Copyright VolkswagenStiftung, 2010 Publishing Information Published by VolkswagenStiftung, Hanover, August 2010 Editor Beate Reinhold Communication Jens Rehländer The articles on pages 17 to 63 were written in German by their respective authors. Translation Language Associates, Bremen Production Sponholtz Druckerei GmbH Hemmingen ISSN 1618-0577 Unless stated otherwise, the photos were kindly provided by the supported institutes. Photography/References pages 4, 23 - 25, 69, 75, 96: Dennis Börsch, Hanover page 6: Wolfgang Filser, Augsburg pages 8, 52 - 54, 73, 81: Jens Steingässer, Darmstadt page 10: João Vieira, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon page 12: Alexander Loch, CELD (www.celd-papua.org), Manokwari pages 16 - 18: Frank Wilde, Hanover pages 28 - 33: Elisabeth von Pölnitz- Eisfeld, Bayreuth pages 34, 36 - 39: Claudia Schiffner, Bremen page 40, 44, 45: Uwe Dettmar, Frankfurt/Main page 43: Uwe Lewandowski, Osnabrück page 46: David Klammer, Cologne page 50 (montage): Axel Küstner, Uppsala page 51: Thomas Pflaum, Castrop- Rauxel page 58 (montage), 59, 61 below, 68: Frank Nürnberger, Berlin page 62, 63: Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle page 66: Angelika Heim, Prisannewitz page 67: Jann Wilken, Hamburg page 72: Thomas Wolf, Gotha page 74: Brad Plummer, SLAC, Stanford page 76: Klaus Siebahn, Güstrow page 77: Michael Münch, Georgsmarienhütte page 78: Cluster EXC16, Universität Konstanz (film still editing: Andreas Langenohl) page 82: Daniel Duke page 85: (top) Ulrich Schießl, Dresden; (below) Tino Simon page 86: Patrick Metzger, Berlin
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