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This book collects essays, speeches and academic papers of Hu Shih, revealing insights on scientific methodology, liberalism and democracy, and social problems. Volume 1 traces the development of Chinese thought and reviews the applied historical methodology.

Although primarily a physicist who worked on statistical prob lems in nuclear physics, on probability theory and on computational physics he had an extensive knowledge of the philosophy of science and of philosophy, and was fluent in many languages.

This detailed, interdisciplinary book follows the BPM lifecycle from process identification to monitoring, covering modelling, analysis, redesign and automation. Blends concepts and methods from business management, computer science and industrial engineering.

Die verschiedenen und teils widerspruchlichen Theorien uber den Ursprung des Lebens auf der Erde stellt der Autor vor und pruft sie kritisch anhand neuester Forschungsergebnisse. Das Buch bietet einen gut verstandlichen UEberblick zum aktuellen Forschungsstand.

This book offers a guided historical and scientific tour of our understanding of element synthesis. Beginning with generally accepted science, the book ends in today's terra incognita of nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology

This book offers a critical approach to the challenging interpretation of new research data obtained using functional neuroimaging in whiplash injury. It covers all aspects, including the imaging tools themselves and the different methods of image analysis.

The different imaging and analytical modes using secondary and backscattered electrons, electron-beam-induced currents, X-ray and Auger electrons, electron channelling effects, and cathodoluminescence are discussed to evaluate specific contrasts and to obtain quantitative information.

The author of this book invites the reader to explore the science of computing. He is convinced that a good explanation of even the most basic techniques can demonstrate the power and magic of the underlying principles. His book is a fascinating read.

The Trade Embargo: Its Basis in International, European and Domestic Law, Practice and Compensation

This book discusses the evaluation of surface and groundwater quality changes in the periods of water scarcity in river catchment areas. Discusses existing methods of assessment, the HydroOffice software program introduced by the authors.

Blending questionnaire surveys, interviews and observation, this book offers a thorough critical analysis of the rise of the new commercial ethic in Chinese society and in the media and communications sector at the historic turning point of the late 1980s.

Based on the economic principles and rules of the software industry, this book reveals strategies and business models including cooperation, distribution, pricing and production. Coverage includes discussion of software as a service and platform concepts.

This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Stormer (1874 - 1957), the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles.

This book conveys a comprehensive view of the WTO as the provider of a framework for certainty, security and stability in international trade, and shows how regulations must be considered when designing and implementing trade strategies in the global market.

This thorough survey of the role of modern techniques in pre- and intraoperative imaging of the parathyroid glands is informed by the authors' extensive practical experience and emphasizes ultrasound as well as ultrasound-guided minimally invasive methods.

Introducing the finite element method as a general computational method for solving partial differential equations approximately, this book goes on to cover important applications including diffusion and transport phenomena, solid and fluid mechanics and more.

The book offers a valuable resource for readers involved in theoretical research and practical applications from a range of different fields including game theory, operational research, management science, fuzzy mathematical programming, fuzzy mathematics, industrial engineering, business and social economics.

Matthias Schu examines three main topics in his research: The intention of store-based retail and wholesale companies to open up an own online channel, factors determining the foreign market selection behavior of online retailers as well as factors affecting the speed in the internationalization process of online retailers.

Addressing every stage of the laser fabrication process, this thesis demonstrates how key performance characteristics of three discrete types of semiconductor lasers can be customized using clever nanostructure design and epitaxial growth techniques.

This application-driven primer for students and non-specialists has been course-tested at graduate level and explains how to use the spectral method to tackle the issues encountered in modeling fluid flow in closed geometries with heat or mass transfer.

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the time-domain finite element methods for Maxwell's equations involving metamaterials, focusing on practical implementation of edge finite element methods for metamaterial Maxwell's equations.

Essential reading for engineers and researchers following developments in this new range of steels, the book explores their properties and applications to the scale of electronic components, and thus has special appeal to physicists and materials scientists.

This book offers an introduction to viscoelasticity; in particular, to the theories of dilute polymer solutions and dilute suspensions of rigid particles in viscous and incompressible fluids. Includes a new chapter on Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD).