Many garden flowers, decorative trees, house plants and wild plants contain substances which can lead to poisoning in man or animals. Next to medicines and household chemicals, plants or parts of plants occupy third place in the statistics of Poison Information Centres relating to children. Plants f[...]

With a Foreword by John Braithwaite. Probably the best collection there is, Civilizing Criminal Justice is an inescapable resource for anyone interested in restorative justice: truly international and packed with experience while combining history, theory, developments and practical advice.This volu[...]

The fourth edition of this textbook has been thoroughly revised in order to reflect the central role which geodesy has achieved in the past ten years. It follows the principal directions of geodesy, providing the theoretical background as well as the principles of measurement and evaluation methods.[...]

This collection illuminates the concept of Bildung in the works of Fichte, Schiller, Humboldt, and Nietzsche. Besides seeking to work out the theoretical contour of aesthetic education in the 18th and 19th centuries, the contributions attempt to make reason known to itself in the interdisciplinary s[...]

Faktizitat und Geltung gehort zu den Hauptwerken von Jurgen Habermas. Er leistet darin eine innovative Begrundung der Prinzipien des demokratischen Rechtsstaats, prasentiert zugleich aber auch eine Summe seines sozialtheoretischen und ethischen Denkens (Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns und Diskur[...]

English summary: In antiquity, during the era of the early church and in the Middle Ages, religion and cosmology were closely connected. The changing world view in the 16th century caused a dissociation: science and religion parted ways. Nevertheless religion does exist next to science, and religiou[...]

Despite all the efforts being put into expanding renewable energy sources, large-scale power stations will be essential as part of a reliable energy supply strategy for a longer period. Given that they are low on CO2 emissions, many countries are moving into or expanding nuclear energy to cover thei[...]

"Weltgeschichte" bildet einen der dynamischsten Bereiche der internationalen Geschichtswissenschaft ? und einen der vielgestaltigsten. Diese Anthologie zeigt mit Texten vor allem aus der jüngeren welthistorischen Forschung und Diskussion die thematische und methodische Bandbreite dieses Feldes. I[...]

Knowledge of the basics as well as expert knowledge is needed to create rigid, long-lasting and material-specific adhesions in the trade sectors. Alongside such fields as the properties, chemistry and characteristic behavior of adhesives and adhesive joints, this work also treats practical questions[...]