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January 1982Herr Sylvester wohnt unter dem Dach
Erzählungen
by Bingel, Horst / Nachwort von Weyrauch, Wolfgang
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2025The Derby philosophers
Science and culture in British urban society, 1700–1850
by Paul A. Elliott
The Derby Philosophers focuses upon the activities of a group of Midland intellectuals that included the evolutionist and physician Erasmus Darwin, Rev. Thomas Gisborne the evangelical philosopher and poet, Robert Bage the novelist, Charles Sylvester the chemist and engineer, William George and his son Herbert Spencer, the internationally renowned evolutionist philosopher who coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest', and members of the Wedgwood and Strutt families. The book explores how, inspired by science and through educational activities, publications and institutions including the famous Derbyshire General Infirmary (1810) and Derby Arboretum (1840), the Derby philosophers strove to promote social, political and urban improvements with national and international consequences. Much more than a parochial history of one intellectual group or town, this book examines science, politics and culture during one of the most turbulent periods of British history.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2009The Derby philosophers
Science and culture in British urban society, 1700–1850
by Paul Elliot
The Derby Philosophers focuses upon the activities of a group of Midland intellectuals that included the evolutionist and physician Erasmus Darwin, Rev. Thomas Gisborne the evangelical philosopher and poet, Robert Bage the novelist, Charles Sylvester the chemist and engineer, William George and his son Herbert Spencer, the internationally renowned evolutionist philosopher who coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest', and members of the Wedgwood and Strutt families. The book explores how, inspired by science and through educational activities, publications and institutions including the famous Derbyshire General Infirmary (1810) and Derby Arboretum (1840), the Derby philosophers strove to promote social, political and urban improvements with national and international consequences. Much more than a parochial history of one intellectual group or town, this book examines science, politics and culture during one of the most turbulent periods of British history, an age of political and industrial revolutions in which the Derby philosophers were closely involved. ;
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January 2019Vor dem Palast
Gespräche über Einar Schleef
by Corinne Orlowski
»Der Ort vor dem Palast ist der Ort der Transformation, des Figurwerdens, des Tragödiewerdens, er ist der eigentliche Ort des Theaters«, sagt die Theaterwissenschaftlerin Ulrike Haß im Gespräch. Dort, inszenierend und über das Theater schreibend (Droge Faust Parsifal), hat sich der Theatermann Schleef aufgehalten. Von dort aus hat er operiert. Aber wer war Einar Schleef (1944-2001)?Die Gespräche dieses Bandes kreisen die kontroverse Ausnahmeerscheinung und das Werk dieses Künstlers ein, der Regisseur, Autor, Maler, Darsteller, Filmer und Fotograf in einer Person war. Die Herausgeberin fragt: Was machte ihn aus? Welche Entdeckungen sind in den künstlerischen Disziplinen, die er beherrschte, zu machen? Was an den Erkenntnissen, Thesen, Provokationen und Demonstrationen, die Einar Schleefs Arbeiten bereithalten, verlangt danach, vorgezeigt und diskutiert, verwandelt und weitergegeben zu werden? Wo steht das Theater heute? Wie geht es weiter?Mit der Herausgeberin gesprochen haben: Sebastian Baumgarten, Bibiana Beglau, Jakob Fedler, Michael Freitag (über den Maler), Christine Groß, Ulrike Haß, Carl Hegemann, Regine Herrmann (über den Fotografen), Jürgen Holtz, Elfriede Jelinek, Wolfram Koch, Thomas Köck, Hans-Ulrich Müller-Schwefe (über den Autor), Armin Petras, Claus Peymann, Günther Rühle, Ulrich Rasche, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Heiner Sylvester (über den Filmer), Rita Thiele, Susan Todd, Martin Wuttke.
