Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation…

• Počet stran 320
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2021

A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive…

• Počet stran 512
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2023

A vivid portrait of the life and work of Carl LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus (1707–1778), known as the father of modern biological…

• Rok vydání 2008

Historical accounts of Jewish violence - particularly against Christians - have long been explosive material. Some…

This book articulates an original scheme for the conceptualization of action. Beginning with a new approach to the…

An anthology of Chinese philosophy that covers its entire historical development. It provides selections from various…

• Počet stran 440
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2017

How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to…

How the concept of proof has enabled the creation of mathematical knowledgeThe Story of Proof investigates the evolution of…

A practical guide to the historical study of international politics, this book focuses on the basics of historical research…

Pessimism is thought of as an exclusively negative stance that inevitably leads to resignation. Even when pessimism looks…

Presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist.…

An exploration of the personal and artistic connections between two icons of twentieth-century art Keith Haring (1958–1990)…

\nOffers the author\'s account of the history, and the further promise, of analytical Marxism. This title expresses…

Provides an account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. This work focuses on the…

It is a commonplace that the modern world cannot be experienced as enchanted - that the very concept of enchantment belongs…

• Počet stran 224
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2018

Why an awareness of Earth’s temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the…

Reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women\'s real-life experiences of domestic…

Traces the roots of the Chinese empire's exceptional longevity and unparalleled political durability, and shows how lessons…

• Rok vydání 1996
• Čeština

No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition…

Logic is essential to correct reasoning and also has important theoretical applications in philosophy, computer science,…

• Čeština

Presents the works of Aristotle accessible to English speaking readers.…

A counter to the popular impression that Adam Smith was a champion of selfishness and greed. It shows that the Inquiry into…

Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington,…

• Rok vydání 2017

The search for a good undergraduate social science textbook is eternal, but with Imais book, the search may well be over. It…

• Rok vydání 1992

Writing in the June 1965 issue of the "Economic Journal", Harry G. Johnson begins with a sentence seemingly calibrated to…

Presents a foundational work of post-Bourdieu sociology that examines a range of situations where people justify their…

• Rok vydání 2022

A sweeping look at Chinese art across the millennia that upends traditional perspectives and offers new pathways for art…

Suitable for students and researchers in political science and sociology, this book begins with the fundamental building…

• Čeština

All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato…