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Modern Diagnostic X-ray Sources: Technology, Manufacturing, Reliability gives an up-to-date summary of X-ray source design for applications in modern diagnostic medical imaging. It lays a sound groundwork for education and advanced training in the physics of X-ray production and X-ray interactions with matter. The book begins with a historical over
The captivating story of the first global cosmetics empire, the fascinating woman who built it, and the past she preferred to leave behind ‘Because of Trumble's surgical precision, his empathy and self-awareness, his humour, his grace, his exquisite visual sense ... in his hands the facts of Rubinstein's life take on new and startling significance.‘ —Sarah Krasnostein Helena Rubinstein (1872–1965) is best known for creating the world's first global cosmetics empire. At its height, her name was synonymous with glamour, with salons in Paris, London and New York, and beauty products sold at cosmetics counters around the world. Much less well known are the years Rubinstein spent in Austr...
One of the most important German artists of the twentieth century, Max Beckmann was labeled a "degenerate artist" by the Nazis and chose exile. His artistic production encompassed the realism and figural themes of his early works to the provocatively blunt portraiture, critical urban views, and richly layered symbolic works for which he is now universally recognized. Although he was a prolific writer, his written work has never before been collected and translated into English. Beckmann is known for the depth, pungency, and tremendous sensuous force of his works; only in the last twenty years have we come to learn more about his personal life. Self-Portrait in Words maps out Beckmann's life and draws attention to the occasions on or for which he produced his writings, to the importance writing had for him as a form of expression, and to both the contemporary and personal references of his ideas and images.
33 Experten aus 12 europäischen Ländern, darunter Professoren Technischer Hochschulen und bekannte Fachjournalisten, beschreiben in großen Zügen die gesamte Technikentwicklung des Automobils. In 20 Einzeldarstellungen schildern sie den technischen Reifeprozeß seiner Hauptkomponenten, nennen wichtige Daten und Fakten, und machen deutlich, welchen Einfluß Staat und Motorsport auf die Entwicklung hatten und haben.
Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof und alle seine Toten ... Mit Sicherheit hat Wolfgang Ambros Wiens Aushängeschild an Dark Places besungen. Doch die österreichische Hauptstadt hat noch weitaus mehr Morbidität auf Lager: zum Beispiel in ihren Katakomben tief unter der Hofburg, im Esterházykeller, in der Blutgasse oder in der Fischerstiege. Und wer Glück hat – oder besonderes Pech?, der trifft sogar den Teufel höchstpersönlich am Stephansdom!