"An elegant presentation of how the ocean works. Denny's purpose is to review a selection of oceanographic topics to provide a background for considering such current public issues as climate change and marine fisheries. Accessible and...

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...

"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,...

Aquatic Photosynthesis is a comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition, thoroughly revised to bring it up to date, describes how one of the most...

"The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor" ist ein wissenschaftliches Buch von J. E. Gordon, das sich mit dem Verständnis der Stärke und Haltbarkeit von Materialien befasst. Das Buch bietet eine...

"With eloquence, relish, and confidence, Pascal Bruckner confronts those whose morbid addiction to self-blame has begun to flirt with the suicidal. It's not necessary to concur with him about what constitutes faith or the lack of it....

This book presents the latest findings on one of the most intensely investigated subjects in computational mathematics--the traveling salesman problem. It sounds simple enough: given a set of cities and the cost of travel between each...

This is a thoroughly revised edition of the classic work that chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers of the global economy and in the process underwent massive and parallel changes. Sassen has updated all the...

From the early 1960s through the mid-1980s, New York, Paris, and London changed profoundly in physical appearance, social makeup, and politics. Here is a lively and informative account of the transformation of the three cities....

Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging. Based on extensive ethnographic research and an analysis of both ancient and modern texts, Yoga in Modern India...

In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. There appeared to be no way to reconcile the new theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativity. Several approaches had been tried and had failed. In the post-World War II period,...

"The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations" von Jacob N. Shapiro ist eine tiefgründige Analyse der internen Strukturen, Strategien und Dynamiken terroristischer Organisationen. Shapiro untersucht die...