More than ten years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, none of the major powers, including Russia, has developed a cohesive geopolitical strategy for dealing with the countries and regions that on
More than ten years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, none of the major powers, including Russia, has developed a cohesive geopolitical strategy for dealing with the countries and regions that on
The concept of Gaia resonates with a wide range of people— from nature lovers, theologians, and philosophers to environmental and earth systems scientists. The term, which scientist James Lovel
Switching theory is concerned with the development of models and techniques for the analysis and synthesis of those circuits in which information is represented in discrete or digital form, as opposed
Given the ever-increasing acceleration of science and technology, every modern scientist is to some degree concerned about the future of his subject and, as a teacher, about how to come to terms with
This text makes accessible the most important methodological advances in bond evaluation from the past twenty years. With uncommon precision and a strong emphasis on the underlying economic fundamenta
From Malthus to Becker, the economic approach to population growth and itsinteractions with the surrounding economic environment has undergone a major transformation.Population Economics elucidates th
The United States Social Security fund is huge and in trouble. The United Kingdom has experimented with the voluntary contracting out of pensions to the private sector. Chile has privatized its public
Political scientists have long been concerned about the tension between institutionalfragmentation and policy coordination in the U.S. bureaucracy. The literature is rife with examplesof agencies comp
Political scientists have long been concerned about the tension between institutional fragmentation and policy coordination in the United States bureaucracy. The literature is rife with examples of a
Previous studies of Picasso's involvement with the classical have tended to concentrate on the period immediately following the First World War, and to attribute that inv
This guide covers the basics of scientific and engineering communication, including defining an audience, working with collaborators, searching the literature, organizing and drafting documents, deve
In Phrase Structure Composition and Syntactic Dependencies, Robert Frank explores an approach to syntactic theory that weds the Tree Adjoining Grammar (TAG) formalism with the minimalist framework. TA
Beginning with agoraphobia and claustrophobia in the late nineteenth century,followed by shell shock and panic fear after World War I, phobias and anxiety came to be seen as themental condition of mod
The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed
Technology is business, and dealing with the media, the public, financiers, and government agencies can be as important to an invention's success as effective product development. To understand how rh
Comprehensive guides to the latest Beowulf tools and methodologies. Beowulf clusters, which exploit mass-market PC hardware and software in conjunction with cost-effective commercial network technolog
Comprehensive guides to the latest Beowulf tools and methodologies.Beowulf clusters, which exploit mass-market PC hardware and software in conjunction with cost-effective commercial network technology
Most art and technology projects pair artists with engineers or scientists: theartist has the conception, and the technical person provides the know-how. John Maeda is an artistand a computer scientis
Environmentalist and lawyer William Shutkin describes a new kind of environmental and social activism spreading across the nation, one that joins the pursuit of environmental quality with that of civi
In this book Takeo Hoshi and Anil Kashyap examine the history of the Japanese financial system, from its nineteenth-century beginnings through the collapse of the 1990s that concluded with sweeping re
Specifying and implementing dynamical systems with the situation calculus. Modeling and implementing dynamical systems is a central problem in artificial intelligence, robotics, software agents, sim
This collection of essays, coauthored with other distinguished economists, offers new perspectives on saving, intergenerational economic ties, retirement planning, and the distribution of wealth. The
An overview of approaches to working with musical scores in the age of computer-and especially Internet-applications. The Virtual Score examines a broad range of approaches to working with musical s
One of the most important recent developments in financial markets is the institutionalization of saving associated with the growth of pension funds, life insurance companies, and mutual funds. An inc
In How Architecture Got Its Hump, Roger Connah explores the "interference" of other disciplines with and within contemporary architecture. He asks whether photography, film, drawing, philosophy, and l
The fluidity of transboundary waters perfectly represents contemporary challenges tomodern governance. This book offers conceptual and empirical support for the idea that the humanrelationship with wa
The fluidity of transboundary waters perfectly represents contemporary challenges to modern governance. This book offers conceptual and empirical support for the idea that the human relationship with
How hearing works and how the brain processes sounds entering the ear to provide thelistener with useful information are of great interest to psychologists, cognitive scientists, andmusicians. However
Previous studies of Picasso's involvement with the classical have tended to concentrate on the period immediately following the First World war, and to attribute that involvement to both the rise of p
Japan's financial institutions and policy underwent remarkable change in the past decade. The country began the 1990s with a heavily regulated financial system managed by an unchallenged Ministry of F
This text makes accessible the most important methodological advances in bondevaluation from the past twenty years. With uncommon precision and a strong emphasis on theunderlying economic fundamentals
Richard Longstreth is one of the few historians to focus on ordinary commercialbuildings--buildings usually associated with commercial builders and real estate developers ratherthan architects and thu
This volume moves chemical instruments and experiments into the foreground of historical concern, in line with the emphasis on practice that characterizes current work on other fields of science and
Systematic and concrete prescriptions for strengthening America's alliances in the Asia-Pacific region.Unlike the new and largely peaceful Europe, the Asia-Pacific region is fraught with old instabili
The philosophy of deep ecology originated in the 1970s with the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess and has since spread around the world. Its basic premises are a belief in the intrinsic value of nonhum
The digital revolution did not begin with the teenage millionaires of Silicon Valley, claims Howard Rheingold, but with such early intellectual giants as Charles Babbage, George Boole, and John von N
This book reviews and assesses environmental policy over the past three decades - primarily in the United States but with implications for other nations. The editors place US environmental policy with
