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- Guesstimation 2.0 - L. Weinstein
Guesstimation 2.0 - L. Weinstein
- Lawrence Weinstein
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 384
- 2012
"Guesstimation 2.0" reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything - quickly - and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. A...
- Drama and the World of Richard Wagner
Drama and the World of Richard Wagner
- Borchmeyer Dieter
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 416
- 2003
Richard Wagner continues to be the most controversial artist in history, a perpetually troubling figure in our cultural consciousness. The unceasing debate over his works and...
- The New Financial Order - R. Shiller Risk in the 2
The New Financial Order - R. Shiller Risk in the 2
- Shiller, Robert J
- Princeton University Press
- 384
- 2004
In his best-selling Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller cautioned that society's obsession with the stock market was fueling the volatility that has since made a roller...
- The Ecological Detective - R. Hilborn Confronting
The Ecological Detective - R. Hilborn Confronting
- Hilborn, Ray a Mangel, Marc
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 336
- 1997
The modern ecologist usually works in both the field and laboratory, uses statistics and computers, and often works with ecological concepts that are model-based, if not...
- The Philosophy of the Enlightenment - E. Cassirer
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment - E. Cassirer
- Cassirer, Ernst
- Princeton University Press
- 392
- 2009
In this classic work of intellectual history, Ernst Cassirer provides both a cogent synthesis and a penetrating analysis of one of history's greatest intellectual epochs: the...
- The Great Divergence - K. Pomeranz China, Europe
The Great Divergence - K. Pomeranz China, Europe
- Kenneth Pomeranz
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 392
- 2001
The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising...
- Rethinking "Gnosticism" - M. Williams An Argument
Rethinking "Gnosticism" - M. Williams An Argument
- Williams, Michael A
- Princeton University Press
- 360
- 1999
Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of "secret teachings" in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found "gnosticism"...
- In the Realm of the Diamond Queen - A. Tsing Margi
In the Realm of the Diamond Queen - A. Tsing Margi
- Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
- Princeton University Press
- 368
- 1993
In this highly original and much-anticipated ethnography, Anna Tsing challenges not only anthropologists and feminists but all those who study culture to reconsider some of...
- Liberal Leviathan - G. Ikenberry
Liberal Leviathan - G. Ikenberry
- G John Ikenberry
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 392
- 2012
In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the world had yet seen. This liberal...
- Picasso and Truth - T. Clark
Picasso and Truth - T. Clark
- Clark, T. J
- Princeton University Press
- 352
- 2013
Picasso and Truth offers a breathtaking and original new look at the most significant artist of the modern era. From Pablo Picasso's early The Blue Room to the later Guernica,...
- The Sino-Soviet Split - L. Luthi
The Sino-Soviet Split - L. Luthi
- Luthi, Lorenz M
- Princeton University Press
- 400
- 2008
A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements between them broke the...
- The African Wild Dog - N. Creel, N. Creel, S. Creel
The African Wild Dog - N. Creel, N. Creel, S. Creel
- Creel, Scott;Creel, Nancy Marusha
- Princeton University Press
- 360
- 2002
With only 5,000 surviving, the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is one of the world's most endangered large carnivores--and one of the most remarkable. This comprehensive...
- Transcultural Cinema - D. Macdougall
Transcultural Cinema - D. Macdougall
- MacDougall, David
- Princeton University Press
- 330
- 1998
David MacDougall is a pivotal figure in the development of ethnographic cinema and visual anthropology. As a filmmaker, he has directed in Africa, Australia, India, and Europe....
- What is World Literature? - D. Damrosch
What is World Literature? - D. Damrosch
- Damrosch, David
- Princeton University Press
- 336
- 2003
World literature was long defined in North America as an established canon of European masterpieces, but an emerging global perspective has challenged both this European focus...
- Understanding Institutional Diversity - E. Ostrom
Understanding Institutional Diversity - E. Ostrom
- Ostrom, Elinor
- Princeton University Press
- 384
- 2005
The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics,...
- Veto Players - G. Tsebelis How Political Instituti
Veto Players - G. Tsebelis How Political Instituti
- Tsebelis, George
- Princeton University Press
- 344
- 2002
Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions often fail to...
- The Optics of Life - S. Johnsen
The Optics of Life - S. Johnsen
- Johnsen, Sonke
- Princeton University Press
- 360
- 2011
Optics--a field of physics focusing on the study of light--is also central to many areas of biology, including vision, ecology, botany, animal behavior, neurobiology, and...
- Karl Marx
Karl Marx
- Berlin, Isaiah
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 352
- 2013
Isaiah Berlin's intellectual biography of Karl Marx has long been recognized as one of the best concise accounts of the life and thought of the man who had, in Berlin's words,...
- A Mathematics Course for Poli W. Moore, D. Siegel
A Mathematics Course for Poli W. Moore, D. Siegel
- Moore, Will H.;Siegel, David A
- Princeton University Press
- 456
- 2013
Political science and sociology increasingly rely on mathematical modeling and sophisticated data analysis, and many graduate programs in these fields now require students to...
- Pursuits of Wisdom - J. Cooper
Pursuits of Wisdom - J. Cooper
- Cooper, John M
- Princeton University Press
- 456
- 2013
This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life - and not simply an intellectual...
- Hamlet in Purgatory - S. Greenblatt
Hamlet in Purgatory - S. Greenblatt
- Greenblatt, Stephen
- Princeton University Press
- 344
- 2002
In Hamlet in Purgatory, renowned literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt delves into his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet's father, and his daring and ultimately...
- Rare Birds of North America
Rare Birds of North America
- Howell
- anglické
- Princeton University Press
- 448
- 2014
Rare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. Featuring 275 stunning color...
- Working Togethe - M. Janssen, E. Ostrom, A. Poteete
Working Togethe - M. Janssen, E. Ostrom, A. Poteete
- Poteete, Amy R.;Janssen, Marco A.;Ostrom, Elinor
- Princeton University Press
- 376
- 2010
Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However,...
- Along the Archival Grain A. Stoler
Along the Archival Grain A. Stoler
- Stoler, Ann Laura
- Princeton University Press
- 336
- 2010
Along the Archival Grain offers a unique methodological and analytic opening to the affective registers of imperial governance and the political content of archival forms. In a...