Ernst Frideryk Konrad Koerner

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...

Konrad Zuses informatisches Universum

Konrad Zuse wurde des öfteren als erster (deutscher) Informatiker bezeichnet. In meinem Vortrag will ich mich mit dieser Charakterisierung befassen. Dazu wird ein Teil seines Werkes näher betrachtet werden, die Wissenschaft "Informatik" wird kursorisch in ihrer Entwicklung dargestellt und nicht zuletzt wird Konrad Zuses Haltung (in seinen verschiedenen Lebensabschnitten) zu ihr und zur Mathemat...