Accounting for the astonishing developments in the field of Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, this second edition has been updated and substantially expanded. Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy o[...]
Berlin before the fall of the Wall is a city divided, yet its ordinary residents find ways to live and survive on both sides. There is Robert, teller of barroom anecdotes over beer and vodka, adjusting to a new life in the west; Pommerer, trying to outwit the system in the east; the unnamed narrator[...]
In Berlin Now, and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city. Over the last five decades, no other city has changed more than Berlin. Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe's most vi[...]
A smartly guided romp, entertaining and enlightening, through Europe's most charismatic and enigmatic city
It isn't Europe's most beautiful city, or its oldest. Its architecture is not more impressive than that of Rome or Paris; its museums do not hold more treasures than those in Barcelona or L[...]
Representation theory studies maps from groups into the general linear group of a finite-dimensional vector space. For finite groups the theory comes in two distinct flavours. In the 'semisimple case' (for example over the field of complex numbers) one can use character theory to completely understa[...]
"Right Rose, Right Place" is an inspiring yet practical book that encourages both new and experienced gardeners to make the most of these lovely, versatile plants in hedges and privacy screens, on trellises, integrated into flower beds, as container plants, and in many more ordinary yard settings. R[...]
Ein Buchkonzept fährt auf der Ãberholspur: "Typenkompass", die kleinen Bücher mit dem groÃen Erfolg, haben sich zu echten Bestsellern entwickelt. Peter Schneiders Band über den Unimog fächert systematisch die Modellpalette des von Mercedes-Benz gebauten "Universal Motor Geräts" [...]
Peter Schneider fächert in seinem Lanz-Buch systematisch die Modellpalette dieses Herstellers bis zum Jahr 1961 auf. Beide Titel informieren übersichtlich und kompetent über Werdegang und Besonderheiten der wichtigsten Modelle.[...]
This book outlines the fundamentals of this fascinating branch of astronomy, and explores the forefront of astronomical research. The author's passion for the topic shines with an intensity that rivals the book's many colourful illustrations, and will deeply inspire the reader. The cogently written [...]
In addition to providing a self-contained introduction to p-adic lie groups, this volume discusses spaces of locally analytic functions as topological vector spaces, important to applications in representation theory.[...]
This book makes use of existing scenarios to sketch a new structure for Germany's and Europe's electricity system that will be able to cope simultaneously with the fundamental demands for economic efficiency, environmental sustainability and supply security.[...]