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Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Methodenwissen für Wirtschafts-, Ingenieur- und Sozialwissenschaftler
by Bernd HeesenSchnell und kompakt vermittelt dieses Buch die wichtigsten Methoden und Techniken des modernen wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und führt gezielt in die Erstellung von Bachelor-, Master- und Dissertationsarbeiten für Wirtschafts-, Ingenieur- und Sozialwissenschaftler ein. Studierende profitieren besonders von dem praxiserprobten Aufbau des Buches und dem Bezug auf einen international etablierten wissenschaftlichen Standard, den APA-Standard. Quellenangaben erfolgen hier entsprechend der oft auch als Harvard-Zitation bekannten Teilbelegmethode.Eine Vorlage zur Anfertigung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten mit Microsoft Word finden Sie auf der Webseite zum Buch. Diese erleichtert das effektive Schreiben.Die vierte Auflage wurde umfassend aktualisiert.
Wissenschaftliches Publizieren in der Psychologie: Ein Praktischer Wegweiser Und Leitfaden
by Winfried Rief Jürgen Barth Beate Ditzen Gregor DomesDieser Leitfaden ist gedacht als Wegweiser von der Idee zur erfolgreichen Publikation im Rahmen einer Dissertation, Habilitation oder anderer wissenschaftlicher Projekte – geschrieben für Studierende, Doktorierende, Post-Doktorierende und Forscher in Psychologie, Sozialwissenschaften, Neurowissenschaften und in den Nachbarfächern, welche in peer-reviewed journals publizieren wollen. Das Buch basiert auf zahlreichen erfolgreichen Workshops der Autoren zum Publizieren und den eigenen Publikationserfahrungen und liefert in kompakter Form alles, was man zum Publizieren braucht: kompetent, strukturiert und zielorientiert.Der Inhalt: Als praktischer Leitfaden zum Publizieren enthält dieses Buch Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen zum Aufbau, Schreiben, Überarbeiten, Korrigieren und Einreichen von wissenschaftlichen Artikeln. Es hilft bei Planung, Entwurf und Umsetzung des Publikationsvorhabens und begleitet durch den Review-Prozess, gibt Hinweise zur Kommunikation mit Verlagen und Herausgebern und Tipps zum Umgang mit Rückmeldungen der Gutachter. Weitere Themen sind: Auswahl eines geeigneten Journals, Schreiben eines prägnanten Abstracts, Gestaltung von Abbildungen und Tabellen und vieles mehr.Die Autoren:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gregor Domes, Abteilung für Biologische und Klinische Psychologie, Universität Trier. Prof. Dr. phil. Beate Ditzen, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg. PD Dr. phil. Jürgen Barth, Trainer Academic Writing, Bern, Schweiz.
Wissenschaftliches Publizieren und Präsentieren: Ein Praxisleitfaden mit Hinweisen zur Promotion und Karriereplanung
by Claus AscheronDas Ziel dieses Buches ist es, jungen Wissenschaftlern zu helfen, ihre mündliche und schriftliche Kommunikationsfähigkeit zu verbessern und damit die eigenen Ergebnisse besser zu verkaufen. Dieses Buch ist kein wissenschaftliches Lehrbuch. Es stellt die oft vergessene Frage danach, wie man seine wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse effektiv und überzeugend in Vorträgen und Publikationen darstellt. Zusätzlich gibt dieses Buch Hintergrundwissen zum Prozess des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens und zu den wissenschaftlichen Gepflogenheiten.Die Empfehlungen helfen dabei, einen guten und effektiven Arbeits- und Kommunikationsstil zu entwickeln, der einem ein Leben lang nützt und Befriedigung in der Arbeit bringt.Weiterhin werden konkrete Hinweise dazu gegeben, wie eine Dissertation zu verfassen und erfolgreich zu verteidigen ist und wie die ersten Schritte der Karriereplanung gelingen.
Wissenschaftsorganisatoren in den Sozialwissenschaften 1890-1940
by Tommy StöckelDie Untersuchung analysiert die Entstehung von Wissenschaftsorganisator*innen sowie den Wandel dieser Figur in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts am Beispiel der Sozialwissenschaften in Frankreich und den USA. Mittels dreier Fallstudien werden Organisator*innen in unterschiedlichen Konstellationen (Aufbau disziplinärer Infrastrukturen, projektförmige Wissenschaft, Organisator*innen als Expert*innen) untersucht und zwischen Projektemacher*innen einerseits und Managern andererseits verortet. Organisator*innen werden dabei als Resultat disziplinärer Spezialisierungs- und Arbeitsteilungsprozesse analysiert, zugleich aber machten sie sich diese Prozesse zu eigen, um ihren Einfluss im wissenschaftlichen Feld zu steigern. Es lässt sich ferner zeigen, dass das Aufgabenspektrum der Organisator*innen breiter wurde und sich diese Figur sukzessive institutionalisiserte und in Ansätzen professionalisierte.
