A legal and moral analysis of medical decision making on behalf of those with suchsevere cognitive impairments that they cannot exercise self-determination.
A vast theoretical and empirical literature in corporate finance considers the interrelationships of corporate governance, takeovers, management turnover, corporate performance, corporate capital stru
A vast theoretical and empirical literature in corporate finance considers the interrelationships of corporate governance, takeovers, management turnover, corporate performance, corporate capital stru
The author examines the lives of thirty-six female mathematicians to look for similar patterns in their lives, thought processes, and career strategies.
Lessons from the Great Depression provides an integrated view of the depression, covering the experience in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States.
Since 2008, economic policymakers and researchers have occupied a brave new economic world. Previous consensuses have been upended, former assumptions have been cast into
Libraries have existed for millennia, but today the library field is searching for solid footing in an increasingly fragmented (and increasingly digital) information envi
Feature films, television shows, homemade videos, tweets, blogs, and breaking news:digital media offer an always-accessible, apparently inexhaustible supply of entertainment andinformation. Although c
This book provides an innovative, integrated, and methodical approach tounderstanding complex financial models, integrating topics usually presented separately into acomprehensive whole. The book brin
Synthetic biology manipulates the stuff of life. For synthetic biologists, livingmatter is programmable material. In search of carbon-neutral fuels, sustainable manufacturingtechniques, and innovative
Predictions about global climate change have produced both stark scenarios ofenvironmental catastrophe and purportedly pragmatic ideas about adaptation. This book takes adifferent perspective, explori
In Infectious Behavior, neurobiologist Paul Patterson examines the involvement of theimmune system in autism, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder. Although genetic approachesto these diseases
Openness is not a given on the Internet. Technical standards--the underlyingarchitecture that enables interoperability among hardware and software from differentmanufacturers--increasingly control ind
A balanced proposal that protects both a patient's access to care and a physician'sability to refuse to provide certain services for reasons of conscience.
In this remarkable contribution to photographic criticism and psychoanalyticliterature, Ulrich Baer traces the hitherto overlooked connection between the experience of traumaand the photographic image
In print since 1948, Dwelling House Construction is a homebuilding classic thatcovers site inspection, foundations, framing, windows, roofing and flashing, coatings, fireplacesand chimneys, insulation
Mindmade Politics takes a novel, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the complex and contentious dynamics of global climate politics. Manjana Milkoreit argues that integrating cognitive theori
Security requirements engineering is especially challenging because designers must consider not just the software under design but also interactions among people, organizations, hardware, and software
Behind the lectern stands the professor, deploying course management systems, onlinequizzes, wireless clickers, PowerPoint slides, podcasts, and plagiarism-detection software. In theseats are the stud
Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) andPhilosophical Investigations (1953) are among the most influential philosophicalbooks of the twentieth century, and also among the most p
Urbanization and globalization have shaped the last hundred years. These two dominanttrends are mutually reinforcing: globalization links countries through the networked communicationsof urban hubs. T
Over the last several thousand years of human life on Earth, agricultural settlementsbecame urban cores, and these regional settlements became tightly connected through infrastructurestransporting peo
In 1809--the year of Charles Darwin's birth--Jean-Baptiste Lamarck publishedPhilosophie zoologique, the first comprehensive and systematic theory of biological evolution. TheLamarckian approach emphas
This introductory text offers an alternative to the encyclopedic, technically oriented approach taken by traditional textbooks on macroeconomic principles. Concise and nontechnical but rigorous, its
Neuroscience increasingly allows us to explain, predict, and even control aspects of human behavior. The ethical issues that arise from these developments extend beyond t
Essays explore the world of Michael of Rhodes, examining the historical context, thediscovery of his manuscript, and Michael's knowledge of mathematics, shipbuilding, navigation, andother topics.
A compositional theory of verbal argument structure that explores how "noncore" arguments are introduced into argument structures and examines cross-linguistic variation in introducing arguments.This
Prosthesis -- pointing to an addition, replacement, extension, enhancement -- hasbecome something of an all-purpose metaphor for the interactions of body and technology. Concernedwith cybernetics, tra
Regime theory has become an increasingly influential approach to the analysis of international relations, particularly in the areas of international political economy and international environmental
Prosthesis -- pointing to an addition, replacement, extension, enhancement -- hasbecome something of an all-purpose metaphor for the interactions of body and technology. Concernedwith cybernetics, tra
The United States and European countries are experimenting with a new generation of policy approaches for combating environmental degradation. Industrial Transformation evaluates the effectiveness of
The United States and European countries are experimenting with a new generation of policy approaches for combating environmental degradation. Industrial Transformation evaluates the effectiveness of
International security no longer hinges only on arms control and the prevention of war. Nonmilitary concerns, including emerging infectious diseases, environmental degradations, demographic trends, an
Strategies for fostering powerful cultures of innovation and creating breakthroughs. Since the late 1990s, technology markets have declined dramatically. Responding to the changing business climate,
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
CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne), founded in Switzerland in 1928,was an avant-garde association of architects intended to advance both modernism and internationalismin architecture
Technoromanticism pits itself against a hard-headed rationalism, but its most potent antagonists are contemporary pragmatism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, surrealism, and deconstruction-all of which s
This book covers the techniques of data mining, knowledge discovery, genetic algorithms, neural networks, bootstrapping, machine learning, and Monte Carlo simulation. Computational finance, an excit
