Rudiger Braun – författare

"Splendid and important... Scientifically rigorous and written with a clarity and candor that create a gripping tale... [Böhme''s] account of the history of Europe''s lost apes is imbued with the sweat, grime, and triumph that is the lot of the fieldworker, and carries great authority." —Tim Flannery, The New York Review of BooksIn this "fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins" (Kirkus STARRED Review), a renowned paleontologist takes readers behind-the-scenes of one of the most groundbreaking archaeological digs in recent history.Somewhere west of Munich, paleontologist Madelaine Böhme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they ever imagined: the twelve-million-year-old bones of Danuvius guggenmosi make headlines around the world. This ancient ape defies prevailing theories of human history—his skeletal adaptations suggest a new common ancestor between apes and humans, one that dwelled in Europe, not Africa. Might the great apes that traveled from Africa to Europe before Danuvius''s time be the key to understanding our own origins?All this and more is explored in Ancient Bones. Using her expertise as a paleoclimatologist and paleontologist, Böhme pieces together an awe-inspiring picture of great apes that crossed land bridges from Africa to Europe millions of years ago, evolving in response to the challenging conditions they found.She also takes us behind the scenes of her research, introducing us to former theories of human evolution (complete with helpful maps and diagrams), and walks us through musty museum overflow storage where she finds forgotten fossils with yellowed labels, before taking us along to the momentous dig where she and the team unearthed Danuvius guggenmosi himself—and the incredible reverberations his discovery caused around the world.Praise for Ancient Bones:"Readable and thought-provoking. Madelaine Böhme is an iconoclast whose fossil discoveries have challenged long-standing ideas on the origins of the ancestors of apes and humans."—Steve Brusatte, New York Times-bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs"An inherently fascinating, impressively informative, and exceptionally thought-provoking read."—Midwest Book Review"An impressive introduction to the burgeoning recalibration of paleoanthropology."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Splendid and important... Scientifically rigorous and written with a clarity and candor that create a gripping tale... [Böhme's] account of the history of Europe's lost apes is imbued with the sweat, grime, and triumph that is the lot of the fieldworker, and carries great authority." —Tim Flannery, The New York Review of BooksIn this "fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins" (Kirkus STARRED Review), a renowned paleontologist takes readers behind-the-scenes of one of the most groundbreaking archaeological digs in recent history.Somewhere west of Munich, paleontologist Madelaine Böhme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they ever imagined: the twelve-million-year-old bones of Danuvius guggenmosi make headlines around the world. This ancient ape defies prevailing theories of human history—his skeletal adaptations suggest a new common ancestor between apes and humans, one that dwelled in Europe, not Africa. Might the great apes that traveled from Africa to Europe before Danuvius's time be the key to understanding our own origins?All this and more is explored in Ancient Bones. Using her expertise as a paleoclimatologist and paleontologist, Böhme pieces together an awe-inspiring picture of great apes that crossed land bridges from Africa to Europe millions of years ago, evolving in response to the challenging conditions they found.She also takes us behind the scenes of her research, introducing us to former theories of human evolution (complete with helpful maps and diagrams), and walks us through musty museum overflow storage where she finds forgotten fossils with yellowed labels, before taking us along to the momentous dig where she and the team unearthed Danuvius guggenmosi himself—and the incredible reverberations his discovery caused around the world.Praise for Ancient Bones:"Readable and thought-provoking. Madelaine Böhme is an iconoclast whose fossil discoveries have challenged long-standing ideas on the origins of the ancestors of apes and humans."—Steve Brusatte, New York Times-bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs"An inherently fascinating, impressively informative, and exceptionally thought-provoking read."—Midwest Book Review"An impressive introduction to the burgeoning recalibration of paleoanthropology."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

Das vorliegende Buch wendet sich an Studierende, Schüler und Lehrende, die beim Erlernen, Unterrichten oder Anwenden der Differential-und Integralrechnung das Com­ puteralgebra-System Maple benutzen wollen. Es entstand aus Materialien, welche wir für ein Maple-Praktikum parallel zu einer Anfängervorlesung entwickelt und mit Stu­ dierenden getestet haben. Wir danken allen, die durch ihre Kritik dazu beitrugen, die Darstellung zu verbessern. Das Grundkonzept des Buches besteht darin, die Einführung in Maple parallel zu der üblichen Anfängervorlesung Analysis vorzunehmen. Auf diese Weise kann der Ein­ satz von Maple sofort am aktuell behandelten Thema der Analysis erfolgen, etwa als Lösungshilfe oder Kontrolle bei Übungsaufgaben oder zur Veranschaulichung theore­ tischer Konzepte an konkreten Beispielen. Um den vorausgesetzten Kenntnisstand aus der Analysis zu fixieren, haben wir die Lehrbücher Analysis I und 11 von O. Forster zugrunde gelegt und gehen parallel dazu vor, soweit dies sinnvoll ist. Dabei führen wir die jeweils nötigen Befehle und Konzepte aus Maple ein und erläutern sie an Hand von typischen und interessanten Beispielen. Zahlreiche Übungsaufgaben am En­ de eines jeden Paragraphen bieten Gelegenheit, durch selbständige Arbeit am Rechner den behandelten Stoff zu vertiefen. Auf diese Weise spannen wir einen Bogen von der Berechnung von Grenzwerten für Folgen und Funktionen über Differentiation und Integration von Funktionen einer Variablen hin zu Kurven und Flächen im Raum und zur Behandlung gewöhnlicher Differentialgleichungen.