Wissenschaftsphilosophie: Eine Einführung in die wissenschaftliche Modellbildung (essentials)
by Stefan SchäfflerDieses essential bietet eine verständliche Einführung in die philosophischen Grundprinzipien der Wissenschaften. Beantwortet werden Fragen wie: Was bedeutet eigentlich „logisch“? Was ist Deduktion, was ist Induktion? Welche Wissenschaften sind rein deduktiv? Kann ein wissenschaftliches Modell wahr oder falsch sein? Warum ist jedes wissenschaftliche Modell eine Deutung von Beobachtungen?
Wissenstrainer Naturwissenschaften
by Bruno P. KremerErleben Sie die faszinierende Welt der Naturwissenschaften auf spielerische Weise! Mit 525 spannenden Fragen aus Bereichen wie Astronomie, Biochemie, Botanik, Physik und Zoologie laden wir Sie ein, Ihr Wissen zu erweitern und zu testen. Wissen Sie beispielsweise Wie das am weitesten mit bloßem Auge noch erkennbare Objekt im Weltall heißt? Ob ein Findling ein verwaistes Wildschweinjunges ist? Die Glykolyse das Auflösen von Würfelzucker in Kaffee oder Tee meint? Warum ein Specht beim Klopfen keine Gehirnerschütterung bekommt? Wie schwer ein Zaunkönig im Vergleich zu einer 2-Euro-Münze ist? Jede Frage bietet vier Antwortmöglichkeiten, von denen neben der korrekten einige (nicht immer sofort erkennbar) ziemlich abgedreht sind. Der Antwortteil liefert Ihnen zudem spannende Erklärungen und weiterführende Informationen, die Ihr Wissen vertiefen. Anhand der Ergebnistabellen können Sie Ihren Wissensstand dokumentieren und sich mit anderen messen.
The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children
by Keith Mcgowan Yoko TanakaEleven-year-old inventor Sol must recover his self-confidence if he and his eight-year-old sister, Connie, are to escape the clutches of Hansel and Gretel's witch, to whom they have been led by their new stepmother and the man they believe is their father.
With a Royal Engineers Field Company in France & Italy: April 1915 to the Armistice
by V.F. EberleA memoir of the First World War from the rare perspective of an engineer.VF Eberle MC joined up upon the outbreak of the war in No 2 Field Company Royal Engineers, 48th (South Midland) Division, the same company as his brother, who was a captain. He was commissioned before sailing for France at the end of March 1915 and remained with it for the rest of the war. In that time he saw action on the Somme and in the Advance to the Hindenburg Line before his Division took part for most of the Battle of Third Ypres (Passchendaele). Transferred to Italy at the end of 1917, he took part in the final stages of the war, including the Battle of Asiago. Besides his eloquent description of the work of a field company RE, he spends some time in outlining his role in the development of the Bangalore Torpedo.Based on his wartime letters, diaries, and records—which can now be consulted in the Imperial War Museum—this book gives a detailed picture of the employment of a field company in war, during both periods of both relative tranquility and major offensives. There are relatively few memoirs of Royal Engineers’ officers, especially of those in his position, so close to the line. The memoirs benefit from his key eye for observation and his skillful use of the material available to him, making this a fine addition to the literature of the Great War.
With a Royal Engineers Field Company in France & Italy: April 1915 to the Armistice
by V.F. EberleA memoir of the First World War from the rare perspective of an engineer.VF Eberle MC joined up upon the outbreak of the war in No 2 Field Company Royal Engineers, 48th (South Midland) Division, the same company as his brother, who was a captain. He was commissioned before sailing for France at the end of March 1915 and remained with it for the rest of the war. In that time he saw action on the Somme and in the Advance to the Hindenburg Line before his Division took part for most of the Battle of Third Ypres (Passchendaele). Transferred to Italy at the end of 1917, he took part in the final stages of the war, including the Battle of Asiago. Besides his eloquent description of the work of a field company RE, he spends some time in outlining his role in the development of the Bangalore Torpedo.Based on his wartime letters, diaries, and records—which can now be consulted in the Imperial War Museum—this book gives a detailed picture of the employment of a field company in war, during both periods of both relative tranquility and major offensives. There are relatively few memoirs of Royal Engineers’ officers, especially of those in his position, so close to the line. The memoirs benefit from his key eye for observation and his skillful use of the material available to him, making this a fine addition to the literature of the Great War.
