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EINE UNTERHALTSAME PHILOSOPHIE DER MATHEMATIK

Die Mathematik gleicht einem Orakel. Ihre Offenbarungen sind so klar und präzise wie nur möglich. Doch was sie letztlich zu bedeuten haben, bleibt unklar. Albert Einstein hat seiner Verwunderung darüber Ausdruck verliehen, dass die Mathematik so vortrefflich auf die Gegenstände der Welt passt. Und der große Mathematiker David Hilbert sah die sie als ein Spiel an, dessen meisterliche Beherrschung mindestens ebenso viel Phantasie verlangt wie jede andere große Kunst. Recht besehen ist die Mathematik ein großes Abenteuer des...

For nearly four decades the conflict in Ireland has embittered relations between the communities living there and spoiled relations between the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain. For three decades it escalated, punctuated by periodic bloody clashes followed by somewhat calmer periods of tension during which violence of all sorts--robberies, kidnappings, serious injuries and deaths--were all too common. During the past decade, fortunately, all sides have realized that armed solutions were unlikely to bring a solution to anyone's problems and that peace should be given a chance....

The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict provides an accessible and comprehensive study of the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to 2016. The second edition of the book expands on the references relating to individuals, organizations and events of the Northern Ireland Troubles and adds material on significant subsequent developments. This the work provides a unique view of developments since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. While widely heralded as the end of the Northern Ireland conflict the agreement...

A detailed account, in diary form, of the thirty-year development of civil and political unrest in Northern Ireland.