Compiled in China in the fourth–third centuries B.C.E., The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to penetrate society and turn every man into a diligent tiller and valiant soldier. Creating a "rich state and a strong army" will be the first step toward unification of "All-under-Heaven." These ideas served the state of Qin that eventually created the first imperial polity on Chinese soil. In this new translation, The Book of Lord Shang's intellectual bol...

Compiled in China in the fourth–third centuries BCE, The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to rule over society and turn every man into a diligent tiller and valiant soldier. Creating a “rich state and a strong army” will be the first step toward unification of “All-under-Heaven.” These ideas served the state of Qin that eventually created the first imperial polity on Chinese soil. In Yuri Pines’s translation, The Book of Lord Shang’s intellectual bo...

Compiled in China in the fourth–third centuries BCE, The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to rule over society and turn every man into a diligent tiller and valiant soldier. Creating a “rich state and a strong army” will be the first step toward unification of “All-under-Heaven.” These ideas served the state of Qin that eventually created the first imperial polity on Chinese soil. In Yuri Pines’s translation, The Book of Lord Shang’s intellectual bo...

This book systematically investigates the depositional process and reservoir characteristics of organic-rich shales, including (1) The types and development mechanisms of organic-rich shales under ancient ocean and climatic backgrounds. Schematic models are proposed to understand the organic matter enrichment and depletion in shale systems. (2) Microstructure and petrophysical properties. The general lithofacies are recognized and linked to the depositional setting and petrophysical proper...

This book shows that with the use of metamaterials, one can have coherent THz signal generation, amplification, transmission, and detection for phase-arrayed CMOS transistors with significantly improved performance. Offering detailed coverage from device to system, the book describes the design and application of metamaterials in actual CMOS integrated circuits, includes real circuit examples and chip demonstrations with measurement results, and also evaluates system performance after CMOS...

Die Mutter von Shang-Chi bringt wichtige Details ans Licht. Welch finstere Tat hat zwei Familien zu Todfeinden gemacht? Und wie ist es Zheng Zu gelungen, das Herz von Jiang Li zu bezwingen? Derweil kennt Großvater Xin nur ein Ziel: Er will Shang-Chi und seine blutsverwandte Sippe vom Antlitz der Erde tilgen.

Shang-Chi�hat endlich sein Erbe angetreten und leitet den�Bund der f�nf Waffen. Aber es ist nicht einfach, eine uralte, b�se Geheimorganisation auf den Pfad der Tugend zu f�hren. Und dass pl�tzlich von�Avengers�bis�X-Men�zig Kollegen seine Motive in Frage stellen, macht die Sache nicht leichter. Der Meister des Kung-Fu gegen Marvels gr��te Helden!

Collect SHANG-CHI AND THE TEN RINGS #1-6 and SHANG-CHI: MASTER OF THE TEN RINGS #1.The true origin of the Ten Rings! Shang-Chi has gained possession of some of the most powerful weapons in the universe, but so much concentrated energy has not gone unnoticed. Every bounty hunter, assassin and evil syndicate in the Marvel Universe is coming to take the Rings from him! Bad timing for Shang-Chi's old flame, Leiko Wu, to show up with a mission to rescue their old spy ally, Clive Reston. Can Sha...

Collects Shang-Chi (2020) #1-5, Shang-Chi (2021) #1-12, Marvel's Voices: Identity (2021) #1 (Shang-Chi story), Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings (2022) #1-6, Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings (2023) #1. The comic-book saga of Shang-Chi and the legendary Ten Rings! An ancient and evil secret society has remained in hiding since the death of their leader, Zheng Zu. But now a successor has been chosen: Zheng Zu's son, Shang-Chi! In a fractious family reunion, Shang-Chi gets to know the siblings he...

Given the rise of AI and the advent of online collaboration opportunities (e.g., social media, crowdsourcing), emerging research has started to investigate the integration of AI and human intelligence, especially in a collaborative social context. This creates unprecedented challenges and opportunities in the field of Social Intelligence (SI), where the goal is to explore the collective intelligence of both humans and machines by understanding their complementary strengths and interactions...

Collects Shang-Chi (2020) #1-5. The Marvel Universe’s greatest fighter returns to a world of death and destruction he thought he left behind! An ancient and evil secret society has remained in hiding since the death of their leader, Zheng Zu. But now a successor has been chosen to shift the balance of power in the world: Zheng Zu’s son, Shang-Chi! In a fractious family reunion, Shang-Chi gets to know the siblings he never knew he had, including the deadly Sister Hammer! But who among them ...

Seit den 1970ern haut und tritt Marvels Kung-Fu-Superheld Shang-Chi zu, was das Zeug hält. Mit einem großen Kinofilm im Anflug, gibt es auch einen neuen Comic mit dem chinesischen Marvel-Helden, der von Eisner Award-Gewinner Gene Luen Yang verfasst wird. In den USA geboren, wurde er doch traditionell-chinesisch erzogen und lässt seine gesamte persönliche Erfahrung mit der asiatischen Kultur in Shang-Chis neue Abenteuer einfließen. Im einsteigerfreundlichen Band geht es um die böse Geheimge...