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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open access book develops a conceptual framework for glocal governance as a multi-stakeholder local governance approach based on global human rights norms and democratic principles. It discusses glocal governance as part of an ongoing global transformation process that began in the 1990s, when democracy and individualizing responsibilities for governance became the dominant political system worldwide, and continues through today¿s dawn of a New Cold War between those countries which have democratized and those which haven¿t.This book will intrigue practitioners and scholars alike who are interested in the concepts of glocality and glocalism, local-global connectivity, and the implementation and dissemination of global norms and concepts such as human rights and democracy, at the local and community level as well as among civil society and private enterprises. The author argues that global norms have now become universal benchmarks which private, political,and civil actors use to assess day-to-day situations and market developments, and to make their decisions accordingly. This book will appeal to students, practitioners, and scholars of the social sciences and humanities who are interested in governance, human rights, public diplomacy and international relations; and in conceptualizing mechanisms for governing and enforcing political decisions locally, on the basis of global universal principles, international norms, and laws.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open access book applies insights from the network perspective in health research to explain the reproduction of health inequalities. It discusses the extant literature in this field that strongly correlates differences in social status with health behaviours and outcomes, and add to this literature by providing a coherent theoretical explanation for the causes of these health inequalities. It also shows that much research is needed on the precise factors and the social and socio-psychological mechanisms that are at play in creating and cementing social inequalities in health behaviours. While social support and social relations have received considerable attention within social and behavioural science research on health inequalities, this book considers the whole network of interpersonal relations, structures and influence mechanisms. This is the perspective of the social network analytical approach which has recently gained much attention in health research. The chapters of this book cover state-of-the-art research, open research questions, and perspectives for future research. The book provides network analyses on health inequalities from the perspective of sociology, psychology, and public health and is of interest to a wide range of scholars, students and practitioners trying to understand how health inequalities are reproduced across generations. 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Essential bietet eine systematische und auch für den Laien verständliche Einführung in die Grundlagen der komplexen Besteuerung von Dividendenausschüttungen und anderen Kapitaleinkünften aus dem In- und Ausland. Die wesentlichen ertragsteuerlichen Implikationen für unbeschränkt steuerpflichtige natürliche Personen, Personengesellschaften sowie Körperschaften werden in den Blick genommen. Dabei profitieren die Leser\*innen von den übersichtlichen Erläuterungen, praxisnahen Anmerkungen und Hinweisen. 56 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Buch ermöglicht einen leichten Einstieg in die Entwicklung einer funktionierenden SEO-Strategie und soll Unternehmen helfen, Suchmaschinenoptimierung fehlerfrei zu planen. Der Autor setzt kein technisches Wissen voraus und fokussiert auf die Kernthemen, die SEO gelingen lassen.Suchmaschinenoptimierung bedeutet nicht nur 'Google Optimierung', sondern öffnet auch einen direkten Kanal zum Kunden. Wenn wir uns mit SEO beschäftigen, werden auch diese wichtigen Fragen beantwortet: Was wird eigentlich von unseren Kunden gesucht Wie wird gesucht Wer sind denn überhaupt unsere Kunden und wer ist der Wettbewerb Und vor allem: wie kann ich Menschen erreichen, die das Unternehmen bisher noch gar nicht kennen Während Social Media schwerpunktmäßig nur 'Fans' eines Unternehmens oder Organisation erreicht, kann SEO nachhaltig neue Kunden anlocken - ohne sie mit Werbung zu belästigen. Anhand der Analyse von Suchanfragen kann SEO den konkreten Bedarf der eigenen Kunden sichtbar machen. Kein Unternehmen sollte diese zentrale Aufgabe im Online Marketing komplett an Agenturen auslagern, sondern sich selbst mit Suchmaschinenoptimierung befassen und das vorhandene Wissen im Haus kontinuierlich auf- und ausbauen.Im Essential zeigt Udo Raaf, wie man als Unternehmen ins Thema einsteigt und welche Werkzeuge dabei helfen, den eigenen Content zu verbessern. Er führt dazu in 8 Schritten durch den gesamten Prozess der Suchmaschinenoptimierung und benennt alle Faktoren, die für Menschen und Suchmaschinen relevant sind, um Web-Inhalte sichtbarer zu machen. Mit einem Vorwort von Prof. Dr. Mario Fischer (Herausgeber der Fachzeitschrift 'Website Boosting').Die zweite Auflage wurden komplett durchgesehen und aktualisiert. 80 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is not a research monograph about Malliavin calculus with the latest results and the most sophisticated proofs. It does not contain all the results which are known even for the basic subjects which are addressed here. The goal was to give the largest possible variety of proof techniques. For instance, we did not focus on the proof of concentration inequality for functionals of the Brownian motion, as it closely follows the lines of the analog result for Poisson functionals. This book grew from the graduate courses I gave at Paris-Sorbonne and Paris-Saclay universities, during the last few years. It is supposed to be as accessible as possible for students who have knowledge of Ito calculus and some rudiments of functional analysis. 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This textbook, now in its fourth edition, offers a rigorous and self-contained introduction to the theory of continuous-time stochastic processes, stochastic integrals, and stochastic differential equations. Expertly balancing theory and applications, it features concrete examples of modeling real-world problems from biology, medicine, finance, and insurance using stochastic methods. No previous knowledge of stochastic processes is required. Unlike other books on stochastic methods that specialize in a specific field of applications, this volume examines the ways in which similar stochastic methods can be applied across di erent fields.Beginning with the fundamentals of probability, the authors go on to introduce the theory of stochastic processes, the Itô Integral, and stochastic differential equations. The following chapters then explore stability, stationarity, and ergodicity. The second half of the book is dedicated to applications to a variety of fields, including finance, biology, and medicine. Some highlights of this fourth edition include a more rigorous introduction to Gaussian white noise, additional material on the stability of stochastic semigroups used in models of population dynamics and epidemic systems, and the expansion of methods of analysis of one-dimensional stochastic di erential equations.An Introduction to Continuous-Time Stochastic Processes, Fourth Edition is intended for graduate students taking an introductory course on stochastic processes, applied probability, stochastic calculus, mathematical finance, or mathematical biology. Prerequisites include knowledge of calculus and some analysis; exposure to probability would be helpful but not required since the necessary fundamentals of measure and integration are provided. Researchers and practitioners in mathematical finance, biomathematics, biotechnology, and engineering will also find this volume to be of interest, particularly the applications explored in the second half of the book. 584 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Irren ist menschlich' - das alte Sprichwort wird auch durch die Wissenschaft bestätigt: Uns Menschen unterlaufen ständig Denkfehler.Dieses Buch stellt über 300 solcher kognitiver Irrtümer und Verzerrungen, die im Alltag auf uns lauern, auf unterhaltsame Art vor: Ob trügerische Erinnerungen, Beeinflussung unserer Entscheidungen durch Gefühle, Phänomene der Selbstüberschätzung, falscher Umgang mit Geld oder Wahrscheinlichkeiten oder sogar Sichtweisen, die zu Diskriminierung führen - unser komplexes Gehirn neigt zu vorhersagbaren Schnellschüssen, die in der Vorzeit eine Grundvoraussetzung zur Erhaltung unserer Art waren, in heutiger Zeit aber fatale Folgen haben können. Doch es gibt Hoffnung, denn Psychologie und Verhaltensökonomik bieten neben Erklärungsansätzen auch Hinweise zum Umgang mit kognitiven Irrtümern aller Art. Mit diesem Baukasten und zahlreichen Tipps lassen sich falsche Entscheidungen vermeiden. Und so ist dieses kleine Handbuch menschlicher Denkfehler gleichzeitig ein Ratgeber für den täglichen 'Hürdenlauf' durch unseren komplizierten Alltag. 328 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Criminology has until recently neglected the nature and levels of crime outside the urban realm. This is not a surprise as crime tends to concentrate in urban areas and the police directs resources where the problems are. Yet, there are many reasons why scholars, decision-makers and society as a whole should care about crime and safety in rural areas. This book highlights 20 reasons why crime and safety in rural areas is a topic of relevance. We attempt to untangle currently simplistic views of the rural by discussing a number of facets of the countryside as both safe and criminogenic, and more importantly, a hybrid place worth to be examined in its own right. We adopt the notion of a rural-urban continuum that captures the nuances of places of varied nature, spanning from remote and desolate spaces to accessible and connected environments of the urban fringe. Areas on the rural-urban continuum may be in constant transformation given local and global influences, which imposes challenges for policing and long-term social sustainability.Then, the book critically reviews a rich body of English-language literature in rural criminology that extends over more than four decades¿a scholarship that has engaged researchers and practitioners in all continents. The books finishes with a discussion of the emergent research questions of the field, and offers implications for practice and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 144 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This is an open access book.