Birkhäuser okt 2003 (30 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Agent Cities [4] is an ambitious project whose main aim is the construction of a worldwide, publicly accessible network of agent-based FIPA platforms! In March 2003 there are around 50 active platforms. Each of them supports agents that offer services similar to those that can be found in a real city (facilities, amenities, attractions, information and commercial services). It is expected that, in the near future, it will be possible to implement intelligent complex compound services (e.g. agents that are able to help a user to plan a weekend away, including tasks such as booking air tickets, selecting and booking a room in an appropriate hotel, buying tickets for the theatre and reserving a table in a restaurant that is near the theatre and offers the user's favourite meal). The main aim of our work was to develop a set of agents that could offer to the citizens and visitors of a city not the usual leisure-oriented services but health-care related services. This interest is related with previous work that our research group had done in the last years in the application of AI techniques (especially agent-based technology) to the medical domain (see e.g. [6]). Therefore, we decided to design and implement a multi-agent system with the following features: - The user may request information about all the medical centres available in a particular geographical area. 212 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume is based on lectures notes for the courses delivered at the Cimpa Summer School: From Classical to Modern Probability, held at Temuco, Chile, be th th tween January 8 and 26 , 2001. This meeting brought together probabilists and graduate students interested in fields like particle systems, percolation, Brownian motion, random structures, potential theory and stochastic processes. We would like to express our gratitude to all the participants of the school as well as the people who contributed to its organization. In particular, to Servet Martinez, and Pablo Ferrari for their scientific advice, and Cesar Burgueiio for all his support and friendship. We want to thank all the professors for their stimulating courses and lectures. Special thanks to those who took the extra work in preparing each chapter of this book. We are also indebted to our sponsors and supporting institutions, whose interest and help was essential to organize this meeting: CIMPA, CNRS, CONI CYT, ECOS, FONDAP Program in Applied Mathematics, French Cooperation, Fundacion Andes, Presidential Fellowship, Universidad de Chile and Universidad de La Frontera. We are grateful to Miss Gladys Cavallone for her excellent work during the preparation of the meeting as well as for the considerable task of unifying the typography of the different chapters of this book. 240 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Pattern formation in physical systems is one of the major research frontiers of mathematics. A central theme of this book is that many instances of pattern formation can be understood within a single framework: symmetry.The book applies symmetry methods to increasingly complex kinds of dynamic behavior: equilibria, period-doubling, time-periodic states, homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits, and chaos. Examples are drawn from both ODEs and PDEs. In each case the type of dynamical behavior being studied is motivated through applications, drawn from a wide variety of scientific disciplines ranging from theoretical physics to evolutionary biology. An extensive bibliography is provided. 325 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Agent Cities [4] is an ambitious project whose main aim is the construction of a worldwide, publicly accessible network of agent-based FIPA platforms! In March 2003 there are around 50 active platforms. Each of them supports agents that offer services similar to those that can be found in a real city (facilities, amenities, attractions, information and commercial services). It is expected that, in the near future, it will be possible to implement intelligent complex compound services (e.g. agents that are able to help a user to plan a weekend away, including tasks such as booking air tickets, selecting and booking a room in an appropriate hotel, buying tickets for the theatre and reserving a table in a restaurant that is near the theatre and offers the user's favourite meal). The main aim of our work was to develop a set of agents that could offer to the citizens and visitors of a city not the usual leisure-oriented services but health-care related services. This interest is related with previous work that our research group had done in the last years in the application of AI techniques (especially agent-based technology) to the medical domain (see e.g. [6]). Therefore, we decided to design and implement a multi-agent system with the following features: ¿ The user may request information about all the medical centres available in a particular geographical area.