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1986. Hubert Boukobza, restaurateur dans le quartier Saint-Michel, rachète les Bains Douches, rue du Bourg-l'Abbé, au coeur du Marais. Très vite, ce club devient la plus célèbre boîte de nuit du monde. Le temple des années 80-90. S'y engouffrent les stars, l'argent, la création, le sexe, l'amour,...

In this book, we collected recent results on the control of underactuated mechanical systems subject to internal uncertainties and external disturbances. The strategy developed is so universal that it is not restricted to a specific system but a large class of underactuated systems. Several benchmark...

This book is offers a comprehensive overview of information theory and error control coding, using a different approach then in existed literature. The chapters are organized according to the Shannon system model, where one block affects the others. A relatively brief theoretical introduction is provided...

Commencing in 2001, the Europa Lecture has become a high-profile fixture on the EU-New Zealand calendar. As witnessed by the fifteen lectures reproduced in this new volume, the speakers were selected for both their high-level profile as well as their importance to this bilateral dialogue. This volume...

How was the world generated and how does matter continue to be ordered so that the world can continue functioning? Questions like these have existed as long as humanity has been capable of rational thought. In antiquity, Plato's Timaeus introduced the concept of the Demiurge, or Craftsman-god, to...

When young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea what’s in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he...

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by Congress in 1776, declaring the independence of the United States of America, "that all men are created equal [and] that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." As a nation, we celebrate...

Nouveaux départs, recyclage et résilience sont au programme d’un dossier spécial sur le riche concept de «régénération»—qu’elle soit individuelle ou collective; sociale, urbaine ou environnementale. Cette édition automnale inclut également une fiction inédite de Stéphane Lafleur...

A high percentage of many raw and semi-finished materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these materials and has instituted export restrictions that have led to two-tier pricing, creating pressure to move manufacturing to China. This report suggests...

El I CHING es el más antiguo y profundo de los textos clásicos chinos y ha sido venerado durante más de 3.000 años como oráculo y compendio de sabiduría. Está considerado como el "antepasado" de toda la filosofía china, y es la fuente primordial del misticismo del Ta e King, de la...

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Los mejores libros jamás escritos. La obra fundamental sobre la que se erige la cultura y religión islámicas, una visión del mundo y la vida. «El buen fin pertenece a los piadosos.» Según establece la tradición, el Corán fue dictado por el propio Alá. Mahoma lo escribió...

Los mejores libros jamás escritos. El texto cumbre del canon budista y una obra de referencia milenaria en el ámbito de la ética universal. «Así como la lluvia atraviesa una casa con techo deteriorado, así también las pasiones atravesarán una mente desprotegida.» El Dhammapada,...