its connections with algebra and topology. Of course we shall use some elementary topological concepts, which may be new, but in fact only a few remarks here and there pertain to algebraic or differential topological concepts and methods.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

465

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3662005476

ISBN 13

9783662005477

Faith in Christ Today Invitation to Systematic Theology

Volume Ii Involved in God's Project

By: Klaus Nurnberger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Faith in Christ Today Invitation to Systematic Theology

Volume Ii Involved in God's Project

By: Klaus Nurnberger

In Volume I the author analyses the Word of God and the response of the Christian community in a lucid and accesible way. In this second volume he interprets the classical assertions of the Christian faith in terms of Gods creative and redemptive project in the world of today. His experiential approach is meant to restore the credibility, vibrancy and relevance of faith in Christ for our times.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

378

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

151446313X

ISBN 13

9781514463130

Workmanship

Working philosophy and design practice 2000–2010. RKW Architektur+Städtebau

By: Klaus-Dieter Weiss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Workmanship

Working philosophy and design practice 2000–2010. RKW Architektur+Städtebau

By: Klaus-Dieter Weiss

today, the name RKW Architektur + Städtebau evokes two hundred architects whose work never fails to convince. The reason does not lie in the narrowly defined architectural language of individual leaders of the firm. More than in any other firm, the various teams are given generous latitude for independent initiative. Thus, this documentation of the last ten years, with cross - references to the development of this unique partnership since 1950, doesn’t just present sixty - five structures and projects from an internationally sought - after firm. On the contrary, in its search for the secret of the firm’s success, it looks behind the scenes in numerous interviews and essays. The works considered range from the research facilities for AUDI, the new sciences campus of RWTH Aachen University, and the corporate headquarters of Vodafone, Debitel, and Arag to urban revitalization projects, residential buildings, schools, sports halls, railroad stations, city halls, banks, urban office buildings and shopping centers, and the stadium for the 2012 European Soccer Championship in Gdansk.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

328

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Published Date

ISBN 10

3034610769

ISBN 13

9783034610766

Digital And The Real World, The: Computational Foundations Of Mathematics, Science, Technology, And Philosophy

By: Klaus Mainzer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Digital And The Real World, The: Computational Foundations Of Mathematics, Science, Technology, And Philosophy

By: Klaus Mainzer

In the 21st century, digitalization is a global challenge of mankind. Even for the public, it is obvious that our world is increasingly dominated by powerful algorithms and big data. But, how computable is our world? Some people believe that successful problem solving in science, technology, and economies only depends on fast algorithms and data mining. Chances and risks are often not understood, because the foundations of algorithms and information systems are not studied rigorously. Actually, they are deeply rooted in logics, mathematics, computer science and philosophy.Therefore, this book studies the foundations of mathematics, computer science, and philosophy, in order to guarantee security and reliability of the knowledge by constructive proofs, proof mining and program extraction. We start with the basics of computability theory, proof theory, and information theory. In a second step, we introduce new concepts of information and computing systems, in order to overcome the gap between the digital world of logical programming and the analog world of real computing in mathematics and science. The book also considers consequences for digital and analog physics, computational neuroscience, financial mathematics, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

471

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9813225505

ISBN 13

9789813225503

2015 Global Hunger Index

Armed conflict and the challenge of hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,de Waal, Alex,Prasai, Nilam,Yin, Sandra,Yohannes, Yisehac

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

2015 Global Hunger Index

Armed conflict and the challenge of hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,de Waal, Alex,Prasai, Nilam,Yin, Sandra,Yohannes, Yisehac

The developing world has made progress in reducing hunger since 2000. The 2015 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the level of hunger in developing countries as a group has fallen by 27 percent. Yet the state of hunger in the world remains serious. This marks the tenth year that IFPRI has assessed global hunger using this multidimensional measure. This report’s GHI scores are based on a new, improved formula that replaces the child underweight indicator of previous years with child stunting and child wasting. This change reflects the latest thinking on the most suitable indicators for child undernutrition, one of three dimensions of hunger reflected in the GHI formula. Across regions and countries, GHI scores vary considerably. Regionally, the highest GHI scores, and therefore the highest hunger levels, are still found in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia. Despite achieving the largest absolute improvements since 2000, these two regions still suffer from serious levels of hunger. Levels of hunger are alarming or serious in 52 countries. Most of the eight countries with alarming GHI scores are in Africa south of the Sahara. While no countries are classified in the extremely alarming category this year, this high level of hunger could still exist. Due to insufficient data, 2015 GHI scores could not be calculated for places that recently suffered from high levels of hunger, including Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. 2015 Global Hunger Index Interactive App: http://ghi.ifpri.org

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published Date

ISBN 10

0896299643

ISBN 13

9780896299641

Forging Capitalism

Rogues, Swindlers, Frauds, and the Rise of Modern Finance

By: Ian Klaus

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Forging Capitalism

Rogues, Swindlers, Frauds, and the Rise of Modern Finance

By: Ian Klaus

Vice is endemic to Western capitalism, according to this fascinating, wildly entertaining, often startling history of modern finance. Ian Klaus’s Forging Capitalism demonstrates how international financial affairs in the nineteenth century were conducted not only by gentlemen as a noble pursuit but also by connivers, thieves, swindlers, and frauds who believed that no risk was too great and no scheme too outrageous if the monetary reward was substantial enough. Taken together, the grand deceptions of the ambitious schemers and the determined efforts to guard against them have been instrumental in creating the financial establishments of today. In a story teeming with playboys and scoundrels and rich in colorful and amazing events, Klaus chronicles the evolution of trust through three distinct epochs: the age of values, the age of networks and reputations, and, ultimately, in a world of increased technology and wealth, the age of skepticism and verification. In today’s world, where the questionable dealings of large international financial institutions are continually in the spotlight, this extraordinary history has great relevance, offering essential lessons in both the importance and the limitations of trust.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300181949

ISBN 13

9780300181944

Synopsis: 2014 Global Hunger Index

The Challenge of Hidden Hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Saltzman, Amy,Birol, Ekin,Wiesman, Doris,Prasai, Nilam,Yin, Sandra,Yohannes, Yisehac,Menon, Purnima,Thompson, Jennifer,Sonntag, Andrea

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Synopsis: 2014 Global Hunger Index

The Challenge of Hidden Hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Saltzman, Amy,Birol, Ekin,Wiesman, Doris,Prasai, Nilam,Yin, Sandra,Yohannes, Yisehac,Menon, Purnima,Thompson, Jennifer,Sonntag, Andrea

The 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) reportthe ninth in an annual seriespresents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger. It shows that the world has made progress in reducing hunger since 1990, but still has far to go, with levels of hunger remaining alarming or extremely alarming in 16 countries. This years report focuses on a critical aspect of hunger that is often overlooked: hidden hunger. Also known as micronutrient deficiency, hidden hunger affects more than an estimated 2 billion people globally. The repercussions of these vitamin and mineral deficiencies are both serious and long-lasting. Where hidden hunger has taken root, it not only prevents people from surviving and thriving as productive members of society, it also holds countries back in a cycle of poor nutrition, poor health, lost productivity, persistent poverty, and reduced economic growth.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published Date

ISBN 10

0896298558

ISBN 13

9780896298552

The Time of Unrememberable Being

Wordsworth and the Sublime, 1787-1805

By: Klaus P. Mortensen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Time of Unrememberable Being

Wordsworth and the Sublime, 1787-1805

By: Klaus P. Mortensen

This study views the early work of William Wordsworth as partaking in a general Western European cultural movement in which the realm of the numinous is translocated from heaven to earth -- grand Nature -- and from there further on into Man's inner Nature. In this metaphysical implosion the concept of the Sublime gradually comes to signify the mental, godlike powers of Man.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

Museum Tusculanum Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

8772894431

ISBN 13

9788772894430

Costruirono i primi templi

By: Klaus Schmidt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Costruirono i primi templi

