Combining the classical theories of contact mechanics and lubrication with the study of friction on the nanometer range, this multi-scale book for researchers and students alike guides the reader deftly through the mechanisms governing friction processes, based on state-of-the-art models and experimental results. The first book in the field to incorporate recent research on nanotribology with classical theories of contact mechanics, this unique text explores atomic scale scratches, non-con...

Written by three leading experts in the field, this book describes and explains all essential aspects of scanning probe microscopy. Emphasis is placed on the experimental design and procedures required to optimize the performance of the various methods described. The book covers not only the physical principles behind this popular technique, but also tackles questions on instrument design, the basic features of the different imaging modes, and recurring artifacts. Novel applications and th...

Der bedeutendste Wirbeltierpaläontologe des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland und vielleicht sogar in Europa steht im Mittelpunkt des Buches und E-Books "Hermann von Meyer: Der große Naturforscher aus Frankfurt am Main". Verfasser ist der Wiesbadener Wissenschaftsautor Ernst Probst, der ab 1977 viele Zeitungsartikel und ab 1986 zahlreiche Bücher über paläontologische Themen schrieb. Viele Sammler und Museen vertrauten Meyer ihre Fossilien zur Untersuchung an. Von 1828 bis 1869 verfasste der ...

Friedrich Glausers literarisches Werk entstand auf dem Hintergrund seiner ausserordentlichen Biografie. Doch haben nur wenige Menschen, die ihm in seinem Leben begegnet sind, ihre Erinnerungen zu Papier gebracht. Diese Texte werden hier mit Fotografien seiner Freundin Berthe Bendel, ihrer Schwester Hulda Messmer, von ihm selbst und von Gotthard Schuh veröffentlicht. Emmy Ball-Hennings begegnete Friedrich Glauser, als sie die Kasse der Dada-Galerie hütete. J. R. von Salis lernte ihn in den ...

Das »Wörterbuch zur Sicherheitspolitik. Deutschland in einem veränderten internationalen Umfeld« ist das unübertroffene Standardwerk zum besseren Verständnis der Rolle Deutschlands in der sicherheitspolitischen Welt des 21. Jahrhunderts. In seiner nunmehr bereits 9., vollständig überarbeiteten Auflage bietet es den schnellen Zugang zum aktuellen sicherheitspolitischen Wissen für alle, die an Sicherheitspolitik interessiert sind oder die sich im Studium oder beruflich mit sicherheitspolitis...

In the 1930s C. G. Jung embarked upon a bold investigation into childhood dreams as remembered by adults to better understand their significance to the lives of the dreamers. Jung presented his findings in a four-year seminar series at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Children's Dreams marks their first publication in English, and fills a critical gap in Jung's collected works.Here we witness Jung the clinician more vividly than ever before--and he is w...

Despite all the efforts being put into expanding renewable energy sources, large-scale power stations will be essential as part of a reliable energy supply strategy for a longer period. Given that they are low on CO2 emissions, many countries are moving into or expanding nuclear energy to cover their baseload supply.Building structures required for nuclear plants whose protective function means they are classified as safety-related, have to meet particular construction requirements ...

Jung's landmark seminar sessions on dream interpretation and its historyFrom 1936 to 1941, C. G. Jung gave a four-part seminar series in Zurich on children's dreams and the historical literature on dream interpretation. This book completes the two-part publication of this landmark seminar, presenting the sessions devoted to dream interpretation and its history. Here we witness Jung as both clinician and teacher: impatient and sometimes authoritarian but also witty,...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

Eine komplett neue Zusammenstellung der schönsten Klassiker. Diesmal dabei: Joseph Conrad * Taifun Fjodor M. Dostojewskij * Die Sanfte J. W. von Goethe * Das Märchen von der grünen Schlange und der schönen Lilie Maxim Gorki * Malwa Gottfried Keller * Der Schmied seines Glücks Jack London * Die Goldschlucht Guy de Maupassant * Boule de Suif; Liebe Conrad Ferdinand Meyer * Das Amulett Alexander Puschkin * Der Posthalter und drei weitere Novellen Wilhelm Raabe * Holunderblüte Arthur Schnitzle...

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

Horror stories are designed from the onset to create a story that will suddenly go very wrong and create a sheer horror and hell not only for the characters in the story but by extension ourselves.In this carefully crafted volume, our authors use their talents to create an atmosphere that might start with tingling tension but builds and builds until we can trust nothing but the certainty of the next few words and the wrath they will bring.1 - Atmospheric Horror Stories - An...