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History of Nordic Computing
Computing in the Nordic countries started in late 1940s mainly as an engineering activity to build computing devices to perform mathematical calculations and assist mathematicians and engineers in scientific problem solving. The early computers of the Nordic countries emerged during the 1950s and had names like BARK, BESK, DASK, SMIL, SARA, ESKO, and NUSSE. Each of them became a nucleus in institutes and centres for mathematical computations programmed and used by highly qualified professionals. However, one should not forget the punched-card machine technology at this time that had existed for several decades. In addition, we have a Nordic name, namely Frederik Rosing Bull, contributing to ...
Sustainable Construction
The second edition of Sustainable Construction provides a masterclass on the principles and techniques involved in the design and delivery of practical, affordable, high quality sustainable buildings and places. It presents precedents, theory, concepts and principles alongside 120 wide ranging case studies that highlight current best practice and encourage implementation. Topics in the book include: • the history of ideas in sustainable construction • policy • materials • cost issues • appraisal techniques • environmental design • energy • water • construction processes • and urban ecology. The book is heavily illustrated in full colour and is an ideal, contemporary, accessible primer to courses in Architecture, Construction, Building Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Project Management, Landscape, Urbanism and Development.
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Testing Pluralism
This volume of the Religion and the Social Order series examines the phenomenon of the globalization of religions that has particularly characterized the last fifty years. Historically, religions were relatively tightly connected with territoriality. The advent of relatively inexpensive and relatively accessible air transport has made it possible for groups of significant size to move from their original homelands and resettle in new sites. In contrast to predictions associated with secularization theories that dominated the middle of the twentieth century, today we find that the world’s religions continue to provide meaning and value in the lives of their adherents. This volume examines at a global level a variety of such groups and their adjustments. Contributors include Edward Bailey, Barbara Bertolani, Anthony Blasi, Emanuela Contiero, Robert Dixon, Anat Feldman, Christina Gutiérrez Zúñiga, Barbara Kilbourne, Barbara Loach, Neils Reeh, Stefano Sbalchiero, Renée de la Torre.
Norse Warfare
Until the early 1000s, waves of strange and ferocious warriors from the barren northlands swept into Britain and Western Europe. Plundering and pillaging, they left devastation in their wake. Trembling victims never knew when they would strike next. The Vikings fought for personal glory, material wealth and a longing for adventure and freedom. This book tackles the myth of the Vikings, their unconventional methods of warfare, cunning strategies and boldly innovative ship building techniques. The author casts a scholarly eye and a fresh light onto these fiercely independent people.
How to Deal with Refugees?
2015 was without any doubt the year of migrations. Over the subsequent two years, we have certainly seen the migration flows reduce, but it was never going to be possible to halt them altogether. From the outset of this phenomenon, numerous academics and researchers have dedicated themselves to the topic. They analyse the causes, the course of the migration flows, parallels and impacts, as well as possible scenarios of the migration movement. A wide-reaching debate has evolved on the topic of migration, to which the authors in this anthology were also keen to contribute conflict regulations attempts. In this publication, historians, political scientists, philosophers, sociologists, geographers, human geographers, economists, literary scientists, legal scholars, theologians and psychiatrists from a range of European and Non-European countries have each contributed from their individual standpoints.
33 historiska bluffar
En falsk furste lurade människor att utvandra till ett land som inte fanns. En charmig mikrobiolog fick med hjälp av fagra löften svenskar att köpa aktier. En stjärnreporter skrev gripande reportage om påhittade personer. En vinkännare lurade miljardärer att betala fantasipriser för värdelös dryck. En kåkfarare drog på sig falsk uniform och gjorde militärkupp. Två forskare lurade en hel värld att de hade knäckt fysikens svåraste problem … Detta är en bok om historiska bluffar. Några av dem har gått hem, andra inte. Bluffen kräver fräckhet och självförtroende, omdöme och planering. I 33 historiska bluffar tar Daniel Rydén med oss på en medryckande berättelse om lurendrejerier som blivit förödande, varit lovvärda, framkallat skratt eller lett till krigsförklaringar. 33 historiska bluffar bygger på den tidigare boken Potemkin och kulisserna, som är uppdaterad med tre nyskrivna kapitel.
Potemkin & kulisserna
Detta är en bok om historiska bluffar. Några av dem har gått hem, andra inte. Några av dem har gjorts i vällovligt syfte, andra för egen vinning. Daniel Rydén berättar på ett spännande och medryckande sätt om hur bluffmakare genom historien har lurat andra människor – med fejkade forskningsresultat, falska uniformer, hemmagjorda oljeaktier, obefintliga drömländer, förfalskade årgångsviner och lockande luftslott. Bluffen kan vara lovvärd eller förödande, den kan framkalla skrattsalvor eller orsaka krig, rädda människoliv eller tömma plånböcker. Vi har alla någon gång blivit lurade – att fara med osanning har varit en mänsklig aktivitet från tidernas begynnelse ända fram till vår egen tid.