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January 1976Gerbert von Aurillac und das Quadrivium
Untersuchungen zur Bildung im Zeitalter der Ottonen
by Lindgren, Uta
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2009British liberal internationalism, 1880–1930
Making progress?
by Casper Sylvest
This book explores the development, character, and legacy of the ideology of liberal internationalism in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Liberal internationalism provided a powerful way of theorising and imagining international relations, and it dominated well-informed political discourse at a time when Britain was the most powerful country in the world. Its proponents focused on securing progress, generating order and enacting justice in international affairs. Liberal internationalism united a diverse group of intellectuals and public figures, and it left a lasting legacy in the twentieth century. This book elucidates the roots, trajectory, and diversity of liberal internationalism, focusing in particular on three intellectual languages - international law, philosophy and history - through which it was promulgated. Finally, it traces the impact of these ideas across the defining moment of the First World War. The liberal internationalist vision of the late-nineteenth century remained popular well into the twentieth century and forms an important backdrop to the development of the academic study of International Relations in Britain. ;
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureSeptember 2018Crossing in Oil Palm
A Manual
by Umi Setiawati, Baihaqi Sitepu, Fazrin Nur, Brian P Forster, Sylvester Dery, Brian P Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari
Oil palm is the world's most important oil crop and crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seed, breeding and genetic studies. This book illustrates crossing techniques to maximise success and safeguard purity, enabling the production of high quality seeds to grow-on as planting material and in breeding superior cultivars. Presenting sound practices based on scientific innovation in plant breeding, this guide provides techniques integrated with expertise and application of sustainable aspects of agronomy and crop protection, alongside information and imaging technology. Promoting green, eco-friendly agriculture, this book covers: biology and genetics, germplasm, target traits and commercial crossing; health and safety considerations in the field and laboratory; pollen collection and storage, pollen viability testing, and pollination; isolation of the female inflorescence; and commercial tenera production. Based on experience and protocols, this is an invaluable manual for students and researchers in agriculture, plant breeders, growers and end users interested in the practicalities of oil palm crossing for breeding and commercial seed production
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Bankruptcy & insolvencySlaves to the Money Lenders.
by James Kilcullen
When the SW bank in Hibernia becomes insolvent its CEO S.W.A. Mullarkey persuades his old friend, Moxy O'Shea, Taoiseach, to guarantee its solvency. Mullarkey is delighted, having passed the problem to the taxpayers; Frank Carney, leader of the opposition, is furious and demands a general election. The EU demand an austerity budget. Frank wins the election and becomes Taoiseach, but how can he save his country?
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersHemingway, Cuba and The Cuban Works
by Larry Grimes (editor), Bickford Sylvester (editor)
The profound impact of Cuba on Ernest Hemingway's life and workErnest Hemingway resided in Cuba longer than he lived anywhere else in the world, yet no book has been devoted to how his life in Cuba influenced his writing. Hemingway, Cuba, and the Cuban Works corrects this omission by presenting contributions by scholars and journalists from the United States, Russia, Japan, and Cuba, who explore how Hemingway absorbed and wrote from the culture and place around him.The volume opens with an examination of Hemingway’s place in Cuban history and culture, evaluations of the man and his work, and studies of Hemingway’s life as an American in Cuba. These essays look directly at Hemingway’s Cuban experience, and they range from the academic to the journalistic, allowing different voices to speak and different tones to be heard. The first section includes reflections from Gladys Rodriguez Ferrero, former director of the Museo Finco Vigía, who describes the deep affection Cubans hold for Hemingway; and recollections from the now-adult members of “Gigi’s All Stars,” the boys’ baseball team that Hemingway organized in the 1940s.In the second part of the collection, Hemingway scholars— among them, Kim Moreland, James Nagel, Ann Putnam, and H. R. Stoneback—employ a variety of critical perspectives to analyze specific works set in Cuba or on its Gulf Stream and written during the years that Hemingway actually lived in Cuba. Also included are a long letter by Richard Armstrong describing the Machado revolution in Cuba and Hemingway’s photographs of fishermen at Cojimar, which provide vivid visual commentary on The Old Man and the Sea.Appended to the collection are Kelli Larson’s bibliography of scholarly writing on Hemingway’s Cuban works and Ned Quevedo Arnaiz’s sample of Cuban writing on those works. A chronology placing Hemingway’s life in Cuba beside historical events is also provided.This important volume illuminates Hemingway’s life and work during the Cuban years, and it will appeal to Hemingway fans and scholars alike.
