Erwin Schrödinger's 1944 classic What Is Life? is a small book that occupies a large place among the great written works of the twentieth century. Now, more than sixty years later, science writer Ed Regis offers an intriguing look at...

"The Mechanisms of Governance" von Oliver E. Williamson ist ein tiefgehendes Werk, das sich mit den Konzepten und Theorien der Governance in Organisationen befasst. Das Buch untersucht die inneren Abläufe von Unternehmen und anderen...

Peter Carruthers, a leading philosopher of mind, provides a comprehensive development and defense of one of the guiding assumptions of evolutionary psychology: that the human mind is composed of a large number of semi-independent...

The system of international repression ended with the fall of Metternich in 1848. The conflicting ideals of international revolution and collective security came into being with Lenin and Wilson in 1918. Nationalism, tempered by the...

"The Making of Human Concepts" von Stephen E.G. Lea ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die Entstehung und Entwicklung menschlicher Konzepte aus einer kognitiven Neurowissenschaftsperspektive untersucht. Das Buch stellt verschiedene Theorien...

The Tain Bo Cuailnge, center-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic. Thomas Kinsella's lively translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with elements from other...

This eloquent volume reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity by looking at such topics as evolution, emotions, sexuality, and death. 18 illustrations....

Ancient Greek Scholarship constitutes a precious resource for classicists, but one that is underutilized because graduate students and even mature scholars lack familiarity with its conventions. The peculiarities of scholarly Greek and...

Economists are increasingly using computer simulations to understand the implications of their theoretical models and to make policy recommendations. This volume brings together leaders in the field who explain how to implement the...

A study not of the institution of the Church but of Christianity itself, this book explores the Christian people, their beliefs, and their way of life, providing a new understanding of Western Christianity at the time of the Reformation....

Process development bridges the gap between the laboratory synthesis of an organic compound and its industrial manufacture on a large scale. This concise and readable text uses real examples and case histories from ICI/Zeneca...

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience is a state-of-the-art collection of interdisciplinary research. Contributors, including both philosophers and neuroscientists, bring evidence from current neurobiology of learning and...