Reaction Rate Theory and Rare Events bridges the historical gap between these subjects because the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of scientific research often requires an understanding of both reaction rate theory and the theory of other rare events. The book discusses collision theory, transition state theory, RRKM theory, catalysis, diffusion limited kinetics, mean first passage times, Kramers theory, Grote-Hynes theory, transition path theory, non-adiabatic reactions, electron transfer, and topics from reaction network analysis. It is an essential reference for students, professors and scientists who use reaction rate theory or the theory of rare events. In addition, the book discusses transition state search algorithms, tunneling corrections, transmission coefficients, microkinetic models, kinetic Monte Carlo, transition path sampling, and importance sampling methods. The unified treatment in this book explains why chemical reactions and other rare events, while having many common theoretical foundations, often require very different computational modeling strategies.

This book explores what science fiction can tell us about the human condition in a technological world, with the ethical dilemmas and consequences that this entails. This book is the result of the joint efforts of scholars and scientists from various disciplines. This interdisciplinary approach sets an example for those who, like us, have been busy assessing the ways in which fictional attempts to fathom the possibilities of science and technology speak to central concerns about what it means to be human in a contemporary world of technology and which ethical dilemmas it brings along. One of the aims of this book is to demonstrate what can be achieved in approaching science fiction as a kind of imaginary laboratory for experimentation, where visions of human (or even post-human) life under various scientific, technological or natural conditions that differ from our own situation can be thought through and commented upon. Although a scholarly work, this book is also designed to be accessible to a general audience that has an interest in science fiction, as well as to a broader academic audience interested in ethical questions.

Baron Peter Apor lamented the passing of traditional Transylvanian practices and the "Metamorphosis," written in 1783, is not a memoir in the usual sense so much a record of a vanishing way of that the life author had enjoyed in his youth, and had been told of by his elders. Apor focuses on the world he knew: upper-class society, the company of Princes and Counts. He gives detailed accounts of Transylvanian dress, feasts, rituals, ceremonials, travelling, weddings, funerals and other social functions that are unrivalled for gusto, humour and color. Here, for example, are young Lords whose horses had harnesses set with gems; Counts with forty castles; hospitality of a truly prodigious nature beginning with vermouth at breakfast drunk from silver goblets; fine banquets taken to the sound of pipes and violins, finishing with rousing dances such as the Mouse Dance.

"an exciting collaborative effort... there is no available study with this scope and intellectual boldness... this volume will be a sure hit with a broad set of reading publics, appropriate for specialists in the field and a very attractive introduction for undergraduate students in history, human rights, international relations, and many other fields." -- Mark von Hagen, Professor of History, Columbia University well defined, authoritative, disciplined and topically innovative& a pioneering publication in an academic field which is just opening up. -- Raymond Pearson, Professor of Modern European History, School of History and International Affairs, University of UlsterThis new volume, by a team of international scholars, explores aspects of population displacement and statehood at a crucial stage in modern European history, when the entire continent took on the aspect of a laboratory atop a mass graveyard (Tomas Masaryk).This topic of state formation has become newly urgent today, following the collapse of the USSR and the Soviet bloc, and the violent conflicts in the Balkans and Caucasus. Many of these current dilemmas and tragedies have their origins in the aftermath of World War I, when newly emerging nation states in this region first sought to define themselves in terms of population and citizenship.The sudden reconfiguration of power and territory in Eastern Europe after 1918 was characterized by extreme flux, in the form of massive population movements, shifting territorial borders and cultural boundaries, and new political and social formations taking shape. Acknowledging the chaotic and destructive nature of involuntary migration and the intensity of human suffering andtrauma involved, the current volume emphasizes the active and constructive participation of refugees and returnees in negotiating their status and role in the newly formed independent states of Eastern Europe.Based on original research in recently opened East European and Russian archives, this volume examines domestic and international changes that affected the entire region between the end of the war in 1918 and the stabilization of post-imperial European frontiers and regimes by 1924. It includes detailed case studies on Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Belorussia, the Urals region of Soviet Russia and Armenia.War, Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918" 1924 highlights why the topics of population displacement, state building and social identity should be matters of vital concern, not only to contemporary political scientists, demographers, policymakers, journalists and others, but also to historians.

This book explores what science fiction can tell us about the human condition in a technological world, with the ethical dilemmas and consequences that this entails. This book is the result of the joint efforts of scholars and scientists from various disciplines. This interdisciplinary approach sets an example for those who, like us, have been busy assessing the ways in which fictional attempts to fathom the possibilities of science and technology speak to central concerns about what it means to be human in a contemporary world of technology and which ethical dilemmas it brings along. One of the aims of this book is to demonstrate what can be achieved in approaching science fiction as a kind of imaginary laboratory for experimentation, where visions of human (or even post-human) life under various scientific, technological or natural conditions that differ from our own situation can be thought through and commented upon. Although a scholarly work, this book is also designed to be accessible to a general audience that has an interest in science fiction, as well as to a broader academic audience interested in ethical questions.