With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
by Warren DeanDean chronicles the chaotic path to what could be one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times: the disappearance of the Atlantic forest in Brazil.
[ ] With Design: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021)
by Gerhard Bruyns Huaxin WeiThis collection stems from the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) congress in 2021, promoting the research of design in its many fields of application. Today's design finds itself at a critical moment where the conventional ‘modes’ of doing, thinking and application are increasingly challenged by the troubled ideology of globalisation, climate change, migration patterns and the rapid restructuring of locally driven manufacturing sectors. The volume presents a selection of papers on state-of-the-art design research work. As rapid technological development has been pushing and breaking new ground in society, the broad field of design is facing many unprecedented changes. In combination with the environmental, cultural, technological, and, crucially, pandemic transitions, design at large is called to fundamentally alter its modes of practice. Beyond the conventional models of conducting research, or developing solutions to ‘wicked’ problems, the recoupling of design with different modes should be seen as an expression to embrace other capacities of thinking, criticisms and productions. This selection of proceedings papers delivers the latest insights into design from a multitude of perspectives, as reflected in the eight thematic modes of the congress ; i.e., [social] , [making] , [business] , [critical], [historical/projective], [impact], [pandemic], and [alternative] with design modes. The book benefits design researchers from both academia and industry who are interested in the latest design research results, as well as in innovative design research methods. In presenting an interesting corpus of design case studies as well as studies of design impact, this comprehensive collection is of relevance to design theorists and students, as well as scholars in related fields seeking to understand how design plays a critical role in their respective domains.
With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change
by Fred PearceAlthough he considers himself a skeptical environmentalist, Pearce (a former news editor and current environment and development consultant with New Scientist) is highly alarmed about the prospect of global climate change induced by human activity, warning that, instead of the gradual climate change modeled by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we are quite likely to experience abrupt and violent change triggered by the crossing of hidden tipping points such as the release of huge amounts of methane from the melting Siberian peat, the end of the Asian monsoon as a result of aerosol emissions from China and India, or the shutdown of the ocean's conveyer belt regulating global temperatures. In addition to explaining the science of these tipping points to a lay audience, Pearce profiles the scientists involved in investigating global climate change in the past and predicting its future. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
With String Theory to the Big Bang: A Journey to the Origin of the Universe (essentials)
by Jan LouisThe history of the universe has fascinated mankind for centuries. Using the interplay of cosmology, general relativity, particle physics and quantum theory, it is today possible to reconstruct it physically. Only the beginning, the big bang, has so far eluded the established laws of physics. The more one approaches it, the more speculative the story becomes. With this book, the reader is invited on a journey to the Big Bang learning on the way about various physical facts, observations and theories. String theory is introduced as a possible all-encompassing physical theory that has the potential to grasp and describe the Big Bang. Its sometimes spectacular predictions, such as additional spatial dimensions or parallel universes, are explained concisely.This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Mit der Stringtheorie zum Urknall by Jan Louis, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2021. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Within Reach: Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization (Climate Change and Development)
by Stephane Hallegatte Catrina Godinho Jun Rentschler Avner Camilla Knudsen Jana Lemke Penny MealyClimate change presents a unique challenge in that policy makers need to balance the speed and scale required to achieve global objectives within the time required to ensure political acceptability and social sustainability. Within Reach: Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization identifies the key political economy barriers and explores the options to address them through four key recommendations: * Climate governance: strategically adapt the institutional architecture and embed climate objectives into a positive development narrative. Strategic governance institutions that reflect societal goals--such as climate change framework laws, longterm strategies, or just transition frameworks--can alter the political economy, set clear objectives, facilitate coordination across actors, and help monitor progress and hold decision-makers accountable. * Policy sequencing: balance short-term feasibility and long-term ambition. Because the political economy and institutional context are dynamic and can be influenced by policies, policy makers can select their priorities, not only to make policy implementation feasible but also to actively build capacity and change the political economy and institutional context, building momentum toward the long-term objective and transformation. * Policy design: focus on people and manage the distributional effects of climate policies. Climate policies have heterogenous impacts across households, sectors, and locations. Active labor policies, reskilling programs, compensations and transfers, place-based policies, and green industrial policies can be used to protect vulnerable populations, facilitate a just transition, and make policies more acceptable and sustainable. * Policy process: use public engagement and communication to improve design and legitimacy. Civic engagement can improve a policy's design, enhance legitimacy, foster compromise, and help identify unintended consequences early. Effective communication can make reforms more accessible to the public and increase support. This book shows how appropriate governance frameworks, strong institutional capacity, well-designed policies with adequate compensation measures, and early engagement with all stakeholders are essential strategic elements to building consensus and momentum for transformative policies. By deploying these tools, policy makers can navigate the urgency in climate action and its political economy challenges to achieve their long-term climate goals and secure a livable planet.
