princeton university press jul 2009 (20 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There are more statues of Robert Burns in the United States than there are of any American poet. Scotland's favorite poet has been loved by generations of Americans--from Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman to Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, and Bob Dylan. Now this book makes Burns's greatest poetry more accessible to American readers than ever before. This is the only comprehensive selection of his work that has discreet line-by-line marginal glossing of the Scots, archaic, and obscure words, allowing readers to understand and enjoy the poems without constantly having to turn to footnotes or a glossary. Newly edited from manuscripts and early printed texts, this definitive, wide-ranging collection also introduces some recently discovered verses--and it is the only edition to present a substantial selection of Burns's important prose writings, including letters and key statements about his art. Edited and annotated by acclaimed Burns biographer Robert Crawford and textual expert Christopher MacLachlan, the book also includes a substantial introduction that puts the poet in biographical, historical, and cultural context. The Best Laid Schemes demonstrates like no other collection why Burns is considered one of the world's greatest poets of love and democracy--and why he continues to entertain, move, and intrigue readers two and a half centuries after his birth.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After deciding to terminate his authorship with the pseudonymous Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard composed reviews as a means of writing without being an author. Two Ages, here presented in a definitive English text, is simultaneously a review and a book in its own right. In it, Kierkegaard comments on the anonymously published Danish novel Two Ages, which contrasts the mentality of the age of the French Revolution with that of the subsequent epoch of rationalism. Kierkegaard commends the author's shrewdness, and his critique builds on the novel's view of the two generations. With keen prophetic insight, Kierkegaard foresees the birth of an impersonal cultural wasteland, in which the individual will either be depersonalized or obliged to find an existence rooted in 'equality before God and equality with all men.' This edition, like all in the series, contains substantial supplementary material, including a historical introduction, entries from Kierkegaard's journals and papers, and the preface and conclusion of the original novel.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'David Mermin's new book is a gem. Requiring nothing more than a basic understanding of algebra, it provides the clearest and most insightful treatment of special relativity I've ever encountered. Students new to special relativity should learn it from this text; those already familiar with the subject should read this book to enhance their understanding and (of equal importance) to experience the craft of a master teacher.'--Brian Greene, Columbia University.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An enormous achievement. The Empire of Trauma offers not only an understanding of the anthropology of the concept of trauma in general, but also a very interesting discussion of the development of values and value systems in our globalized world. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time on the issue of trauma.'--David Becker, Free University Berlin.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This extraordinarily well-researched book puts notable 1930s causes and individuals into new global contexts. Pennybacker leaves no stone unturned--she examines fugitive writings, newspaper coverage, government documents, and many other sources to tell a richly detailed story of the period.'--Werner Sollors, Harvard University.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Translation of Le yoga: immortalite et liberte.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'What is evil What are its forms How is it motivated These are questions of the greatest human significance and Raatzsch's treatment of them is sensitive, imaginative, and broadly based. This book brings together different lines of argument from epistemology, moral philosophy, and philosophy of mind in a highly compact and supercharged, yet fully comprehensible form. The result packs an enormous intellectual punch.'--Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge'This original, deeply felt, clearly written, and well-argued book combines Shakespearean analysis, moral philosophy, psychology, and philosophy of literature--all in a succinct, unified, and impressive way.'--Richard Eldridge, Swarthmore College.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Vavreck's creative theorizing and informative historical analysis will change the way political scientists think about presidential campaigns. While giving campaign strategists their overdue due, she also sheds invaluable light on how political contexts shape their strategies and their odds of success.'--Larry M. Bartels, author of Unequal Democracy.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As a spiritual autobiography, Kierkegaard's 'The Point of View for My Work as an Author' stands among such great works as Augustine's 'Confessions' and Newman's 'Apologia pro Vita Sua.' Yet 'Point of View' is neither a confession nor a defense; it is an author's story of a lifetime of writing, his understanding of the maze of greatly varied works that make up his oeuvre.Upon the imminent publication of the second edition of 'Either/Or,' Kierkegaard again intended to cease writing. Now was the time for a direct 'report to history' on the authorship as a whole. In addition to 'Point of View,' which was published posthumously, the present volume also contains 'On My Work as an Author,' a contemporary substitute, and the companion piece 'Armed Neutrality.'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ''Impossible Engineering' offers a fascinating account of the planning, construction, and interpretation of a major public-works project in seventeenth-century France. Mukerji stresses the participation of many people who have often have been written out of this story, especially the peasant workforce, which included a significant contingent of women. She also raises large general issues about the modes and limitations of human interaction with the natural world. I read this book with great pleasure.'--Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Drawing on a vast array of original archival data, 'Impossible Engineering' offers an elegant and original analysis of a feat of engineering, the construction of the Canal du Midi. Mukerji weaves various strands of the story with impressive dexterity to produce an account that is undoubtedly that of a scholar at the top of her game. This is a fascinating and theoretically significant study.'