"The Nature and Power of Mathematics" von Donald M. Davis ist ein faszinierendes und informatives Buch, das die Komplexität und Schönheit der Mathematik aufzeigt. Das Buch enthält eine gründliche Untersuchung der Natur der Mathematik,...

"Michael Bender, a giant in the field, fits the excitement, rigor, and deep insights of paleoclimatology into a succinct text suitable for a semester-long course introducing this indispensable branch of environmental science."--Richard...

"Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics" von Daniel Stedman Jones ist eine detaillierte Untersuchung der Ursprünge und des Einflusses der neoliberalen Bewegung. Das Buch konzentriert sich auf die...

In 1858, Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside. He was not yet a focus of debate; his "big book on species" still lay on his desk as a manuscript. For more...

"Overcome by Modernity: History, Culture, and Community in Interwar Japan" von Harry D. Harootunian ist eine tiefgehende Analyse der japanischen Geschichte und Kultur während der Zwischenkriegszeit. Das Buch untersucht die Spannungen...

The strategic-choice approach has a long pedigree in international relations. In an area often rent by competing methodologies, editors David A. Lake and Robert Powell take the best of accepted and contested knowledge among many...

"This is a major contribution to historical studies, as well as the study of technological change and economic history. Headrick asks a set of questions that are infrequently discussed, and analyzes them in an interesting way. This will...

By the end of World War II, religion appeared to be on the decline throughout the United States and Europe. Recent world events had cast doubt on the relevance of religious belief, and modernizing trends made religious rituals look out...

The esteemed author of "The Age Of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics & Culture" returns with this intriguing narrative which argues that economic expansion is creating an increasingly complex world in which only a...

Through a historical analysis of Vermeer's method of production and a close reading of his art, Daniel Arasse explores the originality of this artist in the context of seventeenth-century Dutch painting. Arguing that Vermeer was not a...

Containing 146 color photos, this book looks at the mammals and reptiles most likely to be encountered in the world-famous Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. It includes 89 species of mammal and reptile. von Kennedy, Adam...

Drawn from the acclaimed New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, the articles in this concise new reference book provide a complete survey of the poetic history and practice in every major national literature or cultural...