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  • Dense Matter in Compact Stars

    A Pedagogical Introduction

    by Andreas Schmitt ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The purpose and motivation of these lectures can be summarized in the following two questions: • What is the ground state (and its properties) of dense matter? • What is the matter composition of a compact star? The two questions are, of course, strongly coupled to each other. Depending on your point of view, you can either consider the ?rst as the main question and the second as a consequence or ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Introduction to Superfluidity

    Field-theoretical Approach and Applications

    by Andreas Schmitt ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Superfluidity – and closely related to it, superconductivity – are very general phenomena that can occur on vastly different energy scales. Their underlying theoretical mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking is even more general and applies to a multitude of physical systems.In these lecture notes, a pedagogical introduction to the field-theory approach to superfluidity is presented. The ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation

    Edited by André Freire, Eva H. Önnudóttir, Andrea Pedrazzani, Hermann Schmitt ...
    Series series Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series
    This authoritative Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of political representation, with a particular emphasis on contemporary liberal democratic regimes.Presenting concise entries authored by leading scholars, this Encyclopedia traces the historical origins of political representation, exploring key thinkers, pivotal studies, and significant theoretical developments that have shaped ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Strongly Interacting Matter in Magnetic Fields

    Edited by Dmitri Kharzeev, Karl Landsteiner, Andreas Schmitt, Ho-Ung Yee ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The physics of strongly interacting matter in an external magnetic field is presently emerging as a topic of great cross-disciplinary interest for particle, nuclear, astro- and condensed matter physicists.It is known that strong magnetic fields are created in heavy ion collisions, an insight that has made it possible to study a variety of surprising and intriguing phenomena that emerge from the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Ex Captivitate Salus

    Experiences, 1945 - 47

    by Carl Schmitt ...
    Translated by Matthew Hannah ...
    When Germany was defeated in 1945, both the Russians and the Americans undertook mass internments in the territories they occupied. The Americans called their approach “automatic arrest.” Carl Schmitt, although not belonging in the circles subject to automatic arrest, was held in one of these camps in the years 1945–6 and then, in March 1947, in the prison of the international tribunal in ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Theories in and of Mathematics Education

    Theory Strands in German Speaking Countries

    by Angelika Bikner-Ahsbahs, Andreas Vohns, Oliver Schmitt, Regina Bruder, Willi Dörfler ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This survey provides an overview of German meta-discourse on theories and mathematics education as a scientific discipline, from the 1970s to the 1990s. Two theory strands are offered: a semiotic view related to Peirce and Wittgenstein (presented by Willibald Dörfler), and the theory of learning activity by Joachim Lompscher (presented by Regina Bruder and Oliver Schmitt). By networking the two ... Read more

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    Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich

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