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open access book describes Smittestopp, the first Norwegian system for digital contact tracing of Covid-19 infections, which was developed in March and early April 2020. The system was deployed after five weeks of development and was active for a little more than two months, when a drop in infection levels in Norway and privacy concerns led to shutting it down. The intention of this book is twofold. First, it reports on the design choices made in the development phase. Second, as one of the only systems in the world that collected population data into a central database and which was used for an entire population, we can share experience on how the design choices impacted the system's operation. By sharing lessons learned and the challenges faced during the development and deployment of the technology, we hope that this book can be a valuable guide for experts from different domains, such as big data collection and analysis, application development, and deployment in a national population, as well as digital tracing.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 156 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This open access book develops a conceptual framework for glocal governance as a multi-stakeholder local governance approach based on global human rights norms and democratic principles. It discusses glocal governance as part of an ongoing global transformation process that began in the 1990s, when democracy and individualizing responsibilities for governance became the dominant political system worldwide, and continues through today's dawn of a New Cold War between those countries which have democratized and those which haven't. This book will intrigue practitioners and scholars alike who are interested inthe concepts of glocality and glocalism, local-global connectivity, and the implementation and dissemination of global norms and concepts such as human rights and democracy, at the local and community level as well as among civil society and private enterprises. The author argues that global norms have now become universal benchmarks which private, political,and civil actors use to assess day-to-day situations and market developments, and to make their decisions accordingly. This book will appeal to students, practitioners, and scholars of the social sciences and humanities who are interested in governance, human rights, public diplomacy and international relations; and in conceptualizing mechanisms for governing and enforcing political decisions locally, on the basis of global universal principles, international norms, and laws.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das Lehrbuch liefert Studierenden der Sozialen Arbeit, der Sozialwirtschaft und des Sozialmanagements anschaulich und kompakt relevantes Wissen über Ökonomisierungsprozesse in der Sozialen Arbeit. Ursachen und Folgen neoliberaler Vermarktlichungstendenzen sozialer Einrichtungen und Dienste werden verständlich und konzentriert dargelegt. Als Kontrastfolie bietet es außerdem einen grundlegenden Einblick in kapitalismuskritische Theorieansätze und solidarisch-alternative Wirtschaftsformen. 252 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book presents a history which is nearing its nadir, where a species of warlike primates is destroying the delicate web of life perceived by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species, committing a war against nature and the fastest mass extinction in the history of nature, with global temperatures incinerating the biosphere by several degrees Celsius, within a lifetime. Despite of this knowledge, Homo ¿sapiens¿ is proceeding to transfer every accessible molecule of carbon from the Earth crust to the atmosphere and hydrosphere, an auto-da-fe ensues of the terrestrial biosphere. As amplifying feedbacks to global warming¿including fires, methane release, ice melt, and warming oceans¿are intensifying, at a pace exceeding any recorded in the geological past, societies are pouring their remaining resources into wars. These include likely nuclear wars triggered by arsenals many thousands of missiles strong, posing an equal threat to human existence and that of many other species. Humans, having mastered fire, which allowed them to survive the extreme ice ages, have emerged in the current interglacial as major civilizations coupled with major bloodsheds, called ¿war¿, engulfing multitudes of innocent yet betrayed humans. Long suffering from illusions of omnipotence and omniscience, paranoid fears, a warlike mindset, aggression toward the animals and disrespect of females, coupled with artistic excellence and technical brilliance, humans have become victims to a tragic conflict between the mind and the heart, with fatal consequences.