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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -As models and paradigms, patterns have been helping to orient architects since the Middle Ages. But patterns are also the basis of the history of ornament, an aesthetic phenomenon that links all times and cultures at a fundamental level. Ornament ¿ and hence pattern as well ¿ was abolished by the avant-garde in the first half of the twentieth century, but the notion of pattern has taken on new meaning and importance since the 1960s.Complexity research has ultimately shown that even highly complex, dynamic patterns may be based on simple behavioral rules, and that has allowed the notions of pattern and pattern formation to take on new meanings, that are also central for architecture.Today the use of generative computerized methods is opening up new ways of talking about an idea that is becoming increasingly abstract and dynamic. Pattern explores the question: what are the notions of pattern that must be discussed in the context of contemporary architecture Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Im Westfeld 8, 4055 Basel 108 pp. Englisch.

4to, 184pp, colour and black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy.

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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xi + 256, illus with b&w photos in text (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper).

24.5 x 17.0cms 210pp colour illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper The section headings are: emergent digital tectonics; Feided Award 7 invited cases; from classic tectonics to digital emergence; digital tectonic thinking; towards new tectonics.

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Hardcover. BITTE BEACHTEN: KEIN VERSAND AUSSERHALB EU - PLEASE NOTE: NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE EUROPEAN UNION. Pappband, 261 Seiten. Quartformat (ca. 32,5 x 24,5 cm). Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Englische Sprache Gewicht: 2010.

319 pages with many illustrations. Good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2200 Fol.(35,5 cm) cloth in black and white with small jacket.

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26.5 x 20.0cms 256pp colour illusts very good+ hardback with decorative boards (no dustwrapper as issued) The sections are: protypes; one-offs; edition X; the new patrons; auctions & attitudes; contributors.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Heft umfasst folgende vier Berichte: 1. Bericht zur amtlichen Futtermittelkontrolle: Die Futtermittelkontrolle stellt die Unbedenklichkeit tierischer Lebensmittel für die menschliche Gesundheit sicher, schützt die Tiergesundheit, verhindert die Gefährdung des Naturhaushaltes und erhält und verbessert die Leistungsfähigkeit der Tiere. 2. Nationaler Rückstandskontrollplan (NRKP) für Lebensmittel tierischen Ursprungs: Der NRKP ist ein Programm zur EU-weiten Überwachung von Lebensmitteln tierischer Herkunft hinsichtlich Rückständen gesundheitlich unerwünschter Stoffe. 3. Nationale Berichterstattung an die EU. 4. Inspektionsbericht des Lebensmittel- und Veterinäramtes (FVO) hinsichtlich Einhaltung der EU-Rechtsvorschriften in den Bereichen Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelsicherheit und -qualität, Pflanzen- und Tiergesundheit und Tierschutz.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 92 pp. Deutsch.

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Das Lebensmittelmonitoring ist ein gemeinsam von Bund und Ländern durchgeführtes Untersuchungsprogramm, das die amtliche Lebensmittelüberwachung der Bundesländer ergänzt. Während die Lebensmittelüberwachung vor allem durch verdachts- und risikoorientierte Untersuchungen die Einhaltung lebensmittelrechtlicher Vorschriften kontrolliert, ist das Lebensmittelmonitoring ein System wiederholter repräsentativer Messungen und Bewertungen von Gehalten an unerwünschten Stoffen wie Pflanzenschutzmitteln, Schwermetallen und anderen Kontaminanten in und auf Lebensmitteln. Mit Hilfe des Lebensmittelmonitorings können mögliche gesundheitliche Risiken für die Verbraucher erkannt und abgestellt werden.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 108 pp. Deutsch.

1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xx + 306, illus with b&w photos in text (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper).

