This book features a masterwork in the field of conservation published in English for the first time. In the decades since its initial publication in German in 1978, Polychrome Sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the making and meaning of European medieval and Baroque painted wood sculpture. An early proponent of interdisciplinary research, Johannes Taubert played a pioneering role in combining the rigorous scientific analysis of materials with a fuller understanding of form and function, an approach that has led to the development of technical art history as practiced today. Many of the essays in this volume apply such scientific techniques as microscopic analysis to an art-historical understanding of Romanesque and late Gothic wood sculpture, revealing that, far from serving a merely decorative function, the painted surface of these works was intricately connected to their meaning. The paint layers on the sculptures, for example, which the author spent years documenting through close examination and analysis, were intended to impart a heightened sense of reality to the life-sized sculptures, thereby enhancing the viewer's experience of worship.Taubert believed it was crucial for conservators to understand this context before undertaking any treatments. No other book offers such a focused, subtle, and interdisciplinary examination of the subject as Polychrome Sculpture. This influential work is now available in English for the first time, in a meticulous translation enhanced and updated by new color illustrations, annotations to the original text, and a new introduction.

Das "Pflanzenanatomische Praktikum" ist seit 9 Auflagen in der botanischen Lehre etabliert und seitdem immer wieder verbessert und aktualisiert worden. Der vorliegende Band 1 ist nach folgenden Prinzipien aufgebaut: Allgemeine Anleitung zum Praparieren und Mikroskopieren botanischer Objekte, Ubungen zur botanischen Zytologie und Histologie, Gegenuberstellung von Mikrophoto und Zeichnung, Anatomie der Vegetationsorgane der hoheren Pflanzen, Embryologie der Spermatophyta. Band 2 des "Pflanzenanatomischen Praktikums" enthalt Anleitungen zum Praparieren und Mikroskopieren niederer Pflanzen einschliesslich der Bakterien und Pilze. Das Gesamtwerk dient Studierenden und Dozenten der Biologie, Botanik, Pharmazie und Landwirtschaft zum Kennenlernen von Bau, Fortpflanzungs- und Entwicklungsprozessen pflanzlicher Organismen. "Band 1 dieses Doppelwerkes ist geradezu ein Klassiker, der seit seiner ersten Auflage viele Lernende begleitet und begeistert hat." (Mikrokosmos)"

Eine Anleitung fur Studierende und Dozenten der Biologie, Botanik, Pharmazie und Landwirtschaft zum Kennenlernen von Bau, Fortpflanzungs- und Entwicklungsprozessen bei pflanzlichen Organismen unter bewusster Einbeziehung von Bakterien und Pilzen. Der Gestaltung liegen folgende Prinzipien zugrunde: - Vermittlung der Formenvielfalt und oekologischen Beziehungen der Organismen - Erkenntnisse zu phylogenetischen und ontogenetischen Entwicklungslinien - Wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der einzelnen Organismengruppen. Jeder Abschnitt beginnt mit einer kurzen theoretischen Einfuhrung und enthalt eine Gegenuberstellung von Mikrofoto und Zeichnung. Ziel ist es, mit einfachen Methoden elementare Informationen uber die Objekte des Pflanzenreiches durch eigene Anschauung und durch praktischen Umgang mit Organismen zu gewinnen. Der Teil I des "Pflanzenanatomischen Praktikums" bietet eine Anleitung zum Praparieren und Mikroskopie-ren botanischer Objekte, einen allgemeinen Praktikumsteil zur botanischen Zytologie und Histologie sowie zur Anatomie der Vegetationsorgane der hoeheren Pflanzen. Link zu: - Band I: Zur Einfuhrung in die Anatomie der Samenpflanzen - Band II: Zur Einfuhrung in den Bau, die Fortpflanzung und Ontogenie der niederen Pflanzen (auch der Bakterien und Pilze) und die Embryologie der Spermatophyta - Band I und Band II als Paket zum Sonderpreis

Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft was developed to explain what the electric aircraft stands for by offering an objective view of what can be expected from the giant strides in innovative architectures and technologies enabling aircraft electrification. Through tangible case studies, a deep insight is provided into this paradigm shift cutting across various aircraft segments - from General Aviation to Large Aircraft. Addressing design constraints and timelines foreseen to reach acceptable performance and maturity levels, Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft puts forward a general view of the progress made to date and what to expect in the years to come. Drawing from the expertise of four industry veterans, Pascal Thalin (editor/contributor), Ravi Rajamani, Jean-Charles Mare, and Sven Taubert (contributors), it addresses futuristic approaches but does not depart too far from the operational down-to-earth realities of everyday business. Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft also offers analyses on how performance enhancements and fuel burn savings may bring more value for money as long as new electric technologies deliver on their promises.

The formal scientific communication system is currently undergoing significant change. This is due to four developments: the digitisation of formal science communication; the economisation of academic publishing as profit drives many academic publishers and other providers of information; an increase in the self-observation of science by means of publication, citation and utility-based indicators; and the medialisation of science as its observation by the mass media intensifies. Previously, these developments have only been dealt with individually in the literature and by science-policy actors. The Future of Scholarly Publishing documents the materials and results of an interdisciplinary working group commissioned by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) to analyse the future of scholarly publishing and to make recommendations on how to respond to the challenges posed by these developments. As per the working group’s intention, the focus was mainly on the sciences and humanities in Germany. However, in the course of the work it became clear that the issues discussed by the group are equally relevant for academic publishing in other countries. As such, this book will contribute to the transfer of ideas and perspectives, and allow for mutual learning about the current and future state of scientific publishing in different settings.

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