This volume collects longer articles on the analysis and numerics of Maxwell’s equations. The topics include functional analytic and Hilbert space methods, compact embeddings, solution theories and as
This book is a comprehensive introduction on infrared anti-transparent materials and their applications in anti-reflective and protective coatings. Optical, mechanical and thermal properties and prepa
What can oral poetic traditions teach us about language and the human mind? Oral Poetics has produced insights relevant not only for the study of traditional poetry, but also for our general understan
This book offers an introduction to solar cells and energy materials includingnew materials based on organics, nanostructures and novel inorganics and developments in more traditional photovoltaic mat
This volume is a collection of papers dealing with the neglected “phenomenological” dimension of the philosophy of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Issues discussed include: phenomenological method, self-consc
Two treatises on memory from antiquity are Aristotle’s On memory and recollection and Plotinus’On perception and memory; the latter also wrote at length about memory in hisProblems connected with the
This four volume set covers the entire spectrum of pulp and paper chemistry and technology from starting material to processes and products including market demands. This work is essential for all stu
The volume offers various considerations of Nietzsche’s attempt to connect language to the instinctive activity of the human body. The different papers address a great variety of topics, e.g. morality
This book examines the processes performed by industry to extract metals, discusses at how such chemical processes affect every-day life, examines what alloys are produced and used, looks at what wast
This volume takes a new approach to Roman drama by looking at comic and tragic plays from the Republican and imperial periods in ‘context’. By presenting a number of case studies and considerations of
Turbulenz und Wiederaufbau ist eine Anthologie von 13 interdisziplinaren Essays. Sie beschaftigen sich mit der Frage wie Kunst, Design und Technik dazu beitragen konnen, die Gesellschafts- und Umweltp
The volume throws fresh light on a major polarity in Euripidean drama, including its roots in the tradition and its reception in vase-painting and literature. Virtually all Euripidean characters are s
Quality and usability of water is determined by its dissolved or suspended constituents. This book provides an overview of the physical and chemical processes in aquatic systems that determine the inp
This text is a modern in-depth study of the subject that includes all the material needed from linear algebra. It then goes on to investigate topics in differential geometry, such as manifolds in Eucl
The aim of this volume is to present the diverse but highly interesting area of the quantitative analysis of the sequence of various linguistic structures. The collected articles present a wide spectr
Though typically associated more with Judaism than Christianity, the status and sacrality of Hebrew has nonetheless been engaged by both religious cultures in often strikingly similar ways. The langua
Exploring partitive case markers across languages, linguists consider various aspects of partitive cases in the Finnic languages and Basque, of the partitive genitive in some Indo-European languages,
Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, Beate Pongratz-Leisten argues that Assyria as a polity was as much exposed to
To study the thermally activated magnetization dynamics of ferromagnetic nanostructures, the authors use the principles of Hamiltonian mechanics to construct a classical microscopic description of an
Scholars of philosophy and linguistics investigate the legacy of the three most important founders of analytic philosophy on contemporary language and linguistics. Among their topics are historical li
This textbook contains a comprehensive collection of exercises in medical physics with numerous illustrations - ideally suited for teaching and learning. Introductory sections summarize contents and l
Nine papers document a session at the 22nd Congress of Byzantine Studies, held in Sofia, Bulgaria in August 2011. The topics include theurgy and aesthetics in Dionysios the Areopagite, Proklos and Ple
Amongst books on religion and the internet, this collection is distinctive in addressing the interaction between social and mass media in the construction of contemporary religion and spirituality, an
Linguists offer a number of perspectives on the questions of what the basic ingredients of the nominal argument are, and whether there are any cross-linguistic generalizations to be made about potenti
Nanocomposites are defined by editors Davim and Charitidis (Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal, and Materials Science and Engineering, University of Athens, Greece, respectively) a
This handbook offers an overview of the diversity of perspectives on communication: including perspectives from biology, sociality, economics, norms & human development. The scope of the contr
During the latter half of the 16th century, translations into English were not only produced on an unprecedented scale, they also became a key site for critical debate about authorship, style, and spe
In order to make his introduction as self-contained as possible, especially for students, Sasvari (stochastics, Technical U. of Dresden, Germany) provides extensive appendices reviewing the background
The social sciences have made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the economic, political and social life of nations in the past century. Social science libraries now have an important r
The projected thirty-volume Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) is intended to serve as a comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on the background, origins, and developmen
Molecular biologists and related scientists from academic and commercial contexts survey possible contributions that the many species of algae might make to solving some grave human problems. Their to
Blood transfusion immunologists at Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova set out the basics of immuno-hematology and analyze the process of transfusion, highlighting the most critical points and most exposed
