Andreas Wagner is een Duitse auteur en wijnmaker. Zijn werken richten zich vaak op regionale thema's en de verbinding tussen mensen en hun thuisland. Zijn ervaringen als wijnmaker en het leven op het Duitse platteland verrijken zijn schrijven met een uniek perspectief. Zijn stijl wordt omschreven als toegankelijk en verhalend, waarbij hij ernaar streeft de essentie van het landelijke leven te vangen.
What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. This title explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being.
The exploration of genetic stability amidst the chaos of mutations is central to this book. It delves into how living organisms manage to thrive despite the inherent instability of DNA. Andreas Wagner examines the intricate relationships between DNA, RNA, proteins, and genetic networks, ultimately linking these elements to the evolutionary mechanisms that foster robustness in organisms. By addressing the paradox of survival and adaptability, the work provides a comprehensive understanding of how evolution shapes the resilience of life forms.
Why do some of nature’s marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?
Discover the laws behind nature's creativity in this landmark book from one of today's most inventive scientists. We all know about natural selection and the so-called survival of the fittest, which governs how evolution preserves useful adaptations in each subsequent generation of a species. Unfortunately, random change alone could not have produced life as we know it - the maths don't add up, according to cutting-edge research by Andreas Wagner in the revolutionary field of computational biology.
How can new insights into evolution help us solve problems in life, art, business and science?
Images of the body in ancient Near Eastern civilizations are radically different from body images today, which in turn creates significant consequences for our understanding of the biblical notion of God's human shape and the frequent and widespread misconceptions therein. Andreas Wagner illuminates such frequent and widespread misconceptions, and reveals the sometimes distant pictorial world of ancient body images. He contrasts these with contemporary models and makes the matter of the Old Testament concept of God's human form accessible and clear. Wagner begins by introducing readers to aspects of anthropomorphism, the study of body parts, and Israel's basic understanding of the human body. He then turns specifically to the body of God, analysing why and how certain body parts are emphasized or regularly employed in the biblical text when it tries to describe God. Wagner draws out the theological aspects of the ways in which God's body is described as well as considering the diverse range of ancient Near Eastern perspectives on God, and the ways in which ancient cultures constructed and understood deities. Wagner concludes by looking at how the depiction of God in the Old Testament fits with the concept of mankind made in God's image. Enhanced by over fifty illustrations, God's Body will lead the debate in biblical anthropomorphism for years to come.
Brake squeal is a high-pitched noise originating from self-excited vibrations caused by the frictional contact between brake pads and brake disc. It is known from experiments and has also been proved mathematically that splitting the eigenfrequencies of the brake rotor has a stabilizing effect and avoids brake squeal. In this work, this knowledge is used to derive design goals for asymmetric, squeal-free discs. It is necessary to split all eigenfrequencies of the brake disc in a pre-definable frequency band to guarantee stability, inhibit the onset of self-excited vibrations and thus avoid squeal completely. In order to achieve this goal, a structural optimization of automotive as well as bicycle brake discs is conducted. Optimized automotive and bicycle brake discs have been manufactured and tested to assess their squeal affinity, and it is shown that the optimized discs have a greatly improved squeal behavior. This demonstrates that splitting eigenfrequencies of the brake rotor is a passive, low-cost and effective squeal countermeasure applicable to a variety of brake systems.
Der exilisch-nachexilische Wandel des „Religionstyps“ im alten Israel, der sich parallel zur und verbunden mit der Kanonbildung ergeben hat, ist Gegenstand unterschiedlicher religionsgeschichtlicher Forschungen. Ziel des vorliegenden Sammelbandes ist es zu erkunden, ob und wie die von T. Sundermeier und J. Assmann entwickelten Kategorien „Primäre und sekundäre Religion“ zur Beschreibung dieses Wandels verwendet werden können. Der Band vereint Beiträge aus verschiedenen Disziplinen (Theologie/Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Ägyptologie, Altorientalistik, Klassische Philologie und Religionswissenschaft).
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Der einzige ermittelnde Winzer Deutschlands wieder auf Mörderjagd. Ein Jahr geht zur Neige, wie es noch keines gegeben hat: Der Frost im Frühjahr hat fast alle Reben zerstört, und kurz vor der Weinlese vernichtet ein Hagelschauer die wenigen reifen Trauben. Die Winzer fürchten um ihre Existenz. Als in einem verfallenen Gewölbe eine Leiche entdeckt wird und wenig später mehrere Frauen aus dem Dorf vermisst werden, dämmert den Ersten, dass die Jagd nach den Schuldigen für Hagel und Frost längst begonnen hat.
Kriminalroman
Eine ungewöhnliche Heldin auf der Suche nach einer grausamen Wahrheit, rätselhaft, düster, trügerisch. Als Tierpräparatorin Felicitas Booth eine Kiste mit Erinnerungsstücken ihres Vaters entdeckt, gerät ihre Welt ins Wanken. War er doch nicht nur das unschuldige Mordopfer, für das sie ihn jahrzehntelang hielt? Was geschah auf jener Afrikaexpedition, die nur die Hälfte der Teilnehmer überlebte? Felicitas beschließt, sich der Wahrheit zu stellen – ohne zu ahnen, welche Folgen das für ihr Leben hat.