Condizione: Wie neu. XVI, 472; 656 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. Band 2 mit illustriertem Orig.-Schutzumschlag. - Tadellos erhaltenes Exemplar. ISBN: 9783764319007 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3700 Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Leinenbände mit goldgeprägtem Deckel und Rücken. [Hardcover / fest gebunden]. 2 Bände (= vollständig). / Neue Ausgabe.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Were I to take an iron gun, And re it o towards the sun; I grant ¿twould reach its mark at last, But not till many years had passed. But should that bullet change its force, And to the planets take its course, ¿Twould never reach the nearest star, Because it is so very far. from FACTS by Lewis Carroll [55] Let me begin by describing the two purposes which prompted me to write this monograph. This is a book about algebraic topology and more especially about homotopy theory. Since the inception of algebraic topology [217] the study of homotopy classes of continuous maps between spheres has enjoyed a very exc- n n tional, central role. As is well known, for homotopy classes of maps f : S S with n 1 the sole homotopy invariant is the degree, which characterises the homotopy class completely. The search for a continuous map between spheres of di erent dimensions and not homotopic to the constant map had to wait for its resolution until the remarkable paper of Heinz Hopf [111]. In retrospect, nding 3 an example was rather easy because there is a canonical quotient map from S to 3 1 1 2 theorbitspaceofthe freecircleactionS /S =CP = S .Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 260 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Matroid theory was invented in the middle of the 1930s by two mathematicians independently, namely, Hassler Whitney in the USA and Takeo Nakasawa in Japan. Whitney became famous, but Nakasawa remained anonymous until two decades ago. He left only four papers to the mathematical community, all of them written in the middle of the 1930s. It was a bad time to have lived in a country that had become as eccentric as possible. Just as Nazism became more and more flamboyant in Europe in the 1930s, Japan became more and more esoteric and fanatical in the same time period. This book explains the little that is known about Nakasawäs personal life in a Japan that had, among other failures, lost control over its military. This book contains his four papers in German and their English translations as well as some extended commentary on the history of Japan during those years. The book also contains 14 photos of him or his family. Although the veil of mystery surrounding Nakasawäs life hasonly been partially lifted, the work presented in this book speaks eloquently of a tragic loss to the mathematical community.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was triggered by a 9. 15 magnitude earthquake (MELTZNER et al. , 2006; CHLIEH et al. , 2007) that occurred at 0:58:53 GMT, 7:58:53 LT (USGS) (t ). The epicenter was located at 3. 3 N, 95. 8 E (Fig. 1) with a focal depth of EQ approximately 30 km. The earthquake was responsible for a sudden fault slip estimated on average from 12¿15 m (SYNOLAKIS et al. , 2005; LAY et al. , 2005) to 20 m (FU and SUN, 30 2006). The seismic moment estimate (Mo = 1. 3 5 9 10 dyne-cm), based on the Figure 1 Locations of video recordings, recovered clocks, and reliable eyewitness observations. 1: Coastal plains ooded by the tsunami; 2: non- ooded coastal plains; 3: uplands. Insert 3D-map showing the Sumatra Island, the studied area, and the epicenter of the 26/12/2004 earthquake. The video taken at Uteuen Badeue, on the eastern edge of the Banda Aceh Bay, was recorded by the chief of the Fishery Regional Of ce from the top of a cliff. The movie that was shot near the Baiturrahman mosque in downtown Banda Aceh has been shown worldwide on TV. The one at Peukan Bada has been recorded during a wedding party. The last two movies were analyzed in detail in order to calculate the tsunami velocity (FRITZ et al. , 2006). Vol.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 332 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This is an introductory book on the general theory of relativity based partly on lectures given to students of M.Sc. Physics at my university. The book is divided into three parts. The rst part is a preliminary course on general relativity with minimum preparation. The second part builds the ma- ematical background and the third part deals with topics where mathematics developed in the second part is needed. The rst chapter gives a general background and introduction. This is f- lowed by an introduction to curvature through Gauss¿ Theorema Egregium. This theorem expresses the curvature of a two-dimensional surface in terms of intrinsic quantitiesrelatedtothein nitesimaldistancefunctiononthesurface.Thestudent isintroducedtothemetrictensor,Christo elsymbolsandRiemanncurvaturet- sor by elementary methods in the familiar and visualizable case of two dimensions. This early introduction to geometric quantities equips a student to learn simpler topics in general relativity like the Newtonian limit, red shift, the Schwarzschild solution, precession of the perihelion and bending of light in a gravitational eld. Part II (chapters 5 to 10) is an introduction to Riemannian geometry as - quired by general relativity. This is done from the beginning, starting with vectors and tensors. I believe that students of physics grasp physical concepts better if they are not shaky about the mathematics involved.