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Newburgh, NY-a city of about 30,000 residents, located roughly sixty miles north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley-is a quintessential example of a small, under-resourced,...

Slaves of God provides the first philosophical explanation of Augustine's reasons for justifying slavery. It shows that once we understand why Augustine judged slavery permissible, we can appreciate...

This book is a historical consideration of how poor posture became a dreaded pathology in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. It opens with the outbreak" of the poor posture...

Thinking about climate change, many of us picture the catastrophic effects that the science has shown are sure to come if we don't act, and we often hear that global temperatures are rising at...

A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature's breathtaking complexity The form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different...

Soft matter science is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, and materials science. It encompasses colloids, polymers, and liquid crystals as well...

Enduring lessons from the desert soundscapes that shaped the Christian monastic tradition For the hermits and communal monks of antiquity, the desert was a place to flee the cacophony of ordinary...

In recent decades, there has been extensive research on Greek mathematics that has considerably enlarged the scope of this area of inquiry. Traditionally, Greek mathematics" has referred to the...

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richer In 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to...

Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell offers a concise, self-contained advanced undergraduate to graduate level introduction to this rapidly developing field, requiring a background in elementary...

A handy, bare essentials, pocket guide to formal" written English for students, scholars, and writers in need of a reference to sharpen their ability to write with clarity and credibility"--Author:...

A wide-ranging collection from a rising poet that showcases her sharp, contemporary voice In Stem, Stella Wong intersperses lyric poems on a variety of subjects with dramatic monologues that imagine...

A fascinating collection of serious and playful poems that tap the inventive possibilities of the anagram and other constraining forms In Stet, poet Dora Malech takes constraint as her catalyst and...

Author: Timothy J. JorgensenPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Aug 22, 2017Number of Pages: 512 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691178348ISBN-13: 9780691178349

A comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin--prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters--between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries The New Christian elite of...

From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that hurts...

Examines many of the failed designs and inventions that led to greater improvements siting as examples the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the space shuttle disasters.Author: Henry...

Summing It Up: From One Plus One To Modern Number TheoryAuthor: Avner Ash, Robert GrossPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Jan 30, 2018Number of Pages: 248 pagesLanguage:...

A new collection of poetry from the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award . . . we are fixed to perpetrate the species? I meant perpetuate?as if our duty were coupled with our terror. As...

Symmetry (Princeton Science Library, 104)Author: Hermann WeylPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Oct 04, 2016Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Author: Walter AlvarezPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Sep 15, 2015Number of Pages: 208 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691169667ISBN-13: 9780691169668

Author: Gillen D???arcy WoodPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Sep 15, 2015Number of Pages: 312 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691168628ISBN-13: 9780691168623

A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers,...

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of...

Author: W. Bernard CarlsonPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Apr 27, 2015Number of Pages: 520 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691165610ISBN-13: 9780691165615

The aan Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of alyAuthor: Simon Levis SullamPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Dec 08, 2020Number of Pages: 208 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

John Wilkes Booth fired his fatal shot on the evening of April 14, 1865, and as the news reached nearly every corner of the globe, President Abraham Lincoln lay dying. Pervasive sympathy for...

A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and...

Author: Sharon MarcusPublisher: Princeton University PressPublication Date: Aug 11, 2020Number of Pages: 328 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691210187ISBN-13: 9780691210186

Amazons?fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world?were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and...