--Michele Lamont, Harvard University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This engaging book usefully articulates the geographic constraints on the formation of neighboring relations and the centrality of child-related activities to neighboring. It presents data from innovative empirical research and will interest those working in community and urban studies.'--Peter V. Marsden, Harvard University'With insight, Grannis conceptualizes neighborhoods as a chain of networks that form along predictable geographic boundaries linking local residents to one another. The data collected is extraordinarily rich and unique.'--George E. Tita, University of California, Irvine.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This book will be of great philosophical interest, especially to social and legal philosophers. Marmor's view is original and represents an important alternative to the dominant (Lewisian) conception of social conventions. He sketches his theory on a large canvas and applies it to several different areas of social life. He writes with admirable clarity, directness, and simplicity.'--Gerald Postema, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'This book develops and applies a general theory of social conventions, then employs it to answer questions about the role of convention in language, morality, and law. Marmor's conclusions are noteworthy not only for the light they shed on the conventions found in these areas, but also for the claim that some linguistic and moral phenomena deemed conventional by other writers do not, in fact, have this status.'--Christopher McMahon, University of California, Santa Barbar.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Original and well-grounded in the texts, 'Descartes's Changing Mind' offers a comprehensive interpretation of Cartesian science. It also tackles questions concerning our knowledge of the new world of Descartes's physics and the mind's relation to that world. Machamer and McGuire take into account Descartes's entire career, from the late 1620s to the time of the Principles, showing that on key issues he altered his views significantly.'--Dennis Des Chene, Washington University in St. Louis'This book's main argument--that Descartes's views on metaphysics and natural philosophy changed over time--is significant because Descartes rarely gives the impression that his views have changed and scholars often treat them as a single block. This is the first book to focus on Descartes's changing views, and it is welcome.'--Roger Ariew, University of South Florida.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This is an important book. Critical transitions and resilience are powerful explanatory tools in ecology today, and it is significant that Scheffer, the leading expert in the applications of critical transitions in ecology, has written a monograph in this area. Scheffer is an excellent writer, and a very good expositor of theoretical concepts in ecology. The ideas in this book should be part of every educated person's mental framework.'--Donald L. DeAngelis, University of Miami.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'With effortless execution, Reckford draws the reader gently and persuasively into the remote world of this brilliant, young Roman satirist. This is a warm, deeply thoughtful, and perceptive book.'--Dan Hooley, University of Missouri'English language books focusing on Persius are few and far between. Reckford is well-versed in ancient satire and his close analyses of particular words, lines, and passages are often compelling.'--Cedric Littlewood, University of Victoria.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Ales Cerný's new edition of Mathematical Techniques in Finance is an excellent master's-level treatment of mathematical methods used in financial asset pricing. By updating the original edition with methods used in recent research, Cerný has once again given us an up-to-date first-class textbook treatment of the subject.'--Darrell Duffie, Stanford University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Rules for the Global Economy' is a timely examination of the conditions under which international rules of globalization come into existence, enabling world economic and financial systems to function and stabilize. Horst Siebert, a leading figure in international economics, explains that these institutional arrangements, such as the ones that govern banking, emerge when countries fail to solve economic problems on their own and cede part of their sovereignty to an international order. Siebert demonstrates that the rules result from a trial-and-error process - and usually after a crisis - in order to prevent pointless transaction costs and risks. Using an accessible and non mathematical approach, Siebert links the rules to four areas: international trade relations, factor movements, financial flows, and the environment. He looks at the international division of labor in the trade of goods and services; flow of capital; diffusion of technology; migration of people, including labor and human capital; protection of the global environment; and stability of the monetary-financial system. He discusses the role of ethical norms and human rights in defining international regulations, and argues that the benefits of any rules system should be direct and visible. Comprehensively supporting rules-based interactions among international players, the book considers future issues of the global rules system.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When first published in 2005, Matrix Mathematics quickly became the essential reference book for users of matrices in all branches of engineering, science, and applied mathematics. In this fully updated and expanded edition, the author brings together the latest results on matrix theory to make this the most complete, current, and easy-to-use book on matrices.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this latest volume, Einstein's visible public persona is amply documented in his correspondence and articles. Einstein agrees to help a Zionist fund raising mission and he visits the United States for the first time. While there, he delivers his now famous Princeton Lectures. Correspondence with N. Bohr, W. Bothe, P. Ehrenfest, H. Geiger, H. A. Lorentz, L. Meitner, and A. Sommerfeld records Einstein's interest in and contributions to the emerging modern quantum theory.Throughout the year, Einstein navigates complex territory in his professional and personal life. He travels with his older son to Bologna, yet turns down repeated invitations to Munich. He supports the nomination of Masaryk for a Nobel Peace Prize, intervenes on behalf of Germany at the Paris reparations conference in Amsterdam, and assists Russian physicists in their efforts to rebuild and develop Russian science.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This is an excellent book on the topics of probability, Markov chains, and queuing theory. Extremely well-written, the contents range from elementary topics to quite advanced material and include plenty of well-chosen examples.'--Adarsh Sethi, University of Delaware.