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After Hegemony: Cooperation And Discord In The World Political Economyby Robert O. KeohaneISBN 0691122482 (0-691-12248-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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After Victory: Institutions, Stategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Warsby G. John IkenberryISBN 0691050910 (0-691-05091-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictoral Representationby E. H. GombrichISBN 0691070008 (0-691-07000-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Art of Poetryby Paul Valery, Denise FolliotISBN 0691098387 (0-691-09838-7)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thoughtby Jennifer Tolbert RobertsISBN 0691029199 (0-691-02919-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Themby Robert A. OrsiISBN 069112776X (0-691-12776-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Blake, Prophet Against Empire: A Poet's Interpretation of the History of His Own Timesby David V. ErdmanISBN 069106010X (0-691-06010-X)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980by Robert Beverley RayISBN 0691101744 (0-691-10174-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Lettersby Edith Hamilton, Huntington CairnsISBN 0691097186 (0-691-09718-6)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Biographia Literaria or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinionsby James Engell, W. Jackson BateISBN 0691098743 (0-691-09874-3)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Colonialism's Culture: Anthropology, Travel and Governmentby Nicholas ThomasISBN 0691037310 (0-691-03731-0)
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Complex Population Dynamics: A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesisby Peter TurchinISBN 0691090211 (0-691-09021-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Concept of Irony With Continual Reference to Socrates Together With Notes of Schellings Berlin Lectures: Together With Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lecturesby Soren Kierkegaard, Howard Vincent Hong, Edna Hatlestad HongISBN 0691073546 (0-691-07354-6)
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Cunningby Don HerzogISBN 0691124159 (0-691-12415-9)
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sexby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0691082782 (0-691-08278-2)
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"The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second large book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, The Origin of Species, and is concerned with outlining the application of Darwin's theory to human evolution, and detailing the theory of sexual selection. The book touches on a number of related issues, including evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, differences between human races, differences between human sexes, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society." (Quote from wikipedia.org)
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Publisher's Preface; Preface To The Second Edition; Introduction; The Descent Or Origin Of Man; The Evidence Of The Descent Of Man From Some Lower Form; On The Manner Of Development Of Man From Some Lower Form; Comparison Of The Mental Powers Of Man And The Lower Animals; Comparison Of The Mental Powers Of Man And The Lower Animals; On The Development Of The Intellectual And Moral Faculties During Primeval And Civilised Times; On The Affinities And Genealogy Of Man; On The Races Of Man; Sexual Selection; Principles Of Sexual Selection; Secondary Sexual Characters In The Lower Classes Of The Animal Kingdom; Secondary Sexual Characters Of Insects; Insects; Secondary Sexual Characters Of Fishes, Amphibians, And Reptiles; Secondary Sexual Characters Of Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Secondary Sexual Characters Of Mammals; Secondary Sexual Characters Of Mammals; Sexual Selection In Relation To Man, And Conclusion; Secondary Sexual Characters Of Man; Secondary Sexual Characters Of Man; General Summary And Conclusion; Supplemental Note. On Sexual Selection In Relation To Monkeys; Index
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
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Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Researchby Robert O. Keohane, Sidney Verba, Gary KingISBN 0691034710 (0-691-03471-0)
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Development of Personalityby Carl G. JungISBN 0691097631 (0-691-09763-1)
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Digital Formations: IT And New Architectures In The Global Realmby Robert Latham, Saskia SassenISBN 0691119872 (0-691-11987-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Disenchantment of the World: A Political History of Religionby Marcel Gauchet, Charles Taylor, Oscar BurgeISBN 0691029377 (0-691-02937-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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European Literature and the Latin Middle Agesby Ernst Robert CurtiusISBN 0691097399 (0-691-09739-9)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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The First Hundred Years of Mikhail Bakhtinby Caryl EmersonISBN 069105049X (0-691-05049-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott Abbott, Thomas BanchoffISBN 0691123667 (0-691-12366-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland'Book summary:Over a hundred years ago, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all too human emotions. Since then Flatland has fascinated generations of readers, becoming a perennial science-fiction favorite. By imagining the contact of beings from different dimensions, the author fully exploited the power of the analogy between the limitations of humans and those of his two-dimensional characters.