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True crimeMay 2020Globale Nomaden - Süden
Drogenschmuggel übers Mittelmeer
by Hubertus Becker
Hubertus Becker »Globale Nomaden – Süden«Drogenschmuggel übers Mittelmeer »Globale Nomaden – Süden« lautet der erste von vier Bänden des Autors Hubertus Becker, der als Mitglied einer internationalen Bande von Schmugglern aufgeschrieben hat, wie es ihm und seinen Komplizen während der siebziger Jahre gelang, trotz Ronald Reagans erklärtem Drogenkrieg, trotz DEA, FBI und Interpol die Märkte in den Metropolen Europas und Amerikas mit Haschisch, Kokain und Opiaten zu versorgen. Der weitgehend dokumentarische Roman führt die Leser in Weltgegenden, in denen die Menschen andere Probleme zu bewältigen haben als im saturierten Europa. Dabei begegnen die Protagonisten prominenten Zeitgenossen wie Paco de Lucia, Nastassja Kinski, Sylvester Stallone und Bob Marley, um einige zu nennen.Der Autor nimmt uns mit ins marokkanische Rif-Gebirge, wo heute 90 Prozent des in Europa konsumierten Haschischs angebaut wird; wir begleiten die Globalen Nomaden nach Indien und ins Goldene Dreieck, wir sind dabei wie sie Geschäfte in Kolumbien anbahnen und im großen Stil Marihuana in die USA schmuggeln. Fast nebenbei scheint dabei das Porträt einer Zeit durch, wo Phänomene wie die Hippiekultur auf Ibiza, Goa, Bali und Hawaii, das Leben mit dem Outlaw Motorrad-Club in Florida sowie das Ambiente einer Opiumhöhle im indischen Bombay beschrieben werden. Durchsetzt ist der Roman immer wieder mit selbstreflexiven Betrachtungen zum Drogenkonsum, zur Kriminalität und nicht zuletzt zum (Un-)Sinn des Lebens, etwa anlässlich des Besuchs eines Ashrams in Indien. »Wahnsinn!«, sagte er, und ich wusste nicht, ob er damit die Schwierigkeiten meinte, bei dem Wind die Zigaretten anzuzünden, ob er von dem Motorradausflug sprach, oder ob er gar das Leben an sich meinte. Es blieb sich gleich, es war jede Menge Wahnsinn um uns und in uns, und ich war vollkommen seiner Meinung.
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Civil engineering, surveying & buildingJune 2011The Civil Engineers
by Hugh Ferguson , Mike Chimes (Author)
Many Victorian engineers have become household names, now, in the 21st century, with high speed rail, sky-reaching buildings and clean water on-demand we take civil engineers’ skills for granted. This is the story of the oldest professional engineering institution, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), and the people who made it; the men and women that have shaped the world around us with the projects they design, build and maintain and in doing do so have helped to improve the lives of millions of people. Opening the doors on the ICE’s extensive archives, this highly illustrated colour history looks at the development of the profession over nearly 200 years, charting the successes of construction from the great engineering advances of Victorian times to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the growth of the ICE into a global knowledge network with a membership of more than 80,000. With biographies of some of the great engineers who made these changes possible, including ICE past presidents: Thomas Telford, the first president and, for many, the greatest civil engineer of all time; George and Robert Stephenson, father and son pioneers of the British railway revolution; Sir John Fowler, responsible for the world’s first underground railway; Sir Joseph Bazalgette, creator of London’s sewer system; Sir Benjamin Baker, creator of the Forth Railway Bridge and the Aswan Dam; and Basil Mott, designer and engineer of the Mersey Road Tunnel. Explore the colourful history of the development of civil engineering and its professional institution in this informative and interesting account from authors with extensive knowledge of the ICE. The Civil Engineers is a fascinating read for all those interested in the civil engineering industry and its impact on the world, as well as an overview of the ICE and its key players for civil engineers working towards ICE membership.
