Spinning the Cosmos: Volvelles in the Early Modern Commentary Tradition of Jo…

This open access book investigates the epistemological concept of and the knowledge transfer interwoven with the moveable paper wheels found in medieval and early modern books—the so-called “volvelles.” The earliest known volvelles emerged in the mid-thirteenth century and were cut out and installed by the reader, often appearing in books dealing with astronomical subjects. The brain proc…

Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics II

The energy budget of the internal tide and its life cycle is investigated with a high resolution numerical simulation and a vertical normal mode decomposition. Two areas of interest are considered: the Azores Islands over the mid Atlantic ridge and the Gulf Stream offshore the North of the US East coast shelf break. Low mode (1 and 2) internal tides are found to propagate from 100 km (mode …

State-Managed International Voluntary Service

People stopped moving across borders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Travelers, businesspeople, students, migrants, refugees, diplomats, and aid workers all stayed home. Volunteers working abroad were not an exception. Volunteers of the United States Peace Corps (USPC) and Australian Volunteers International (AVI) were, for example, compelled to return home or were no longer deployed to host …

Start-up Cultures in Times of Global Crises

t In the introductory chapter the editors describe the dimensions of sustainable business development from a fundamental and international perspective and encompass aspects of environmental efficiency, social equity, and economic profitability. In addition, they give a short overview of all chapters and the authors

Staging Interspaces in Contemporary British Theatre

The research project “Performing Interspaces: Social Fluidities in Contemporary Theatre”, whose primary output is this monograph, began as an imperative to account for spaces that are awkward, evade attention, or, when they receive it, rarely do so because they produce feelings of desirability, warmth, or contentment. These spaces are sometimes fixed and others mobile, but always,…

Staatsbildung und Legitimation im Himalaya

Seit Beginn der akademischen Institutionalisierung der Geschichtswissenschaften im Verlauf des 19. Jahrhunderts bildete der Nationalstaat und dessen Grenzen lange Zeit den grundlegenden Referenzrahmen historischer Forschung. Ab der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde die Dominanz der Nationalgeschichte und der sogenannte methodologische Nationalismus aber zunehmend infrage gestellt.

Aligning the Energy Transition with the Sustainable Development Goals

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Aktuelle Forschungen zum nationalsozialistischen Kulturgutraub im ös…

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AI, Data, and Digitalization: First International Symposium, SAIDD 2023 S…

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Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation

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