Contents - Editorial

Acoustics in schools: Can't you listen? Maria Klatte, Markus Meis, Christian Nocke, August Schick

The forests of Amazonia Wolfgang Schmidt, Oliviero De Simone

The neighbour and the jenever Arie Sturm

Environmentally friendly varnishes made from linseed oil Jürgen O. Metzger

Wild marriages and combating concubinage in the Empire Klaus Saul

Focus News, academic appointments, university society, doctorates, habilitations