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 372 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Regular rings were originally introduced by John von Neumann to clarify aspects of operator algebras ([33], [34], [9]). A continuous geometry is an indecomposable, continuous, complemented modular lattice that is not nite-dimensional ([8, page 155], [32, page V]). Von Neumann proved ([32, Theorem 14. 1, page 208], [8, page 162]): Every continuous geometry is isomorphic to the lattice of right ideals of some regular ring. The book of K. R. Goodearl ([14]) gives an extensive account of various types of regular rings and there exist several papers studying modules over regular rings ([27], [31], [15]). In abelian group theory the interest lay in determining those groups whose endomorphism rings were regular or had related properties ([11, Section 112], [29], [30], [12], [13], [24]). An interesting feature was introduced by Brown and McCoy ([4]) who showed that every ring contains a unique largest ideal, all of whose elements are regular elements of the ring. In all these studies it was clear that regularity was intimately related to direct sum decompositions. Ware and Zelmanowitz ([35], [37]) de ned regularity in modules and studied the structure of regular modules. Nicholson ([26]) generalized the notion and theory of regular modules. In this purely algebraic monograph we study a generalization of regularity to the homomorphism group of two modules which was introduced by the rst author ([19]). Little background is needed and the text is accessible to students with an exposure to standard modern algebra. In the following, Risaringwith1,and A, M are right unital R-modules.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 276 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Hermann Günther Graßmann was one of the 19th century¿s most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the Graßmann family. It sheds light on the family¿s struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann Graßmann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics.This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of Graßmann and the proceedings of the 2009 Graßmann Bicentennial Conference (Birkhäuser 2010). 'Roots and Traces' will interest all scholars working on Hermann Graßmann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers.Text in German and English.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 272 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A contemporary of Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton, and close friend of all but Newton, Robert Hooke (1635-1703), one of the founders of the early scientific revolution, faded into almost complete obscurity after his death and remained there for nearly three centuries. The result has been that his role in the scientific revolution has been almost totally ignored. He was the first professional scientist worthy of the name, working for the young Royal Society of London as its curator of experiments for four decades. He became the Society¿s intellectual center, and for a while its Secretary, roles which led to confrontation with Newton. He made important contributions to pneumatics, mechanics, microscopy, astronomy, and geology, and was partner to Wren in rebuilding London after the Fire.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 308 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Pseudoanalytic function theory generalizes and preserves many crucial features of complex analytic function theory. The Cauchy-Riemann system is replaced by a much more general first-order system with variable coefficients which turns out to be closely related to important equations of mathematical physics. This relation supplies powerful tools for studying and solving Schrödinger, Dirac, Maxwell, Klein-Gordon and other equations with the aid of complex-analytic methods.The book is dedicated to these recent developments in pseudoanalytic function theory and their applications as well as to multidimensional generalizations.It is directed to undergraduates, graduate students and researchers interested in complex-analytic methods, solution techniques for equations of mathematical physics, partial and ordinary differential equations.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 200 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The tragedy of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has led to a rapid expansion in science directed at understanding tsunami and mitigating their hazard. A remarkable cross-section of this research was presented in the session: Tsunami Generation and Hazard, at the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics XXIV General Assembly in Perugia, held in July of 2007. Over one hundred presentations were made at this session, spanning topics ranging from paleotsunami research, to nonlinear shallow-water theory, to tsunami hazard and risk assessment. A selection of this work, along with other contributions from leading tsunami scientists, is published in detail in the 28 papers of this special issue of Pure and Applied Geophysics: Tsunami Science Four Years After the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Part I of this issue includes 14 papers covering the state-of-the-art in tsunami modelling and hazard assessment. Another 14 papers are published in Part II focusing on observations and data analysis.