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This book examines the central questions of democracy and politics in modern societies.

The seventeenth century saw a major revolution in our ways of thinking about such issues as the method appropriate to philosophy and science, the relation between mind and body, the nature of substance, and the place of humanity in nature. While not neglecting the lesser but still influential figures, such as Arnauld and Malebranche, John Cottingham focuses primarily on the three great "rationalists": Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. He examin...

Told in a series dramatic episodes, this verse translation of Lucan's unfinished epic of the Roman civil war starts with the crossing of the Rubicon and ends with Caesar narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Egyptian army.

This timely study evaluates four generic proposals for allowing free market forces to replace government regulation in the electric power industry and concludes that none of the deregulation alternatives considered represents a panacea for the performance failures associated with things as they are now. It proposes a balanced program of regulatory reform and deregulation that promises to improve industry performance in the short run, resolve u...

rech­ nerinteme Raum/Zeit Modelle durch eine rekursive Filterung schneller Video-Bildfolgen mit der beobachteten, bewegten Szene in Einklang ge­ bracht.

Dem interessierten Anwender wird ein Überblick über den gegenwärtigen Stand der Simulationstechnik auf dem Gebiet der Fertigungstechnik geboten. Der Überblick umfaßt die Methodik und die zur Zeit verfügbaren Werkzeuge. Die Fallbeispiele zeigen die Leistungsfähigkeit und die Leistungsgrenzen der Verfahren. Die Simulation in der Fertigungstechnik hat inzwischen eine derartige Bedeutung erlangt, daß eine umfassende Bearbeitung nur durch ein Autor...

Die vorliegende Arbeit entstand wahrend meiner Tatigkeit als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei Herrn Prof. Dr. -lng. R. lsermann am lnstitut fur Regelungstechnik, Fachgebitet Regelsystemtechnik und Prozel3lenkung, der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt. Herrn Prof. Dr. -lng. R. lsermann danke ich besonders fur die Anregung zum Studium dieser Thematik und die stetige Unter­ stutzung bei der Durchfuhrung der Arbeit. Herrn Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dipl...

In dieser Arbeit wird erstmals ein umfassendes mikrotheoretisches und ökonometrisch quantifizierbares Konzept für ein Mehrproduktunternehmen entworfen, in dem sämtliche vom Unternehmen nicht steuerbaren Größen als stochastisch angenommen werden. Das zentrale Element bildet die Bereitstellung einer Theorie für stochastische Mehrgüterproduktionsfunktionen (jpf). Hier wird eine allgemeine Klasse von jpf's spezifiziert, für die die erwarteten effi...

..". this book makes a significant contribution to what we knowabout illicit enterprise and corruption." -- SocialForces..". reads with the ease of an action-filled, best-selling novel... worthy and refreshing... " -- Journal of CriminalJustice

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The how-to handbook that exactly explains and illustrates the step-by-step processes for drawing complete, succesful landscapes and seascapes and teaches the fundamentals of good composition as well as the separate picture elements. This guide combines the simplest kind of scenery sketching with the most complex renderings to give every artist, beginner or professional, essential scenery drawing techniques.More than 900 diagrams, pictorial exp...

What do young children, as they grow from infancy to childhood, understand of others and of their social world? How does this understanding change, and what influences its development? The Beginnings of Social Understanding draws on detailed studies of children within their families - their disputes with mother and siblings, their empathy and cooperation, their pretend' stories and questions about others, and their jokes' - to show vividly how...

Covers the experience of a range of forms of sexual violence over women's lifetimes. Drawing on feminist theory, developing a critique of male research and quoting extensively from the women interviewed, the book develops feminist thought in several key areas.

An accessible guide to the principles and practical applications of computer integrated systems in the field of construction management, this book provides an understanding of the potential of computer systems as information integration increases in the construction industry. Case studies offer examples of successful practice in this field. 60 illus.

This student mainstay continues to be organised around constitutional themes, with new material on local elections, the politics of the centre and the limits of state power. Essential for all introductory students of British politics and current affairs.

..". fascinating throughout.... the book is recreative in thehighest sense." -- Arthur C. Danto, The New Republic"Agem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars." -- Library Journal