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Rivers of Change. A Story of Eroding Villages
(2024)Rivers of Change takes you on a captivating photographic journey, delving into one of the quintessential questions of the 21st century: How will human societies adapt to the rapidly accelerating climatic changes? This book, born out of an extensive research project, amplifies the voices of communities in Bangladesh living on the frontline of dramatic environmental changes. It not only showcases their vulnerability but also unveils their ...Monograph -
Wikipédia, ou Imaginez un monde
(2024)Rue d'Ulm/EssaiL’encyclopédie libre Wikipédia a révolutionné à bas bruit l’accès à l’information pour des milliards d’individus sur la planète. Mais qui sait comment elle fonctionne? Eui édite le site? Et selon quels principes? Quand – et pourquoi – peut-on avoir confiance dans les informations qu’il fournit? Au-delà, de quoi l’encyclopédie que «tout le monde peut éditer» est-elle réellement le nom? Car Wikipédia ne représente qu’une déclinaison ...Monograph -
Metamaterial Analysis and Design
(2024)De Gruyter Series in Applied and Numerical MathematicsMetamaterials are advanced composite materials which have exotic and powerful properties. Their complicated microstructures make metamaterials challenging to model, requiring the use of sophisticated mathematical techniques. This book uses a from-first-principles approach (based on boundary integral methods and asymptotic analysis) to study a class of high-contrast metamaterials. These mathematical techniques are applied to the problem ...Monograph -
Vom Verschwinden der Technik
(2024)Wohin gehen Technologien, wenn sie verschwinden und weder Zukunft noch Anwendung haben? Lässt sich ihr Verschwinden überhaupt erzählen? Vielleicht als eine Geschichte im Rückwärtsgang? Oder bloss als grosse Aufräumaktion, bei der Abriss, Demontage und Entsorgung die Hauptrolle spielen? Die hier zusammengestellten Versuche zeigen, wie sich starke Verbindungen wieder auflösen können, warum sogar höchst prominente Technologien plötzlich ...Monograph -
Lectures on Symmetry-Assisted Computation
(2024)Scientific problems have an internal "beauty", called, referred to, precisely speaking, as their "symmetry". The symmetry arises, often, from the fact that the scientific problem refers to an object (a molecule, a crystal) and the object itself has some "symmetry" elements, but in more abstract situations, such as those arising in particle physics and quantum technologies, symmetry is often the only known (and relevant!) fact about the ...Monograph -
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Internet and Gender in Kazakhstan
(2024)Central Asian StudiesInternet and Gender in Kazakhstan offers an empirically rich and theoretically compelling analysis of how the Internet is influencing societal attitudes towards women's roles and agency in Kazakhstan. Equipped with intimate perspectives from the wider public in five different regions of Kazakhstan, the book conceptualises, theorises, and analyses the relationship between the Internet and gender-related attitudes in Kazakhstan through a ...Monograph -
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Subversion: From Covert Operations to Cyber Conflict
(2024)In theory, subversion is the perfect weapon, yet in practice it often falters—and the same applies to cyber operations. This book explains why. Lennart Maschmeyer argues that subversion holds great promise as a cheap, easy, and yet effective alternative to war because of its distinct mechanism of action: secretly exploiting and manipulating adversary systems to undermine them and turn them against the adversary. In practice, however, ...Monograph -
Understanding Products as Services
(2024)Understanding Products as Services serves as an indispensable guide for navigating the hybrid economy, enabling you to leverage the integration of hardware and software, and propel your organization to the forefront of innovation and success.Monograph