Within Reason: Rationality and Human Behavior
by Donald B. CalneIt has long been a central conviction of western humanistic thought that reason is the most godlike of human traits, and that it makes us unique among animals. Yet if reason directs what we do, why is human behavior so often violent, irrational and disastrous? <BR>In Within Reason, leading neurologist Donald B. Calne investigates the phenomenon of rationality from an astonishingly wide array of scientific, sociological, and philosophical perspectives--and shows that although reason evolved as a crucial tool for human survival, it is an aspect of mind and brain which has no inherent moral or spiritual qualities and one whose relationship to our thoughts and actions may not be as central as we want to believe. Learned, lucid, and always illuminating, Within Reason brings together the latest developments in the science of mind with some of the most enduring questions of Western thought. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Without Bounds: A Scientific Canvas of Nonlinearity and Complex Dynamics
by Alberto Ferrus Alex A. Nepomnyashchy Alexander P Chetverikov Eugene G. Morozov Guo-Xiang Huang Paolo Arena Ramon G. Rubio Victor M Starov Yuri S. RyazantsevBringing together over fifty contributions on all aspects of nonlinear and complex dynamics, this impressive topical collection is both a scientific and personal tribute, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, by many outstanding colleagues in the broad fields of research pursued by Prof. Manuel G Velarde. The topics selected reflect the research areas covered by the famous Instituto Pluridisciplinar at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, which he co-founded over two decades ago, and include: fluid physics and related nonlinear phenomena at interfaces and in other geometries, wetting and spreading dynamics, geophysical and astrophysical flows, and novel aspects of electronic transport in anharmonic lattices, as well as topics in neurodynamics and robotics.
Without Hesitation: Speaking to the Silence and the Science of Stuttering
by Gerald A. Maguire Lisa Gordon WitherBack Cover: “What is stuttering? Five million voices can speak to this. A disorder that has defied physicians for centuries, stuttering claims as its own grade-school students and senior citizens, captains of industry and kings of nations, politicians, performers and professional athletes. It causes confusion in families, contempt in the uninformed and anguish in the approximately five million individuals in the United States who find it impossible to speak without effort. There are no cures but there are solutions. And there is hope because of significant advancements in pharmacotherapy--the clinical treatment of stuttering with medication. Without Hesitation: Speaking to the Silence and the Science of Stuttering explores the history, the heartache and the hope for this medical condition from an insider's perspective: a physician who has stuttered since childhood and knows how it feels to struggle with words and to express himself with ease.”
Witness To A Changing Earth: A Geologist’s Journey Learning About Natural and Human-caused Global Change
by C. Hans NelsonThis book is of interest to all of you willing to gain perspective both in time and in depth about the global environmental crises we are facing in the Anthropocene as well as pondering potential solutions. Humans are dominating the Earth’s environment and causing global changes in the most recent geologic time called the Anthropocene. Global changes are caused by both natural events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, or caused by humans like global warming and pollution of air, water, and soil. The author documents all types of global changes, beyond climate change, pointing out the risks for humanity when all these changes combine in time. Hans Nelson describes global changes while traveling through an earth scientist’s 60-year global journey. Throughout his memoirs, the author provides many humorous examples of adventures taking place during the scientific studies on land and at sea. He makes suggestions for a sustainable planet and shows that humans worldwide in the past, and can in the future, work together on solutions for global change problems. Students can use this book to learn about the many aspects of global change and methods that marine geologists use to obtain data on geologic hazards, resources, and environmental changes.
Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle: 100 Years After the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook #28)
by Friedrich StadlerThis book offers a critical update of current Wittgenstein research on the Tractatus logico-philosophicus (TLP) and its relation to the Vienna Circle. The contributions are written by renowned Wittgenstein scholars, on the occasion of the "Wittgenstein Years" 1921/1922 with a special focus on its origin, reception, and interpretation then and now. The main topic is the mutual relation between Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle (esp. Schlick, Waismann, Carnap, Gödel), but also Russell and Ramsey. In addition, included in this volume are new studies on Wittgenstein's life and work, on the philosophy of the TLP, and on the Wittgenstein family in philosophical and historical context. Furthermore, unpublished documents on Wittgenstein and Waismann from the archives are provided in form of edited and commented primary sources. As per the book series' usual format, a general part of this Yearbook covers a study on Neurath's economy as well as reviews of related publications.
