Konrad Geßner als Botaniker

Der wissenschaftlich-technische Nachlass Konrad Zuses als Grundlage für neue Forschungsfragen und eine biografische Neubewertung

Erst seit wenigen Jahren ist der Nachlass Zuses in einem öffentlichen Archiv frei zugänglich. Seither besteht erstmals die Möglichkeit, die schriftliche Hinterlassenschaft des Computerpioniers vollständig im Original durchzusehen und kritisch zu erforschen. Eine erste Bilanz wurde in der Sonderausstellung des Deutschen Museums „100 Jahre Konrad Zuse – Einblick in den Nachlass“ und im begleitend...

Edvard Konrad

This paper explores the relationships between basic cultural characteristics of countries and some economic indexes. As cultural characteristics, the data from The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research Program (GLOBE) about the 9 cultural dimensions for 60 countries were used. Two facets of cultural dimensions were measured: the perceptions of actual practices and...

Konrad Lorenz

Born on 7 November 1903, Lorenz was the second and last child of Emma Lorenz and Dr. Adolf Lorenz, a distinguished and wealthy orthopedic surgeon. Growing up in comfortable surroundings at the family home in the village of Altenberg, on the outskirts of Vienna, the young Lorenz was allowed to pursue his enthusiasms as an animal lover. His interest in animals and evolution as an adolescent led h...

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On Konrad Zuse’s Developments

Konrad Zuse, a German engineer, did pioneer work when he constructed several programcontrolled calculators. In this essay, his developments between 1936 and 1945 are described. In Section 1, the basic concepts of Zuse’s machines, such as binary and floating-point arithmetic, are explained. These principles have been implemented in Zuse’s first four general purpose machines, the Z 1, Z 2, Z 3, a...