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A beautifully illustrated look at how the acclaimed ceramicist draws on the postcolonial experience in her work Magdalene Odundo (b. 1950) is a Kenyan-born British ceramicist whose extraordinary...

Based on a decade of research, including in-depth interviews with many leading figures in the story, this edition is essential for anyone who wants to understand the roots of the turmoil engulfing...

How you can become better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills We solve countless problems?big and small?every day. With so much practice, why do we often have...

Author: Carol J. CloverPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: May 26, 2015Number of Pages: 280 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691166293ISBN-13: 9780691166292

The untold story of Michelangelo?s final decades?and his transformation into the master architect of St. Peter?s Basilica As he entered his seventies, Michelangelo despaired that his productive years...

Why software isn?t perfect, as seen through the stories of software developers at a run-of-the-mill tech company Contrary to much of the popular discourse, not all technology is seamless and awesome;...

How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility...

A novel perspective on monetary and fiscal policy that views money as the equity capital of a nation A conventional economic theory, monetarism, holds that inflation is a monetary phenomenon driven...

[A] magnificent history of money and finance.?New York Times Book Review "Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."?Financial Times In the aftermath of recent...

Professor and amateur sleuth Henry Spearman uses economics to try to solve a murder while on a Caribbean vacation Cinnamon Bay seems like the ideal Caribbean getaway. But for Harvard economist and...

How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century Music is filled with mathematical elements. The works of Bach are often said to possess a...

First Princeton / Bollingen paperback printing, 1972; First Princeton Classics paperback printing, 2017 --Title page verso.Author: Heinrich Robert ZimmerPublisher: Princeton University...

Author: Robert J. ShillerPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Sep 01, 2020Number of Pages: 400 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691210268ISBN-13: 9780691210261

A captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was...

An old-growth forest is one that has formed naturally over a long period of time with little or no disturbance from humankind. They are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. In this book, Joan...

A collection of quotations from the influential contemporary Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat--Author: Shirin NeshatPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Feb 06, 2024Number of...

A fun and fact-filled A?Z treasury for anyone with a head on their shoulders Neuropedia journeys into the mysteries and marvels of the three pounds of tissue between your ears?the brain. Eric Chudler...

A colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative account of Machiavelli's life and thought This is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to the life and work of the Florentine...

A philosopher?s personal meditation on how painful emotions can reveal truths about what it means to be truly human Under the light of ancient Western philosophies, our darker moods like grief,...

Nine Algorithms That Changed The Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today'S Computers (Princeton Science Library, 116)Author: John MaccormickPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date:...

The extraordinary story of the scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity In 1919, British scientists led expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein?s new theory of...

Why people are not as gullible as we think Not Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe?and argues that we're pretty good at making these decisions. In this...

The first compact field guide to offshore sea life of the West Coast Two-thirds of our planet lies out of sight of land, just offshore beyond the horizon. What wildlife might you find out there? And...

From the Nobel Prize-winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays--most of them previously unpublished in English--by Isaac...

Author: Elaine ScarryPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Nov 04, 2001Number of Pages: 144 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691089590ISBN-13: 9780691089591

From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really meansùand requiresùtoday In this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author...

A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting ?Gaslighting? is suddenly in everyone?s vocabulary. It?s written about, talked about, tweeted about, even sung about (in ?Gaslighting?...

On Gravity: A Brief Tour Of A Weighty SubjectAuthor: A. ZeePublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Apr 24, 2018Number of Pages: 192 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

A pithy yet deep introduction to Einstein?s general theory of relativity Of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity might be the least understood and yet the one with which we are most...

A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of...