This bibliography brings together a wide variety of materials relevant to the study of political elites, drawn from the literature in anthropology, sociology, political science, history, economics, so
Today's rapid growth in information technology has occurred without a full understanding of the human consequences of its use-on individuals, on organizations, and on society as a whole. As a result,
A symposium on the physical chemistry of iron and steelmaking held at MIT in 1956. This voluem contains the papers presented at the Conference on The Physical Chemistry of Iron and Steelmaking which
The system presented in this book consists of two more-or-less independent parts. The first is the system's parallel network memory scheme; the second part of the knowledge-base system presented here
Some methods of processing data recorded from the nervous system as developed at MIT, with a chapter on random processes. From the Preface:"The methods that one employs in processing data, are, of cou
Despite its haphazard growth, the Web hides powerful underlying regularities -- fromthe organization of its links to the patterns found in its use by millions of users. Many of theseregularities have
In the 18th century, chemistry was transformed from an art to a public science. Chemical affinity played an important role as a metaphor, a theory domain, and a subject of investigation. Goethe's Elec
In this book Joseph Heath brings Jurgen Habermas's theory of communicative action into dialogue with the most sophisticated articulation of the instrumental conception of practical rationality-modern
The topic of the sublime is making a return to contemporary discourse on aesthetics and cognition. In Sublime Understanding, Kirk Pillow makes sublimity the center of an alternative conception of aest
Essays on the effects of information technology on the economy. One of the most important forces driving economic performance in the United States and other countries during the 1990s was the rise o
What role can philosophers play in helping to resolve the moral and politicaldilemmas faced by environmental activists and policymakers? Moving away from environmentalphilosophy's usual focus on abstr
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in the hands of both states and terrorist networks, is considered by many to be the greatest threat to global security today. Contemporary Nuclear De
Marcel Proust (1871--1922) was one of the great geniuses of modern literature. Born in Auteil to wealthy bourgeois parents, he suffered delicate health as a child. During his high school years, he beg
Maud Lavin approaches design from the broader field of visual culture criticism,asking challenging questions about about who really has a voice in the culture and what unseeninfluences affect the look
Balkan. Somewhere between a tragedy and a myth, a place and a condition, the term is perhaps best understood as a metaphor. It has been used and abused in academia by proponents of opposing political
In this text, Vaclav Smil tells the story of the Earth's biosphere from its origins to its near- and long-term future. He explains the workings of its parts and what is known about their interactions.
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are increasingly expected to address environmental issues in their economic development lending. Yet the banks have been accused of failing to implement their own
The widespread diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) has had controversial, seemingly paradoxical consequences. ICT are viewed as driving growth and employment in the United St
The widespread diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) has had controversial, seemingly paradoxical consequences. ICT are viewed as driving growth and employment in the United St
Karel Teige (1900-1951), one of the most important figures of avant-garde modernismof the 1920s and 1930s, influenced virtually every area of art, design, and urban thinking in hisnative Czechoslovaki
This first book in English by Serge-Christophe Kolm provides an overview of hisfar-reaching vision of distributive justice. Kolm derives justice from considerations ofrationality. Justice cannot be de
Science and engineering research must be communicated within the research community and to the general public, and a crucial element of that communication is visual. In Envisioning Science, science ph
The projects and preoccupations of the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson inspired this collaborative enterprise by artist, curator, scientists, and art critics. In his art, Eliasson explores our concep
Researchers studying the role institutions play in causing and confronting environmental change use a variety of concepts and methods that make it difficult to compare their findings. Seeking to reme
Do we consciously cause our actions, or do they happen to us? Philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, and lawyers have long debated the existence of free will versus determinism. In
Growing up with the 20th century, Alfred Barr (1902-1981), founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, harnessed the cataclysm that was modernism. In this book - part intellectual biography, part i
In Each Wild Idea, Geoffrey Batchen explores a wide range of photographic subjects, from the timing of the medium's invention to the various implications of cyberculture. Along the way, he reflects o
Are Hegel and Nietzsche philosophical opposites? Can twentieth-century Continentalphilosophers be categorized as either Hegelians or Nietzscheans? In this book Elliot Jurist placesHegel and Nietzsche
This is a broad cross-country assessment of the ties between financial structure - the mix of financial instruments, institutions, and markets in a given economy - and economic growth. Most studies fo
When this survey of Western civilization was first published in 1979, the executive editor of the "Architectural Review" said, "I find it one of the most remarkable books on the subject that I have ev
Reyner Banham (1922-88) was one of the most influential writers on architecture, design, and popular culture from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s. Trained in mechanical engineering and art history, he
In the absence of world government, effective national policy is essential to thesuccess of international environmental initiatives. Yet research on global environmental cooperationhas proceeded witho
In this book, David Temperley addresses a fundamental question about music cognition: how do we extract basic kinds of musical information, such as meter, phrase structure, counterpoint, pitch spellin
The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make a ma
In recent decades, new pathogens such as HIV, the Ebola virus, and the BSE prion have emerged, while old scourges such as tuberculosis, cholera, and malaria have grown increasingly resistant to treatm
Computer science as an engineering discipline has been spectacularly successful. Yet it is also a philosophical enterprise in the way it represents the world and creates and manipulates models of real
This interdisciplinary history and theory of sound in the arts reads the twentieth century by listening to it—to the emphatic and exceptional sounds of modernism and those on the cusp of postmo
The emergence of the Internet and the wide availability of affordable computing equipment have created tremendous interest in digital libraries and electronic publishing. This book is the first to pr
How hydrogen-nonpolluting and easy to produce-could become the fuel of the future.;;Hydrogen is the quintessential eco-fuel. This invisible, tasteless gas is the most abundant element in the universe.
This popular introductory linguistics text is unique in the way various themes are integrated throughout the book. One primary theme is the question, "How is a speaker's communicative intent recognize
