This book analyzes for the first time how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. Paul Schmid-Hempel provides an overview of the existing knowledge of parasites in social insects. Current ideas...

No nineteenth-century composer had more diverse ties to his contemporary world than Franz Liszt (1811-1886). At various points in his life he made his home in Vienna, Paris, Weimar, Rome, and Budapest. In his roles as keyboard virtuoso,...

"In this crystal-clear little book, Geoffrey Vallis masterfully explains the basics of physical oceanography and the role of the oceans in the climate system. He writes for those conversant with some university-level mathematics and...

"Rice As Self: Japanese Identities Through Time" von Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney ist eine umfassende kulturelle und historische Analyse der Rolle, die Reis in der japanischen Gesellschaft spielt. Das Buch untersucht, wie Reis als Symbol für die...

"The use of computational, especially agent-based, models has already shown its value in illuminating the study of economic and other social processes. Miller and Page have written an orientation to this field that is a model of...

"The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History" von Ibn Khaldun ist ein bahnbrechendes Werk der Geschichtsschreibung und Soziologie, das im 14. Jahrhundert verfasst wurde. Das Buch dient als Einführung zu einer umfassenden Geschichte der...

"On the Muslim Question" von Anne Norton ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Wahrnehmung und Darstellung von Muslimen in westlichen Gesellschaften auseinandersetzt. Norton argumentiert, dass die sogenannte "Muslimfrage" weniger über Muslime...

This book provides a major empirical analysis of differing attitudes to European integration in three of Europe's most important countries: Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. From its beginnings, the European Union has resounded...

The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two individuals, aimed at replicating their common genome, is being...

How do scientists look at chance, or randomness, and chaos in physical systems? In answering this question for a general audience, Ruelle writes in the best French tradition: he has produced an authoritative and elegant book--a model of...

"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...