Birkhäuser Actar (16 kníh )

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  Roland Meester A Natural Introduction to Probability Theory EN

  Compactly written, but nevertheless very readable, appealing to intuition, this introduction to probability theory is an excellent textbook for a one-semester course for undergraduates in any direction that uses probabilistic ideas. Technical machinery is only introduced when necessary. The route is rigorous but does not use measure theory. The text is illustrated with many original and surprising examples and…

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  Kenne Fant Alfred Nobel EN

  The only full-length biography of the founder of the Nobel Prize. Few documents have had a more enduring influence on our century than Alfred Nobel's last will and testament, for these handwritten sheets established the most coveted and prestigious awards on earth. The Nobel Prizes represent glory and world stature, and are the stuff of immortality. Yet the man whose name they bear has been lost to near obscurity.…

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  Jean de La Fontaine Bájky CZ

     Geniálne bájky s úžasnými ilustráciami Adolfa Borna.

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  Christian Schittich ed. Building Skins EN

  The external facades of a building are more than a protective mantle, or an intelligent skin regulating temperature and light, they also determine its very appearance. By unusual choices of materials and the use of complex technology, facades have become increasingly significant in recent years. External surfaces are being perceived as an integral part of the building and are therefore being designed as such. This…

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  Per Arnoldi Colour Is Communication EN

  For more than ten years, the celebrated artist Per Arnoldi of Copenhagen has been working together with the world famous London architect Norman Foster. Arnoldi's contributions range from posters of Foster's buildings to targeted chromatic interventions in interior spaces to the complex total 'chromatic concept' for a massive new structure. His color choices serve to create atmosphere and also guide the user clearly…

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  Constructing Architecture : Materials, Processes, Structures

  This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its third, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities. Organized into chapters on ...

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  Astrid Zimmermann Constructing Landscape EN

  The one-stop handbook on landscape architecture in a revised edition Constructing Landscape is a systematic introduction to technical and constructional open space planning, with all the relevant topics, from the most common materials and surfaces to the construction of open space elements and the use of plants. For landscape architects and architects it is an indispensable guide to correct and professional…

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  Michael Erlhoff Design Dictionary EN

  This dictionary provides a stimulating and categorial foundation for a serious international discourse on design. It is a handbook for everyone concerned with design in career or education, who is interested in it, enjoys it, and wishes to understand it. Covers and defines some 270 terms.

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  Leonhard Schenk Designing Cities EN

  Urban Design: The Arrangement of Structures, Systems, Components, and Spaces Urban design is based on planning and design principles that need to meet functional demands on the one hand, but on the other hand bring the design elements together into a distinctive whole. Although designs are almost always dominated by the spirit of the times, the basic compositional principles are, for the most part, timeless.…

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  Jörg Epplen, Thomas Lubjuhnn DNA Profiling and DNA Fingerprinting EN

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  Friederike Schneider, Oliver Heckmann Floor Plan Manual Housing EN

  This housing construction design manual documents and analyzes some 130 international residential structures from the last fifty years. From the standardized floor plans of the 1960s to the more individual concepts of the 1980s and the changed requirements and housing types of recent years, example by the detailed typological description of the relevant housing types. Every project is presented with its typical…

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  Haike Falkenberg Interior Gardens EN

  Gardens inside buildings represent a sustainable vehicle for a host of ecological and economic advantages. Factors such as improving the indoor climate and the workplace situation and hence increasing quality of life are the critical parameters of this very special design task. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the planning and implementation of this special kind of garden, taking the concrete…

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  Marian Giaquinta, Giuseppe Modica Mathematical Analysis EN

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  Josef Kolb Systems in Timber Engineering

  Timber construction has become completely modernized. It has gained considerably in market share with respect to competing building materials and is dominated by systems such as frame and solid timber construction...

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  W.R. Chegwidden The Carbonic Anhydrases EN

  Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is a seemingly ubiquitous enzyme of profound physiological importance, which plays essential roles in respiration, acid-base homeostasis, bone resorption, calcification, photosynthesis, several biosynthetic pathways and a variety of processes involving ion, gas and fluid transfer.

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  Christian Schittich Work Environment EN

  The requirements confronting our workplaces have recently undergone a dramatic transformation. Constantly shifting workspace populations and varying uses of workspace call for flexible spatial structures, and so do new professions and innovative working methods. The planning of workspaces is influenced by the digitalization of our storage media as well as by new materials and building technologies. And yet for all…