A first-rate fictional guide to the concept of multiple dimensions of space, the book will also appeal to those who are interested in computer graphics. This field, which literally makes higher dimensions seeable, has aroused a new interest in visualization. We can now manipulate objects in four dimensions and observe their three-dimensional slices tumbling on the computer screen. But how do we interpret these images? In his introduction, Thomas Banchoff points out that there is no better way to begin exploring the problem of understanding higher-dimensional slicing phenomena than reading this classic novel of the Victorian era.
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From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Filmby Siegfried Kracauer, Leonardo QuaresimaISBN 0691115192 (0-691-11519-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film'Book summary:A landmark, now classic, study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic, From Caligari to Hitler was first published by Princeton University Press in 1947. Siegfried Kracauer--a prominent German film critic and member of Walter Benjamin's and Theodor Adorno's intellectual circle--broke new ground in exploring the connections between film aesthetics, the prevailing psychological state of Germans in the Weimar era, and the evolving social and political reality of the time. Kracauer's pioneering book, which examines German history from 1921 to 1933 in light of such movies as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and The Blue Angel, has never gone out of print. Now, over half a century after its first appearance, this beautifully designed and entirely new edition reintroduces Kracauer for the twenty-first century. Film scholar Leonardo Quaresima places Kracauer in context in a critical introduction, and updates the book further with a new bibliography, index, and list of inaccuracies that crept into the first edition. This volume is a must-have for the film historian, film theorist, or cinema enthusiast.In From Caligari to Hitler, Siegfried Kracauer--the German-born writer and film critic who shared many ideas and interests with his friend Walter Benjamin--made a startling (and still controversial) claim: films as a popular art provide insight into the unconscious motivations and fantasies of a nation. In films of the 1920s such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and The Blue Angel, he traced recurring visual and narrative tropes that expressed, he argued, a fear of chaos and a desire for order, even at the price of authoritarian rule. The book has become an undisputed classic of film historiography, laying the foundations for the serious study of film.
In From Caligari to Hitler, Siegfried Kracauer made a startling (and still controversial) claim: films as a popular art provide insight into the unconscious motivations and fantasies of a nation. In films of the 1920s, he traced recurring visual and narrative tropes that expressed, he argued, a fear of chaos and a desire for order, even at the price of authoritarian rule. The book has become an undisputed classic of film historiography, laying the foundations for the serious study of film.
Kracauer was an important film critic in Weimar Germany. A Jew, he escaped the rise of Nazism, fleeing to Paris in 1933. Later, in anguish after Benjamin's suicide, he made his way to New York, where he remained until his death in 1966. He wrote From Caligari to Hitler while working as a "special assistant" to the curator of the Museum of Modern Art's film division. He was also on the editorial board of Bollingen Series. Despite many critiques of its attempt to link movies to historical outcomes, From Caligari to Hitler remains Kracauer's best-known and most influential book, and a seminal work in the study of film. Princeton published a revised edition of his Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality in 1997.
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The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality And Nation In Indonesiaby Tom BoellstorffISBN 0691123349 (0-691-12334-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Humanistic Tradition: Faith, Reason, and Power in the Early Modern Worldby Gloria K. FieroISBN 0697340716 (0-697-34071-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 0701112395 (0-7011-1239-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Justice and the Politics of Differenceby Iris Marion YoungISBN 0691078327 (0-691-07832-7)
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Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Filmby Jay LeydaISBN 0691040079 (0-691-04007-9)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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Lesser Evil: Political Ethics In An Age Of Terrorby Michael IgnatieffISBN 0691123934 (0-691-12393-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Limits of Convergence: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spainby Mauro F. GuillenISBN 0691116334 (0-691-11633-4)
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The Meaning of Relativityby Albert EinsteinISBN 0691080070 (0-691-08007-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Meaning of Relativity'Book summary:In 1921, a young Albert Einstein traveled to America to give four lectures at Princeton University, paving the way for a more complete acceptance of his theory of general relativity. These lectures are published together as The Meaning of Relativity, and were revised with each new edition until Einstein's death. Despite Einstein's profession that he thought without using words, his examples and descriptions of the relativistic world he perceived are clear and easy to follow. Unfortunately for nontechnical readers, his presentation requires deep diversions into mathematics often enough to break up the flow of his narrative, and they may find this rough terrain. But for the mathematically sophisticated or the devoted scientific historian, these lectures are profoundly illuminating--Einstein's bright, quiet genius shines through in the simplicity and economy of his writing. Two appendices follow the lectures: the first covers advances and experimental verifications after 1921; the second, "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," was Einstein's last scientific paper. The Meaning of Relativity documents a revolution in progress and yields to the careful student deeper truths than those found in physics textbooks. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Meaning Of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Fieldby Albert Einstein, Brian GreeneISBN 0691120277 (0-691-12027-7)
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Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: An International Security Readerby International security, Steven MillerISBN 0691076790 (0-691-07679-0)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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Modern Architecture and Other Essaysby Neil Levine, Vincent ScullyISBN 0691074429 (0-691-07442-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Modern Architecture and Other Essays'Book summary:Vincent Scully has shaped not only how we view the evolution of architecture in the twentieth century but also the course of that evolution itself. Combining the modes of historian and critic in unique and compelling ways--with an audience that reaches from students and scholars to professional architects and ardent amateurs--Scully has profoundly influenced the way architecture is thought about and made.
This extensively illustrated and elegantly designed volume distills Scully's incalculable contribution. Neil Levine, a former student of Scully's, selects twenty essays that reveal the breadth and depth of Scully's work from the 1950s through the 1990s. The pieces are included for their singular contribution to our understanding of modern architecture as well as their relative unavailability to current readers. Levine offers a perceptive overview of Scully's distinguished career and introduces each essay, skillfully setting the scholarly and cultural scene. The selections address almost all of modern architecture's major themes and together go a long way toward defining what constitutes the contemporary experience of architecture and urbanism. Each is characteristically Scully--provocative, yet precise in detail and observation, written with passionate clarity. They document Scully's seminal views on the relationship between the natural and the built environment and trace his progressively intense concern with the fabric of the street and of our communities. The essays also highlight Scully's engagement with the careers of so many of the twentieth century's most significant architects, from Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn to Robert Venturi.
In the tradition of great intellectual biographies, this finely made book chronicles our most influential architectural historian and critic. It is a gift to architecture and its history.
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Myth of the Eternal Returnby M. EliadeISBN 0691097984 (0-691-09798-4)
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The Myth Of The Eternal Return: Cosmos And Historyby Mircea Eliade, Jonathan Z. Smith, Willard R. TraskISBN 0691123500 (0-691-12350-0)
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Nabokov's Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discoveryby Brian BoydISBN 0691089574 (0-691-08957-4)
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Nietzsche, Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichristby Walter Arnold KaufmannISBN 0691072078 (0-691-07207-8)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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On Beauty and Being Justby Elaine ScarryISBN 0691089590 (0-691-08959-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Painful Choices: A Theory Of Foreign Policy Changeby David A. WelchISBN 0691123403 (0-691-12340-3)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Philosophy and the Mirror of Natureby Richard RortyISBN 0691072361 (0-691-07236-1)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature'Book summary:Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. Richard Rorty, a Princeton professor who had contributed to the analytic tradition in philosophy, was now attempting to shrug off all the central problems with which it had long been preoccupied. After publication, the Press was barely able to keep up with demand, and the book has since gone on to become one of its all-time best-sellers in philosophy.
Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation. They compared the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. In their view, knowledge is concerned with the accuracy of these reflections, and the strategy employed to obtain this knowledge--that of inspecting, repairing, and polishing the mirror--belongs to philosophy. Rorty's book was a powerful critique of this imagery and the tradition of thought that it spawned. He argued that the questions about truth posed by Descartes, Kant, Hegel, and modern epistemologists and philosophers of language simply couldn't be answered and were, in any case, irrelevant to serious social and cultural inquiry. This stance provoked a barrage of criticism, but whatever the strengths of Rorty's specific claims, the book had a therapeutic effect on philosophy. It reenergized pragmatism as an intellectual force, steered philosophy back to its roots in the humanities, and helped to make alternatives to analytic philosophy a serious choice for young graduate students. Twenty-five years later, the book remains a must-read for anyone seriously concerned about the nature of philosophical inquiry and what philosophers can and cannot do to help us understand and improve the world.
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The Poetry of Rimbaudby Robert Greer CohnISBN 0691062447 (0-691-06244-7)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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The Politics of Gender After Socialism: A Comparative Historical Essayby Susan Gal, Gail KligmanISBN 0691048940 (0-691-04894-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Politics of Gender After Socialism: A Comparative Historical Essay'Book summary:With the collapse of communism, a new world seemed to open for the peoples of East Central Europe. The possibilities this world presented, and the costs it exacted, have been experienced differently by men and women. Susan Gal and Gail Kligman explore these differences through a probing analysis of the role of gender in reshaping politics and social relations since 1989.
The authors raise two crucial questions: How are gender relations and ideas about gender shaping political and economic change in the region? And what forms of gender inequality are emerging as a result? The book provides a rich understanding of gender relations and their significance in social and institutional transformations. Gal and Kligman offer a systematic comparison of East Central European gender relations with those of western welfare states, and with the presocialist, bourgeois past. Throughout this essay, the authors attend to historical comparisons as well as cross regional interactions and contrasts. Their work contributes importantly to the study of postsocialism, and to the broader feminist literature that critically examines how states and political-economic processes are gendered, and how states and markets regulate gender relations.
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Politics Of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subjectby Saba MahmoodISBN 0691086958 (0-691-08695-8)
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Portable Nietzscheby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 0701116013 (0-7011-1601-3)
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Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences: Insights, Inroads, and Intrusionsby Pauline Marie RosenauISBN 0691086192 (0-691-08619-2)
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The Powers of Distance: Cosmopolitanism and the Cultivation of Detachmentby Amanda AndersonISBN 0691074976 (0-691-07497-6)
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Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poeticsby Frank J. Warnke, O.B. Hardison, Alex PremingerISBN 0691062803 (0-691-06280-3)
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Protestant Poetics and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyricby Barbara Kiefer LewalskiISBN 0691063958 (0-691-06395-8)
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The Purchase Of Intimacyby Viviana A. Rotman ZelizerISBN 0691124086 (0-691-12408-6)
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Qed: The Strange Theory of Light and Matterby Richard Feynman, A. ZeeISBN 0691125759 (0-691-12575-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter'Book summary:Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the nonscientist. QED--the edited version of four lectures on quantum electrodynamics that Feynman gave to the general public at UCLA as part of the Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lecture series--is perhaps the best example of his ability to communicate both the substance and the spirit of science to the layperson.
The focus, as the title suggests, is quantum electrodynamics (QED), the part of the quantum theory of fields that describes the interactions of the quanta of the electromagnetic field-light, X rays, gamma rays--with matter and those of charged particles with one another. By extending the formalism developed by Dirac in 1933, which related quantum and classical descriptions of the motion of particles, Feynman revolutionized the quantum mechanical understanding of the nature of particles and waves. And, by incorporating his own readily visualizable formulation of quantum mechanics, Feynman created a diagrammatic version of QED that made calculations much simpler and also provided visual insights into the mechanisms of quantum electrodynamic processes.
In this book, using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations, and his renowned "Feynman diagrams" instead of advanced mathematics, Feynman successfully provides a definitive introduction to QED for a lay readership without any distortion of the basic science. Characterized by Feynman's famously original clarity and humor, this popular book on QED has not been equaled since its publication.
