This book, intended for advanced graduate students of metallurgy, explains what happens in the critical period between extractive metallurgy and solidification and subsequent processing. An important point the book stresses is that the principles are the same in the treatment of various different metals. Someone concerned with the purification of one metal may learn from results and experiences gained on other metals and alloys. The specifics of metals such as iron and steel, aluminium, and copper are discussed in examples and in problems at the end of each chapter. The book is self-contained and covers the basic thermodynamics and fluid mechanics required.

Die psychologischen und sozialen Aspekte der arztlichen Tatigkeit - vor allem die Arzt-Patient-Beziehung sowie die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Patient und Familie - sind Kern dieser umfassenden Darstellung. UEber die Grundlagen der Psychosozialen Medizin, der Sozialpsychologie, Entwicklungspsychologie und Persoenlichkeitspsychologie hinaus zeigt das Buch auch die Bedeutung medizinsoziologischer Aspekte fur die Praxis. Die klar strukturierte, lesefreundliche Gestaltung und viele Fallbeispiele erleichtern Studenten die Vorbereitung auf die Prufung. Auch Hausarzte, Dozenten sowie Sozialarbeiter, Pflegekrafte, Psychologen und Soziologen finden hier fundierte Praxis-Informationen.

Where is it that gods go after they've been banished?
Maybe they haven't gone anywhere. In oblique encounters with passing strangers, the lives of ordinary and not-so-ordinary people turn in new and interesting directions. These stories are based on the myths of the Vikings, but they contain nothing magical or supernatural. Or do they? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Perhaps the magic lies in living men and women as they spend, and sometimes end, their Days in Midgard.