Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175268 ISBN 13: 9780691175263
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This is an attractive, pocket-friendly guide to walks on sixteen of the best trails through preserved open space in Princeton, New Jersey, and its neighboring towns. This revised edition includes eight new walks, several of which have been created on land that has been preserved since the popular guide was originally published in 2009. The walks range from two to four miles, but many include suggestions for trail connections that allow you to extend your hike if you choose. The guide includes detailed color maps of the trails, directions on how to get to them and where to park, and recommendations for the most scenic routes. Each walk has been designed with a 'reason to walk' in mind: a special boulder or waterfall to find, a bit of local history or a beautiful vista to enjoy. The guide is illustrated with specially commissioned color photographs, sixteen of which are featured on detachable postcards.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175756 ISBN 13: 9780691175751
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 23,08
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Calculus. For some of us, the word conjures up memories of ten-pound textbooks and visions of tedious abstract equations. And yet, in reality, calculus is fun and accessible, and surrounds us everywhere we go. In Everyday Calculus, Oscar Fernandez demonstrates that calculus can be used to explore practically any aspect of our lives, including the most effective number of hours to sleep and the fastest route to get to work. He also shows that calculus can be both useful - determining which seat at the theater leads to the best viewing experience, for instance - and fascinating - exploring topics such as time travel and the age of the universe. Throughout, Fernandez presents straightforward concepts, and no prior mathematical knowledge is required. For advanced math fans, the mathematical derivations are included in the appendixes. The book features a new preface that alerts readers to new interactive online content, including demonstrations linked to specific figures in the book as well as an online supplement. Whether you're new to mathematics or already a curious math enthusiast, Everyday Calculus will convince even die-hard skeptics to view this area of math in a whole new way.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175799 ISBN 13: 9780691175799
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 26,96
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS. Moving beyond journalistic accounts, Fawaz Gerges provides a clear and compelling account of the deeper conditions that fuel ISIS. The book describes how ISIS emerged in the chaos of Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion, how the group was strengthened by the suppression of the Arab Spring and by the war in Syria, and how ISIS seized leadership of the jihadist movement from Al Qaeda. Part of a militant Sunni revival, ISIS claims its goals are to resurrect a caliphate and rid 'Islamic lands' of all Shia and other minorities. In contrast to Al Qaeda, ISIS initially focused on the 'near enemy' - Shia, the Iraqi and Syrian regimes, and secular, pro-Western states in the Middle East. But in a tactical shift ISIS has now taken responsibility for spectacular attacks in Europe and other places beyond the Middle East, making it clear that the group is increasingly interested in targeting the far enemy as well. Ultimately, the book shows how decades of dictatorship, poverty, and rising sectarianism in the Middle East, exacerbated by foreign intervention, led to the rise of ISIS - and why addressing those problems is the only way to ensure its end.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175950 ISBN 13: 9780691175959
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 28,05
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Most attempts to explain market failures seek to pinpoint triggering mechanisms that occur hours, days, or weeks before the collapse. Sornette proposes a radically different view: the underlying cause can be sought months and even years before the abrupt, catastrophic event in the build-up of cooperative speculation, which often translates into an accelerating rise of the market price, otherwise known as a 'bubble.' Anchoring his sophisticated, step-by-step analysis in leading-edge physical and statistical modeling techniques, he unearths remarkable insights and some predictions--among them, that the 'end of the growth era' will occur around 2050. Sornette probes major historical precedents, from the decades-long 'tulip mania' in the Netherlands that wilted suddenly in 1637 to the South Sea Bubble that ended with the first huge market crash in England in 1720, to the Great Crash of October 1929 and Black Monday in 1987, to cite just a few. He concludes that most explanations other than cooperative self-organization fail to account for the subtle bubbles by which the markets lay the groundwork for catastrophe.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175748 ISBN 13: 9780691175744
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 31,09
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. The Meaning of the Library is a generously illustrated examination of this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, notable contributors--including the Librarian of Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library. In an informative introduction, Alice Crawford sets out the book's purpose and scope, and an international array of scholars, librarians, writers, and critics offer vivid perspectives about the library through their chosen fields. The Meaning of the Library will appeal to all who are interested in this vital institution's heritage and ongoing legacy.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175624 ISBN 13: 9780691175621
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 31,37
