It is not so easy to take the long view of socioeconomic history when you areparticipating in a revolution. For that reason, Russian economist Yegor Gaidar put aside an earlyversion of this work to ta
Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits,time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing programs, andthe sheer fun of r
Can a celebrity chef find common ground with an urban community organizer? Can amaker of organic cheese and a farm worker share an agenda for improving America's food? In the SanFrancisco Bay area, un
Can a celebrity chef find common ground with an urban community organizer? Can amaker of organic cheese and a farm worker share an agenda for improving America's food? In the SanFrancisco Bay area, un
In Life after New Media, Sarah Kember and Joanna Zylinska make acase for a significant shift in our understanding of new media. They argue that we should movebeyond our fascination with objects--comp
In The Innovator’s Way, innovation experts Peter Denning and Robert Dunham show that innovation is a skill that can be learned and describe eight essential practices for achieving success. Denning and
In 2006, young people were flocking to MySpace, discovering the joys of watchingvideos of cute animals on YouTube, and playing online games. Not many of them were watching networknews on television; t
"Conceptual art, for me, means work in which the idea is paramount and thematerial form is secondary, lightweight, ephemeral, cheap, unpretentious and/or'dematerialized.'"--Lucy R. Lippard, Six YearsI
This is the third and last volume of Martin Shubik's exposition of his vision of"mathematical institutional economics"--a term he coined in 1959 to describe thetheoretical underpinnings needed for the
Game theory models are ubiquitous in economics, common in political science, andincreasingly used in psychology and sociology; in evolutionary biology, they offer compellingexplanations for competitio
Heterosexuality is celebrated--in film and television, in pop songs and opera, inliterature and on greeting cards--and at the same time taken for granted. It is the cultural andsexual norm by default.
We need nature for our physical and psychological well-being. Our actions reflectthis when we turn to beloved pets for companionship, vacation in spots of natural splendor, or spendhours working in th
We need nature for our physical and psychological well-being. Our actions reflectthis when we turn to beloved pets for companionship, vacation in spots of natural splendor, or spendhours working in th
In The Foundations of Cognitive Archaeology, Marc Abramiukproposes a multidisciplinary basis for the study of the mind in the past, arguing that archaeologyand the cognitive sciences have much to offe
Design structure matrix (DSM) is a straightforward and flexible modeling techniquethat can be used for designing, developing, and managing complex systems. DSM offers networkmodeling tools that repres
In development for thirty years, Soar is a general cognitive architecture thatintegrates knowledge-intensive reasoning, reactive execution, hierarchical reasoning, planning, andlearning from experienc
In the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, employees of Internet startups tookrisks--left well-paying jobs for the chance of striking it rich through stock options (only to endup unemployed a year later),
Recent advances in disciplines such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, andneuropharmacology entail a "dual-use dilemma" because they promise benefits for humanhealth and welfare yet pose the risk of mi
Recent advances in disciplines such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, andneuropharmacology entail a "dual-use dilemma" because they promise benefits for humanhealth and welfare yet pose the risk of mi
The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times. For centuries, both mathematical and military thinkers have used game-like scenarios to test their v
Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomicweapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In 2002, George W. Bush claimed that SaddamHussein had "sought si
With the emergence of conceptual art in the mid-1960s, the traditional notion of thestudio became at least partly obsolete. Other sites emerged for the generation of art, leading tothe idea of "post-s
Today, computers are part of kids' everyday lives, used both for play and forlearning. We envy children's natural affinity for computers, the ease with which they click in andout of digital worlds. Th
We used to think that video games were mostly for young men, but with the success ofthe Nintendo Wii, and the proliferation of games in browsers, cell phone games, and social gamesvideo games changed
In contemporary Western society, people are more often called upon to justify thechoice not to have children than they are to supply reasons for having them. In this book, ChristineOverall maintains t
The market for U.S. Treasury securities is a marvel of modern finance. In 2009 theTreasury auctioned $8.2 trillion of new securities, ranging from 4-day bills to 30-year bonds,in 283 offerings on 171
For much of the first half of the twentieth century, meteorology was more art thanscience, dependent on an individual forecaster's lifetime of local experience. In Weatherby the Numbers, Kristine Harp
In this spirited and provocative book, Edward Leamer turns an examination of theHeckscher--Ohlin framework for global competition into an opportunity to consider the craft ofeconomics: what economists
There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucialrole in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help motivate positivesocial behavior, inhib
C# is an object-oriented programming language that is similar to Java in manyrespects but more comprehensive and different in most details. This book offers a quick andaccessible reference for anyone
Over the past sixty years, powerful methods of model-based control engineering havebeen responsible for such dramatic advances in engineering systems as autolanding aircraft,autonomous vehicles, and e
Episodic memory proves essential for daily function, allowing us to remember where weparked the car, what time we walked the dog, or what a friend said earlier. In How We Remember,Michael Hasselmo dra
The scanning tunneling microscope (STM) has been hailed as the "key enablingdiscovery for nanotechnology," the catalyst for a scientific field that attracts nearly $20billion in funding each year. In
For Sherry Turkle, "We think with the objects we love; we love the objects we thinkwith." In Evocative Objects, Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, anddesigners that trace the
Digital production tools and online networks have dramatically increased the generalvisibility, accessibility, and diversity of pornography. Porn can be accessed for free, anonymously,and in a seeming
A daily battle for rights and freedoms in cyberspace is being waged in Asia. At theepicenter of this contest is China--home to the world's largest Internet population and what isperhaps the world's mo
A daily battle for rights and freedoms in cyberspace is being waged in Asia. At theepicenter of this contest is China--home to the world's largest Internet population and what isperhaps the world's mo
For more than two decades, in such landmark studies as The Second Self and Life onthe Screen, Sherry Turkle has challenged our collective imagination with her insights about howtechnology enters our p
This book bridges optimal control theory and economics, discussing ordinarydifferential equations, optimal control, game theory, and mechanism design in one volume.Technically rigorous and largely sel
In 1951, designer Greta Magnusson Grossman observed that California design was"not a superimposed style, but an answer to present conditions.... It has developed out of ourown preferences for living i
