Common Crisis is a call to world government for emergency measures to halt International economic collapse and avoid the political anarchy that would inevitably follow. Three years ago, the Independen
An analysis of the MX missile system and its flaws. The MX missile system requires the placement of intercontinental ballistic missiles, each equipped with ten nuclear warheads, in constantly shifti
This is the first book specifically designed to offer the student a smooth transitionary course between elementary fluid dynamics (which gives only last-minute attention to turbulence) and the profes
A compact view of band theory and an original treatment of transport theory in covalent semiconductors, developed from the lectures Dr. Aigrain gave as visiting Webster Professor of Electrical Enginee
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and make music.Research shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they do for language. All of us can perce
This collected volume examines the consequences of the current economic crisis on the Eurozone-periphery with specific focus on Greece. The editors and contributors aim to provide an in-depth analysis
In 1969, ten years after the discovery of the perceptron -- which showed that a machine could be taught to perform certain tasks using examples -- Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published Perceptro
The Whole Earth Catalog was a cultural touchstone of the 1960s and 1970s. The iconic cover image of the Earth viewed from space made it one of the most recognizable books
In Pirate Philosophy, Gary Hall considers whether the fight against the neoliberal corporatization of higher education in fact requires scholars to transform their own lives and labor. Is there a way
During a career that spanned more than forty years, from the late 1960s until his death in 2012, Michael Asher created site-specific installations and institutional interventions that examined the con
During a career that spanned more than forty years, from the late 1960s until his death in 2012, Michael Asher created site-specific installations and institutional interventions that examined the con
In the years after World War II, a distinctly American model for suburban development emerged. The expansive rings of outer suburbs that formed around major cities were decentralized and automobile or
In the period between 1150 and 1550, an increasing number of Christians in western Europe made pilgrimage to places where material objects -- among them paintings, statues, relics, pieces of wood, ear
When children are late in hitting developmental milestones, parents worry. And no delay causes more parental anxiety than late talking, which is associated in many parents' minds with such serious con
Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand human moral sensibility as a sophisticated integration of cognitive, emotional, and motivat
The vast differences between the brain's neural circuitry and a computer's silicon circuitry might suggest that they have nothing in common. In fact, as Dana Ballard argues in this book, computational
Why do people who perform largely the same type of work make different technology choices in the workplace? An automotive design engineer working in India, for example, finds advanced information and
Many beginning students in philosophy of language find themselves grappling with dense and difficult texts not easily understood by someone new to the field. This book offers an introduction to philos
Script Changers shows the ways that stories offer a lens forseeing the world as a series of systems. It provides opportunities for students to createinteractive and animated stories about creating pos
The choreographic stages a conversation in which artwork is not only looked at butlooks back; it is about contact that touches even across distance. The choreographic moves betweenthe corporeal and ce
As the global economic crisis continues to cause damage, some policy makers havecalled for a more Keynesian approach to current economic problems. In this book, the economistsPeter Temin and David Vin
In this book, Chris Collins and Paul Postal consider examples such the one below onthe interpretation where Nancy thinks that this course is not interesting: Nancy doesn'tthink this course is interest
In this book, Chris Collins and Paul Postal consider examples such the one below onthe interpretation where Nancy thinks that this course is not interesting: Nancy doesn'tthink this course is interest
Luc Tuymans is one of the most influential figurative painters working today.Born in1958 and based in Antwerp, he has exhibited since 1985, emerginginternationally in the early 1990sas an artist who h
This book takes a view of New England's landscapes that goes beyond picture postcard-ready vistas of white-steepled churches, open pastures, and tree-covered mountains. Its chapters describe, for exam
This October Files volume gathers essays, an interview, and a roundtable discussionon the work of Robert Morris, one of the most influential American artists of the postwar period. Itincludes a little
Computer graphics (or CG) has changed the way we experience the art of moving images.Computer graphics is the difference between Steamboat Willie and Buzz Lightyear, between ping pongand PONG. It bega
"This fascinating and accessible text describes Townsend's field research efforts in Thailand that span over 15 years, making it perhaps the longest running, high-frequency panel data set in a develop
The world is filling with ever more kinds of media, in ever more contexts andformats. Glowing rectangles have become part of the scene; screens, large and small, appeareverywhere. Physical locations a
The Occupy Wall Street movement has ignited new questions about the relationshipbetween democracy and equality in the United States. Are we also entering a moment in history inwhich the disjuncture be
About 2.5 billion adults, just over half the world's adult population, lack bankaccounts. If we are to realize the goal of extending banking and other financial services to thisvast "unbanked" populat
China is now the world's second largest economy and may soon overtake the UnitedStates as the world's largest. Despite its adoption of some free-market principles, China considersitself a "socialist-m
In the late 1960s an eclectic group of engineers joined the antiwar and civil rightsactivists of the time in agitating for change. The engineers were fighting to remake theirprofession, challenging th
Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle to survive. But most onlinejournalism just translates existing practices to the Web: stories are written and edited as they arefor print; video an
The mobile device is changing the ways we interact with each other and with theworld. The mobile experience is distinct from the desktop or laptop experience; mobile apps requirea significantly differ
The urban youth frequenting the Internet cafes of Accra, Ghana, who are decidedly notmembers of their country's elite, use the Internet largely as a way to orchestrate encounters acrossdistance and am
In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economicpolicy makers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is abook that captures the
Learning from Las Vegas, originally published by the MIT Press in1972, was one of the most influential and controversial architectural books of its era. Forty yearslater, it remains a perennial bestse
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
Haunted by a secret knowledge and a repressed enchantment, Western rationality is not what it seems. Rembrandt's famous painting of an anatomy lesson, the shrunken head of an Australian indigenous l
