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"Is Logistics a science?" - The importance and impact of logistics as a function which is critical to the success of companies, of entire industries, and even of nations competing in the global economy, is no longer questioned today. Logistics, within a few decades, has established itself firmly as a profession, an important field of sophisticated managerial practices, and as a large, powerful industry. But in the academic world the question of its status and identity as a science is still being debated.

This volume aims to contribute to this debate in two ways:

It offers a selection...

Schlieren and shadowgraph techniques are basic and valuable tools in various scientific and engineering disciplines. They allow us to see the invisible: the optical inhomogeneities in transparent media like air, water, and glass that otherwise cause only ghostly distortions of our normal vision.

These techniques are discussed briefly in many books and papers, but there is no up-to-date complete treatment of the subject before now. The book is intended as a practical guide for those who want to use these methods, as well as a resource for a broad range of disciplines where scientific...

Schlieren and shadowgraph techniques are basic and valuable tools in various scientific and engineering disciplines. They allow us to see the invisible: the optical inhomogeneities in transparent media like air, water, and glass that otherwise cause only ghostly distortions of our normal vision.

These techniques are discussed briefly in many books and papers, but there is no up-to-date complete treatment of the subject before now. The book is intended as a practical guide for those who want to use these methods, as well as a resource for a broad range of disciplines where scientific...

Das vorliegende Buch stellt erstmals samtliche aus der Antike erhaltenen selbstandigen Dichtungen zusammen, die sich auf das Baderwesen beziehen, nicht nur die literarischen Dichtungen, sondern auch die inschriftlich erhaltenenen, die griechischen ebenso wie die lateinischen. Auf dieser umfassenden Materialbasis wird erstmals ein Gesamtbild von dem Phanomen 'Bader-Dichtung' entworfen. Die Texte, ganz uberwiegend kurzere Epigramme, entstammen durchweg der romischen Kaiserzeit. Die Spanne reicht von der offiziellen Bauinschrift in Versen uber im Bad angesiedelte Spottepigramme beruhmter...