A look at the most exciting unsolved problems in maths today. von Ash, Avner

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and The World Economy Bigger

A compelling interdisciplinary account of the historic discovery of gravitational wavesIn 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves-ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by the movement of large masses-as...

"Understanding Institutional Diversity" von Elinor Ostrom ist ein wegweisendes Werk, das sich mit der Vielfalt und Komplexität sozialer Institutionen befasst. Ostrom, eine Nobelpreisträgerin in Wirtschaftswissenschaften, untersucht in...

With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A crucial work in the oeuvre of Gershom...

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...

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...

Taking the controversial pairing of "transgender" and "transracial" as his starting point, Rogers Brubaker shows how gender and race, long understood as stable, inborn, and unambiguous, have in the past few decades opened up--in...

Das Buch "Complete Guide to the Antarctic Wildlife: Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean" von Brett Jarrett ist ein umfassender Leitfaden zur Tierwelt der Antarktis. Es bietet detaillierte...

An anthropological examination of how Muslims respond to the conditions of life in France. It examines how French Muslims fashion various Islamic institutions and develop different ways of reasoning and teaching. It looks at some of the...

"A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China" von Dale C. Copeland bietet eine umfassende Analyse der wirtschaftlichen Motive hinter der US-amerikanischen Außenpolitik vom späten 18....