1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910670699403321

Autore

Preim, Bernhard

Titolo

Visual computing for medicine : theory, algorithms, and applications / Bernhard Preim, Charl P. Botha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam [etc.], : Elsevier, 2014

ISBN

9780124158733

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

XXIII, 812 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Botha, Charl P.

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

39-195

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300424303321

Autore

Flammarion Camille

Titolo

Camille Flammarion's The Planet Mars : As Translated by Patrick Moore / / by Camille Flammarion ; edited by William Sheehan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-09641-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (540 p.)

Collana

Astrophysics and Space Science Library, , 0067-0057 ; ; 409

Disciplina

523.43

Soggetti

Planetary science

Space sciences

Cultural property

Astronomy

Physics

Planetology

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)

Cultural Heritage

Popular Science in Astronomy

History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

Early works to 1800

Observations.

Mars (Planet)

Mars (Planet) Observations

Mars (Planète)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Include indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Part I First Period: 1636-1830 -- Second Period: 1830-1877 -- Third Period Martian Cycle 1877-1892 -- Part II Dimensions of the Planet -- Rotation: Length of Day and Night -- Geography of Mars, or Aerography?- The Atmosphere of Mars: Martian Climates and Meteorology: Conditions of Life on Mars -- The Seasons of Mars -- Changes Actually Observed on the Surface of Mars -- The Canals, the



Rivers, the Geometrical Reseau of the Continents and the Circulation of the Waters -- Summary of the Conditions For Life on the Surface of Mars.

Sommario/riassunto

Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) began his career at 16 as a human computer under the great mathematician U. J. J. Le Verrier at the Paris Observatory.  He soon tired of the drudgery; he was drawn to more romantic vistas, and at 19 wrote a book on an idea that he was to make his own—the habitability of other worlds.  There followed a career as France’s greatest popularizer of astronomy, with over 60 titles to his credit.  An admirer granted him a chateau at Juvisy-sur-l’Orge, and he set up a first-rate observatory dedicated to the study of the planet Mars. Finally, in 1892, he published his masterpiece, La Planete Mars et ses conditions d’habitabilite, a comprehensive summary of three centuries’ worth of literature on Mars, much of it based on his own personal research into rare memoirs and archives.  As a history of that era, it has never been surpassed, and remains one of a handful of indispensable books on the red planet. Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012) needs no introduction; his record of popularizing astronomy in Britain in the 20th century equaled Flammarion’s in France in the 19th century.  Moore pounded out hundreds of books as well as served as presenter of the BBC’s TV program “Sky at Night” program for 55 years (a world record).  Though Moore always insisted that the Moon was his chef-d’oeuvre, Mars came a close second, and in 1980 he produced a typescript of Flammarion’s classic.  Unfortunately, even he found the project too daunting for his publish ers and passed the torch of keeping the project alive to a friend, the amateur astronomer and author William Sheehan, in 1993. Widely regarded as a leading historian of the planet Mars,  Sheehan has not only meticulously compared and corrected Moore’s manuscript against Flammarion’s original so as to produce an authoritative text, he has  added an important introduction showing the book’s significance in the history of Mars studies.  Here results a book that remains an invaluable resource and is also a literary tour-de-force, in which the inimitable style of Flammarion has been rendered in the equally unique style of Moore.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162832803321

Titolo

Sport Policy Systems and Sport Federations : A Cross-National Perspective / / edited by Jeroen Scheerder, Annick Willem, Elien Claes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9781137602220

1137602228

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 334 p.)

Classificazione

28.16.28

Disciplina

306.48

Soggetti

Sports - Sociological aspects

Sports sciences

Sports - Economic aspects

Sport Sociology

Sport Science

Sports Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Does it take two to tango? The position and power of national sport bodies compared to their public authorities; Jeroen Scheerder, Elien Claes and Annick Willem -- 2. Australia: Evolution and motivators of national sport policy; Camilla Brockett -- 3. Belgium: Flanders: Sport federations and governmental sport bodies; Elien Claes, Jeroen Scheerder, Annick Willem and Sandrine Billiet -- 4. Canada: An evolving sport system; Lucie Thibault -- 5. Denmark: The dissenting sports system in Europe; Bjarne Ibse -- 6. Finland From steering to the evaluation of the effectiveness; Hanna Vehmas and Kalervo Ilmanen -- 7. France Organisation of sport and policy towards sport federations; Nicolas Scelles -- 8. Germany Autonomy, partnership and subsidiarity; Christoph Breuer and Tobias Nowy -- 9. Lithuania Organisation and governance of sport; Vilma Čingiené -- 10. The Netherlands How the interplay between federations and government helps build a sporting nation; KoenBreedveld and Remco Hoekman -- 11. Slovenia Towards the social configuration of sport system; Gregor Jurak -- 12. Spain



Putting the pieces of the sport system in place - The role of the sport federations; Ramón Llopis-Goig -- 13. Switzerland Organisation of sport and policy towards sport federations; Emmanuel Bayle -- 14. UK: England National Governing Bodies of Sport and government agencies; Vassil Girginov -- 15. Conclusion The role of sport policies and governmental support in the capacity building of sport federations; Annick Willem and Jeroen Scheerder .

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the organisation and structure of sport in and beyond Europe. Drawing upon up-to-date data, the collection’s main focus lies on the relationship between public sport policy structures and sport (con)federations. The authors present thirteen country-specific contexts wherein sport policy systems are embedded. This evidence provides in-depth descriptions and analyses within a solid academic and theoretical framework. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Sociology of Sport, Sport Management and Sport Policy.