Over de geschiedenis van de mens zijn al vele bibliotheken volgeschreven. Maar pas recent worden de belangrijke gebeurtenissen uit het verleden ook in verband gebracht met ecologische en klimatologische oorzaken. Het klimaat was doorheen de geschiedenis immers nooit stabiel, maar vertoonde een duidelijke golfbeweging.

In het oog van de storm maakt het verband duidelijk tussen die klimaatveranderingen en o.a. het ontstaan van de landbouw, de ontwikkeling van steden en de wetenschappelijke en t...

Looking at Central European building projects illustrates an awareness of sustainability and the need to save energy. This trend is based on the finiteness of natural resources, and is thus wise to follow. Developments in this region including passive house technologies, and energy plus solutions that create more energy than they use have become realisable. But it is not increasing technological knowledge alone that supported these developments; the Central European climate makes it possible ...

Introduces aspiring and practicing actuaries, engineers, computer scientists and others to the practical aspects of constructing computerized simulation studies to analyze and interpret real phenomena. This title presents the statistics needed to analyze simulated data as well as that needed for validating the simulation model.

Keeping the uniquely humorous and self-deprecating style that has made students across the world fall in love with Andy Field's books, Discovering Statistics Using R takes students on a journey of statistical discovery using R, a free, flexible and dynamically changing software tool for data analysis that is becoming increasingly popular across the social and behavioural sciences throughout the world. The journey begins by explaining basic statistical and research concepts before a guided tou...