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Ballard begins in 1930 with William Beebe and Otis Barton, pioneers of the ocean depths who made the world's first deep-sea dives in a cramped steel sphere. He introduces us to Auguste and Jacques Piccard, whose 'Bathyscaph'descended in 1960 to the lowest point on the ocean floor. He reviews the celebrated advances made by Jacques Cousteau. He describes his own major discoveries--from sea-floor spreading to black smokers--as well as his technical breakthroughs, including the development of remote-operated underwater vehicles and the revolutionary search techniques that led to the discovery and exploration of the Titanic, the Nazi battleship Bismarck, ancient trading vessels, and other great ships.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175942 ISBN 13: 9780691175942
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 31,22
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally conceived as part of a unifying vision for Europe, the euro is now viewed as a millstone around the neck of a continent crippled by vast debts, sluggish economies, and growing populist dissent. In Europes Orphan, leading economic commentator Martin Sandbu presents a compelling defense of the euro. He argues that rather than blaming the euro for the political and economic failures in Europe since the global financial crisis, the responsibility lies firmly on the authorities of the eurozone and its member countries. The eurozone's self-inflicted financial calamities and economic decline resulted from a toxic cocktail of unforced policy errors by bankers, politicians, and bureaucrats; the unhealthy coziness between finance and governments; and, above all, an extreme unwillingness to restructure debt. Contending that the euro has been wrongfully scapegoated for the eurozones troubles, Europes Orphan charts what actually must be done for the continent to achieve an economic and political recovery. This edition contains a new preface addressing the economic and political implications of the Brexit, as well as updated text throughout. Europes Orphan charts what actually must be done for the continent to achieve a full recovery.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175829 ISBN 13: 9780691175829
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 31,23
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Shedding light on one of the most complex and enigmatic statesmen of the modern era, M. Sükrü Hanioglu takes readers from Atatürk's youth as a Muslim boy in the volatile ethnic cauldron of Macedonia, to his education in nonreligious and military schools, to his embrace of Turkish nationalism and the modernizing Young Turks movement. Who was this figure who sought glory as an ambitious young officer in World War I, defied the victorious Allies intent on partitioning the Turkish heartland, and defeated the last sultan Hanioglu charts Atatürk's intellectual and ideological development at every stage of his life, demonstrating how he was profoundly influenced by the new ideas that were circulating in the sprawling Ottoman realm. He shows how Atatürk drew on a unique mix of scientism, materialism, social Darwinism, positivism, and other theories to fashion a grand utopian framework on which to build his new nation.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691172439 ISBN 13: 9780691172439
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 37,03
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Birds of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East is the first comprehensive pocket-sized photographic field guide to every bird species in Europe--this includes winter visitors and common migrants but also all rarities to the region, even if they have been recorded only once. The guide also covers hypothetical species--those that have a good chance of being recorded due to such factors as range expansion and changing weather patterns. The book's 2,200 stunning color photographs mean that every species is pictured, making field identification quick and easy. Succinct text covers key identification features, voice, habitat, and distribution, and distribution maps are provided for regular breeding species. Particular attention and details are given to help differentiate similar-looking species.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175519 ISBN 13: 9780691175515
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 41,70
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more efficiently into groups of the like-minded, creating echo chambers that amplify our views. It's no accident that on some occasions, people of different political views cannot even understand each other. It's also no surprise that terrorist groups have been able to exploit social media to deadly effect. Welcome to the age of Republic. In this revealing book, Cass Sunstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, shows how today's Internet is driving political fragmentation, polarization, and even extremism - and what can be done about it.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691175292 ISBN 13: 9780691175294
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 43,81
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else - and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a bibliography of other notable writings and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us - and where it is headed.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691166404 ISBN 13: 9780691166407
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 43,81
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Fawkes, Glynnis (illustratore). Neuware - Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, Three Stones Make a Wall traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries, from Pompeii to Petra, Troy to the Terracotta Warriors, and Mycenae to Megiddo and Masada. Cline brings to life the personalities behind these digs, including Heinrich Schliemann, the former businessman who excavated Troy, and Mary Leakey, whose discoveries advanced our understanding of human origins. The discovery of the peoples and civilizations of the past is presented in vivid detail, from the Hittites and Minoans to the Inca, Aztec, and Moche. Along the way, the book addresses the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig How are excavations actually done How do you know how old something is Who gets to keep what is found.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 069117234X ISBN 13: 9780691172347
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 43,81