By: Klaus Schmidt

NEL CUORE DELLA PREISTORIA Gobekli Tepe: una straordinaria scoperta archeologica che rivoluziona le nostre conoscenze sul remoto passato dell'uomo e getta una nuova luce sulle antiche tradizioni che hanno originato il racconto biblico della Genesi. Klaus Schmidt, l'archeologo scopritore del primo complesso templare dell'umanita', con questo libro ci conduce per mano dentro l'enigma che attanaglia da sempre gli studiosi della preistoria: donde veniamo e come siamo arrivati fin qui? Davanti a questa domanda cruciale, l'autore non si tira indietro ed avanza ipotesi narrando, in modo coinvolgente, il suo primo impatto con la misteriosa collina di Sanliurfa, nella Turchia orientale, e con i successivi eccezionali ritrovamenti, per poi descrivere con rigore la struttura dell'insediamento neolitico, cercando di interpretare il significato dei colossali pilastri a T disposti a cerchio ed istoriati con straordinari bassorilievi naturalistici o con simboli ancora tutti da decifrare. Il tutto 7000 anni prima delle grandi piramidi egizie e in tempi ancor piu' remoti rispetto all'innalzamento del primo megalite di Stonehenge. Il sito di Gobekli Tepe, con le sue meraviglie provenienti direttamente dall'era glaciale e con quelle che giacciono misteriosamente ancora sotto il manto di terra, e' destinato a cambiare radicalmente la comprensione delle tappe dell'avventura umana. 'La scoperta degli antichissimi templi di Gobekli Tepe (X millennio a.C.) permette per la prima volta di comprendere, con chiarezza senza uguali, come cacciatori e raccoglitori abbiano dato origine alla cultura degli agricoltori sedentari. Un libro affascinante sugli inizi della rivoluzione neolitica.' (Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schrenk, Direttore della sezione paleoantropologica del Senckenberg Museum di Francoforte) 'Questa è la storia della scoperta di un santuario monumentale che, a rigor di logica, non dovrebbe nemmeno esistere. Prima che venisse in luce, infatti, nessuno avrebbe creduto che i nostri predecessori, già 12000 anni fa, fossero in grado di realizzare opere d'arte e d'architettura di tale portata. In questo libro riccamente illustrato l'archeologo Klaus Schmidt, autore degli scavi, descrive quali forze propulsive abbiano potuto manifestarsi in un momento così cruciale per la storia della civilta' umana.'' (Umberto Tecchiati)

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

369

Publisher

Oltre edizioni

Published Date

ISBN 10

8897264050

ISBN 13

9788897264057

Local Activity Principle: The Cause Of Complexity And Symmetry Breaking

By: Klaus Mainzer,Leon O Chua

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Local Activity Principle: The Cause Of Complexity And Symmetry Breaking

By: Klaus Mainzer,Leon O Chua

The principle of local activity explains the emergence of complex patterns in a homogeneous medium. At first defined in the theory of nonlinear electronic circuits in a mathematically rigorous way, it can be generalized and proven at least for the class of nonlinear reaction-diffusion systems in physics, chemistry, biology, and brain research. Recently, it was realized by memristors for nanoelectronic device applications. In general, the emergence of complex patterns and structures is explained by symmetry breaking in homogeneous media, which is caused by local activity. This book argues that the principle of local activity is really fundamental in science, and can even be identified in quantum cosmology as symmetry breaking of local gauge symmetries generating the complexity of matter and forces in our universe. Applications are considered in economic, financial, and social systems with the emergence of equilibrium states, symmetry breaking at critical points of phase transitions and risky acting at the edge of chaos./a

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

456

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

1908977116

ISBN 13

9781908977113

Project Europe

A History

By: Kiran Klaus Patel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Project Europe

A History

By: Kiran Klaus Patel

Europe and European integration -- Peace and security -- Growth and prosperity -- Participation and technocracy -- Values and norms -- Superstate or tool of nations? -- Disintegration and dysfunctionality -- The community and its world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

391

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

110849496X

ISBN 13

9781108494960

The Federal Republic of Germany since 1949

Politics, Society and Economy before and after Unification

By: Klaus Larres,Panikos Panayi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Federal Republic of Germany since 1949

Politics, Society and Economy before and after Unification

By: Klaus Larres,Panikos Panayi

Today the problems of reunification seem to feature more often in the international spotlight than the benefits. This timely volume offers a reassessment of Germany's postwar development from its inception through to reunification, including a thorough examination of the implications for economic, political and social policies. The impressive team of contributors include leading names in the history of modern Germany, together with some of the ablest younger scholars in the field. They are: Hartmut Berghoff, David Childs, Immanuel Geiss, Graham Hallett, Klaus Larres, Terry McNeill, Torsten Opelland, Richard Overy, Stephen Padgett, Panikos Panayi, and Mathias Siekmeier.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

