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Encounters with Kierkegaard
A Life as Seen by his Contemporaries
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Through the Eye of a Needle
Wealth, The Fall of Rome and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 806 páginas
PVP: 39,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15290-5
EAN 9780691152905
Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the ...
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- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 1440 páginas
PVP: 57,80 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15491-6
EAN 9780691154916
Through three editions over more than four decades, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics has built an unrivaled reputation as the most comprehensive and authoritative reference for students, scholars, and poets on all aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more. Now this landmark work has been thoroughly ...
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The Mathematical Mechanic
Using Physical Reasoning to Solve Puzzles
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 200 páginas
PVP: 18,10 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15456-5
EAN 9780691154565
Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics--imagine where we'd be today if Einstein and Newton didn't have the math to back up their ideas. But how many people realize that physics can be used to produce many astonishing and strikingly elegant solutions in mathematics? Mark Levi shows how in this delightful book, treating readers ...
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Chases and Escapes
The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 19,30 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15501-2
EAN 9780691155012
We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory, and that the same principles of games like tag, dodgeball, and hide-and-seek are also at play in military strategy, high-seas chases by the Coast Guard, and even ...
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The Universe in Zero Words
The Story of Mathematics as Told through Equations
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 25,95 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15282-0
EAN 9780691152820
Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics--the universal language of science--keep ...
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Why Cats Land on their Feet
and 76 other Physical Paradoxes and Puzzles
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 216 páginas
PVP: 18,15 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14854-0
EAN 9780691148540
Ever wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? Why Cats Land on Their Feet is a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their own physical intuition. And the surprising answers to ...
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- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 392 páginas
PVP: 60,30 €
ISBN 978-0-691-13515-1
EAN 9780691135151
During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in the struggle against totalitarian regimes, cruelties in wars, and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. In The International Human Rights Movement, Aryeh Neier--a leading figure and a founder ...
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- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 40,20 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14789-5
EAN 9780691147895
Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This book collects for the first time a representative selection of his most important essays on Rousseau and the legacy of Enlightenment political thought. ...
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Not for Profit
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 192 páginas
PVP: 19,15 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15448-0
EAN 9780691154480
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education.Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education ...
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- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 28,05 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15432-9
EAN 9780691154329
"This is a major contribution to historical studies, as well as the study of technological change and economic history. Headrick asks a set of questions that are infrequently discussed, and analyzes them in an interesting way. This will be an important and widely cited book."--Stanley L. Engerman, University of Rochester
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"Afghanistan" traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the ...
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- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 28,05 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15488-6
EAN 9780691154886
The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance--he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the ...
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Mathletics
. How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, and Football
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 18,15 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15458-9
EAN 9780691154589
Mathletics is a remarkably entertaining book that shows readers how to use simple mathematics to analyze a range of statistical and probability-related questions in professional baseball, basketball, and football, and in sports gambling. How does professional baseball evaluate hitters? Is a singles hitter like Wade Boggs more valuable than a power hitter like David Ortiz? ...
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A King Travels
Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 40,20 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15358-2
EAN 9780691153582
A King Travels examines the scripting and performance of festivals in Spain between 1327 and 1620, offering an unprecedented look at the different types of festivals that were held in Iberia during this crucial period of European history. Bridging the gap between the medieval and early modern eras, Teofilo Ruiz focuses on the travels and ...
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How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 128 páginas
PVP: 17,40 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15408-4
EAN 9780691154084
How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful campaign. What follows ...
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- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 296 páginas
PVP: 18,15 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15440-4
EAN 9780691154404
Why is life worth living? What makes actions right or wrong? What is reality and how do we know it? The Brain and the Meaning of Life draws on research in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to answer some of the most pressing questions about life's nature and value. Paul Thagard argues that evidence requires the ...
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Landes, Mokyr x{0026} Baumol (eds)
The Invention of Enterprise
Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
- Princeton, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 584 páginas
PVP: 32,45 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15452-7
EAN 9780691154527
Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs--and their innovations--have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The Invention of Enterprise gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Addressing social and institutional influences ...
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