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How to Clone a Mammoth
The Science of De-Extinction
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 18,50 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17311-5
EAN 9780691173115
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to ...
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- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 47,09 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15724-5
EAN 9780691157245
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Madness in Civilization
A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 432 páginas
ISBN 978-0-691-17344-3
EAN 9780691173443
The loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the commonsense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that seizes hold and won't let go--these are some of the traits we associate with madness. Today, mental disturbance is most commonly viewed through a medical lens, but societies have also sought ...
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The China Model
Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 360 páginas
PVP: 18,70 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17304-7
EAN 9780691173047
Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as "political meritocracy." The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the ...
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- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 520 páginas
PVP: 31,70 €
ISBN 978-0-691-11979-3
EAN 9780691119793
What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are ...
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The Birth of Politics
Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
ISBN 978-0-691-17309-2
EAN 9780691173092
In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of our political concepts from Socrates to Plutarch to Cicero, Lane reminds us that the ...
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Picard, Jacques L.; Revel, Jacques; Steinberg, Michael P.; Zertal, Idith
Makers of Jewish Modernity : Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made
This superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world. Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxemburg, and David ...
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- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 21,40 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17302-3
EAN 9780691173023
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 a fundamental challenge to this insight, arguing that markets harm as well as help us. As long ...
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From Heaven and Earth
The Reordering of Castilian Society, 1150-1350
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 24,90 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17150-0
EAN 9780691171500
Between the late twelfth century and the mid fourteenth, Castile saw a reordering of mental, spiritual, and physical space. Fresh ideas about sin and intercession coincided with new ways of representing the self and emerging perceptions of property as tangible. This radical shift in values or mentalités was most evident among certain social groups, including ...
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Voltaire called it "the most sublime didactic poem ever written in any language." Rousseau rhapsodized about its intellectual consolations. Kant recited long passages of it from memory during his lectures. And Adam Smith and David Hume drew inspiration from it in their writings.This was Alexander Pope's Essay on Man (1733-34), a masterpiece of philosophical poetry, ...
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We use addition on a daily basis--yet how many of us stop to truly consider the enormous and remarkable ramifications of this mathematical activity? Summing It Up uses addition as a springboard to present a fascinating and accessible look at numbers and number theory, and how we apply beautiful numerical properties to answer math problems. ...
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- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 23,75 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16918-7
EAN 9780691169187
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe--from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars--constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story ...
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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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One of the greatest political advisers of all time, Niccolo Machiavelli thought long and hard about how citizens could identify great leaders--ones capable of defending and enhancing the liberty, honor, and prosperity of their countries. Drawing on the full range of the Florentine's writings, acclaimed Machiavelli biographer Maurizio Viroli gathers and interprets Machiavelli's timeless wisdom ...
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- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 29,95 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17130-2
EAN 9780691171302
The French political philosopher Raymond Aron once observed that the twentieth century "could have been Germany's century." In 1900, the country was Europe's preeminent power, its material strength and strident militaristic ethos apparently balanced by a vital culture and extraordinary scientific achievement. It was poised to achieve greatness. In "Einstein's German World", the eminent historian ...
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Achen, Christopher H; Bartels, Larry M
Democracy for Realists
Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 39,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16944-6
EAN 9780691169446
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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 ...
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Success and Luck
Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 28,60 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16740-4
EAN 9780691167404
How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much.In recent years, social scientists have discovered that ...
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The Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 25,00 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17081-7
EAN 9780691170817
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the ...
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- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 20,85 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17013-8
EAN 9780691170138
Stratigakos's (architecture, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo) collection of essays is an excellent introduction to the recurring question that serves as the volume's title. In the first essay, the author summarizes the historical context and women's entry into architectural schools and practice in the Western world. Next, she looks at the current state ...
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