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 220 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -2016 Neue Herausgeberschaft Elisabeth Blum, Jesko Fezer, Günther Fischer, Angelika Schnell Die nicht zu Unrecht legendär genannte Schriftenreihe zu Geschichte und Theorie von Architektur und Städtebau wurde 1963 von Ulrich Conrads gegründet und seit den frühen 1980er Jahren zusammen mit Peter Neitzke herausgegeben. Sie ist mit inzwischen über 150 Bänden die umfangreichste deutschsprachige Buchreihe zu diesen Themen. Mit dem Tod der beiden langjährigen Herausgeber Ulrich Conrads (2013) und Peter Neitzke (2015) hat ein neues HerausgeberInnengremium seine Arbeit aufgenommen: Elisabeth Blum, Jesko Fezer, Günther Fischer, Angelika Schnell. Als künftige HerausgeberInnen versuchen wir auf Kurs zu bleiben. Die ursprüngliche Zielsetzung der Reihe, eine Bestandsaufnahme der baulichen und städtebaulichen Ideen und Realisierungen des 20. Jahrhunderts zu leisten, wurde bereits in herausragender Weise erfüllt. Die Bauwelt Fundamente repräsentieren geradezu die Ideengeschichte des Planens und Bauens jener Zeit bis in die Gegenwart hinein. Diese gilt es in die Zukunft hinein fortzuschreiben. In gleicher Weise besteht der zweite, direkt im Namen verankerte Anspruch der Reihe unvermindert fort: nicht Tagesmeinungen, sondern Fundamente - Verbindliches und Grundlegendes - aber auch Thesen- und Streitschriften zu den brennenden architektonischen und städtebaulichen Themen der Zeit zu veröffentlichen. Komplexe Zusammenhänge zu durchdringen und probeweise einzuordnen bildet die Voraussetzung fruchtbarer Diskurse und zukunftsfähiger Auseinandersetzungen. Die Bauwelt Fundamente-Reihe legt als Forum solcher Diskurse und Beiträge ihren Fokus unvermindert auf die Bereiche Architektur und Urbanismus, ergänzt durch die immer notwendige historische Aufarbeitung wichtiger Fragen und Texte und den Blick darüber hinaus in andere kulturelle und gesellschaftliche Gefilde. Eine stärker internationale Ausrichtung und der Wunsch nach mehr Autorinnen sind hierbei selbstverständlich. Die grafische Gestaltung der Reihe von Helmut Lortz wird in Bezug auf seine ursprünglichen Anliegen beibehalten: Wie sich das für eine Arbeitsbücherei gehört, bleiben die Bauwelt Fundamente einfach ausgestattet: Schwarz/weiß das Signet sowie die Bildmotive von Vorder- und Rückseite und der 11-Zeiler mit konzentrierter Information zum Inhalt. Damit wenden sich die Bauwelt Fundamente auch weiterhin an alle, die Anteil nehmen an der kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung, in deren Kontext Städte, Häuser und Dinge entstehen und die wiederum Kontexte schaffen für die Welt. 'Architekten hätten sich, heißt es - oder hofft man - immer schon, über die Grenzen ihres Berufs hinaus, für die Welt interessiert.' (1) (1) Peter Neitzke, Manuskript seiner Rede 'Nicht mit dem Rücken zur Gesellschaft' anlässlich der 50-Jahrfeier der Bauwelt Fundamente in Berlin, 2013 216 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume is based on lectures notes for the courses delivered at the Cimpa Summer School: From Classical to Modern Probability, held at Temuco, Chile, be th th tween January 8 and 26 , 2001. This meeting brought together probabilists and graduate students interested in fields like particle systems, percolation, Brownian motion, random structures, potential theory and stochastic processes. We would like to express our gratitude to all the participants of the school as well as the people who contributed to its organization. In particular, to Servet Martinez, and Pablo Ferrari for their scientific advice, and Cesar Burgueiio for all his support and friendship. We want to thank all the professors for their stimulating courses and lectures. Special thanks to those who took the extra work in preparing each chapter of this book. We are also indebted to our sponsors and supporting institutions, whose interest and help was essential to organize this meeting: CIMPA, CNRS, CONI CYT, ECOS, FONDAP Program in Applied Mathematics, French Cooperation, Fundacion Andes, Presidential Fellowship, Universidad de Chile and Universidad de La Frontera. We are grateful to Miss Gladys Cavallone for her excellent work during the preparation of the meeting as well as for the considerable task of unifying the typography of the different chapters of this book.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 240 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Several new developments in the field of neuroimmunology with focus on the brain-to-immune system communication have been the incentive for this PIR volume. It covers topics such as brain-immune interactions, the impact of stress on the immune response, pain and immunosuppression, the modulation of inflammation and pain by the sympathetic nervous system, consequences of nerve injury for the immune system, neuronal mechanisms of immune cell recruitment, and the modulation of the immune response by corticotropin-releasing hormone or adenosine. The authors are a unique group of scientists who are all interested in brain-to-immune interactions; however, each from a different perspective. The volume will serve both neurobiologists and immunologists to understand the influence of the central nervous system on peripheral inflammation. Many aspects of this book will also be stimulating for researchers in the pain field. 206 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The present book is an expanded and enriched version ofthe textBasicOperator Theory, written by the first two authors more than twenty years ago. Since then the three ofus have used the basic operator theory text in various courses. This experience motivated us to update and improve the old text by including a wider variety ofbasic classes ofoperators and their applications. The present book has also been written in such a way that it can serve as an introduction to our previous booksClassesofLinearOperators, Volumes I and II. We view the three books as a unit. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the mathematical departments of Tel-Aviv University, the University of Maryland at College Park, and the Vrije Universiteit atAmsterdam. The generous support ofthe Silver Family Foundation is highly appreciated. Amsterdam, November 2002 The authors Introduction This elementary text is an introduction to functional analysis, with a strong emphasis on operator theory and its applications. It is designed for graduate and senior undergraduate students in mathematics, science, engineering, and other fields. 