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 316 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Unter den neuen Städten der globalisierten Ökonomie ist Dubai die größte Baustelle der Welt und dies in einer Region, die noch vor Jahrzehnten keinerlei städtische Besiedelung kannte. Weil die Ölvorräte des Emirats limitiert sind, aktivieren die Herrscherfamilien jetzt andere Ressourcen:In Dubai entstehen der größte Freihafen und der größte Flughafen der Welt Signale sich verschiebender geopolitischer Gewichte. Ganze Stadtteile schießen aus dem Boden: Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai Knowledge City, Dubai Healthcare City . Fachleute aus aller Welt sind beim Aufbau von Universitäten, Krankenhäusern und Kulturstätten tätig. Vor der Küste werden gar Inseln für Luxusimmobilien aufgeschüttet. Internationale Unternehmen konzentrieren sich in den steuerfreien free zones, während Hunderttausende von praktisch rechtlosen Arbeitsmigranten einen Boom ohnegleichen erzeugen. Doch wie lange Dubai Stadt aus dem Nichts gibt einen aktuellen Zwischenbericht mit aufschlußreichen Essays und Interviews, Plänen und Projekten.Elisabeth Blum, Architektin, Autorin. Letzte Veröffentlichungen: FavelaMetropolis. Berichte und Projekte aus Rio de Janeiro und São Paulo, Bauwelt Fundamente Bd. 130, Basel (Birkhäuser) 2004 (Co-Hg); Schöne neue Stadt. Wie der Sicherheitswahn die urbane Welt diszipliniert, Bauwelt Fundamente Bd. 128, Basel (Birkhäuser) 2003Peter Neitzke, Architekt, Autor. Herausgeber Bauwelt Fundamente. Letzte Veröffentlichung: FavelaMetropolis. Berichte und Projekte aus Rio de Janeiro und São Paulo, Basel (Birkhäuser) 2004 (Co-Hg)Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Im Westfeld 8, 4055 Basel 232 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of the present book is a uni ed representation of some recent results in geometric function theory together with a consideration of their historical sources. These results are concerned with functions f, holomorphic or meromorphic in a domain in the extended complex planeC. The only additional condition we impose on these functions is the condition that the range f( ) is contained in a given domain C.Thisfactwillbedenotedby f A( , ). We shall describe (n) how one may get estimates for the derivatives|f (z )|,n N,f A( , ), 0 dependent on the position of z in and f(z)in . 0 0 1.1 Historical remarks The beginning of this program may be found in the famous article [125] of G. Pick. There, he discusses estimates for the MacLaurin coe cients of functions with positive real part in the unit disc found by C. Carath¿ eodory in [52]. Pick tells his readers that he wants to generalize Carath¿ eodory¿s estimates such that the special role of the expansion point at the origin is no longer important. For the convenience of our readers we quote this sentence in the original language: Durch lineare Transformation von z oder, wie man sagen darf, durch kreis- ometrische Verallgemeinerung, kann man die Sonderstellung des Wertes z=0 wegscha en, so daß sich Relationen fur ¿ die Di erentialquotienten von w an - liebiger Stelle ergeben. The rst great success of this program was G. Pick¿s theorem, as it is called by Carath¿ eodory himself, compare [54], vol II, 286¿289.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 168 pp. Englisch.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Tropical Algebraic Geometry. Book.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is an introduction to modern cardinal arithmetic, developed in the frame of the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory together with the axiom of choice. It splits into three parts. Part one, which is contained in Chapter 1, describes the classical cardinal arithmetic due to Bernstein, Cantor, Hausdorff, Konig, and Tarski. The results were found in the years between 1870 and 1930. Part two, which is Chapter 2, characterizes the development of cardinal arith metic in the seventies, which was led by Galvin, Hajnal, and Silver. The third part, contained in Chapters 3 to 9, presents the fundamental investigations in pcf-theory which has been developed by S. Shelah to answer the questions left open in the seventies. All theorems presented in Chapter 3 and Chapters 5 to 9 are due to Shelah, unless otherwise stated. We are greatly indebted to all those set theorists whose work we have tried to expound. Concerning the literature we owe very much to S. Shelah's book [Sh5] and to the article by M. R. Burke and M. Magidor [BM] which also initiated our students' interest for Shelah's pcf-theory.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 316 pp. Englisch.