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PVP: 24,75 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17832-5
EAN 9780691178325
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 delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices.In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 21,35 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17846-2
EAN 9780691178462
What would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job descriptions-ones that might have been used to fill the position of philosopher at different times and places over the past 2,500 years? The Philosopher does just that, providing a new ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 296 páginas
PVP: 28,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17773-1
EAN 9780691177731
How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a species Human beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. We have a larger geographical range and process more energy than any other creature alive.This ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 14,95 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17813-4
EAN 9780691178134
Image for The Confidence Trap : A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the PresentClick to enlargeThe Confidence Trap : A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Presentby David RuncimanFormat:Paperback 416 pagesPublisher:Princeton University PressImprint:Princeton University PressEdition:RevisedISBN:9780691178134Published:26 Nov 2017Classifications:USA, European history, History of the Americas, Political science ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 296 páginas
PVP: 21,35 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17811-0
EAN 9780691178110
To Infinity and Beyond explores the idea of infinity in mathematics and art. Eli Maor examines the role of infinity, as well as its cultural impact on the arts and sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has exercised on the human mind--from the "horror infiniti" of the Greeks to the works of ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 472 páginas
PVP: 23,50 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17815-8
EAN 9780691178158
When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. Rorty's book is a powerful critique ...
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David Stasavage; Kenneth Scheve
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 18,70 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17829-5
EAN 9780691178295
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 624 páginas
PVP: 29,95 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17831-8
EAN 9780691178318
What is Islam? How do we grasp a human and historical phenomenon characterized by such variety and contradiction? What is "Islamic" about Islamic philosophy or Islamic art? Should we speak of Islam or of islams? Should we distinguish the Islamic (the religious) from the Islamicate (the cultural)? Or should we abandon "Islamic" altogether as an ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 440 páginas
PVP: 34,90 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16683-4
EAN 9780691166834
A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman EmpireHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 32,80 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17782-3
EAN 9780691177823
Why we need to think more like economists to successfully combat terrorismIf we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successfully address the threat, we must think more like economists do. This is the argument of Alan Krueger's What Makes a Terrorist, a book that explains why our tactics in the fight ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 168 páginas
PVP: 34,90 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17533-1
EAN 9780691175331
A lavishly illustrated book that explores the language of curves that spans the human body, science, engineering, and artCurves are seductive. These smooth, organic lines and surfaces-like those of the human body-appeal to us in an instinctive, visceral way that straight lines or the perfect shapes of classical geometry never could. In this large-format book, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 232 páginas
PVP: 26,10 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16794-7
EAN 9780691167947
Nabokov's dream diary, published for the first time--and placed in biographical and literary context On October 14th, 1964, Vladimir Nabokov, a lifelong insomniac, began a curious experiment. Over the next eighty days, immediately upon waking, he wrote down his dreams, following the instructions he found in An Experiment with Time by the British philosopher John ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 24,90 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16935-4
EAN 9780691169354
A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalistHere is Charles Darwin in his own words--the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook the Victorian world. Featuring hundreds of quotations carefully selected by world-renowned Darwin biographer Janet Browne, The Quotable Darwin draws ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 240 páginas
PVP: 31,15 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17735-9
EAN 9780691177359
How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation" Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded as a Christian nation, based on a "biblical worldview." But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 296 páginas
PVP: 21,35 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17810-3
EAN 9780691178103
Among the many constants that appear in mathematics, � , e, and i are the most familiar. Following closely behind is y,, or gamma, a constant that arises in many mathematical areas yet maintains a profound sense of mystery. In a tantalizing blend of history and mathematics, Julian Havil takes the reader on a journey ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 440 páginas
PVP: 24,80 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17854-7
EAN 9780691178547
Elements of Mathematics takes readers on a fascinating tour that begins in elementary mathematics-but, as John Stillwell shows, this subject is not as elementary or straightforward as one might think. Not all topics that are part of today's elementary mathematics were always considered as such, and great mathematical advances and discoveries had to occur in ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 280 páginas
PVP: 32,80 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16064-1
EAN 9780691160641
How secularism has been used to justify the subordination of womenJoan Wallach Scott's acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history. With Sex and Secularism, Scott challenges one of the central claims of the "clash of civilizations" polemic-the false notion that secularism is a guarantee of gender equality.Drawing on a ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 208 páginas
PVP: 18,70 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17830-1
EAN 9780691178301
From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that hurts everyone, and what we can do about itHow important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 18,70 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17852-3
EAN 9780691178523
Physics can explain many of the things that we commonly encounter. It can tell us why the night is dark, what causes the tides, and even how best to catch a baseball. With In Praise of Simple Physics, popular math and science writer Paul Nahin presents a plethora of situations that explore the science and ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 568 páginas
PVP: 47,99 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16711-4
EAN 9780691167114
Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. Over centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in land use, labor systems, market practices, and social hierarchies--the effects of which are with us even today. A Thirst for Empire takes a ...
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