Indefinites investigates the relationship between the syntactic and semanticrepresentations of sentences within the framework of generative grammar. It proposes a means ofrelating government-binding t
Understanding Buildings provides students in architecture and other allieddisciplines with a basic introduction to building technology in all its aspects. This general,multidisciplinary text provides
The LISP language is designed primarily for symbolic data processing used forsymbolic calculations in differential and integral calculus, electrical circuit theory, mathematicallogic, game playing, an
Heidegger scholars consider the philosopher's recently published notebooks, including the issues of Heidegger's Nazism and anti-Semitism.For more than forty years, the philosopher Martin Heidegger log
Strategies for transboundary natural resource management; winner of Harvard Law School's Raiffa Award for best research of the year in negotiation and conflict resolution.Transboundary natural resourc
"Disruption" is a business buzzword that has gotten out of control. Today everything and everyone seem to be characterized as disruptive -- or, if they aren't disruptive
What do computers, cells, and brains have in common? Computers are electronic devices designed by humans; cells are biological entities crafted by evolution; brains are t
Since the 1970s, the South African artist William Kentridge has charted the turbulent terrain of his homeland in both personal and political terms. With erudition, absurd
In this book, Michael Madary examines visual experience, drawing on both phenomenological and empirical methods of investigation. He finds that these two approaches -- careful, philosophical descripti
Philosophers from Descartes to Kripke have struggled with the glittering prize of modern and contemporary philosophy: the mind-body problem. The brain is physical. If the
Engineering, for much of the twentieth century, was mainly about artifacts and inventions. Now, it's increasingly about complex systems. As the airplane taxis to the gate
The Chernobyl disaster has been variously ascribed to human error, reactor designflaws, and industry mismanagement. Six former Chernobyl employees were convicted of criminalnegligence; they defended t
In today's competitive globalized market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (
Evolutionary robotics (ER) aims to apply evolutionary computation techniques to thedesign of both real and simulated autonomous robots. The Horizons of Evolutionary Roboticsoffers an authoritative ove
Why do walls marking national boundaries proliferate amid widespread proclamations ofglobal connectedness and despite anticipation of a world without borders? Why are barricades builtof concrete, stee
How can American manufacturing recapture its former dominance in the globalizedindustrial economy? In Worker Leadership, Fred Stahl proposes a strategy to boostenterprise productivity and restore Amer
In today's competitive globalized market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (
In A Syntax of Substance, David Adger proposes a new approach tophrase structure that eschews functional heads and labels structures exocentrically. His proposalsimultaneously simplifies the syntacti
In A Syntax of Substance, David Adger proposes a new approach tophrase structure that eschews functional heads and labels structures exocentrically. His proposalsimultaneously simplifies the syntacti
Computing isn't simply about hardware or software, or calculation or applications.Computing, writes Paul Rosenbloom, is an exciting and diverse, yet remarkably coherent, scientificenterprise that is h
The introduction of high-throughput methods has transformed biology into a data-richscience. Knowledge about biological entities and processes has traditionally been acquired bythousands of scientists
Health Economics combines economic concepts with empiricalevidence to enhance students' economic understanding of how health care institutions and marketsfunction. It views the subject in both microec
In making decisions, we often seek advice. Online, we check Amazon recommendations,eBay vendors' histories, TripAdvisor ratings, and even our elected representatives' voting records.These online reput
Engineering has experienced a technological revolution, but the basic engineeringtechniques applied in safety and reliability engineering, created in a simpler, analog world, havechanged very little o
In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersectingutopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peacefulsocialist change und
A comprehensive analysis of medical malpractice from legal, medical, economic, andinsurance perspectives that considers why past efforts at reform have not worked and offersrecommendations for realist
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 g
At the close of the nineteenth century, industrialization and urbanization marked theend of the traditional understanding of society as rooted in agriculture. Urban Modernity examinesthe construction
The challenges posed by managing hazardous chemicals cross boundaries, jurisdictions, and constituencies. Since the 1960s, a chemicals regime—a multitude of formally independent but functionall
The challenges posed by managing hazardous chemicals cross boundaries, jurisdictions, and constituencies. Since the 1960s, a chemicals regime—a multitude of formally independent but functionall
The development of themes, motifs, and techniques in Bergman's films, from the first intimations in the early work to the consummate resolutions in the final movies.
Gabriel Orozco's work is sometimes considered uncategorizable; but his sculpture, photography, drawing, collage, and installations are unified by their devotion to the antispectacular, to the everyda
Gabriel Orozco's work is sometimes considered uncategorizable; but his sculpture, photography, drawing, collage, and installations are unified by their devotion to the antispectacular, to the everyda
An examination of the unique, hybrid media practices generated by Eastern Europe's accelerated transition from late communism to late capitalism. Eastern Europe's historically unprecedented and acce
How the different narratives of four historians of architectural modernism—Emil Kaufmann, Colin Rowe, Reyner Banham, and Manfredo Tafuri—advanced specific versions of modernism.
A comprehensive analysis of medical malpractice from legal, medical, economic, andinsurance perspectives that considers why past efforts at reform have not worked and offersrecommendations for realist
An analysis of the potential for environmental cooperation in multijurisdictional conservation zones to contribute to political conflict resolution; includes case studies of existing parks and proposa
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 p
Experts evaluate the varied outcomes of privatization experiences in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK.The trend toward privatization, whic
Introducing a method for solving combinatorial optimisation problems that combines the techniques of constraint programming and local search. The ubiquity of combinatorial optimisation problems in our