355

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317891740

ISBN 13

9781317891741

Myopia Manual

By: Klaus Schmid

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Myopia Manual

By: Klaus Schmid

Unbiased summary of the literature about myopia, some ideas about linkages between the various published results, and recommendations for shortsighted people and people who don't want to become shortsighted at all.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

276

Published Date

ISBN 10

158961271X

ISBN 13

9781589612716

Screams of the Drowning

From the Eastern Front to the Sinking of the Gustloff

By: Klaus Willmann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Screams of the Drowning

From the Eastern Front to the Sinking of the Gustloff

By: Klaus Willmann

The WWII memoir of a young German conscript who survived the Eastern Front and the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. Born in Munich in 1926, Hans Fackler was conscripted into the Wehrmacht at the age of seventeen. He became an infantryman on the brutal frontlines of the war in Russia. But after suffering a grievous injury from a grenade explosion, he could no longer fight. Hans was given morphine onboard the controversial Wilhelm Gustloff, an armed military ship which operated under the guise of transporting civilians. When the ship was sunk by Russian torpedoes, drowning more than 9,000 passengers, Hans was among the lucky few rescued by a German freighter. Hans recuperated in a military hospital near Erfurt in the Harz, which subsequently fell into the Russian zone. He escaped and undertook the arduous task of walking almost 200 miles back home to Bavaria. Screams of the Drowning is Hans’s extraordinary first-person account of his wartime experiences, as told to Klaus Willmann.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

Greenhill Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1784385999

ISBN 13

9781784385996

Chamber Music for Solo Voice and Instruments, 1960-1989

An Annotated Guide

By: Kenneth Sheldon Klaus

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chamber Music for Solo Voice and Instruments, 1960-1989

An Annotated Guide

By: Kenneth Sheldon Klaus

Lists some 700 published pieces of music for solo voice with small instrumental ensemble, written by more than 600 composers, between 1960 and 1989. The main section of the book is arranged by voice type and alphabetized by composer. Entries include information on difficulty, vocal range, language,

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

244

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0914913301

ISBN 13

9780914913306

Mapping the Spectrum

Techniques of Visual Representation in Research and Teaching

By: Klaus Hentschel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mapping the Spectrum

Techniques of Visual Representation in Research and Teaching

By: Klaus Hentschel

Ever since the boom of spectrum analysis in the 1860s, spectroscopy has become one of the most fruitful research technologies in analytic chemistry, physics, astronomy, and other sciences. This book is the first in-depth study of the ways in which various types of spectra, especially the sun's Fraunhofer lines, have been recorded, displayed, and interpreted. The book assesses the virtues and pitfalls of various types of depictions, including hand sketches, woodcuts, engravings, lithographs and, from the late 1870s onwards, photomechanical reproductions. The material of a 19th-century engraver or lithographer, the daily research practice of a spectroscopist in the laboratory, or a student's use of spectrum posters in the classroom, all are looked at and documented here. For pioneers of photography such as John Herschel or Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, the spectrum even served as a prime test object for gauging the color sensitivity of their processes. This is a broad, contextual portrayal of the visual culture of spectroscopy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The illustrations are not confined to spectra--they show instruments, laboratories, people at work, and plates of printing manuals. The result is a multifacetted description, focusing on the period from Fraunhofer up to the beginning of Bohr's quantum theory. A great deal of new and fascinating material from two dozen archives has been included. A must for anyone interested in the history of modern science or in research practice using visual representations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

596

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198509537

ISBN 13

9780198509530

Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class

Warships of the Kriegsmarine

By: Gerhard Koop,Klaus-Peter Schmolke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class

Warships of the Kriegsmarine

By: Gerhard Koop,Klaus-Peter Schmolke

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed.??This volume covers the Admiral Hipper class, among the largest heavy cruisers to serve in World War II. Intended to be a class of five, they enjoyed contrasting fortunes: Seydlitz and LÙtzow were never completed; BlÙcher was the first major German warship sunk in action; Admiral Hipper became one of the most successful commerce raiders of the war; while the Prinz Eugen survived to be expended as a target in one of the first American nuclear tests in 1946.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

210

Publisher

Seaforth Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848321953

ISBN 13

9781848321953

Speaking in the Name of God

A Manual for Preachers

By: Klaus Nürnberger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Speaking in the Name of God

A Manual for Preachers

By: Klaus Nürnberger

When we preach, we speak in the highest possible authority, the authority of a God who manifests God’s creative power in the reality we experience and God’s benevolent intentions in what happened to Christ. The message of God’s suffering, transforming acceptance of the unacceptable in Christ, is the most critically important message that a suffering, self-serving, and self-destructive humanity needs to hear. Preachers cannot be casual about such a monumental task. Inspired by the spirit of Christ, they will try to develop their gifts to the fullest. This book offers an on-the-job training and self-enhancement course for lay preachers and the ordained clergy. Its interactive approach encourages preachers to discover their own best way of going about their task in a critical dialogue with the author.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1984589466

ISBN 13

9781984589460

Boundary-Layer Theory

By: Hermann Schlichting (Deceased),Klaus Gersten

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Boundary-Layer Theory

By: Hermann Schlichting (Deceased),Klaus Gersten

This new edition of the near-legendary textbook by Schlichting and revised by Gersten presents a comprehensive overview of boundary-layer theory and its application to all areas of fluid mechanics, with particular emphasis on the flow past bodies (e.g. aircraft aerodynamics). The new edition features an updated reference list and over 100 additional changes throughout the book, reflecting the latest advances on the subject.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

814

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

366252919X

ISBN 13

9783662529195

Brain Injury Treatment

Theories and Practices

By: Jose Leon-Carrion,Klaus R. H. von Wild,George A. Zitnay

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Brain Injury Treatment

Theories and Practices

By: Jose Leon-Carrion,Klaus R. H. von Wild,George A. Zitnay

Explains the treatments used in brain injury rehabilitation and covers new methods of rehabilitation, including complementary medicine theories.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

606

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135420726

ISBN 13

9781135420727

2010 Global Hunger Index

The Challenge of Hunger : Focus on the Crisis of Child Undernutrition

By: Klaus von Grebmer, Maximo Torero, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, Heidi Fritschel, Doris Wiesmann & Yisehac Yohannes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

2010 Global Hunger Index

The Challenge of Hunger : Focus on the Crisis of Child Undernutrition

By: Klaus von Grebmer, Maximo Torero, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, Heidi Fritschel, Doris Wiesmann & Yisehac Yohannes

As the world approaches the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which include a goal of reducing the proportion of hungry people by half, the 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) offers a useful multidimensional overview of global hunger. The 2010 GHI is the fifth in an annual series that records the state of global, regional, and national hunger. The 2010 GHI shows some improvement over the 1990 GHI, falling by almost one-quarter, but overall the index for hunger in the world remains at a level characterized as serious. The GHI captures three dimensions of hunger: insufficient availability of calories, shortfalls in the nutritional status of children, and child mortality. Accordingly, the Index includes the following three equally weighted indicators: the proportion of people who are undernourished, as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the prevalence of underweight in children under the age of five, as compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO); and the under-five mortality rate, as reported by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The 2010 Index reflects data from 2003 to 2008, the most recent global data available on the three GHI components.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published Date

ISBN 10

0896299260

ISBN 13

9780896299269

European Community

A Practical Guide for Business, Media and Government

By: Brian Morris,Klaus Boehm,Maurice Geller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

European Community

A Practical Guide for Business, Media and Government

By: Brian Morris,Klaus Boehm,Maurice Geller

An explanation of European Community law and bureaucracy in everyday terms. It explains how the Community itself works, with special diagrams and information on Community institutions, policy-making bodies, and private sector agencies with whom the Community consults.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

376

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1349211559

ISBN 13

9781349211555

2012 Global Hunger Index

The Challenge of Hunger: Ensuring Sustainable Food Security Under Land, Water, and Energy Stresses

By: Klaus von Grebmer,Klaus von Grebmer, Claudia Ringler, Mark W. Rosegrant, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, Doris Wiesmann, Heidi Fritschel, Ousmane Badiane, Maximo Torero, Yisehac Yohannes, Jennifer Thompson, Constanze von Oppeln, and Joseph Rahall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

