This volume tackles the subject of illustration, technically, metaphorically and historically in...

Scheduling is a broad research area and scheduling problems arise from several application domains...

Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker is the definitive collection of essays in commemoration of the 90th birthday of Alan Turing. This fascinating text covers the rich facets of his life, thoughts, and legacy, but also sheds some light on the future of computing science with a chapter c...

The theft, trafficking, and falsification of cultural property and cultural heritage objects are crimes of a particularly complex nature, which often have international ramifications and significant economic consequences. Organized criminal groups of various types and origins are involved in these illegal acts. The book Crime in the Art and Anti...

Von Apfel bis Zitrone, von Blumenkohl bis Zuckerschote: Was frisch auf den Markt kommt, macht so monatelang Freude. Und nach aktuellen Rezepten aus aller Welt gekocht oder eingelegt, macht es noch nicht mal viel Arbeit. Die Dr. Oetker-Garantie: Schon die A-bis Z-Suche weckt unwiderstehliche Nachkochlust.

Based on a wealth of primary data collected by expeditions as well as archive data from Russia, this fascinating book features a systematic description of the knowledge accumulated on the physical oceanography, marine chemistry and pollution, marine biology and geology, meteorology and hydrology of the Black Sea. It presents the principal charac...