Die vorliegenden Bande sind aus einer dreisemestrigen Einfiihrungsvorlesung fUr Informatiker an der TU Wien entstanden, in der die wichtigsten Grund lagen aus den Gebieten Lineare und Nichtlineare Algebra, Analysis und Diskrete Mathematik behandelt werden. Zusatzlich zu den Inhalten, die in den Mathematikgrundvorlesungen der klassischen Ingenieurfacher auftreten, bilden dabei die in den Computerwissenschaften besonders wichtigen Metho den aus Kombinatorik, Graphentheorie und der Algebra endlicher Korper Schwerpunkte. Bei der Ausarbeitung wurde der Stoff einerseits durch Fakten und Beweise erganzt, die aufgrund ihres Umfanges in der Vorlesung nicht gebracht werden konnen; andererseits wurde auch eine Vielzahl von durchge rechneten Beispielen in den Text aufgenommen, urn das Verstandnis und die Mog1ichkeit des Selbststudiums zu fOrdern. Neben Beispielen, in denen es urn das direkte Anwenden mathematischer "Rezepte" geht, finden sich auch zahl reiche solche, in denen inhaltliche Beobachtungen wichtiger Art gemacht werden. Der Stil der Darstellung wurde nach Moglichkeit mathematisch exakt gehalten, ohne einen allzu abstrakten logischen Formalismus zu verwenden. Tiefgehende Fakten, deren Beweise iiber den Rahmen einer solchen einfUh renden Darstellung fUr Informatiker hinausgehen, werden ohne Beweis ange geben, die einfacher zu fiihrenden Beweise jedoch vorgefUhrt, da auch der Ingenieurstudent aus dem Verstehen von Beweisideen vie1 Verstandnis fUr die von ihm verwendeten mathematischen Methoden und deren Grenzen gewin nen kann. Aus dem Inhalt der 3 Bande groBteils ausgespart blieben Methoden, denen iiblicherweise eigene Vorlesungen gewidmet sind, wie Wahrscheinlich keitsrechnung und Statistik, Logik und Numerische Mathematik, da ihre Aufnahme den Gesamtumfang bei weitem gesprengt hatte."

Das dreibandige Werk bietet eine Einfuhrung in die wichtigsten mathematischen Grundlagen aus den Gebieten der Linearen und Nichtlinearen Algebra, der Analysis und der Diskreten Mathematik fur Informatiker. Besondere Schwerpunkte bilden die in den Computerwissenschaften wichtigen Methoden aus Kombinatorik, Graphentheorie und der Theorie endlicher Koerper. Damit zeichnet sich das Werk gegenuber den klassischen Grundlagenwerken der Ingenieurmathematik durch informatik-spezifischere Inhalte aus. Zahlreiche durchgerechnete Beispiele und Erklarungen sollen die Moeglichkeiten des Selbststudiums foerdern. Nach der Neuauflage von Band 1 im Jahr 1992 liegen nun auch die Bande 2 und 3 in einer verbesserten Neuauflage vor.

Das dreibandige Werk bietet eine Einfuhrung in die wichtigsten mathematischen Grundlagen aus den Gebieten der Linearen und Nichtlinearen Algebra, der Analysis und der Diskreten Mathematik fur Informatiker. Besondere Schwerpunkte bilden die in den Computerwissenschaften wichtigen Methoden aus Kombinatorik, Graphentheorie und der Theorie endlicher Koerper. Damit zeichnet sich das Werk gegenuber den klassischen Grundlagenwerken der Ingenieurmathematik durch informatik-spezifischere Inhalte aus. Zahlreiche durchgerechnete Beispiele und Erklarungen sollen die Moeglichkeiten des Selbststudiums foerdern. Nach der Neuauflage von Band 1 im Jahr 1992 liegen nun auch die Bande 2 und 3 in einer verbesserten Neuauflage vor.

Literary Nonfiction. Edited by Dennis Barone and Peter Covino, this volume collects and expands on many of the ideas explored during the widely influential Italian American Discussion Group of the Modern Language Association, in existence ten-plus years. Scholarly writing about Italian American literature and culture has arguably entered its second fully and critically engaged decade of sustained conversation and inquiry. This collection of essays endeavors to highlight the vitality of these inquiries and offer suggestions for continuing research and enjoyment.Contributors: Michael AntonucciNancy Caronia, Jim Cocola, Joseph Conte, John Domini, Tracy Floreani, Kathleen McCormick, Gina Miele, and Roseanne Giannini Quinn.