2012 Global Hunger Index

The Challenge of Hunger: Ensuring Sustainable Food Security Under Land, Water, and Energy Stresses

The 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report--the seventh in an annual series--presents a multidimensional measure of global, regional, and national hunger. It shows that progress in reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world has been tragically slow. According to the index, hunger on a global scale remains "serious." The 2012 GHI report also focuses particularly on how to ensure sustainable food security under conditions of land, water, and energy stress. The stark reality is that the world needs to produce more food with fewer resources, while eliminating wasteful practices and policies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published Date

ISBN 10

0896299422

ISBN 13

9780896299429

2016 Global hunger index

Getting to zero hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,Nabarro, David,Prasai, Nilam,Amin, Shazia,Yohannes, Yisehac,Sonntag, Andrea,Patterson, Fraser,Towey, Olive,Thompson, Jennifer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

2016 Global hunger index

Getting to zero hunger

By: von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,Nabarro, David,Prasai, Nilam,Amin, Shazia,Yohannes, Yisehac,Sonntag, Andrea,Patterson, Fraser,Towey, Olive,Thompson, Jennifer

The 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger, focusing on how the world can get to Zero Hunger by 2030. The developing world has made substantial progress in reducing hunger since 2000. The 2016 GHI shows that the level of hunger in developing countries as a group has fallen by 29 percent. Yet this progress has been uneven, and great disparities in hunger continue to exist at the regional, national, and subnational levels. Levels of hunger are still serious or alarming in 50 countries. The highest hunger levels are still found in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia. Although GHI scores for these two regions have declined over time, the current levels remain close to the alarming category. Africa south of the Sahara has achieved the largest absolute improvement since 2000 and South Asia has also seen a sizable reduction—but the decline in hunger must accelerate in these regions if the world is to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. The 2016 report, with an essay from United Nations Special Adviser David Nabarro, hails the new paradigm of international development proposed in the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which envisages Zero Hunger by 2030, as one goal among 17, in a holistic, integrated, and transformative plan for the world. To get to Zero Hunger while leaving no one behind, the 2016 GHI highlights the importance of identifying the regions, countries, and populations that are most vulnerable to hunger and undernutrition so progress can be accelerated there.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published Date

ISBN 10

0896292266

ISBN 13

9780896292260

The European Community 1991/2

The Professional Reference Book for Business, Media and Government

By: Brian Morris,Klaus Boehm,Maurice Geller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The European Community 1991/2

The Professional Reference Book for Business, Media and Government

By: Brian Morris,Klaus Boehm,Maurice Geller

No detailed description available for "The European Community 1991/2".

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

384

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

3110869292

ISBN 13

9783110869293

Case Studies in Logistics

By: Harald Gleissner,Klaus Möller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Case Studies in Logistics

By: Harald Gleissner,Klaus Möller

This case study book is structured according to the essential logistics functions. All individual chapters and subsections include learning objectives and key information on the subject. Each case study is divided into a general, explanatory part containing all necessary information, followed by individually numbered questions and tasks. Additional material may be downloaded from www.gabler.de.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3834927449

ISBN 13

9783834927446

Reshaping the European Union

By: Klaus Weber,Henning Ottmann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Reshaping the European Union

By: Klaus Weber,Henning Ottmann

Das Buch schlägt eine tiefgreifende Reform der EU vor. Defekte der EU werden identifiziert. Die Vorschläge basieren auf den Konzepten begrenzter Supranationalität und einer ausgewogenen Sicht des Nationalstaats. Die EU wird vor allem gebraucht für Frieden, Wohlstand, Kompensation der relativ geringen Größe und begrenzten Macht ihrer Mitgliedstaaten und zur Bewahrung grundlegender Prinzipien der westlichen Zivilisation. Eine ausgewogene Sicht des Nationalstaats bedeutet Erhaltung der Vorteile des gut gestalteten Nationalstaats im Vergleich zur EU sowie Vermeidung von Nationalismus und Krieg. Das Buch schlägt u.a. eine Neugestaltung der EU-Rechtsetzung und der EU-Verträge, eine untergeordnete Rolle der Europäischen Kommission, einen Court of Appeal und eine geänderte Zusammensetzung der Europäischen Zentralbank vor. Möglichkeiten des Überlebens der Eurozone werden diskutiert. Bei praktischer Realisierung dieser Vorschläge könnte sich die EU zukünftig in einem besseren Zustand befinden.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