444 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical engineering, field surveys on land and at sea, simulations of past, present, and potential future tsunamis, and theoretical studies of tsunami generation by landslides. 436 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In 1932 Norbert Wiener gave a series of lectures on Fourier analysis at the Univer sity of Cambridge. One result of Wiener's visit to Cambridge was his well-known text The Fourier Integral and Certain of its Applications; another was a paper by G. H. Hardy in the 1933 Journalofthe London Mathematical Society. As Hardy says in the introduction to this paper, This note originates from a remark of Prof. N. Wiener, to the effect that 'a f and g [= j] cannot both be very small'. . The theo pair of transforms rems which follow give the most precise interpretation possible ofWiener's remark. Hardy's own statement of his results, lightly paraphrased, is as follows, in which f is an integrable function on the real line and f is its Fourier transform: x 2 m If f and j are both 0 (Ix1e- /2) for large x and some m, then each is a finite linear combination ofHermite functions. In particular, if f and j are x2 x 2 2 2 both O(e- / ), then f = j = Ae- / , where A is a constant; and if one x 2 2 is0(e- / ), then both are null. 196 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains a selection of eighteen peer-reviewed articles that were presented at the 5th International Conference on Multivariate Approximation, held in Witten-Bommerholz in September 2002. The contributions cover recent developments of constructive approximation on manifolds, approximation by splines and kernels, subdivision techniques and wavelet methods. The main topics are:- applications of multivariate approximation in finance- approximation and stable reconstruction of images, data reduction- multivariate splines for Lagrange interpolation and quasi-interpolation- radial basis functions- spherical point sets- refinable function vectors and non-stationary subdivision- applications of adaptive wavelet methods- blending functions and cubature formulae- singularities of harmonic functionsThe book provides an overview of state-of-the-art developments in a highly relevant field of applied mathematics, with many links to computerscience and geophysics. 299 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The significance of foundational debate in mathematics that took place in the 1920s seems to have been recognized only in circles of mathematicians and philosophers. A period in the history of mathematics when mathematics and philosophy, usually so far away from each other, seemed to meet. The foundational debate is presented with all its brilliant contributions and its shortcomings, its new ideas and its misunderstandings. 448 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Across the centuries, the development and growth of mathematical concepts have been strongly stimulated by the needs of mechanics. Vector algebra was developed to describe the equilibrium of force systems and originated from Stevin's experiments (1548-1620). Vector analysis was then introduced to study velocity fields and force fields. Classical dynamics required the differential calculus developed by Newton (1687). Nevertheless, the concept of particle acceleration was the starting point for introducing a structured spacetime. Instantaneous velocity involved the set of particle positions in space. Vector algebra theory was not sufficient to compare the different velocities of a particle in the course of time. There was a need to (parallel) transport these velocities at a single point before any vector algebraic operation. The appropriate mathematical structure for this transport was the connection. I The Euclidean connection derived from the metric tensor of the referential body was the only connection used in mechanics for over two centuries. Then, major steps in the evolution of spacetime concepts were made by Einstein in 1905 (special relativity) and 1915 (general relativity) by using Riemannian connection. Slightly later, nonrelativistic spacetime which includes the main features of general relativity I It took about one and a half centuries for connection theory to be accepted as an independent theory in mathematics. Major steps for the connection concept are attributed to a series of findings: Riemann 1854, Christoffel 1869, Ricci 1888, Levi-Civita 1917, WeyJ 1918, Cartan 1923, Eshermann 1950. 292 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Assuming that the reader is familiar with sheaf theory, the book gives a self-contained introduction to the theory of constructible sheaves related to many kinds of singular spaces, such as cell complexes, triangulated spaces, semialgebraic and subanalytic sets, complex algebraic or analytic sets, stratified spaces, and quotient spaces. The relation to the underlying geometrical ideas are worked out in detail, together with many applications to the topology of such spaces. All chapters have their own detailed introduction, containing the main results and definitions, illustrated in simple terms by a number of examples. The technical details of the proof are postponed to later sections, since these are not needed for the applications. 454 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The framework of 'symmetry' provides an important route between the abstract theory and experimental observations, especially for the study of pattern formation in physical systems. The book applies symmetry methods to dynamical systems, focusing on bifurcation and chaos theory. It's exposition is organized around a wide variety of applications ranging from theoretical physics to evolutionary biology.