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  • Tomorrow's Energy, revised and expanded edition

    Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    How the use of nonpolluting, zero-emission hydrogen as fuel could be the cornerstone of a new energy economy.Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. An invisible, tasteless, colorless gas, it can be converted to nonpolluting, zero-emission, renewable energy. When burned in an internal combustion engine, hydrogen produces mostly harmless water vapor. It performs even better in fuel ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Behind Valkyrie

    German Resistance to Hitler, Documents

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    While the "Valkyrie" plot by Nazi officers to kill Adolf Hitler is the best known instance of German opposition to his dictatorship, there were many other significant acts of resistance. Behind Valkyrie collects documents, letters, and testimonies of Germans who fought Hitler from within, making many of them available in their entirety and in English for the first time.Peter Hoffmann assembles the ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Seeking Peace in the Wake of War

    Europe, 1943-1947

    Edited by Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Peter Romijn, Sandrine Kott, Olivier Wieviorka ...
    Series series War, Conflict and Genocide Studies
    When the Second World War ended, Europe was in ruins. Yet, politically and socially, the years between 1943 and 1947 were a time of dramatic reconfigurations, which proved to be foundational for the making of today's Europe. This volume hones in on the crucial period from the beginning of the end of Nazi rule in Europe to the advent of the Cold War. Through a series of interrelated case studies ... Read more

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  • Life's Ratchet

    How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos

    by Peter M Hoffmann ...
    Life is an enduring mystery. Yet, science tells us that living beings are merely sophisticated structures of lifeless molecules. If this view is correct, where do the seemingly purposeful motions of cells and organisms originate? In Life's Ratchet, physicist Peter M. Hoffmann locates the answer to this age-old question at the nanoscale.Below the calm, ordered exterior of a living organism lies ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Next Generation Internet

    The Merging of Reality and Virtuality in the Metaverse

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The development of the internet, particularly the World Wide Web, is currently hitting its limits—both technically and socio-culturally, as well as economically. A new internet is promised as a solution, one that aims to overcome the boundaries between the real and the virtual world, merging reality and digitality—the metaverse. Technical, semantic, and organizational details are closely ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Metaverse

    The fusion of reality and virtuality in the Next Generation Internet

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The development of the Internet, particularly the World Wide Web, is currently reaching its limits – both technically and in socio-cultural and economic terms. As a solution, a new form of the Internet is being promised: one that aims to overcome the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds and merge reality with digitality – the metaverse. Technical, semantic, and organizational aspects are ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Tomorrow's Energy

    Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    How hydrogen—nonpolluting and easy to produce—could become the fuel of the future.Hydrogen is the quintessential eco-fuel. This invisible, tasteless gas is the most abundant element in the universe. It is the basic building block and fuel of stars and an essential raw material in innumerable biological and chemical processes. As a completely nonpolluting fuel, it may hold the answer to growing ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Carl Goerdeler and the Jewish Question, 1933–1942

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    In the 1930s, Carl Goerdeler, the mayor of Leipzig and, as prices commissioner, a cabinet-level official, engaged in active opposition against the persecution of the Jews in Germany and in Eastern Europe. He did this openly until 1938 and then secretly in contact with the British Foreign Office. Having failed to change Hitler's policy against the Jews, Goerdeler joined forces with military and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Stauffenberg, Third Edition

    A Family History, 1905-1944

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    The attempt to assassinate Hitler is widely acknowledged, but few are aware of the individuals involved. In this detailed family history Peter Hoffmann reveals the tragic and heroic life of Claus, Count Stauffenberg, German aristocrat and would-be assassin of Adolph Hitler. Hoffmann details Stauffenberg's formative years, showing how his relationship with his brothers Berthold and Alexander, their ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Golden Pot

    and other tales of the uncanny

    Translated by Peter Wortsman ...
    by E. T. A. Hoffmann ...
    Macabre and fantastical, Hoffmann’s wildly imaginative tales offer an unflinching view of human nature and sing clearer than ever in a masterful new translationWhether a surrealist exploration of the anxieties surrounding automation, or a mystery concerning a goldsmith, missing jewels, and a spate of murders, each tale in this collection reveals the complexities of human desire and fear.Hoffman, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Behind Valkyrie

    German Resistance to Hitler, Documents

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    While the "Valkyrie" plot by Nazi officers to kill Adolf Hitler is the best known instance of German opposition to his dictatorship, there were many other significant acts of resistance. Behind Valkyrie collects documents, letters, and testimonies of Germans who fought Hitler from within, making many of them available in their entirety and in English for the first time.Peter Hoffmann assembles the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Forever Fuel

    The Story Of Hydrogen

    by Peter Hoffmann ...
    In a world increasingly plagued by pollution, where limited availability of fossil fuels creates international tensions, and where global disaster from proliferating technology lurks on the horizon, the search for alternative synthetic fuels is no longer an idle scientist's dream—it is necessity. Hydrogen—with its vast and ready availability from water, its nearly universal utility, and its ... Read more

    $54.99 USD