Pascal: 891 books
by Pascal Salin
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
The international monetary system, and the disparate systems that make it up, are complex and there are many fallacies surrounding the ways in which they work. This book provides a clear and rigorous understanding of these systems and their possible consequences.
by Pascal Picart, Jun-chang Li
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
This book presents a substantial description of the principles and applications of digital holography.
The first part of the book deals with mathematical basics and the linear filtering theory necessary to approach the topic. The next part describes the fundamentals of diffraction theory and exhaustively...
by Egizio Valceschini, Pascal Bergeret, Uno Svedin
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
This book focuses on opportunities and challenges in implementing a bioeconomy strategy from a research and education perspective. It draws on contributions presented during the 30th EURAGRI annual conference held in Tartu (Estonia) in September 2016, as well as on other workshops organised as part...
A Commonplace Book on Teaching and Learning
Reflections on Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, and Their Effects on Scientific Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
The format of the book is a little unusual because I decided to use the structure of a commonplace book, in which commonplace items that one comes across in one's life are jotted down for future reference in a journal.The idea is to let the quotations set up discussions about various aspects of learning....
Narratives and the Role of Philosophy in Cross-Disciplinary Studies
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Every life has certain moments that define it. Going beyond the day-to-day norms of living, these life experiences have a profound effect on the person and the life lived. Narratives and the Role of Philosophy in Cross-Disciplinary Studies: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly...
by Pascal Salin
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Competition and free trade are both concepts which are absolutely central for the understanding of human societies but are also often the subjects of fears and criticisms. It is argued that it is not possible to understand what competition really is without referring to the concept of freedom, and...
Using underlying priorities for rational choice explanations
An analysis of the bearing of postmaterialism and materialism on the weight of determinants of voter turnout within a rational choice framework
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, grade: 1,0, University of Mannheim, language: English, abstract: This enquiry deals with the shortcomings of rational choice theory in explaining voter turnout as a rational - i.e. efficient in...
by Pascal Boniface
Language: French
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Les espoirs d'une sécurité collective et d'un monde régi par le droit ont été balayés par la rupture entre les alliés de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les relations internationales ont été organisées autour de la rivalité soviético-américaine et le clivage Est-Ouest.
La guerre froide,...
Atlas du monde global - 3e éd.
100 cartes pour comprendre ce monde chaotique
Language: French
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Le monde global, si complexe, est fait de risques mais aussi d’opportunités. Il est traversé par des courants contraires qui favorisent l’émergence d’une « communauté internationale » ou attisent les antagonismes avérés ou potentiels.
Adossés à une cartographie d’une richesse exceptionnelle,...
L'Année stratégique 2019
Analyse des enjeux internationaux
Language: French
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Tourments européens, Donald Trump président, Poutine, incertitudes latino-américaines, contraction économique chinoise, mouvements en mer de Chine, instabilités persistantes en Afrique, au Moyen-Orient et au Maghreb, urgence climatique : mêlant temps courts et temps longs, ces événements ne...
by Pascal Boniface
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Durant les décennies qui suivent la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le système international se construit essentiellement autour de l'antagonisme Est-Ouest : les relations internationales s'interprètent à travers l'affrontement de deux idéologies, de deux superpuissances, de deux impérialismes. Mais,...
L'urbanisation du monde
Les villes au défi
Language: French
Release Date: December 12, 2018
L’urbanisation du monde. Les villes au défi
Depuis 2007, plus de la moitié de la population mondiale vit en milieu urbain. Une révolution dans l’histoire de l’humanité, qui s’accompagne de nombreux défis, tant pour les pays du Nord déjà largement urbanisés que pour les sociétés...
by Pascal Boniface
Language: French
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Malraux avait tort. Le xxie siècle ne sera pas religieux avant tout : il sera sportif. Nous sommes entrés dans l’ère du sport mondialisé. Le sport est devenu le nouveau terrain d’affrontement – pacifique et régulé – des États. C’est la façon la plus visible de montrer le drapeau,...
Building Maintainable Software, C# Edition
Ten Guidelines for Future-Proof Code
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Have you ever felt frustrated working with someone else’s code? Difficult-to-maintain source code is a big problem in software development today, leading to costly delays and defects. Be part of the solution. With this practical book, you’ll learn 10 easy-to-follow guidelines for delivering C#...