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -At the end of the 20th century, beach handball started capturing the attention of more and more people worldwide. Beach handball combines elements of indoor handball with free, creative game actions, the benefits of the sun, the beach, and the joy of playing outside.Springer Spektrum in Springer Science + Business Media, Tiergartenstr. 15-17, 69121 Heidelberg 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Mit diesem Einsteigerbuch für die Kitteltasche können Assistenten, PJ ler und Pflegende in der pädiatrischen Onkologie die Team-Arbeit auf der Station praktisch anpacken: die täglichen Handgriffe - die Notfälle - die Fallstricke. Wie schreibe ich Arztbriefe Was passiert bei der Visite Wie gehe ich mit Patienten und Eltern um Klare Antworten und jede Menge Erfahrungswissen sind in diesem Buch gut auffindbar - nach wichtigen Hauptthemen organisiert und von A-Z sortiert.Der Leitfaden hilft Ihnen dabei, sich in der Abteilung gut zurecht zu finden und trägt so dazu bei, dass Sie die Arbeit mit krebskranken Kindern und ihren Familien als eine gute und lehrreiche Zeit erfahren.Die vorliegende 2. Auflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet. Entstanden über die Jahre im Rahmen der regelmäßigen Einarbeitungen neuer Mitarbeiter an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, eignet es sich sowohl zum Durchblättern als auch zum gezieltenNachlesen. 'Huckepack' in der Kitteltasche - eine Erleichterung für den Einstieg in den praktischen Alltag in der Kinderonkologie. 252 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Mit diesem Einsteigerbuch für die Kitteltasche können Assistenten, PJ ler und Pflegende in der pädiatrischen Onkologie die Team-Arbeit auf der Station praktisch anpacken: die täglichen Handgriffe - die Notfälle - die Fallstricke. Wie schreibe ich Arztbriefe Was passiert bei der Visite Wie gehe ich mit Patienten und Eltern um Klare Antworten und jede Menge Erfahrungswissen sind in diesem Buch gut auffindbar - nach wichtigen Hauptthemen organisiert und von A-Z sortiert.Der Leitfaden hilft Ihnen dabei, sich in der Abteilung gut zurecht zu finden und trägt so dazu bei, dass Sie die Arbeit mit krebskranken Kindern und ihren Familien als eine gute und lehrreiche Zeit erfahren.Die vorliegende 2. Auflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet. Entstanden über die Jahre im Rahmen der regelmäßigen Einarbeitungen neuer Mitarbeiter an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, eignet es sich sowohl zum Durchblättern als auch zum gezieltenNachlesen. 'Huckepack' in der Kitteltasche - eine Erleichterung für den Einstieg in den praktischen Alltag in der Kinderonkologie. 252 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Philosophen und Theologen haben über das Unendliche nachgedacht. Doch die wahre Wissenschaft vom Unendlichen ist die Mathematik.Rudolf Taschner gelingt es, diesen zentralen Begriff auch dem mathematischen Laien zu vermitteln. Auf anschauliche Weise beschreibt er, wie bereits Pythagoras, Archimedes und Euklid versucht haben, das Unendliche zu fassen. Er macht uns mit Newton und Leibniz bekannt, die entdeckten, dass das Phänomen von Bewegung und Wandel nur durch die Erforschung des Unendlichen verständlich wird. Mit Spannung kann der Leser den dramatischen Streit zwischen den unterschiedlichen Positionen von Cantor, Hilbert und Brouwer verfolgen - ein Streit, der nach den Erkenntnissen Gödels unentschiedener ist denn je. 124 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Lehrbuch gibt einen fundierten Einblick in das Politikfeld Familienpolitik. Es zeichnet die historischen Entwicklungen in Deutschland nach und zeigt politikfeldanalytische Erklärungen auf. Das Lehrbuch ermöglicht damit auch ein Verständnis der aktuellen familienpolitischen Diskurse. Es richtet sich vornehmlich an Studierende im Bachelor und Master, aber auch an Praktikerinnen und Praktiker, die sich aufgrund von neuen beruflichen Aufgaben in die Grundzüge der Familienpolitik in Deutschland einlesen möchten.Das Buch enthält ergänzendes Online-Material. 