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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480159903321

Titolo

Geo-Congress 2020 : geotechnical earthquake engineering and special topics / / sponsored by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers edited by James P. Hambleton, Ph.D., Roman Makhenko, Ph.D., Aaron S. Budge, Ph.D., P.E

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5231-3359-7

0-7844-8281-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (960 pages)

Collana

GSP (Series) ; ; Number 318

Disciplina

624.151

Soggetti

Geotechnical engineering

Earthquake engineering

Soil dynamics

Coastal sediments

Pavements - Performance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected papers from sessions of Geo-Congress 2020 : February 25-28, 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sommario/riassunto

The fourth of seven volumes containing the full collection of papers presented at Geo-Congress 2020: Vision, Insight. This volume contains 97 peer-reviewed papers on geotechnical earthquake engineering and other special topics.Topics include: soil dynamics and earthquake engineering; rock mechanics; pavement modeling and composition; geotechnics of coasts, oceans, ports, and rivers; U.S.-Canada shared geotechnical issues; and geo-education.GSP 318 will be of interest to practitioners and researchers working is all aspects of earthquake engineering.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966975703321

Autore

Schmitt Michael <1949->

Titolo

From taxonomy to phylogenetics : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

9789004219298

9004219293

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

570.92

Soggetti

Biologists - Germany

Cladistic analysis

Biology

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology

NATURE / Reference

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Willi Hennig’s biography -- 3 Willi Hennig’s Personality—The Shy Revolutioniser -- 4 The Taxonomist -- 5 The Systematist -- 6 The Philosopher -- 7 The “Hennigian Revolution” -- 8 Willi Hennig—A Man of order -- References -- Name Index -- Index of Subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

Biological Systematics has changed dramatically during the past 60 years from a handicraft or art to an accepted branch of science proper, due to the work of Willi Hennig, who was born in 1913. The scientific method of reconstructing phylogenetic relationships of organisms bases on Hennig's approach, the \'Phylogenetic Systematics\'. The method is now so widely accepted and applied that it can firmly be regarded a paradigm, named 'cladistics'. In contrast, the life and personality of its founder is remarkably little known in the scientific community. The present book offers a detailed biography of Willi Hennig, and traces the roots of his thinking from his schooldays until his death in 1976. Some outstanding academic teachers and friends of



his are introduced, too. The book offers an insight into the historical development of a 'scientific revolution', and highlights the life and the work of a 'cautious revolutioniser' in a Germany of dictatorship, war, and separation.