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Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledgeby Michael Suk-Young ChweISBN 0691114714 (0-691-11471-4)
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Reel History: In Defense of Hollywoodby Robert Brent ToplinISBN 0700612009 (0-7006-1200-9)
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Republic.Comby Cass SunsteinISBN 0691095892 (0-691-09589-2)
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Rhetoric And Reality In Air Warfare: The Evolution Of British And American Ideas About Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945by Tami Davis BiddleISBN 0691120102 (0-691-12010-2)
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The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans Von Seeckt and Germany Military Reformby James S. CorumISBN 0700606289 (0-7006-0628-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans Von Seeckt and Germany Military Reform'Book summary:Following Germany's defeat in World War I, the Germans signed the Versailles Treaty, superficially agreeing to limit their war powers. The Allies envisioned the future German army as a lightly armed border guard and international security force. The Germans had other plans.
As early as 1919, James Corum contends, the tactical foundations were being laid for the Nazi Blitzkrieg. Between 1919 and 1933, German military leaders created and nurtured the Reichswehr, a new military organization built on the wreckage of the old Imperial Army. It was not being groomed for policing purposes.
Focusing on Hans von Seeckt, General Staff Chief and Army Commander, Corum traces the crucial transformations in German military tactical doctrine, organization, and training that laid the foundations for fighting Germany's future wars. In doing so, he restores balance to prior assessment of von Seeckt's influence and demonstrates how the general, along with a few other "visionary" officers--including armor tactician Ernst Volckheim and air tactician Helmut Wilberg--collaborated to develop the core doctrine for what became the Blitzkrieg.
The concepts of mobile war so essential to Germany's strength in World War II, Corum shows, were in place well before the tools became available. As an unforeseen consequence of the Versailles Treaty, the Germans were not saddled with a stockpile of outdated equipment as the Allies were. This, ironically, resulted in an advantage for the Germans, who were able to create doctrine first and design equipment to match it.
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Scum Manifestoby Valerie SolanasISBN 0700410309 (0-7004-1030-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scum Manifesto'Book summary:The focus of this edition is on Avital Ronells incisive introduction.
SCUM Manifesto was considered one of the most outrageous, violent and certifiably crazy tracts when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published this work just before her rampage against the king of Pop Art made her a household name and resulted in her confinement to a mental institution. But the Manifesto, for all its vitriol, is impossible to dismiss as just the rantings of a lesbian lunatic. In fact, the work has indisputable prescience, not only as a radical feminist analysis light-years ahead of its timepredicting artificial insemination, ATMs, a feminist uprising against under-representation in the artsbut also as a stunning testament to the rage of an abused and destitute woman.
The focus of this edition is not on the nostalgic appeal of the work, but on Avital Ronell's incisive introduction, "Deviant Payback: The Aims of Valerie Solanas." Here is a reconsideration of Solanas's infamous text in light of her social milieu, Derrida's "The Ends of Man" (written in the same year), Judith Butler's Excitable Speech, Nietzsche's Ubermensch and notorious feminist icons from Medusa, Medea and Antigone, to Lizzie Borden, Lorenna Bobbit and Aileen Wournos, illuminating the evocative exuberance of Solanas's dark tract.
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The Secular Mindby Robert ColesISBN 0691088624 (0-691-08862-4)
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Society and Sentiment: Genres of Historical Writing in Britain, 1740-1820by Mark Salber PhillipsISBN 0691031797 (0-691-03179-7)
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The Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of Systems Changeby Hendrik SpruytISBN 0691029105 (0-691-02910-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of Systems Change'Book summary:The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical development. Hendrik Spruyt argues that there was nothing inevitable about the rise of the state system, however. Examining the competing institutions that arose during the decline of feudalism--among them urban leagues, independent communes, city states, and sovereign monarchies--Spruyt disposes of the familiar claim that the superior size and war-making ability of the sovereign nation-state made it the natural successor to the feudal system.
The author argues that feudalism did not give way to any single successor institution in simple linear fashion. Instead, individuals created a variety of institutional forms, such as the sovereign, territorial state in France, the Hanseatic League, and the Italian city-states, in reaction to a dramatic change in the medieval economic environment. Only in a subsequent selective phase of institutional evolution did sovereign, territorial authority prove to have significant institutional advantages over its rivals. Sovereign authority proved to be more successful in organizing domestic society and structuring external affairs. Spruyt's interdisciplinary approach not only has important implications for change in the state system in our time, but also presents a novel analysis of the general dynamics of institutional change.
