New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

The Common Hamster (Cricetus cricetus)
Perspectives on an Endangered Species
edited by Eva Millesi, Hans Winkler and Renate Hengsberger
The Common Hamster has lived in agricultural areas in close association
with humans for centuries, but the last few decades have brought the species
close to extinction in many areas. In this volume, studies investigating
burrow architecture, population dynamics, predation pressure, life span and
reproductive activity underline the environmental flexibility of the species,
and the results of conservation programs are presented and discussed.
126p, paperback, 9783700165866, $42.00(s), Austrian Academy of Sciences,
December 2008, Biosystematics and Ecology 25.
Ästhetik der Tierwelt
by Karl Möbius, foreword by Christoph Kockerbeck
Karl August Möbius (1825–1908) was one of the most versatile natural
scientists of the German Empire. This newly edited volume contains his essay
on the esthetics of the animal kingdom. By demonstrating that our esthetic
experience of animals does not depend solely on our personal taste,
but also is dependent on our own subjective individual consciousness and
objective reasons of animal organization, Möbius significantly contributed
to “evolutionary esthetics.” German text.
128p, 195 b/w illus, 3 pls, paperback, 9783515092814, $68.00(s),
Franz Steiner Verlag, December 2008, Wissenschaftskultur um 1900 – 5.
Medical Theory and Therapeutic Practice
in the Eighteenth Century
A Transatlantic Perspective
edited by Jürgen Helm and Renate Wilson
In the course of the long 18th century, medical theory and theories underwent
profound changes. The present volume deals with some aspects of
the complex relationship between medical theory and therapeutic practice,
using a transatlantic perspective.
344p, 9 b/w illus, paperback, 9783515088893, $79.00(s),
Franz Steiner Verlag, December 2008.
Ein ‘Diplomat aus den Wäldern des Orinoko’
Alexander von Humboldt als Mittler zwischen Preussen und Frankreich
by Ulrich Päßler
Alexander von Humboldt spend almost a third of his life in Paris. As a researcher, patron of the sciences, and
diplomat, he was equally involved with the scientific systems and political milieus of France and Prussia and thus
an important intermediary between both countries. The author studies Humboldt’s importance to the Prussian-
French knowledge transfer and his endeavors in cross-country scientific cooperation. German text.
244p, hardback, 9783515093446, $72.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag, June 2009, Pallas Athene 29.
natural sciences
Communications in
Asteroseismology 155 (Oct 2008)
edited by Wolfgang Zima
This volume contains two manuals of software tools
dedicated to asteroseismology: the web interface
DAS (Database AsteroSeismology) and the software
package FAMIAS (Frequency Analysis and Mode
Identification for Asteroseismology). Both tools have
been developed in the framework of European Helioand
Asteroseismology Network (HELAS), which was
founded and is funded by the EU.
121p, b/w illus, paperback, 9783700161196, $15.00(s),
Austrian Academy of Sciences, December 2008.
Communications in
Asteroseismology 156 (Dec 2008)
edited by Michael Breger
Volume 156 contains publications on a wide variety
of pulsating stars at diverse evolutionary stages that
have been analysed on the basis of photometrical or
numerical techniques. These include a paper on the
first detections of the CoRoT satellite, which started
to operate almost one year ago. The last article in
this issue contains a report of the European Helioand
Asteroseismology Network (HELAS) where
activities and future plans concerning the european
asteroseismology are presented.
105p, paperback, 9783700165392, $15.00(s),
Austrian Academy of Sciences, December 2008.
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