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 348 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This monograph focuses on the modeling of continua that exhibit theproperty of singularities in fields. A rational theory of continuumthermomechanics that takes into account the existence and distributionof scalar and vector discontinuities is presented. The requiredmathematical background is given; basic understanding of differentialgeometry and tensor analysis is helpful. Largely self-contained workshould serve a readership of graduate students, researchers, andengineers in applied mathematics, mechanics, and physics.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 284 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume deals with the various interactions between the central nervous system and the immune system in inflammatory conditions. The emphasis is on the origin of pain and stress and their treatment. The book is divided into four parts: central nervous system and inflammation, stress and inflammation, sympathetic nervous system, and peripheral nervous system and inflammation.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 220 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical engineering, field surveys on land and at sea, simulations of past, present, and potential future tsunamis, and theoretical studies of tsunami generation by landslides.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 436 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The central theme of this work is the development of a number of analogs of Hardy's theorem in settings arising from noncommutative harmonic analysis. A tutorial introduction gives the requisite background material. The techniques used to prove the main results run the gamut of modern harmonic analysis such as representation theory, spherical functions, Hecke--Bochner formulas and special functions. Graduate students and researchers in harmonic analysis will greatly benefit from this book.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 196 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book provides an introduction to functional analysis with an emphasis on the theory of linear operators and its application to differential equations, integral equations, infinite systems of linear equations, approximation theory, and numerical analysis. As textbook designed for senior undergraduate and graduate students, it begins with the geometry of Hilbert spaces and proceeds to the theory of linear operators on these spaces including Banach spaces. Presented as a natural continuation of linear algebra, the book provides a firm foundation in operator theory which is an essential part of mathematical training for students of mathematics, engineering, and other technical sciences.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 444 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The significance of foundational debate in mathematics that took place in the 1920s seems to have been recognized only in circles of mathematicians and philosophers. A period in the history of mathematics when mathematics and philosophy, usually so far away from each other, seemed to meet. The foundational debate is presented with all its brilliant contributions and its shortcomings, its new ideas and its misunderstandings.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 476 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume contains a selection of eighteen peer-reviewed articles that were presented at the 5th International Conference on Multivariate Approximation, held in Witten-Bommerholz in September 2002. The book provides an overview of state-of-the-art developments in a highly relevant field of applied mathematics, with many links to computer science and geophysics.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 324 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume is based on the lecture notes of six courses delivered at a Cimpa Summer School in Temuco, Chile, in January 2001. Leading experts contribute with introductory articles covering a broad area in probability and its applications, such as mathematical physics and mathematics of finance. Written at graduate level, the lectures touch the latest advances on each subject, ranging from classical probability theory to modern developments. Thus the book will appeal to students, teachers and researchers working in probability theory or related fields.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 468 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume focuses on recent developments in non-linear and hyperbolic equations. It will be a most valuable resource for researchers in applied mathematics, the theory of wavelets, and in mathematical and theoretical physics. Nine up-to-date contributions have been written on invitation by experts in the respective fields. The book is the third volume of the subseries 'Advances in Partial Differential Equations'.De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 452 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the 20th century, lake research has become an internationally recognised field of scientific activity, improving our understanding on physical, chemical and biological processes, on fresh water ecology, and water resources among others. The interdisciplinary approaches mainly developed in historical research, as performed by archaeologists and earth scientists, to reconstruct the environmental and climate history of the continents, of human settlements and culture, and to evaluate human impact on the local and global environments. The Geological Society of Switzerland publishes in this volume a selected number of contributions presented during a scientific conference on 'Lake Systems from Ice Age to Industrial Time' at Yverdon from 17 to 20 October 2001. 