Anna Bednarczyk jest pracownikiem Katedry Literatury i Kultury Rosyjskiej Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. Od lat interesuje się problematyką przekładu literackiego, czemu poświęciła cztery swoje wcześniejsze monografie (Wysocki po polsku, Wybory translatorskie, Kulturowe aspekty przekładu literackiego i W poszukiwaniu dominanty translatorskiej). Książka Poezja Syberii na przełomie epok (szkice o...

The world's most popular record book is back with thousands of new categories and newly broken records, covering everything from outer space to sporting greats via Instagram, fidget spinners and all manner of human marvels. Inside you'll find hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and countless facts, figures, stats and trivia waiting for you on every action-packed page. Guinness World...

This cult classic delves into mysteries such as whether the Loch Ness monster exists, and tells stories of dragons and monsters from around the world. It also looks at some of the most frightening creations of myth and legend. First published in 1977, this is the third book from Usborne's beloved World of the Unknown series to be brought back by popular demand. With a brand-new foreword by...

Monografia zawiera 13 artykułów przedłożonych do publikacji przez krajowych i zagranicznych autorów. Książka proponuje splot tekstów wyrastających ze ściśle naukowej perspektywy badawczej z bardziej praktycznym podejściem proponowanym przez autorów będących jednocześnie twórcami. U źródeł proponowanego zestawienia leży przekonanie redaktorów tomu, że w ostatnich dziesięcioleciach dokonało...

Vorwort (Jarosław Suchoples, Alexander Mionskowski) Helge Dauchert, Dänemark in der deutschen Sozialwissenschaft des 20. Jahrhunderts Nikolas Dörr, Die schwedische Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert als Objekt der deutschen Forschung Marie Krüger, Island als Gegenstand deutscher Forschung im 20. Jahrhundert Alexander Mionskowski, Die norwegische Geschichte des 20....

fter World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. Even as the atomic bomb became the focus of Cold War anxiety, radioisotopes represented the government’s efforts to harness the power of the atom for peace—advancing medicine, domestic energy, and foreign...

The outstanding work by Prof. Anna Młynarska-Sobaczewska devoted to an extremely important and pressing issue of the right to culture was based on an extensive source material, which consists of both international, regional (including European) and national normative acts, as well as judicatures of the European Court of Human Rights and national courts. At the same time, the book presents in...

Functiones et approximatio commentarii mathematici

Unrecognized sleep disorders can shorten lives, promote hypertension, augment risk for diabetes, exacerbate metabolic syndrome, increase overall medical care costs, impair cognition, cause motor vehicle crashes, reduce workplace productivity, and greatly diminish quality of life. Sleep problems are among the most common complaints that patients bring to their clinicians, but little medical...

Reports on Mathematical Physics publishes papers in theoretical physics which present a rigorous mathematical approach to problems of quantum and classical mechanics and field theories, relativity and gravitation, statistical physics and mathematical foundations of physical theories. Papers using modern methods of functional analysis, probability theory, differential geometry, algebra and...

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in 2012, the Central Committee with Xi Jinping as general secretary has led the whole Party and the people of China in the drive to realize the Two Centenary Goals and the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. In pursuit of these goals the country has upheld and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics,...

With the aim of providing insight into Poland’s prospects of becoming a country of net immigration, this book explores essential aspects in development of immigration processes, focusing on the country’s migration policy, and issues of employment and integration of foreigners. The book fills a niche in migration literature, uncovering the key drivers of inflow of immigrants to Poland. Its...

"Ekklesia: Three Inquiries in Church and State" offers a New World rejoinder to the largely Europe-centered academic discourse on church and state. In contrast to what is often assumed, in the Americas the relationship between church and state has not been one of freedom or separation but one of unstable and adaptable collusion. "Ekklesia" sees in the settler states of North and South...

Analyzing Sound Patterns is a clear and concise introduction to phonological phenomena, covering a wide range of issues from segmental to suprasegmental problems and prosodic morphology. Assuming no prior knowledge of problem solving, this textbook shows students how to analyze phonological problems with a focus on practical tools, methodology and step-by-step instructions. It is aimed at...

Praca wydana przez Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika z dziedziny filologii słowiańskiej, wydana w języku rosyjskim.

Modulare Architektur der menschlichen Sprachfahigkeit. Kognitive und neurobiologische Dimensionen.

The main topic of the book is how to argue for formal epistemic norms of credence. The author advocates formal justificational pluralism, suggesting that it is reasonable to use various formal tools, e.g. different “scoring rules”, in arguments for synchronic and diachronic norms. The author first examines various occasions on which modern formal epistemology fails to live up to its “formal”...

Two volumes of studies were prepared in connection with the Jubilee International Conference celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the First Lecture on the History of Art at Vilna / Wilno / Vilnius University on September 14–16, 2010 in Toruń.On September 15, 1810, professor of “etching and the literature of fine arts” Joseph (Józef) Saunders (London 1773 – Krzemieniec, Volhynia 1854)...

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad guy, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, security services and professional propagandists. The members of these networks...

'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie Mitchell A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence Machine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a...