199 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Sie kennen vielleicht das Gefühl: Sie lesen eine Aussage zum Klimawandel und eine Minute später das genaue Gegenteil. Was ist nun wahr Wie kann ich als Laie oder Fachfremder mitdiskutieren und Argumente finden, ohne selbst Fake News zu verbreiten Man findet Bücher, die den Klimawandel erklären, und solche, die ihm äußerst kritisch gegenüberstehen.Die Klimawandel FAQsbieten Ihnen erstmals eine systematische, umfassende und wertende Gegenüberstellung beider Seiten - Ablehnung des Klimawandels ebenso wie Klimaforschung - und geben passend abgestufte Werkzeuge an die Hand.Wir erklären, wie man Denkfehler und Manipulationstechniken erkennen, ihnen begegnen und seine Meinung vertreten kann, und beantworten dabei folgende Fragen:- Gibt es überhaupt eine globale Erwärmung - Ist die Erwärmung natürlich oder wird sie vom Menschen verursacht - Wäre die Erwärmung nicht eigentlich ganz praktisch 409 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Sie kennen vielleicht das Gefühl: Sie lesen eine Aussage zum Klimawandel und eine Minute später das genaue Gegenteil. Was ist nun wahr Wie kann ich als Laie oder Fachfremder mitdiskutieren und Argumente finden, ohne selbst Fake News zu verbreiten Man findet Bücher, die den Klimawandel erklären, und solche, die ihm äußerst kritisch gegenüberstehen.Die Klimawandel FAQsbieten Ihnen erstmals eine systematische, umfassende und wertende Gegenüberstellung beider Seiten - Ablehnung des Klimawandels ebenso wie Klimaforschung - und geben passend abgestufte Werkzeuge an die Hand.Wir erklären, wie man Denkfehler und Manipulationstechniken erkennen, ihnen begegnen und seine Meinung vertreten kann, und beantworten dabei folgende Fragen:- Gibt es überhaupt eine globale Erwärmung - Ist die Erwärmung natürlich oder wird sie vom Menschen verursacht - Wäre die Erwärmung nicht eigentlich ganz praktisch 409 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This insightful and original book explores the key issues that countries in Africa and South Asia need to address in order to escape poverty. Challenging traditional assumptions about the world¿s poorest countries, the top priorities to address are identified as adult literacy, electricity for manufacturing, and the consequence of the relationship between fertility and savings.These suggestions are placed within a historical perspective, placing discussions on modern day Africa and South Asia alongside the development of East Asia, Europe, and the Americas in previous generations and centuries.The Time-Travelling Economist aims to move conversations about development beyond the resource curse or private sector failings, with a fresh focus on the policies that governments can embark on independently and affordably that will transform their future. It will be of interest to anyone interested in the future of the world¿s low income countries.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 308 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -For humankind, the most irreducible idea is the concept of life itself. In order to understand that life is essentially an infinite process, transmitted from generation to generation, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey that unravels one of our greatest mysteries.It begins with the premise that life is a fact¿that it is everywhere; that it takes infinite forms; and, most importantly, that it is intrinsically self-perpetuating. Rather than exploring how the first living forms emerged in our universe, the book begins with our first primordial ancestor cell and tells the story of life¿how it began, when that first cell diversified into many other cell types and organisms, and how it has continued until the present day. On this journey, the author covers the fundaments of biology such as cell division, diversity, regeneration, repair and death. The rather fictional epilogue even goes one step further and discusses ways how to literally escape the problemof limited recourse and distribution on our planet by looking at life outside the solar system.This book is designed to explain complex ideas in biology simply, but not simplistically, with a special emphasis on plain and accessible language as well as a wealth of hand-drawn illustrations. Thus, it is suitable not only for students seeking for an introduction into biological concepts and terminology, but for everyone with an interest in the fundamentals of life at the crossroad of evolutionary and cell biology.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book offers an informal, easy-to-understand account of topics in modern physics and mathematics. The focus is, in particular, on statistical mechanics, soft matter, probability, chaos, complexity, and models, as well as their interplay. The book features 28 key entries and it is carefully structured so as to allow readers to pursue different paths that reflect their interests and priorities, thereby avoiding an excessively systematic presentation that might stifle interest. While the majority of the entries concern specific topics and arguments, some relate to important protagonists of science, highlighting and explaining their contributions. Advanced mathematics is avoided, and formulas are introduced in only a few cases. The book is a user-friendly tool that nevertheless avoids scientific compromise. It is of interest to all who seek a better grasp of the world that surrounds us and of the ideas that have changed our perceptions.