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Seva Gunitsky argues that waves of regime change are driven by the aftermath of cataclysmic disruptions to the international system. These hegemonic shocks, marked by the sudden rise and fall of great powers, have been essential and often-neglected drivers of domestic transformations. Though rare and fleeting, they not only repeatedly alter the global hierarchy of powerful states but also create unique and powerful opportunities for sweeping national reforms - by triggering military impositions, swiftly changing the incentives of domestic actors, or transforming the basis of political legitimacy itself. As a result, the evolution of modern regimes cannot be fully understood without examining the consequences of clashes between great powers, which repeatedly - and often unsuccessfully - sought to cajole, inspire, and intimidate other states into joining their camps.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691166358 ISBN 13: 9780691166353
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 43,81
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the milkweed - a toxic plant named for the sticky white substance emitted when its leaves are damaged -and how this inextricable and intimate relationship has been like an arms race over the millennia, a battle of exploitation and defense between two fascinating species.The monarch life cycle begins each spring when it deposits eggs on milkweed leaves. But this dependency of monarchs on milkweeds as food is not reciprocated, and milkweeds do all they can to poison or thwart the young monarchs. Agrawal delves into major scientific discoveries, including his own pioneering research, and traces how plant poisons have not only shaped monarch-milkweed interactions but have also been culturally important for centuries. Agrawal presents current ideas regarding the recent decline in monarch populations, including habitat destruction, increased winter storms, and lack of milkweed -the last one a theory that the author rejects. He evaluates the current sustainability of monarchs and reveals a novel explanation for their plummeting numbers.Lavishly illustrated with more than eighty color photos and images, 'Monarchs and Milkweed' takes readers on an unforgettable exploration of one of nature's most important and sophisticated evolutionary relationships.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691115257 ISBN 13: 9780691115252
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 48,17
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'For visitors from the temperate zone, the nature of the American tropics is exciting but very confusing. The dazzling diversity of plants and animals can seem overwhelming. In The New Neotropical Companion, John Kricher, a gifted scientist and communicator, brings order out of this chaos. With clear, lively language, he describes the patterns of tropical ecology and natural history in an accessible and engaging way--it's both tremendously educational and fun to read. Now enhanced with abundant photographs, The New Neotropical Companion is essential reading for anyone intrigued by the wonderful biodiversity south of the border.'--Kenn Kaufman, author of Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691168784 ISBN 13: 9780691168784
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 50,60
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rivers are essential to civilization and even life itself, yet how many of us truly understand how they work Why do rivers run where they do Where do their waters actually come from How can the same river flood one year and then dry up the next Where the River Flows takes you on a majestic journey along the planet's waterways, providing a scientist's reflections on the vital interconnections that rivers share with the land, the sky, and us.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691116490 ISBN 13: 9780691116495
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 51,03
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Accurate, comprehensive, and authoritative.'--Sergio Seipke, Raptours.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691151180 ISBN 13: 9780691151182
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 56,72
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and language to science and technology. How did the human mind--and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture--evolve from its roots in animal behavior Darwin's Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. This compelling and accessible book reveals how culture is not just the magnificent end product of an evolutionary process that produced a species unlike all others--it is also the key driving force behind that process. Kevin Laland shows how the learned and socially transmitted activities of our ancestors shaped our intellects through accelerating cycles of evolutionary feedback. The truly unique characteristics of our species--such as our intelligence, language, teaching, and cooperation--are not adaptive responses to predators, disease, or other external conditions. Rather, humans are creatures of their own making. Drawing on his own groundbreaking research, and bringing it to life with vivid natural history, Laland explains how animals imitate, innovate, and have remarkable traditions of their own. He traces our rise from scavenger apes in prehistory to modern humans able to design iPhones, dance the tango, and send astronauts into space.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691162352 ISBN 13: 9780691162355
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 56,53
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This fascinating book presents the first cultural history and anthropology of the face across centuries, continents, and media. Ranging from funerary masks and masks in drama to the figural work of contemporary artists including Cindy Sherman and Nam June Paik, renowned art historian Hans Belting emphasizes that while the face plays a critical role in human communication, it defies attempts at visual representation. Referencing a vast array of sources, Belting's insights draw on art history, philosophy, theories of visual culture, and cognitive science. He demonstrates that Western efforts to portray the face have repeatedly failed, even with the developments of new media such as photography and film, which promise ever-greater degrees of verisimilitude. In spite of sitting at the heart of human expression, the face resists possession, and creative endeavors to capture it inevitably result in masks - hollow signifiers of the humanity they're meant to embody. From creations by Van Eyck and August Sander to works by Francis Bacon, Ingmar Bergman, and Chuck Close, Face and Mask takes a remarkable look at how, through the centuries, the physical visage has inspired and evaded artistic interpretation.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691168725 ISBN 13: 9780691168722