Wittgenstein on Practice: Back to the Rough Ground
by Kevin M. CahillThis volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems. While Wittgenstein’s thought frames the collection as a whole, each chapter aims first and foremost at rigorous philosophical argument directed at contemporary issues. In this sense, each contribution “drafts” Wittgenstein on practice either by following in his wake, or by critiquing some aspect of his thought, or both. This book is essential reading for all scholars and researchers of Wittgenstein and of philosophical methods.
WITTGENSTEINIAN: Looking at the World from the Viewpoint of Wittgenstein's Philosophy (The Frontiers Collection)
by Shyam Wuppuluri Newton Da Costa“Tell me," Wittgenstein once asked a friend, "why do people always say, it was natural for man to assume that the sun went round the earth rather than that the earth was rotating?" His friend replied, "Well, obviously because it just looks as though the Sun is going round the Earth." Wittgenstein replied, "Well, what would it have looked like if it had looked as though the Earth was rotating?” What would it have looked like if we looked at all sciences from the viewpoint of Wittgenstein’s philosophy? Wittgenstein is undoubtedly one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His complex body of work has been analysed by numerous scholars, from mathematicians and physicists, to philosophers, linguists, and beyond. This volume brings together some of his central perspectives as applied to the modern sciences and studies the influence they may have on the thought processes underlying science and on the world view it engenders. The contributions stem from leading scholars in philosophy, mathematics, physics, economics, psychology and human sciences; all of them have written in an accessible style that demands little specialist knowledge, whilst clearly portraying and discussing the deep issues at hand.
Wittgenstein’s Annotations to Hardy’s Course of Pure Mathematics: An Investigation of Wittgenstein’s Non-Extensionalist Understanding of the Real Numbers (Nordic Wittgenstein Studies #7)
by Juliet Floyd Felix MühlhölzerThis monograph examines the private annotations that Ludwig Wittgenstein made to his copy of G.H. Hardy’s classic textbook, A Course of Pure Mathematics. Complete with actual images of the annotations, it gives readers a more complete picture of Wittgenstein’s remarks on irrational numbers, which have only been published in an excerpted form and, as a result, have often been unjustly criticized. The authors first establish the context behind the annotations and discuss the historical role of Hardy’s textbook. They then go on to outline Wittgenstein’s non-extensionalist point of view on real numbers, assessing his manuscripts and published remarks and discussing attitudes in play in the philosophy of mathematics since Dedekind. Next, coverage focuses on the annotations themselves. The discussion encompasses irrational numbers, the law of excluded middle in mathematics and the notion of an “improper picture," the continuum of real numbers, and Wittgenstein’s attitude toward functions and limits.
A Wizard: The Sixth Book In The Young Wizards Series (Young Wizards Ser. #6)
by Diane DuaneWhile Nita grieves over her mother's death, Kit tackles a challenge as dangerous as it is strange: Rescue a young wizard who has vanished on his first assignment. This new wizard is unlike any other--he's autistic and he's a magical prodigy. His power is enormous. Now Kit and his dog, Ponch, must track down the missing boy before the Lone Power finds him.
Wizard: The Life And Times Of Nikola Tesla
by Marc SeiferNikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, this acclaimed book is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology. Among Tesla’s creations were the channeling of alternating current, fluorescent and neon lighting, wireless telegraphy, and the giant turbines that harnessed the power of Niagara Falls. This essential biography is illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs, including the July 20, 1931, Time magazine cover for an issue celebrating the inventor’s career.
The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
by Charles C. MannFrom the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493--an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow's world. In forty years, Earth's population will reach ten billion. Can our world support that? What kind of world will it be? Those answering these questions generally fall into two deeply divided groups--Wizards and Prophets, as Charles Mann calls them in this balanced, authoritative, nonpolemical new book. The Prophets, he explains, follow William Vogt, a founding environmentalist who believed that in using more than our planet has to give, our prosperity will lead us to ruin. Cut back! was his mantra. Otherwise everyone will lose! The Wizards are the heirs of Norman Borlaug, whose research, in effect, wrangled the world in service to our species to produce modern high-yield crops that then saved millions from starvation. Innovate! was Borlaug's cry. Only in that way can everyone win! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity faces--food, water, energy, climate change--grounding each in historical context and weighing the options for the future. With our civilization on the line, the author's insightful analysis is an essential addition to the urgent conversation about how our children will fare on an increasingly crowded Earth.