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 236 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important. His greatness appeared in every phase of the problem. No one equaled him in power to draw new recruits to the cause; no one equaled him in fullness and dearness of understanding of the principles of flight; no one did so much to convince the world of the advantages of curved wing surfaces; and no one did so much to transfer the problem of human flight to the open air where it belonged.'These words were spoken by Wilbur Wright, who successfully accomplished the first powered flight together with his brother Orville in 1903 on the sand dunes of the Outer Banks off the coast of North Carolina. Wilbur was talking about the most important of their predecessors, Otto Lilienthal.Lilienthal attracted worldwide attention due to the spectacular photographs showing him in flight, made possible by technology that had only just been developed by him. This fortuitousunion between a pioneer of aviation and the pioneers of so-called ¿instantaneous photography¿ is responsible for the immense contemporary popularity of Lilienthal¿s flights around the globe, the first ever free flights performed by man. This book traces the life of the German aviation pioneer, focusing on the designs of his many aircraft and the photographic documentation that has survived. The presentation ends with a remarkable research project conducted by one of the authors, right up to and including his own training exercises with Lilienthal¿s ¿normal soaring apparatus¿ and ¿large biplane¿. This project offered new insight into Lilienthal¿s work, and also led to a spectacular aerial meeting of Lilienthal's 1895 biplane and the Wright brothers¿ 1902 biplane at a historic location on the Outer Banks. The book provides access to video material, largely stemming from this project.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open access textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of the arithmetic theory of quaternion algebras and orders, a subject with applications in diverse areas of mathematics. Written to be accessible and approachable to the graduate student reader, this text collects and synthesizes results from across the literature. Numerous pathways offer explorations in many different directions, while the unified treatment makes this book an essential reference for students and researchers alike.Divided into five parts, the book begins with a basic introduction to the noncommutative algebra underlying the theory of quaternion algebras over fields, including the relationship to quadratic forms. An in-depth exploration of the arithmetic of quaternion algebras and orders follows. The third part considers analytic aspects, starting with zeta functions and then passing to an idelic approach, offering a pathway from local to global that includes strong approximation. Applications of unitgroups of quaternion orders to hyperbolic geometry and low-dimensional topology follow, relating geometric and topological properties to arithmetic invariants. Arithmetic geometry completes the volume, including quaternionic aspects of modular forms, supersingular elliptic curves, and the moduli of QM abelian surfaces.Quaternion Algebras encompasses a vast wealth of knowledge at the intersection of many fields. Graduate students interested in algebra, geometry, and number theory will appreciate the many avenues and connections to be explored. Instructors will find numerous options for constructing introductory and advanced courses, while researchers will value the all-embracing treatment. Readers are assumed to have some familiarity with algebraic number theory and commutative algebra, as well as the fundamentals of linear algebra, topology, and complex analysis. More advanced topics call upon additional background, as noted, though essential concepts andmotivation are recapped throughout.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 912 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the ways in which the contemporary university is talked about, and talks about itself. Focusing on English higher education, Jones documents how an under-confident sector internalised the language and logic of government policy, and individual institutions then set about normalising competition and gaming short-term advantage at the expense of collectively serving a common good. A flawed marketisation project was attended and sustained by hostile discourses, with purportedly woke universities becoming a soft target for right-leaning politicians and media commentators, and campuses reluctant battlefields for manufactured culture wars. Within this context, integrity deficits soon arose: universities bragged about diversity and social responsibility without commensurate action; global ambitions went unmatched by local accountability; senior management grew more distant and self-rewarding as contractual precarity increased for frontline staff. Jones does not call for a return to any golden age of academic self-rule. Rather, he warns that without self-assured new stories, firmly underpinned by more transparent and moral forms of governance, universities risk further compromising their standing as trusted public institutions at the very moment they are needed most.