It was in Paris in 1937 that Georges Bataille introduced Pierre Missac to Walter Benjamin. This meeting launched the young French scholar on a half-century of engagement with Benjamin's work that culm
How do Americans view environmental issues? From EarthFirst! members to sawmill workers, this study by a team of cognitive anthropologists offers both good and bad news for those addressing environmen
It is standardly assumed that universal grammar (UG) allows a given hierarchical representation to be associated with more than one linear order. For example, English and Japanese phrases consisting o
This text presents an extended investigation into a set of linguistic phenomena that have received much attention over the last 15 years. Besides providing support for David Perlmutter's hypothesis th
PVM is a software package that enables the computer user to define a networked heterogeneous collection of serial, parallel, and vector computers to function as one large computer. Written by the tea
Is there a crisis in the relations between research universities and the federal government? Is the US system, which has been the most successful in the world, breaking down? This book brings together
This text presents the main ideas of game theory at a level suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, emphasizing the theory's foundations and interpretations of its basic concepts.
This book brings together the most important contributions to its development to date, focusing in particular on how advances in type systems and semantic models can contribute to new language designs
Which paradigm of critique—Foucault's or Habermas's—is philosophically and practically superior, especially with regard to the nature and role of power in contemporary society? In shaping
This work synthesizes ideas from a number of different disciplines to arrive at a philosophy of creativity for the digital age. Drawing ideas from music, computing, art and philosophy, it explores the
"Controlling Our Reproductive Destiny" covers today's revolution in reproduction-controlling and reproduction-aiding technologies. It focuses on the ways in which science can now provide real procreat
This text focuses on the different conditions of the expressions of language in the context of the theory of anaphora and on the role of indices in characterizing syntactic and semantic identity of ex
Avant-garde theorist and architect Bernard Tschumi is well known for both his writing and his practice. "Architecture and Disjunction", which brings together Tschumi's essays from 1975 to 1990, is an
The book review column in Artificial Intelligence has evolved from simple reviews to a forum where reviewers and authors debate in essays, even tutorial presentations, the latest, often competing, the
Binmore argues that game theory provides a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters.In Game Theory and the Social Contract, Ken Binmore argues that game theory provides a systematic tool for
In this unorthodox quasi-novelistic essay, complete with characters and dialogue (but no plot), Shepheard draws a boundary around the subject of architecture, describing its place in art and technolog
This monograph summarizes, rethinks and extends a decade of the author's work on theta-role assignments - the ways in which the roles implied by verbs of a given type play out in terms of position and
Robert Morris is best known for his significant contributions to minimalist sculpture and antiform art, as well as for a number of widely influential theoretical writings on art. Illustrated throughou
Since the first edition of this book was published in 1986 the dusky seaside sparrow whose plight was chronicled in the chapter "Vanishing Species in our own Backyard" is gone, a victim of politics an
This is the eighth in a series of annuals from the National Bureau of Economic Research that are designed to stimulate research on problems in applied economics, to bring frontier theoretical developm
These seven original essays commissioned in tribute to MIT Philosophy ProfessorSylvain Bromberger present some of the most exciting research being conducted today in linguistics.Each essay is informed
These seven original essays commissioned in tribute to MIT Philosophy ProfessorSylvain Bromberger present some of the most exciting research being conducted today in linguistics.Each essay is informed
The extraordinary achievements of Dutch graphic design in the twentieth century have long been recognized, but this book is the first comprehensive account of the development of graphic design in the
In this examination of the political economy of economic policy determination and evolution in developing countries, Anne Krueger provides concrete insights into the interaction of economic and politi
The second edition of the widely acclaimed Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics was published in 1987 and is now available in paperback. It includes 70 new articles, particularly in applied mathema
Can environmental institutions be effective at bringing about a healthierenvironment? How? Institutions for the Earth takes a close look at the factors influencing organizedresponses to seven internat
"The Network Nation" has become a standard reference for the field of computer mediated communication (CMC). This revised edition adds a substantial new chapter on "superconnectivity" (invented and de
"American Ground Zero" is the product of one photographer's decade-long commitment, a courageous collection of portraits and interviews of those whose lives were crossed by radioactive fall-out. For 1
The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages provides the basic mathematicaltechniques necessary for those who are beginning a study of the semantics and logics of programminglanguages. These techniq
In this sequel to his double biography of John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener, Steve Heims recounts another story in 20th-century intellectual history - a series of encounters that captured a moment o
Since 1978, Anders Aman has been researching, photographing, and documenting the architectural style known as Socialist Realism. In the midst of the current statue toppling, this book records in over
How do scientific principles work in the real world? Discovery, Innovation, and Risk presents brief descriptions of selected scientific principles in the context of interesting technological examples
How do scientific principles work in the real world? "Discovery, Innovation and Risk" presents brief descriptions of selected scientific principles in the context of interesting technological examples
When it was first published in 1972, Hubert Dreyfus's manifesto on the inherent inability of disembodied machines to mimic higher mental functions caused an uproar in the artificial intelligence commu
"Industrial Efficiency in Six Nations" continues the research begun in Caves and Barton's "Efficiency in U.S. Manufacturing Industries", extending it to the international sphere and laying the empiric
"The MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics" is an up-to-date authoritative reference designed primarily for students of economics but invaluable also to students of business and other social sciences and
In this strikingly original contribution to our understanding of Chinese philosophy,Françle;ois Julien, a French sinologist whose work has not yet appeared in English usesthe Chinese concept
Paul Krugman's first collection of essays, "Rethinking International Trade", mounted a spirited assault on established trade theory and proposed an alternative approach to account for increasing retur
Although the work of Pierre Francastel (1900-1970) has long carried the label "sociology of art," it bears little resemblance to anything conventionally sociological. For too long Francaste
