This book is designed to introduce the reader to the theory of semisimple Lie algebras over an algebraically closed field …
This is a graduate textbook of advanced tutorials on the theory of cryptography and computational complexity. In particular, the chapters …
If you could only ever buy one book on probability, this would be the one! Feller's elegant and lateral approach …
The major developments in the field of fluid and solid mechanics are scattered throughout an array of scientific journals, making …
Engineers do not have the time to wade through rigorously theoretical books when trying to solve a problem. Beginners lack …
unlike most books on "quantum optics" are too difficult to read, this is a very good book for beginners
An absorbing narrative of the development of quantum physics and of the human endeavors of the scientists involved.
Motivates students by challenging them with real-life applications of the somtimes esoteric aspects of quantum mechanics that they are learning. …
This first volume of John Bowlby’s Attachment and Loss series examines the nature of the child’s ties to the mother. …
As knowledge management becomes embedded within organizations, it becomes more important for students to understand its principles and applications. In …
Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities. In this book, James …
Pierre Bourdieu is one of the world's most important social theorists and is also one of the great empirical researchers …
This volume launches a new sub-discipline of the human science, "mediology". It includes: a new way in which to analyze …
This is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. It provides a guide to the main concepts used to analyse …
This is the essential guide for anyone interested in film. Now in its second edition, the text has been completely …
Ranging from Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to Quentin Tarantino, and from auteur theory to the Hollywood Blockbuster, Cinema Studies: The …
Sacred gaze denotes any way of seeing that invests its object--an image, a person, a time, a place--with spiritual significance. …
This book does precisely what you want a textbook to do. It brings students to a wide range of concepts, …
This book offers a step-by-step guide to behavioral interventions in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). The authors discuss case formulation and …
This book is the first of a three volume introduction to analysis. It is distinguished by its modern and clear …
This compact volume equips the reader with all the facts and principles essential to a fundamental understanding of the theory …
This collection of articles deals with many of the fundamental problems in quantum physics, addressing current topics of research in …
Topology is the mathematical study of the most basic geometrical structure of a space. Mathematical physics uses topological spaces as …
An Illustrated Theory of Numbers gives a comprehensive introduction to number theory, with complete proofs, worked examples, and exercises. Its …
The two volumes that comprise String Theory provide an up-to-date, comprehensive account of string theory. Volume 1 provides a thorough …
Highly entertaining text essential for anyone interested in Game Theory. Only basic understanding of arithmetic needed to grasp necessary aspects …
Contract as Promise is a study of the philosophical foundations of contract law in which Professor Fried effectively answers some …
This book both summarizes the basic theory of evolutionary games and explains their developing applications, giving special attention to the …
Games Real Actors Play provides a persuasive argument for the use of basic concepts of game theory in understanding public …
Sourcebook on Rhetoric is a glossary of key terms and concepts designed to introduce readers to the language of contemporary …
A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical …
In this important contribution to the cultural and educational history of Elizabethan England, Peter Mack examines the impact of humanist …
When this book was published in 2006, it had been just over ten years since the first planet outside our …
Over the past 15 years, the field of archival studies around the world has experienced unprecedented growth within the academy …