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 296 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a synthesis of the physiography and geodynamics of the entire Pyrenean orogen and its foreland basins, providing the 'big picture' (structure of the orogen and chronology of its formation, overview of its post-orogenic evolution, and Quaternary and recent landscape history). One part of the book proposes a 6¿7 day itinerary across the eastern and east-central Pyrenees, two areas that currently provide the richest, best-documented, and most carefully curated database on the post-orogenic evolution of the mountain belt. The book deals with three complementary topics: (i) geodynamics, i.e. the long-term post-orogenic evolution of the Pyrenees since the declining stages of tectonic collision ca. 30 million years ago, and within the wider reference frame of Iberia, the Western Mediterranean, and the Atlantic margin; (ii) geomorphological processes and landforms that have conspired to shape the eastern part of the French and Spanish Pyrenees in response to base-level and climate-related changes over than same time period; (iii) geoheritage, i.e. educational vignettes of the flagship landscape units and typical geological sections of the study area. Written as a field guide, it is designed to help readers to construct discovery-based itineraries through the region (with options and variants depending on time and physical ability), allowing them to appreciate the key landscape and geoheritage features over the course of 1 week, with potential for much more.This GeoGuide is primarily aimed at confirmed geoscientists from most disciplines in Earth science, at postgraduate students engaged in field studies, and at curiosity-driven, educated amateurs keen to enhance their understanding of spectacular or enigmatic features encountered on their travels.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 648 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open access book comparatively analyses intergenerational social mobility in immigrant families in Europe. It is based on qualitative in-depth research into several hundred biographies and professional trajectories of young people with an immigrant working-class background, who made it into high-prestige professions. The biographies were collected and analysed by a consortium of researchers in nine European countries from Norway to Spain. Through these analyses, the book explores the possibilities of cross-country comparisons of how trajectories are related to different institutional arrangements at the national and local level. The analysis uncovers the interaction effects between structural/institutional settings and specific individual achievements and family backgrounds, and how these individuals responsed to and navigated successfully through sector-specific pathways into high-skilled professions, such as becoming a lawyer or a teacher. By this, it also explains why thesetrajectories of professional success and upward mobility have been so exceptional in the second generation of working-class origins, and it tells us a lot also about exclusion mechanisms that marked the school and professional careers of children of immigrants who went to school in the 1970s to 2000s in Europe ¿ and still do.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open access book conceptualises the Sustainable Development Goals as epistemic infrastructures that connect numbers, networks and governing paradigms.The book approaches quantification not merely as a tool for governing, but rather as a broader epistemic system through which global public policy is produced. This book focuses on the role of international organisations in shaping and implementing the 2030 Agenda and demonstrates how the SDGs have transformed and accelerated trends in quantification.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open acess book extends recent work on entrepreneurship in response to adverse events to explore entrepreneurial responses by people who face chronic adversity more deeply. Instead of focusing on the sort of responses intended to destroy the institutions that create and sustain chronic adversity, the authors are interested in how individuals use entrepreneurial action to find a way within these adverse constraints to improve their lives.They explore the positive outcomes arising from these entrepreneurial actions for the entrepreneurial actor and their family members as well as the negative consequences of these entrepreneurial responses to chronic adversity¿outcomes that diminish others¿ well-being.The book relies on the lived experiences of those facing chronic adversity to provide insights into the bright¿and dark¿sides of entrepreneurship and the complexity of these relationships. It will serve as a valuable resource to scholars seeking to understandhow entrepreneurial action is conceived and implemented by those facing challenging resource-poor environments.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 228 pp. Englisch.