The first monograph of Rogan Gregory, the artist/designer on the forefront of contemporary organic form-making

A fascinating new take on the architecture of Sir David Adjaye OM OBE, exploring how he chooses, uses, and combines materials, and the extraordinary buildings and structures that result David Adjaye is one of the most in-demand architects today, known for his thoughtful interpretation of public spaces. In order to understand him as an architect, you must look at his projects through the lens of material - a crucial consideration in his practice. Organized into five sections - Stone/Concrete,...

A clear, innovative text from world experts, this clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities. It is a pragmatic approach which will be of interest to any academic teaching 'numbers' to their students.

Two of the world's leading experts explore the connections between crime and economic conditions, covering a range of theoretical and empirical approaches, in a lively and readable manner.

A major statement on the field from one of the world's foremost authorities on ethnography in the social sciences.

Practical Pharmaceutics contains essential knowledge on the preparation, quality control, logistics, dispensing and use of medicines. It features chapters written by experienced pharmacists and scientists working in hospitals, academia and industry throughout Europe, including practical examples as well as information on current GMP and GMP-based guidelines and EU-legislation. In this second edition all chapters have been updated with numerous new as well as didactically revised illustrations...

Awarded the Literature Prize of the VCIThis comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Polymers are unique molecules and have properties different from any other class of materials. We encounter them in everyday life, not only in the form of the well-known, large-volume plastics such as PE or PP or the many other special polymers, some of which are very specifically modified but also in nature as polymeric biomolecu...

A fascinating exploration of the possibilities and potential of concrete as a building material, showcasing the most innovative and striking examples from around the world.

Filosoof John Gray over Leviathan van Thomas Hobbes

De mens heeft een Leviathan nodig, anders belanden we in een ‘oorlog van allen tegen allen’. Dat is wat Thomas Hobbes beweerde in 1651. En dat is nog steeds relevant, stelt filosoof John Gray. Met deze stelling als uitgangspunt laat Gray zien hoe de huidige wereld kampt met tegenstrijdigheden, morele dilemma’s en teleurstellingen.

De nieuwe Leviathans zit vol fascinerende en uitdagende observaties en is daardoor een doortas...

Het effectenrecht is een geheel zelfstandig rechtsgebied, gekenmerkt door relatief snelle ontwikkelingen in regelgeving en jurisprudentie. De tweede druk van deze uitgave werpt een integrale geactualiseerde blik op het brede scala aan vermogensrechtelijke aspecten van het effectenrecht. Het effectenrecht is thans een zelfstandig en omvangrijk rechtsgebied. Nieuwe regelgeving en jurisprudentie, zowel op nationaal als Europeesrechtelijk niveau stapelen zich in een hoog tempo op. Deze ontwikkel...