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Taking as its point of departure the fundamental observation that
games are both technical and symbolic, this collection investigates
the multiple intersections between the study of computer games and
the discipline of technical and professional writing. Divided into
five parts, Computer Games and Technical Communication engages with
questions related to workplace communities and gamic simulations;
industry documentation; manuals, gameplay, and ethics; training,
testing, and number crunching; and the work of games and gamifying
work. In that computer games rely on a complex combination of
written, verbal, visual, algorithmic, audio, and kinesthetic means
to convey information, technical and professional writing scholars
are uniquely poised to investigate the intersection between the
technical and symbolic aspects of the computer game complex. The
contributors to this volume bring to bear the analytic tools of the
field to interpret the roles of communication, production, and
consumption in this increasingly ubiquitous technical and symbolic
medium.
Taking as its point of departure the fundamental observation that
games are both technical and symbolic, this collection investigates
the multiple intersections between the study of computer games and
the discipline of technical and professional writing. Divided into
five parts, Computer Games and Technical Communication engages with
questions related to workplace communities and gamic simulations;
industry documentation; manuals, gameplay, and ethics; training,
testing, and number crunching; and the work of games and gamifying
work. In that computer games rely on a complex combination of
written, verbal, visual, algorithmic, audio, and kinesthetic means
to convey information, technical and professional writing scholars
are uniquely poised to investigate the intersection between the
technical and symbolic aspects of the computer game complex. The
contributors to this volume bring to bear the analytic tools of the
field to interpret the roles of communication, production, and
consumption in this increasingly ubiquitous technical and symbolic
medium.
Pt. A: NMR and other Spectroscopic Methods. Pt. B: Mechanical
Methods
Following the first two volumes "Dendrimers" (TCC vol. 197) and
"Dendrimers II" (TCC vol. 210), the third volume dealing with this
topic is now appearing in print (the "tetralogy" on dendrimers will
soon be completed with the fourth volume). The present volume
comprises a collection of up-to-date reviews written by renowned
pioneers of research in the dendrimer field, three of whom lectured
at the 1. International Dendrimer Symposium (IDS-1 1999) in
Frankfurt. A focus of this volume is the variety of material
properties of soft and shape-persistent dendrimers. As its
predecessors did, this volume breaks through the frontiers to
neighboring disciplines and, in an interdisciplinary approach,
addresses topics such as polydisperse, hyperbranched macromolecules
(dendritic polymers), the analysis of shape and density by
small-angle scattering techniques, finely dispersed metals
(dendrimers as catalysts), and nanotechnology close to potential
applications.
"Citizenship is highly topical and relevant to a number of
disciplines including law, politics and sociology. What can a
linguistic study contribute to the debate? In this impressive
volume a combination of theorists -- linguists, historians and
lawyers -- address the subject of citizenship testing in language
proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge"--
Following the first two volumes "Dendrimers" (TCC vol. 197) and
"Dendrimers II" (TCC vol. 210), the third volume dealing with this
topic is now appearing in print (the "tetralogy" on dendrimers will
soon be completed with the fourth volume). The present volume
comprises a collection of up-to-date reviews written by renowned
pioneers of research in the dendrimer field, three of whom lectured
at the 1. International Dendrimer Symposium (IDS-1 1999) in
Frankfurt. A focus of this volume is the variety of material
properties of soft and shape-persistent dendrimers. As its
predecessors did, this volume breaks through the frontiers to
neighboring disciplines and, in an interdisciplinary approach,
addresses topics such as polydisperse, hyperbranched macromolecules
(dendritic polymers), the analysis of shape and density by
small-angle scattering techniques, finely dispersed metals
(dendrimers as catalysts), and nanotechnology close to potential
applications.
This monograph provides a comprehensive treatment of expansion
theorems for regular systems of first order differential equations
and "n"-th order ordinary differential equations.
In 10 chapters and one appendix, it provides a comprehensive
treatment from abstract foundations to applications in physics and
engineering. The focus is on non-self-adjoint problems. Bounded
operators are associated to these problems, and Chapter 1 provides
an in depth investigation of eigenfunctions and associated
functions for bounded Fredholm valued operators in Banach spaces.
Since every "n"-th order differential equation is equivalent
to a first order system, the main techniques are developed for
systems. Asymptotic fundamental
systems are derived for a large class of systems of differential
equations. Together with boundary
conditions, which may depend polynomially on the eigenvalue
parameter, this leads to the definition of Birkhoff and Stone
regular eigenvalue problems. An effort is made to make the
conditions relatively easy verifiable; this is illustrated with
several applications in chapter 10.
The contour integral method and estimates of the resolvent are used
to prove expansion theorems.
For Stone regular problems, not all functions are expandable, and
again relatively easy verifiable
conditions are given, in terms of auxiliary boundary conditions,
for functions to be expandable.
Chapter 10 deals exclusively with applications; in nine sections,
various concrete problems such as
the Orr-Sommerfeld equation, control of multiple beams, and an
example from meteorology are investigated.
