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THE LAND OF THE WHITE BIRDS presents a chance for children aged 6-12 and their parents to increase their environmental awareness together. It is a book for reading on your own as well as for reading aloud. The book contains a section with a varied range of activities, based on the super learning system, that help to deepen the children‘s knowledge about processes of cause and effect in our natural environment. Young readers are captivated following the adventures of Nick, a young hare who lives in the country, and Croak, a city-dwelling raven. The two face a series of challenges that threaten to endanger and destroy their habitat, nature around them and indeed our whole planet. But there is also Mull, a wise mole. He can see into the future and he knows that the efforts many people make to create a worthwhile future won't be in vain. Also, Mull knows that it is children in particular – the „little humans“, as he calls them – who can help the plants, the animals and the whole earth to have a better life.

Lasers are progressively more used as versatile tools for fabrication purposes. The wide range of available powers, wavelengths, operation modes, repetition rates etc. facilitate the processing of a large spectrum of materials at exceptional precision and quality. Hence, manifold methods were established in the past and novel methods are continuously under development. Biomimetics, the translation from nature-inspired principles to technical applications, is strongly multidisciplinary. This field offers intrinsically a wide scope of applications for laser based methods regarding structuring and modification of materials. This book is dedicated to laser fabrication methods in biomimetics. It introduces both, a laser technology as well as an application focused approach. The book covers the most important laser lithographic methods and various biomimetics application scenarios ranging from coatings and biotechnology to construction, medical applications and photonics.

Focusing on electron spectrometry, this monograph delves into both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of the technique utilizing synchrotron radiation. It explores the principles behind the method and provides insights into its implementation in various scientific contexts, making it a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in the field.