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 59,96
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Aggiungi al carrelloBuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalism During and after the Second World War, public intellectuals in Britain and the United States grappled with concerns about the future of democracy, the prospects of liberty, and the decline of the imperial system. Without using the term 'globalization,' t.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 069117587X ISBN 13: 9780691175874
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 63,62
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. Edited by a distinguished team of evolutionary biologists, with contributions from leading researchers, the guide contains some 100 clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics in seven major areas: phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolutionary processes; genes, genomes, and phenotypes; speciation and macroevolution; evolution of behavior, society, and humans; and evolution and modern society. Complete with more than 100 illustrations (including eight pages in color), glossaries of key terms, suggestions for further reading on each topic, and an index, this is an essential volume for undergraduate and graduate students, scientists in related fields, and anyone else with a serious interest in evolution.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 069160133X ISBN 13: 9780691601335
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 81,97
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691171106 ISBN 13: 9780691171104
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 59,71
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - One of the most important mathematical achievements of the past several decades has been A. Grothendieck's work on algebraic geometry. In the early 1960s, he and M. Artin introduced étale cohomology in order to extend the methods of sheaf-theoretic cohomology from complex varieties to more general schemes. This work found many applications, not only in algebraic geometry, but also in several different branches of number theory and in the representation theory of finite and p-adic groups. Yet until now, the work has been available only in the original massive and difficult papers. In order to provide an accessible introduction to étale cohomology, J. S. Milne offers this more elementary account covering the essential features of the theory.The author begins with a review of the basic properties of flat and étale morphisms and of the algebraic fundamental group. The next two chapters concern the basic theory of étale sheaves and elementary étale cohomology, and are followed by an application of the cohomology to the study of the Brauer group. After a detailed analysis of the cohomology of curves and surfaces, Professor Milne proves the fundamental theorems in étale cohomology -- those of base change, purity, Poincaré duality, and the Lefschetz trace formula. He then applies these theorems to show the rationality of some very general L-series.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691603561 ISBN 13: 9780691603568
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 62,74
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This critical edition of Ezra Pound's Elektra marks the most significant appearance in twenty years of a 'new' work by the controversial poet. Composed in the early months of 1949, while Pound was under indictment for treason and hospitalized by court order in Washington, D.C., this hitherto unpublished version of Sophocles' play documents a critical stage in the poet's writing career: with his subsequent rendition of Sophocles' Trachiniae and his ongoing translations from the Chinese classics, it signaled his return to sustained composition and his eventual decision to resume his life work, the Cantos. The success of Carey Perloff's Classic Stage Company debut of Pound's play in 1987 has already demonstrated the interest of the theatrical community in the work, and this presentation of the text, with critical apparatus, is a major event in Pound studies. The edition serves as a kind of practical workshop in translation, particularly in its exposition of Pound's discussions with his collaborator, Rudd Fleming. Richard Reid demonstrates in his introduction that Pound's choice of the Elektra was of crucial significance. In the play Sophocles confronts many of our most deeply held cultural assumptions: those concerning the family, the community, the claims of religion and justice, and language itself. As anyone familiar with the works of Pound will readily recognize, these issues are central in his own writings. The Elektra clarifies the formal, thematic, and psychological dilemmas seen in his work following the achievements recorded in the Pisan Cantos. This play and Pound's version of the Trachiniae can lead to a reassessment of his entire oeuvre in the context of this century's history. It will be essential reading for admirers of Pound's poetry, for students of the art of translation, and for directors and actors interested in performing the drama of ancient Athens on the modern stage.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691605971 ISBN 13: 9780691605975
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 73,88
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The workings of the brain have long held a fascination for scientists. Yet, faced as they have been with the obvious anatomical and biochemical complexity of the brain, understanding its functions--more than superficially--has seemed an impossible goal. The authors of the essays in this volume, acknowledged experts in their specialties, have illustrated the power of molecular biology to dissect the molecular functioning of the brain. The volume has related essays on neurotransmitters and their receptors, aspects of neuronal development and neurodegeneration, the molecular biology of opiate action, and the concept of neuronal networks in the olfactory system. It continues with essays on some of the major healthcare problems that can be expected to yield to analysis by molecular genetical approaches--neurodegenerative and affective disorders such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, spongiform encephalopathies, prion diseases, and trinucleotide expansion disorders. The volume concludes first with an exciting account of how molecular biology is beginning to explain a phenomenon as complex as memory and, finally, a thought-provoking essay on future developments in the field.Originally published in 1999.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691622779 ISBN 13: 9780691622774
