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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 488 páginas
PVP: 31,30 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16857-9
EAN 9780691168579
Europe and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "clash of civilizations" between the Muslim world and Europe. In this landmark book, three eminent historians bring to life ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 344 páginas
PVP: 27,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16624-7
EAN 9780691166247
Originally published in English in 1949, The Prophetic Faith features Martin Buber's readings of select biblical prophets--especially Isaiah and Deborah, the only female prophet and judge in the Hebrew Bible. In an approach that combines insights from biblical prophecy with a concern for events in the here and now, Buber outlines his interpretation of biblical ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 376 páginas
PVP: 45,60 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14174-9
EAN 9780691141749
This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on their combined wealth of expertise gained during their work on the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, this authoritative and accessible reference features more than one hundred entries ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 160 páginas
PVP: 16,20 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16844-9
EAN 9780691168449
Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 23,75 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16984-2
EAN 9780691169842
The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphi's oracular priestess; to set up monuments to the gods; and to take ...
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The Work of the Dead
A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 736 páginas
PVP: 45,60 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15778-8
EAN 9780691157788
The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture ...
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Magical Mathematics
The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 264 páginas
PVP: 23,75 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16977-4
EAN 9780691169774
Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks--and the profound mathematical ideas behind them--that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performing it. Each card ...
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The Importance of Being Civil
The Struggle for Political Decency
Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility as related to larger social forces--including revolution, imperialism, capitalism, nationalism, ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 36,45 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16964-4
EAN 9780691169644
Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets the record straight about what really caused the crisis. It didn't happen because banks are too big to fail--our addiction ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 120 páginas
PVP: 19,85 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16714-5
EAN 9780691167145
Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. Yet few would argue that inequality is a greater evil than poverty. The poor suffer because they don't have enough, not because others have more, and some have far too much. So why do many people appear to be more distressed by the ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 136 páginas
PVP: 43,70 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17002-2
EAN 9780691170022
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before.In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to ...
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Europe's Orphan
The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 360 páginas
PVP: 36,45 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16830-2
EAN 9780691168302
Originally conceived as part of a unifying vision for Europe, the euro is now viewed as a millstone around the neck of a continent crippled by vast debts, sluggish economies, and growing populist dissent. In Europe's Orphan, leading economic commentator Martin Sandbu presents a compelling defense of the euro. He argues that rather than blaming ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 432 páginas
PVP: 30,10 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15303-2
EAN 9780691153032
"Some people say, 'How can you live without knowing?' I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know."--Richard P. FeynmanNobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918-88) was that rarest of creatures--a towering scientific genius who could make himself ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 31,40 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14209-8
EAN 9780691142098
wo hundred and sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst--the end-Permian extinction--wiping out nearly every species on the planet. The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent, known as Pangea, may have ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 288 páginas
PVP: 30,75 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16831-9
EAN 9780691168319
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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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 31,70 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16989-7
EAN 9780691169897
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle."--Albert Einstein, 1936Albert Einstein's universal appeal is only partially explained by his brilliant work in physics, as Andrew Robinson demonstrates in this authoritative, accessible, and richly illustrated biography. The main narrative is enriched by twelve essays by well-known ...
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Revolutionary Ideas
An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 888 páginas
PVP: 24,90 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16971-2
EAN 9780691169712
Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was shaped by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades, scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politics, economics, or culture--almost anything but abstract notions like liberty ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 248 páginas
PVP: 20,60 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16848-7
EAN 9780691168487
The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed ...
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The Crisis of the Twelfth Century
Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 720 páginas
PVP: 36,15 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16976-7
EAN 9780691169767
Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men who imposed coercive new lordships in quest of nobility. Rethinking a familiar history, Thomas Bisson explores the circumstances that impelled knights, emperors, nobles, and churchmen to infuse lordship with social purpose.Bisson traces ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 1192 páginas
PVP: 39,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16980-4
EAN 9780691169804
A comprehensive examination of the nineteenth century, "The Transformation of the World" offers a panoramic portrait of a world in flux. Jurgen Osterhammel, a scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era to present a sophisticated global history of breathtaking magnitude and ...
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