143 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Heat shock proteins (HSP) have received ample interest by immunologistsover recent years. Initially they were found to be dominantlyimmunogenic microbial antigens. The connection with inflammation wasestablished when it was uncovered that T cells specific for theseantigens have a crucial role in the induction and regulation ofexperimental arthritis. Since then, the raised presence of immunity toHSPs in virtually all conditions of inflammation, including autoimmunediseases, transplant rejection and atherosclerosis, has emphasised thecritical significance of immunity to HSPs in inflammatory diseases. 280 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume focuses on recent developments in non-linear and hyperbolic equations. It will be a most valuable resource for researchers in applied mathematics, the theory of wavelets, and in mathematical and theoretical physics. Nine up-to-date contributions have been written on invitation by experts in the respective fields. The book is the third volume of the subseries 'Advances in Partial Differential Equations'. 440 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Heat shock proteins (HSP) have received ample interest by immunologistsover recent years. Initially they were found to be dominantlyimmunogenic microbial antigens. The connection with inflammation wasestablished when it was uncovered that T cells specific for theseantigens have a crucial role in the induction and regulation ofexperimental arthritis. Since then, the raised presence of immunity toHSPs in virtually all conditions of inflammation, including autoimmunediseases, transplant rejection and atherosclerosis, has emphasised thecritical significance of immunity to HSPs in inflammatory diseases.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 296 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -During the 20th century, lake research has become an internationally recognised field of scientific activity, improving our understanding on physical, chemical and biological processes, on fresh water ecology, and water resources among others. The interdisciplinary approaches mainly developed in historical research, as performed by archaeologists and earth scientists, to reconstruct the environmental and climate history of the continents, of human settlements and culture, and to evaluate human impact on the local and global environments. The Geological Society of Switzerland publishes in this volume a selected number of contributions presented during a scientific conference on 'Lake Systems from Ice Age to Industrial Time' at Yverdon from 17 to 20 October 2001.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 148 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -HerausgeberschaftElisabeth Blum, Jesko Fezer, Günther Fischer, Kaye Geipel, Angelika SchnellDie nicht zu Unrecht 'legendär' genannte Schriftenreihe zu Geschichte und Theorie von Architektur und Städtebau wurde 1963 von Ulrich Conrads gegründet und seit den frühen 1980er Jahren zusammen mit Peter Neitzke herausgegeben. Sie ist mit inzwischen über 150 Bänden die umfangreichste deutschsprachige Buchreihe zu diesen Themen. Mit dem Tod der beiden langjährigen Herausgeber Ulrich Conrads (2013) und Peter Neitzke (2015) hat ein neues Herausgeber:innengremium ihre Arbeit aufgenommen: Elisabeth Blum, Jesko Fezer, Günther Fischer, Kaye Geipel, Angelika Schnell. Als künftige Herausgeber:innen versuchen wir auf Kurs zu bleiben.Die ursprüngliche Zielsetzung der Reihe, eine Bestandsaufnahme der baulichen und städtebaulichen Ideen und Realisierungen des 20. Jahrhunderts zu leisten, wurde bereits in herausragender Weise erfüllt. Die Bauwelt Fundamente repräsentieren geradezu die Ideengeschichte des Planens und Bauens jener Zeit bis in die Gegenwart hinein. Diese gilt es in die Zukunft hinein fortzuschreiben.In gleicher Weise besteht der zweite, direkt im Namen verankerte Anspruch der Reihe unvermindert fort: nicht Tagesmeinungen, sondern Fundamente - Verbindliches und Grundlegendes - aber auch Thesen- und Streitschriften zu den brennenden architektonischen und städtebaulichen Themen der Zeit zu veröffentlichen. Komplexe Zusammenhänge zu durchdringen und probeweise einzuordnen bildet die Voraussetzung fruchtbarer Diskurse und zukunftsfähiger Auseinandersetzungen.Die Bauwelt Fundamente-Reihe legt als Forum solcher Diskurse und Beiträge ihren Fokus unvermindert auf die Bereiche Architektur und Urbanismus, ergänzt durch die immer notwendige historische Aufarbeitung wichtiger Fragen und Texte und den Blick darüber hinaus in andere kulturelle und gesellschaftliche Gefilde. Eine stärker internationale Ausrichtung und der Wunsch nach mehr Autorinnen sind hierbei selbstverständlich.Die grafische Gestaltung der Reihe von Helmut Lortz wird in Bezug auf seine ursprünglichen Anliegen beibehalten: Wie sich das für eine Arbeitsbücherei gehört, bleiben die Bauwelt Fundamente einfach ausgestattet: Schwarz/weiß das Signet sowie die Bildmotive von Vorder- und Rückseite und der 11-Zeiler mit konzentrierter Information zum Inhalt. Damit wenden sich die Bauwelt Fundamente auch weiterhin an alle, die Anteil nehmen an der kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung, in deren Kontext Städte, Häuser und Dinge entstehen und die wiederum Kontexte schaffen für die Welt. 'Architekten hätten sich, heißt es - oder hofft man - immer schon, über die Grenzen ihres Berufs hinaus, für die Welt interessiert.' (1)(1) Peter Neitzke, Manuskript seiner Rede 'Nicht mit dem Rücken zur Gesellschaft' anlässlich der 50-Jahrfeier der Bauwelt Fundamente in Berlin, 2013Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 216 pp. Deutsch.…