Peter Seidel – författare

Our wants for food, housing, medicine, transportation, luxuries, and all the other benefits of industrialisation have resulted in the exploitation of our natural surroundings. We know our actions affect the physical world we depend on, so why must we be faced with catastrophic problems - overpopulation, the loss of bio-diversity, global warming, and the like - before we act to protect the planet's ecosystem - and then often inadequately?With astute analysis, Peter Seidel explores the complex convergence of psychological, social, economic, and political factors that keep us from acting in our own self-interest. An environmental and human relations visionary, Seidel proposes adoption of a new 'world model', a 'universal ethic', and long-term societal goals. Educators and journalists must give us a better understanding of ourselves-creatures evolved to function in a hunter-gatherer society, not in the complex, hazardous world we have created. We must learn to use our minds to control our primitive drives rather than to satisfy them.

Global warming, environmental degradation, the rapid pace of technological innovation, and the economic stresses of globalization give rise to much speculation about the future. How will these dynamic factors affect society in the coming decades? In this dystopian novel, environmental expert Peter Seidel has created a stark and haunting vision of a world on the near horizon.Carl is a small-town midwestern businessman who is accidentally put into a coma when he receives an inadequately tested vaccine. When he finally regains consciousness, he discovers that it is the year 2045 and his unusual medical story and recovery have turned him into an international celebrity. As he visits family and friends, he finds out that almost everything has gone wrong and the family business he ran thirty-five years ago has disappeared. Carl's fame lands him a job on a seemingly idyllic tropical island with one of the eight giant international corporations that own almost everything. His job is to help promote a soft drink. He is overwhelmed by the unbounded luxury he finds on the island. But he learns that the ethical standards in this strange place are only a front. During a business trip, he discovers something that horrifies him and turns him in a new direction, one beset with life-threatening dangers.Seidel skillfully projects a wide range of current trends into a believable and disturbing near-term future scenario.

Dieses essential vermittelt ein grundlegendes Verständnis des Verdampfungsprozesses sowie des zugehörigen Gleichgewichtes, welches unerlässlich für die Beschreibung vieler Vorgänge in Natur und Technik ist. Die Autoren bieten Studierenden, Anwendern in der Laborpraxis sowie interessierten Lesern einen kompakten Überblick über die theoretischen Hintergründe des Verdampfens sowie die experimentelle Bestimmung von Dampfdruck und Verdampfungsenthalpie. Die so erworbenen Grundkenntnisse werden dazu genutzt, Beispiele von Verdampfungsgleichgewichten anschaulich zu erklären. Zum Selbststudium wird dem Leser eine Auswahl an Übungsaufgaben an die Hand gegeben.