\nOrganizations now measure and rank nearly every aspect of our lives, using data to make predictions about our purchasing…

Pasteur's success depended upon a whole network of forces, including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession and…

This text examines the nature of language from the perspective of inference rather than representation. It proposes a theory…

Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with…

\nIn Strange Tales from Edo, William Fleming paints a sweeping picture of Japan\'s engagement with Chinese fiction in the…

A study of what it means to play. The book explores play theory as elaborated and debated in disciplines from biology and…

Representation-in visual arts and fiction-play an important part in our lives and culture. Walton presents a theory of…

\nEconomists say there is a limit to what we gain by buying consumer goods. Americans say they want to work less. Yet we…

\nStatistical graphing was born in the seventeenth century as a scientific tool, but it quickly escaped all disciplinary…

The Evolving Self focuses upon the most basic and universal of psychological problems--the individual's effort to make sense…

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Arguably the most important contribution to social theory in fifty years, James Coleman's Foundations erects a unified…