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Ozawa Ichir is one of the most important figures in Japanese politics, having held the positions of Chief Secretary of the Liberal Democrat Party and, after defection from the LDP, President of the Democratic Party of Japan. Ozawa has distinctive ideas that set him apart from the average Japanese politician, he believes in the concept of the independence of the individual, as opposed to the importance of the group, and as a policy entrepreneur he has had a huge impact on political change not only advocating but precipitating institutional change in a key political area the election system....

The value of the critical temperature (Tc), below which the thermal explosion of a chemical cannot occur, is indispensable to prevent such a chemical from exploding. In order to determine the Tc it has so far been necessary to measure the value in explosion experiments. Because of the inherent hazards, only few Tc values are available at present.

Critical Temperatures for the Thermal Explosion of Chemicals introduces new and simple procedures to calculate the Tc. As a result Tc can be calculated for a range of chemicals, many of which are...

Naval, aeronautic, and mechanical engineers played a powerful part in the military buildup of Japan in the early and mid-twentieth century. They belonged to a militaristic regime and embraced the importance of their role in it. Takashi Nishiyama examines the impact of war and peace on technological transformation during the twentieth century. He is the first to study the paradoxical and transformative power of Japan's defeat in World War II through the lens of engineering.

Nishiyama asks: How did authorities select and prepare young men to be engineers? How did Japan develop...

When a life insurance policy worth one million pounds takes Master Keaton to the Dodecanese islands of Greece, what will he discover amidst his scuffles with bloodthirsty thieves and assassins?

Die Legende besagt, dass der Träger des Stirnbands Nr. 1 die Welt beherrschen wird. Er kann nur vom Besitzer des Stirnbands Nr. 2 herausgefordert werden... Nachdem er als Kind mitansehen muss, wie sein Vater, Träger des Stirnbands Nr. 1, von Bösewicht Justice ermordet wird, schwört Afro Samurai bittere Rache. Das Stirnband Nr. 2 um seinen Kopf macht er sich auf die Suche nach Justice. Doch natürlich gibt es viele andere Kämpfer, die das Stirnband Nr. 2 erringen wollen, um an die Nr. 1 zu gelangen. Ein heftiger Rachefeldzug durch ein Land des Kampfes und der Schlachten...