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
EUR 81,11
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is an informal collection of essays and speeches on the writers who in one way or another counted for Valéry in the shaping of his mind or in his affections and interests: Descartes, Voltaire, Stendhal, Goethe, Villon, Nietzsche, Pascal, Proust, Huysmans, Pierre Louÿs, Nerval, Rilke, Bergson, and others. The volume presents, in an appendix, the first publication in English of any extensive selection from Valéry's personal not Elektronisches Buch--the Cahiers. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691603235 ISBN 13: 9780691603230
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Jeffrey Hahn examines the degree to which citizens who are elected to local government in the USSR can successfully represent the interests of those who elected them. More specifically, how effectively do the mechanisms available for citizen participation in local government work in practice What can elected deputies do to respond to the expressed needs and preferences of their constituents Basing his conclusions on interviews with local deputies, observations of local soviets at work, and the analysis of a wide range of primary source material, the author finds that Soviet citizens do have some chances to participate meaningfully in local government and that a basis exists for the continued expansion of such participation. The elected deputy can and occasionally does play an active role as an ombudsman for those who choose to use opportunities for citizen input. Soviet Grassroots not only contributes to our empirical knowledge of political participation in the USSR but also provides a basis for speculation about the nature of political change in the Soviet system. If opportunities for effective participation in local government do exist, and they can be shown to have grown over time, then one precondition for the emergence of a 'civic culture' in Soviet society already exists.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691608776 ISBN 13: 9780691608778
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When astronomers today look up at the night sky they picture a spectacular and infinite universe--full of pulsars, quasars, and black holes and ruled by arcane laws of space and time. Once, ancient astronomers looked up and saw only points of light tracing calm movements across the heavens. But they too were moved to wonder about the meaning of what they saw. In Astronomy through the Ages, Sir Robert Wilson tells the story of how our understanding of the universe has evolved through history--of how the sedate and stable star field of ancient times has been replaced by the vast and explosive universe we know today. Wilson, one of the most distinguished astronomers of the twentieth century, begins by tracing the astronomical studies of the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks and reviews important early contributions from India, China, and the Islamic world. He explains the development of the sun-centered model of the universe in Renaissance Europe. He then tells how the development of the telescope, photography, and spectroscopy pushed back the limits of the observable universe and eventually brought astronomy into the twentieth century. Finally, he describes the rapid advances in radio and space astronomy and other methods over the past fifty years that have ushered in a new 'golden age' of astronomy. These advances have not only allowed observation of deep space but also enabled scientists to unlock the secrets of the universe itself from its origin to its possible fate. Wilson himself has played an important role in these discoveries as the developer of one of the most successful astronomical satellites ever launched, the International Ultraviolet Explorer. While focusing on the human side of astronomical discovery, Wilson also provides readers with a basic understanding of difficult concepts, explaining relativity and quantum mechanics without using technical language or mathematics. Remarkable in its scope and clarity,Astronomy through the Ages provides an accessible view of historical discoveries and modern advances and shows why excitement about astronomy is even greater today than when Galileo first gazed in wonder at the rings of Saturn.Originally published in 1998.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691600902 ISBN 13: 9780691600901
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Nitric oxide has proven to be a molecule with wide biological significance. It is involved in myriad actions which range from physiology to pathophysiology. One of the fundamental questions in relation to its biological relevance concerns the paradoxical nature of some of its actions. For example, there is a whole range of effects related to cytoprotection, cell proliferation, differentiation, and cell death. The way in which nitric oxide becomes involved in pathophysiology is slowly being elucidated. This volume contains a summary of the discussions that took place at the Second International Paraelios Symposium on Nitric Oxide research, and will make a significant contribution to this very exciting subject.Originally published in 1998.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Editore: Princeton University Press Mär 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0691610975 ISBN 13: 9780691610979
Lingua: Inglese
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
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Aggiungi al carrelloTaschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The work includes a detailed historical account of the Manley years, focusing on shifting relations between contending social forces and on the interaction between economics and politics.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.