Key features:
Expansion Theorems for Ordinary Differential Equations
Discusses Applications to Problems from Physics and
Engineering
Thorough Investigation of Asymptotic Fundamental Matrices and
Systems
Provides a Comprehensive Treatment
Uses the Contour Integral Method
Represents the Problems as Bounded Operators
Investigates Canonical Systems of Eigen- and Associated Vectors
for Operator Functions
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's move from Dresden to Berlin in 1911 marked
a turning point in his art. Under the influence of the most modern
metropolis in Europe, during the years between 1912 and 1915 the
artist created works whose exaggerated and condensed styl e could
be regarded as a true metaphor for the attitude to life during the
early years of the twentieth century. During this time of rapid
change the capital of the German Empire promised progress and
countless opportunities, but also danger and profound e xistential
fear. The city was not only the centre of industry, which continued
to grow unchecked, but also of increasing motorised traffic and,
with three million inhabitants, it was the biggest "city of
tenement blocks" in Europe. But Berlin was also the metropolis of
the arts, of hedonism, prostitution and accordingly of a sexuality
that could be lived to the full as never before. Berlin vibrated
with challenging energy and intellectual challenges. In this
melting pot of opportunities and risks Kirchner c reated pictures
of breathless, existential directness which he launched unerringly
at the conventions of the Wilhelminian age. The main area of focus
of the publication will lie on this dialectic and the resulting
tension. It will reproduce Kirchner's grea test masterpieces, and
in order to demonstrate the profound changes in his style, a
representative selection of his early works from Dresden will also
be shown alongside the paintings, drawing s and prints from the
time in Berlin.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's years in Berlin mark his ascent to being
considered Germany's foremost Expressionist artist. His works from
this period abound with a new dynamism that mirrors the turbulent
life and lifestyles of the capital. Dance, cabaret, circus,
prostitutes and grandiose cityscapes are the dominating topics and
belong to the key works of German 20th-century art. German text.
English summary: Wood blocks reveal unmediated the creative
formation of the wood cuts: they document the process and the
involvement of the artist with the material more than the flat
impression made on paper. Besides the graphics, the particular
affinity of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff for the material of wood is
revealed in the production of sculptures, furnishings, and
handcrafts. The graphic formation of the wood blocks stands on the
cusp for three-dimensional works. With over 200 wood blocks, the
Bruecke-Museum possesses almost half of Schmidt-Rottluff's wood
works, which were donated by the artist himself in 1975. The
wood-block collection contains the early small-formal works from
around 1905 up to the later 1920's and provides an extensive survey
of Schmidt-Rottluff's work, among which are advertising works, ex
libris prints, periodical and map letterhead. From the middle of
the 1920's the artist experimented with the technique of color wood
cuts: he used multiple discs, cut the blocks for print with
different colors or colored a block with multiple colors. The
catalog presents the wood blocks in full-page color tables across
from the corresponding graphic pages from the collection of the
museum. The accompanying texts address the process, the specific
quality of expression and the creative process of the technique.
German description: Die Holzstocke offenbaren unmittelbar die
schopferische Genese der Holzschnitte, mehr als der flachige Druck
auf Papier dokumentieren sie die Bearbeitung und die
Auseinandersetzung des Kuenstlers mit dem Material. Neben der
Graphik zeigt sich die besondere Affinitat Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs
fuer den Werkstoff Holz in der Anfertigung von Skulpturen, Mobeln
und Kunsthandwerk. Die plastische Gestaltung der Holzstocke steht
an der Schwelle zum dreidimensionalen Schaffen des Kuenstlers. Das
Bruecke-Museum besitzt mit ueber 200 Holzstocken fast die Halfte
des Holzschnittwerkes Schmidt-Rottluffs - der Kuenstler selbst
hatte sie 1975 dem Museum geschenkt. Die Holzstock-Sammlung reicht
von fruehen kleinformatigen Arbeiten um 1905 bis in die spaten
zwanziger Jahre und gibt einen umfassenden Uberblick ueber das Werk
Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs, darunter auch gebrauchsgraphische Arbeiten
wie Ex libris, Zeitschriften- und Mappentitel. Ab Mitte der
zwanziger Jahre experimentierte der Kuenstler mit der Technik des
Farbholzschnitts: Er verwendete mehrere Platten, zersagte die
Stocke fuer den Druck mit verschiedenen Farben oder farbte einen
Stock mit mehreren Farben ein. Der Katalog prasentiert die
Holzstocke auf ganzseitigen Farbtafeln und stellt die
entsprechenden graphischen Blatter aus der Sammlung des Museums
gegenueber. Die begleitenden Texte thematisieren die Bearbeitung,
die spezifische Ausdrucksqualitat und den Schaffensprozess der
Technik.
Unmittelbar und unverfalscht... prasentiert einen Querschnitt aus
der Graphischen Sammlung des Berliner Brucke-Museums.
The collection of Rolf Horn is one of the most important private
collections of German art of classical modernism. To Rolf Horn, the
direct expressiveness of a piece of art was the decisive test of
his purchasing decisions. Works by Emil Nolde, Christian Rohlfs and
Kathe Kollwitz, as well as sculptures created by Ernst Barlach in
Guestrow, Germany are part of the collection that has been housed
in the Schleswig-Holstein Gottorf Castle since 1995. As beneficence
to the Gottorfer Castle, a generous selection is now for the first
time available for public viewing in the Berlin Bruecke Museum.
This illustrious catalog is equipped with compact monographs on
individual artists and creates an intensive compendium of essays on
German art in the first half of the 20th Century and arouses
interest in the artifacts of distant nations. German text.
This volume is centered around the pastel drawings of Karl
Schmitt-Rottluff that he executed during the early 1940s, when he
was banned from painting by the regime of the Third Reich. German
text.
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