Nanoscale: Visualizing an Invisible World

The world is made up of structures too small to see with the naked eye, too small to see even with an electron microscope. Einstein established the reality of atoms and molecules in the early 1900s. How can we see a world measured in fractions of nanometers? (Most atoms are less than one nanometer, less than one-billionth of a meter, in diameter.) This beautiful and fascinating book gives us a …

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The econometrics of corporate governance studies

A vast theoretical and empirical literature in corporate finance considers the interrelationships of corporate governance, takeovers, management turnover, corporate performance, corporate capital structure, and corporate ownership structure. Most of the studies look at two variables at a time. In this book, Sanjai Bhagat and Richard Jefferis argue that from an econometric viewpoint, the proper …

Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits

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The death algorithm and other digital dilemmas

In 'The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas', Roberto Simanowski wonders if we are on the brink of a society that views social, political, and ethical challenges as technological problems that can be fixed with the right algorithm, the best data, or the fastest computer. For example, the "death algorithm " is programmed into a driverless car to decide, in an emergency, whether to plow in…

The gameful world : approaches, issues, applications

What if every part of our everyday life was turned into a game? The implications of "gamification."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Sustainability or Collapse?: An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth

Report of the 96th Dahlem Workshop on Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE) Berlin, June 12-17, 2005."Scholars from a range of disciplines develop an integrated human and environmental history over millennial, centennial, and decadal time scales and make projections for the future.Human history, as written traditionally, leaves out the important ecological and climate context…

Entwicklung und Erprobung eines kompetenzorientierten Leistungstests auf unte…

Steffen Spitzner entwickelt und erprobt im Rahmen dieses Buches einen kompetenzorientierten Leistungstest auf unternehmerisches Wissen und Denken. Dazu erschließt er die fachwissenschaftliche Perspektive des Entrepreneurships, ergänzt diese um fachdidaktische Konkretisierungen der Entrepreneurship Education und integriert kompetenz- und testtheoretische Grundlagen. Auf dieser Basis entwickelt…

Himalayan dreaming : Australian mountaineering in the great ranges of Asia, 1…

How did climbers from the world’s flattest, hottest continent become world-class Himalayan mountaineers, the equal of any elite mountaineer from countries with long climbing traditions and home ranges that make Australia’s highest summit look like a suburban hill? This book tells the story of Australian mountaineering in the great ranges of Asia, from the exploits of a brash, young colonial…

Marketing

Dieses bewährte Standardwerk liefert Studierenden im Bachelor- und Masterprogramm sowie Praktikern umfassende Grundlagen des Marketingmanagements und widmet sich eingehend allen neuen Entwicklungen der marktorientierten Unternehmensführung. In der 13. Auflage wurden alle Kapitel überarbeitet. Insbesondere wurden neue Entwicklungen im digitalen Marketing umfassend berücksichtigt. Die Autoren…