Ecuador is biologically diverse, petroleum rich, and economically poor. Its extraordinary biodiversity has attracted attention and funding from such transnational environmental organizations as Conser
Ecuador is biologically diverse, petroleum rich, and economically poor. Its extraordinary biodiversity has attracted attention and funding from such transnational environmental organizations as Conser
The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models of managing and organizing the innovation process that emphasizes users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy n
Video games are becoming an ever more ubiquitous element of daily life, played by millions on devices that range from smart phones to desktop computers. An examination of this phenomenon reveals that
The usual history of architecture is a grand narrative of soaring monuments and heroic makers. But it is also a false narrative in many ways, rarely acknowledging the personal failures and disappointm
This book offers a framework for making decisions under risk and uncertainty. Synthesizing research from economics, finance, decision theory, management, and other fields, the book provides a set of t
Over the last fifty years, an extensive array of instruments for financing, investing, and controlling risk has become available in financial markets, with demand for these innovations driven by the n
The United States has one of the highest rates of premature birth of any industrialized nation: 11.5%, nearly twice the rate of many European countries. In this book, John Lantos and Diane Lauderdale
Economists argue that such market-based policy instruments as environmental taxes and emission trading systems are the best way to target the negative effects of pollution. Yet there is no agreement a
Illegal immigration continues to roil American politics. The right-wing media stir up panic over "anchor babies," job stealing, welfare dependence, bilingualism, al-Qaeda terrorists
The global financial crisis has prompted economists to rethink fundamental questionson how governments should intervene in the financial sector. Many countries have already begun toreform the taxation
Ostension is bodily movement that manifests our engagement with things, whether wewish it to or not. Gestures, glances, facial expressions: all betray our interest in something.Ostension enables our f
In this volume, cognitive scientists and philosophers examine two closely relatedaspects of mind and mental functioning: the relationships among the various senses and the linksthat connect different
In this volume, leading philosophers of psychiatry examine psychiatric classificationsystems, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM), asking whether current systems a
Today, DIY -- do-it-yourself -- describes more than self-taught carpentry. Socialmedia enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways (as in Egypt's "Twitterrevolution" of 2011) and to repur
The usual history of architecture is a grand narrative of soaring monuments andheroic makers. But it is also a false narrative in many ways, rarely acknowledging the personalfailures and disappointmen
Today, DIY -- do-it-yourself -- describes more than self-taught carpentry. Socialmedia enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways (as in Egypt's "Twitterrevolution" of 2011) and to repur
In this book, David Pesetsky argues that the peculiarities of Russian nominal phrasesprovide significant clues concerning the syntactic side of morphological case. Pesetsky arguesagainst the tradition
In this book, David Pesetsky argues that the peculiarities of Russian nominal phrasesprovide significant clues concerning the syntactic side of morphological case. Pesetsky arguesagainst the tradition
With many new forms of digital media--including such popular social media asFacebook, Twitter, and Flickr -- the people formerly known as the audience no longer only consumebut also produce and even d
"Scaffolding" is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines.This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoreticalbiology, cognitive science
The global economic crisis of 2008--2009 seemed a crisis not just of economicperformance but also of the system's underlying political ideology and economic theory. But a secondGreat Depression was av
On September 2, 1971, the chemist Paul Lauterbur had an idea that would change thepractice of medical research. Considering recent research findings about the use of nuclear magneticresonance (NMR) si
A decade ago, the customizable ringtone was ubiquitous. Almost any crowd of cellphone owners could produce a carillon of tinkly, beeping, synthy, musicalized ringer signals.Ringtones quickly became a
The human mind has the capacity to vault over the realm of current perception, motivation, emotion, and action, to leap -- consciously and deliberately -- to past or future, possible or impossible, ab
This book introduces students with little or no prior programming experience to the art of computational problem solving using Python and various Python libraries, including PyLab. It provides student
How do we make decisions? Conventional decision theory tells us only which behavioralchoices we ought to make if we follow certain axioms. In real life, however, our choices aregoverned by cognitive m
Parents routinely turn to prenatal testing to screen for genetic or chromosomaldisorders or to learn their child's sex. What if they could use similar prenatal interventions tolearn (or change) their
Artists have often taken rational, material existence as a starting point forengagement with metaphysics and mysticism, but no book until now has traced a similar strategy onthe part of curators. In
Why is Memphis home to hundreds of motor carrier terminals and distribution centers?Why does the tiny island-nation of Singapore handle a fifth of the world's maritime containers andhalf the world's a
Over a century ago, William James proposed that people search through memory much asthey rummage through a house looking for lost keys. We scour our environments for territory, food,mates, and informa
Contending Economic Theories offers a unique comparativetreatment of the three main theories in economics as it is taught today: neoclassical, Keynesian,and Marxian. Each is developed and discussed in
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
In Without Criteria, Steven Shaviro proposes and explores aphilosophical fantasy: imagine a world in which Alfred North Whitehead takes the place of MartinHeidegger. What if Whitehead, instead of Heid
The idea of the interconnectedness of nature is at the heart of environmentalscience. By contrast, American policy making and governance are characterized by fragmentation.Separation of powers, diverg
The idea of the interconnectedness of nature is at the heart of environmentalscience. By contrast, American policy making and governance are characterized by fragmentation.Separation of powers, diverg
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
Kosovo, after its incorporation into the Serbian Republic of Yugoslavia, becameincreasingly restive during the 1990s as Yugoslavia plunged into internal war and Kosovo's ethnicAlbanian residents (Koso
The global economic crisis of 2008--2009 seemed a crisis not just of economicperformance but also of the system's underlying political ideology and economic theory. But a secondGreat Depression was av
How do different societies respond politically to environmental problems around theglobe? Answering this question requires systematic, cross-national comparisons of politicalinstitutions, regulatory s
