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Curves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by Julian Havil for their significance, mathematical interest, and beauty. Each chapter gives an account of the history and definitio[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-18005-2 Article en page(s) : 259 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 519.5 Tags : Mathematical instruments ; Mathematical sociology Langues: Anglais 
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From Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a new way to think about how popular stories help drive economic events In a world in which internet troll farms attempt to influence foreign elections, can[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-18229-2 Article en page(s) : XXI, 377 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 330 Tags : Economics--Psychological aspects ; Economics--Sociological aspects ; Economic history Langues: Anglais 
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The Habsburg Empire’s grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical world The Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-17670-3 Article en page(s) : XIV, 403 p. Index. décimale : 943.6/03 Tags : Habsburgers (E) ; Habsburg, House of ; Austria--History Langues: Anglais 
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Vincent Azoulay ; Janet Lloyd, Traducteur ; Paul Cartledge, Préfacier, etc. | Princeton : Princeton University Press | 2018Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. "Periclean" Athens witnessed tumultuous political and military events, and ach[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-17833-2 Article en page(s) : XIV, 291 p. Index. décimale : 938/.505092 Tags : Pericles, approximately 495 B.C.-429 B.C. ; Political science ; Statesmen ; Statesmen--Greece--Athens--Biography ; Athens (Greece)--History ; Athens (Greece)--Politics and government Langues: Anglais 
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"Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-17832-5 Article en page(s) : XII, 331 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 330.1 Tags : Human ecology ; Economic development--Environmental aspects ; Environmental degradation Langues: Anglais 
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Mention d'édition : New edition ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-17585-0 Article en page(s) : XC, 445 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 327.072 Tags : International relations--Research Langues: Anglais 
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"Chris Chambers draws on his own experiences as a working scientist to reveal a dark side to psychology that few of us ever see. Using the seven deadly sins as a metaphor, he shows how practitioners are vulnerable to powerful biases that undercu[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-15890-7 Article en page(s) : XII, 274 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 150.1 Tags : Psychology--Research--Methodology ; Psychology--Research ; health psychology Langues: Anglais 
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The world is drowning in cash—and it’s making us poorer and less safe. In The Curse of Cash, Kenneth Rogoff, one of the world’s leading economists, makes a persuasive and fascinating case for an idea that until recently would have seemed outland[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-17213-2 Article en page(s) : X, 283 p. Index. décimale : 332.4 Tags : Paper money ; Money ; Currency question ; Monetary policy Langues: Anglais Thesis
On War and Democracy provides a richly nuanced examination of the moral justifications democracies often invoke to wage war. In this compelling and provocative book, Christopher Kutz argues that democratic principles can be both fertile and toxi[...]
Article en page(s) : XII, 332 p. Tags : Democracy--Philosophy ; War--Moral and ethical aspects ; Politics and war Langues: Anglais 
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Ever since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize–winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-16831-9 Article en page(s) : XVI, 272 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 330.01/9 Tags : Economics--Psychological aspects ; Free enterprise--Psychological aspects Langues: Anglais 
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While all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-15463-3 Article en page(s) : XXIII, 285 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 510.1/48 Tags : Mathematics ; Mathematics--History ; Mathematical notation Langues: Anglais 
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Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. Yet as the war in Afghanistan has made abundantly clear, multilateral cooperation is neither straightforward[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-15938-6 Article en page(s) : XVI, 260 p. Index. décimale : 958.104/74 Tags : North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Afghanistan ; Afghan War, 2001- ; International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) Langues: Anglais 
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China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite. Noted economist and China expert Michael Pettis argues instead that we are unde[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-15868-6 Article en page(s) : 219 p. Index. décimale : 382.17 Tags : Competition, International ; Economic development ; International economic relations ; Commercial policy Langues: Anglais 
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This book systematically examines the great variation in how terrorist groups are structured. Employing a broad range of agency theory, historical case studies, and terrorists' own internal documents, Jacob Shapiro provocatively discusses the co[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-15721-4 Article en page(s) : XI, 335 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 363.325 Tags : Terrorism ; Terrorists Langues: Anglais 
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After regaining independence in 1947, India immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system. The famines of the British era disappeared, along with economic stagnation; despite a recent dip, India's growth remains among the fastest in t[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-197582-5 Article en page(s) : XIII, 433 p. Index. décimale : 338.9/54 Tags : India--History ; Economic development ; Economic development--India--History ; India--Economic conditions--1947- ; India--Social conditions--1947- Langues: Anglais
