"David Ruelle has written an entertaining and thoughtful book on human theorizing in that most abstract science, mathematics. Yet its content has ramifications that extend well into other thought processes."--Stephen Smale, Toyota...

This is a thoroughly updated edition of "Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory, " the standard text for doctoral students and researchers on the theory of asset pricing and portfolio selection in multiperiod settings under uncertainty. Each...

Scholars and statesmen have debated the influence of international commerce on war and peace for thousands of years. Over the centuries, analysts have generally treated the questions "Does international commerce influence security?" and...

"Great Adaptations - Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved" von Kenneth Catania ist eine faszinierende Reise durch die Welt der Tieranpassungen und Evolution. Das Buch enthält eine Reihe von...

In this first full-scale attempt to reconstruct the chemical evolution of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, Heinrich Holland assembles data from a wide spectrum of fields to trace the history of the ocean-atmosphere system. A pioneer in...

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...

Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinatorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle...

"Trigonometric Delights" von Eli Maor ist ein faszinierendes Buch, das die Welt der Trigonometrie auf unterhaltsame und zugängliche Weise erkundet. Es führt den Leser durch die historische Entwicklung der Trigonometrie, beginnend mit den...

"The Athenian Nation" von Edward E. Cohen ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die gesellschaftliche Struktur und Kultur des antiken Athens untersucht. Cohen stellt die These auf, dass Athen nicht nur eine Stadt oder Polis war, sondern eine...

Picking up on Edward Said's claim that the historical experience of empire is common to both the colonizer and the colonized, Peter van der Veer takes the case of religion to examine the mutual impact of Britain's colonization of India...

Birds of the Masai Mara is a remarkably beautiful photographic guide featuring the bird species likely to be encountered by visitors to the popular Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. With an eye-catching layout, easy-to-use format,...

"Birds of Mexico and Central America" is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird in Central America from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica....