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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War
- Princeton, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura con sobrecubierta · 784 páginas
PVP: 52,35 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14772-7
EAN 9780691147727
In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces. With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from forty-five to seventy-two years.Weaving together a ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 296 páginas
PVP: 36,45 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15329-2
EAN 9780691153292
This book explores the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have invested it with a symbolic power far beyond that of any other language in history. Preserved by the Jews across two millennia, Hebrew endured long after it ceased to be a mother tongue, resulting in one of the most ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 576 páginas
PVP: 57,05 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16528-8
EAN 9780691165288
This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas ...
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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 dura · 376 páginas
PVP: 31,40 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15559-3
EAN 9780691155593
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Eclipse of God
Studies in the Relation between Religion and Philosophy
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 27,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16530-1
EAN 9780691165301
Biblical in origin, the expression "eclipse of God" refers to the Jewish concept of hester panim, the act of God concealing his face as a way of punishing his disobedient subjects. Though this idea is deeply troubling for many people, in this book Martin Buber uses the expression hopefully--for a hiding God is also a ...
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- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 27,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16541-7
EAN 9780691165417
Hasidism, a controversial, mystical-religious movement of Eastern European origin, has posed a serious challenge to mainstream Judaism from its earliest beginnings in the middle of the eighteenth century. Decimated by the Holocaust, it has risen like a phoenix from the ashes and has reconstituted itself as a major force in the world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. ...
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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 Alzheimer Conundrum
Entanglements of Dementia and Aging
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 328 páginas
PVP: 27,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16847-0
EAN 9780691168470
Due to rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing, and the projections are grim. Despite billions of dollars invested in medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The Alzheimer Conundrum exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down ...
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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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The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World
Samuel Johnson Longlist for Non-Fiction
- Princeton, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 32,60 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14825-0
EAN 9780691148250
Despite the on-going political horse-trading over emissions targets, each piece of new scientific research offers further evidence that no feasible reduction in the emissions can now effectively mitigate the carbon crisis. With limited time for action, an increasingly influential minority of climate scientists are exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the biosphere. A stratospheric ...
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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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