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The Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature.by Carl Gustav JungISBN 0691097739 (0-691-09773-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature.'Book summary:Nine essays, written between 1922 and 1941, on Paracelsus, Freud, Picasso, the sinologist Richard Wilhelm, Joyce's Ulysses, artistic creativity generally, and the source of artistic creativity in archetypal structures.
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Strong Societies and Weak States: State-Society Relations and State Capabilities in the Third Worldby Joel S. MigdalISBN 0691056692 (0-691-05669-2)
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The Structure of Complex Wordsby William EmpsonISBN 0701106565 (0-7011-0656-5)
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The Structure of Recognizable Diatonic Tuningsby Easley BlackwoodISBN 0691091293 (0-691-09129-3)
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Designby Henry PetroskiISBN 0691122253 (0-691-12225-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design'Book summary:Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of failure--not through easy imitation of success.
Success through Failure shows us that making something better--by carefully anticipating and thus averting failure--is what invention and design are all about. Petroski explores the nature of invention and the character of the inventor through an unprecedented range of both everyday and extraordinary examples--illustrated lectures, child-resistant packaging for drugs, national constitutions, medical devices, the world's tallest skyscrapers, long-span bridges, and more. Stressing throughout that there is no surer road to eventual failure than modeling designs solely on past successes, he sheds new light on spectacular failures, from the destruction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 and the space shuttle disasters of recent decades, to the collapse of the World Trade Center in 2001.
Petroski also looks at the prehistoric and ancient roots of many modern designs. The historical record, especially as embodied in failures, reveals patterns of human social behavior that have implications for large structures like bridges and vast organizations like NASA. Success through Failure--which will fascinate anyone intrigued by design, including engineers, architects, and designers themselves--concludes by speculating on when we can expect the next major bridge failure to occur, and the kind of bridge most likely to be involved.
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Tame Passions of Wilde: The Styles of Manageable Desireby Jeff NunokawaISBN 0691113807 (0-691-11380-7)
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The Textual Conditionby Jerome J. McGannISBN 069106931X (0-691-06931-X)
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The Theory of Incentives: The Principal-Agent Modelby Jean-Jacques Laffont, David MartimortISBN 0691091846 (0-691-09184-6)
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The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalismby Gosta Esping-AndersenISBN 0691094578 (0-691-09457-8)
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Timely Meditations: Martin Heidegger and Postmodern Politicsby Leslie Paul ThieleISBN 0691043361 (0-691-04336-1)
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Use and Abuse of Artby Jacques BarzunISBN 0691099030 (0-691-09903-0)
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Waldenby Henry David Thoreau, J. Lyndon Shanley, John UpdikeISBN 0691096120 (0-691-09612-0)
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The Way We Argue Now - A Study in the Cultures of Theoryby Amanda AndersonISBN 0691114048 (0-691-11404-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way We Argue Now - A Study in the Cultures of Theory'Book summary:How do the ways we argue represent a practical philosophy or a way of life? Are concepts of character and ethos pertinent to our understanding of academic debate? In this book, Amanda Anderson analyzes arguments in literary, cultural, and political theory, with special attention to the ways in which theorists understand ideals of critical distance, forms of subjective experience, and the determinants of belief and practice. Drawing on the resources of the liberal and rationalist tradition, Anderson interrogates the limits of identity politics and poststructuralism while holding to the importance of theory as a form of life.
Considering high-profile trends as well as less noted patterns of argument, The Way We Argue Now addresses work in feminism, new historicism, queer theory, postcolonialism, cosmopolitanism, pragmatism, and proceduralism. The essays brought together here--lucid, precise, rigorously argued--combine pointed critique with an appreciative assessment of the productive internal contests and creative developments across these influential bodies of thought.
Ultimately, The Way We Argue Now promotes a revitalized culture of argument through a richer understanding of the ways critical reason is practiced at the individual, collective, and institutional levels. Bringing to the fore the complexities of academic debate while shifting the terms by which we assess the continued influence of theory, it will appeal to readers interested in political theory, literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and the place of academic culture in society and politics.
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