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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 Artikel op pagina: 259 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 519.5 Tags: Mathematical instruments ; Mathematical sociology Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: XXI, 377 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 330 (Economie) Tags: Economics--Psychological aspects ; Economics--Sociological aspects ; Economic history Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: XIV, 291 p. Indexering: 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 Talen: Engels Books
"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 Artikel op pagina: XII, 331 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 330.1 Tags: Human ecology ; Economic development--Environmental aspects ; Environmental degradation Talen: Engels Books
Uitgave: New edition ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-0-691-17585-0 Artikel op pagina: XC, 445 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 327.072 Tags: International relations--Research Talen: Engels Books
"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 Artikel op pagina: XII, 274 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 150.1 Tags: Psychology--Research--Methodology ; Psychology--Research ; health psychology Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: X, 283 p. Indexering: 332.4 Tags: Paper money ; Money ; Currency question ; Monetary policy Talen: Engels 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[...]
Artikel op pagina: XII, 332 p. Tags: Democracy--Philosophy ; War--Moral and ethical aspects ; Politics and war Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: XVI, 272 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 330.01/9 Tags: Economics--Psychological aspects ; Free enterprise--Psychological aspects Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: XXIII, 285 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 510.1/48 Tags: Mathematics ; Mathematics--History ; Mathematical notation Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: 219 p. Indexering: 382.17 Tags: Competition, International ; Economic development ; International economic relations ; Commercial policy Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: XI, 335 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 363.325 Tags: Terrorism ; Terrorists Talen: Engels Books
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 Artikel op pagina: XIII, 433 p. Indexering: 338.9/54 Tags: India--History ; Economic development ; Economic development--India--History ; India--Economic conditions--1947- ; India--Social conditions--1947- Talen: Engels Books
Numerical Methods provides a clear and concise exploration of standard numerical analysis topics, as well as nontraditional ones, including mathematical modeling, Monte Carlo methods, Markov chains, and fractals. Filled with appealing examples t[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-0-691-15122-9 Artikel op pagina: XIV, 454 p. Indexering: 518 Tags: Numerical analysis Talen: Engels Books
Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be explaine[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-0-691-15125-0 Artikel op pagina: XII, 262 p. Indexering: 302.1/4 Tags: Cooperation (E) ; Cooperativeness ; Behavior evolution Talen: Engels