469

Publisher

Nomos Verlag

Published Date

ISBN 10

3845287209

ISBN 13

9783845287201

Moneymakers

The Secret World of Banknote Printing

By: Klaus W. Bender

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Moneymakers

The Secret World of Banknote Printing

By: Klaus W. Bender

This book is about the most precious piece of paper we know, about bank-notes. Modern life would be unthinkable without them. Yet, the general public is kept very much in the dark about how they are made or who makes them. It is rarely known, for example, that despite America's technical Prowess all dollar bills are printed exclusively on German high-security printing presses using secret Swiss special inks, or that the phony 100 dollar bills, the so-called supernotes may well be printed in a top-secret printing works located just north of the white House and run by the CIA - although the US government is blaming the rogue government of North Korea for counterfeiting these bills. This book is finally lifting the veil on an industry used to absolute secrecy. It recounts the stories of a British banknote printer who, fearing the loss of his customer, informed the Egyptian secret service that the securities printing machinery the Egyptians were about to buy was of Jewish origin; of a private printer who convinced the Polish central bank that it should destroy a complete series of new, perfect banknotes which had been printed by a competitor, or of an Argentinean high-security printer who came to print genuine fake bank-notes for Zaire and Bahrain as a result of two sting operations, which smell of the Belgian and French secret service. Moneymakers, by offering a detailed view of the banknote industry and its modus operandi, removes the industry's carefully imposed shroud of secrecy. This book has been researched over a five-year period in Europe, the USA, and Latin America. The book is based exclusively on personal Interviews and confidential mate4rial normally not accessible to outsiders. There were attempts to stop this research project. Klaus W. Bender has peered behind the scenes of the Secret and exclusive world of the moneymakers. - Financial Times Deutschland, 2004 The errors and pitfalls at the birth of the euro make Bender's research so unnerving. - Suddeutsche Zeitung, 2004 Bender does not mince his words when he describes abuses - and there are lots of them. - Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 2004

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

332

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

352750236X

ISBN 13

9783527502363

Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering

By: Konstantin Meskouris,Christoph Butenweg,Klaus-G. Hinzen,Rüdiger Höffer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering

By: Konstantin Meskouris,Christoph Butenweg,Klaus-G. Hinzen,Rüdiger Höffer

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory of structural dynamics, highlighting practical issues and illustrating applications with a large number of worked out examples. In the spirit of “learning by doing” it encourages readers to apply immediately these methods by means of the software provided, allowing them to become familiar with the broad field of structural dynamics in the process. The book is primarily focused on practical applications. Earthquake resistant design is presented in a holistic manner, discussing both the underlying geophysical concepts and the latest engineering design methods and illustrated by fully worked out examples based on the newest structural codes. The spectral characteristics of turbulent wind processes and the main analysis methods in the field of structural oscillations due to wind gusts and vortex shedding are also discussed and applications illustrated by realistic examples of slender chimney structures. The user‐friendly software employed is downloadable and can be readily used by readers to tackle their own problems.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

561

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3662575507

ISBN 13

9783662575505

Numbers

By: Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus,Hans Hermes,Friedrich Hirzebruch,Max Koecher,Klaus Mainzer,Jürgen Neukirch,Alexander Prestel,Reinhold Remmert

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Numbers

By: Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus,Hans Hermes,Friedrich Hirzebruch,Max Koecher,Klaus Mainzer,Jürgen Neukirch,Alexander Prestel,Reinhold Remmert

This book is about all kinds of numbers, from rationals to octonians, reals to infinitesimals. It is a story about a major thread of mathematics over thousands of years, and it answers everything from why Hamilton was obsessed with quaternions to what the prospect was for quaternionic analysis in the 19th century. It glimpses the mystery surrounding imaginary numbers in the 17th century and views some major developments of the 20th century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

404

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461210054

ISBN 13

9781461210054

Book's by Klaus Lux

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email