Creator: H.M. Hunter
Publication date: 2000-03-01
Dewey code: 301.092
List Price: $124.00
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Review The Sociology of Oliver C. Cox: New Perspectives (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations) (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations) (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations) / JAI Press:Hardbound. This work presents original and critical papers on the life and sociological contributions of Oliver C. Cox. The unique features of this volume include an analysis of Cox's enigmatic career as a sociologist, his links with Marx, Weber and Mills, his contributions to world system theory, and his legacy with and exclusion from the Chicago School.
Creator: R. Sliwinski
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-12-31
Dewey code: 198.5
List Price: $146.00
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Review Collected Papers of Stig Kanger with Essays on his Life and Work Volume I (Synthese Library) / Springer:Stig Kanger (1924-1988) made important contributions to logic and formal philosophy. Kanger's dissertation Provability in Logic, 1957, contained significant results in proof theory as well as the first fully worked out model-theoretic interpretation of quantified modal logic. It is generally accepted nowadays that Kanger was one of the originators of possible worlds semantics for modal logic. Kanger's most original achievements were in the areas of general proof theory, the semantics of modal and deontic logic, and the logical analysis of the concept of rights. He also contributed to action theory, preference logic, and the theory of measurement. This is the first of two volumes dedicated to the work of Stig Kanger. The present volume is a complete collection of Kanger's philosophical papers. The second volume contains critical essays on Kanger's work, as well as biographical essays on Kanger written by colleagues and friends.
Publication date: 1966-08
Dewey code: 109
Price: $39.50
Review Francis Hutcheson: His Life, Teaching & Position in the History of Philosophy / Augustus M Kelley Pubs:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1995-02-14
Dewey code: 575.0092
List Price: $35.00
Price: $150.00
Review Charles Darwin: Voyaging (Charles Darwin: a Biography) / Knopf:In 1858 Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside, respected by fellow biologists and well liked among his wide and distinguished circle of acquaintances. He was not yet a focus of debate; his “big book on species” still lay on his study desk in the form of a huge pile of manuscript. For more than twenty years he had been accumulating material for it, puzzling over questions it raised, trying—it seemed endlessly—to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. Publication appeared to be as far away as ever, delayed by his inherent cautiousness and wish to be certain that his startling theory of evolution was correct. It is at this point that the concluding volume of Janet Browne’s biography opens. The much-praised first volume, Voyaging, carried Darwin’s story through his youth and scientific apprenticeship, the adventurous Beagle voyage, his marriage and the birth of his children, the genesis and development of his ideas. Now, beginning with the extraordinary events that finally forced the Origin of Species into print, we come to the years of fame and controversy. For Charles Darwin, the intellectual upheaval touched off by his book had deep personal as well as public consequences. Always an intensely private man, he suddenly found himself and his ideas being discussed—and often attacked—in circles far beyond those of his familiar scientific community. Demonized by some, defended by others (including such brilliant supporters as Thomas Henry Huxley and Joseph Hooker), he soon emerged as one of the leading thinkers of the Victorian era, a man whose theories played a major role in shaping the modern world. [+]Yet, in spite of the enormous new pressures, he clung firmly, sometimes painfully, to the quiet things that had always meant the most to him—his family, his research, his network of correspondents, his peaceful life at Down House. In her account of this second half of Darwin’s life, Janet Browne does dramatic justice to all aspects of the Darwinian revolution, from a fascinating examination of the Victorian publishing scene to a survey of the often furious debates between scientists and churchmen over evolutionary theory. At the same time, she presents a wonderfully sympathetic and authoritative picture of Darwin himself right through the heart of the Darwinian revolution, busily sending and receiving letters, pursuing research on subjects that fascinated him (climbing plants, earthworms, pigeons—and, of course, the nature of evolution), writing books, and contending with his mysterious, intractable ill health. Thanks to Browne’s unparalleled command of the scientific and scholarly sources, we ultimately see Darwin more clearly than we ever have before, a man confirmed in greatness but endearingly human. Reviewing Voyaging, Geoffrey Moorhouse observed that “if Browne’s second volume is as comprehensively lucid as her first, there will be no need for anyone to write another word on Darwin. ” The Power of Place triumphantly justifies that praise.
Creator: Marx W. Wartofsky
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1984-01-31
List Price: $259.00
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Review Hegel and the Sciences (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science) / Springer:
Publication date: 2008-07-28
Dewey code: 617.412059
List Price: $75.00
Price: $75.00
Review Pioneers of Cardiac Surgery / Vanderbilt University Press:Heart operations today are quite common and relatively low-risk, but in the beginning it was just the opposite. Cardiac operations were reserved for desperately ill patients. The author documents this dramatic transition with profiles of 38 surgeons, active between 1940 and 1985, who tell of the development of new techniques such as the "blue baby operation," the first heart-lung machine, the first artificial heart valve, and the first coronary bypass operation. They also tell the unusual life stories of the surgeons and allude to professional and institutional rivalries.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-09-01
Dewey code: 320.12
List Price: $170.00
Price: $124.10
Review Geoproperty: Foreign Affairs, National Security and Property Rights / Routledge:This book rediscovers property as a common denominator in human conflict, and as a useful tool for International Studies. To apply property theory as a key to the analysis of human struggle, we first have to accept a broad definition of the term. It is the mass of rights and duties that associate persons with things, especially land. Arrogation of property is usually the precursor to the violation of 'human rights'. The author argues that a better understanding of property dynamics can help us achieve our strategic designs, whether they be pacific or not. Geoproperty seeks to restart International Studies at the point of property and in so doing to find a mechanism for interpreting property changes, including those brought about by the new technologies.
Creator: Elizabeth Hulse
Publication date: 1999-05
Dewey code: 378.713541092
Price: $53.00
Review Thinking With Both Hands: Sir Daniel Wilson in the Old World & the New / University of Toronto Press:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-10-10
Dewey code: 194
List Price: $123.00
Price: $119.00
Review Michel Foucault (Core Cultural Theorists Series) / Sage Publications Ltd:"Clare O'Farrell is to be congratulated on producing a truly magnificent book on the work of Michel Foucault. There are details, insights and observations that will engage the specialist and there is an extensive documentation of Foucault's output. If there is a more comprehensive book on Foucault's work I have yet to see it. I anticipate those teaching and taking courses on Foucault's work will find Clare O'Farrell's book to be an invaluable resource'"- Barry Smart, University of Portsmouth "Dr. Clare O'Farrell has written a marvelous introduction to this Foucault for that ever growing number of readers who are working in what has come to be designated as cultural studies. This volume captures the penetrating interdisciplinary concerns that have made Foucault a guide to so many beyond the frontiers of philosophy and history, beyond the borders of the academic community itself. O'Farrell is an excellent guide to Foucault's exploration of culture, highlighting, as she does, the characteristic insights of his learning: the instability of cultural forms of order, the subversive potential of historical analyses, the variety of true discourses within history, and his commitment to social justice. O'Farrell reveals Foucault as he is: the engaged moralist who survived the twentieth century's systems of total explanation. This is an excellent introduction for the general reader to a passionate mind that continues to spread its influence'"- James Bernauer, Boston College Michel Foucault's work is one of the most influential sources of ideas in the humanities and social sciences today. Clare O'Farrell offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Foucault's enormous, diverse and challenging output. [+]Her book provides a range of practical tools and a reference work for readers who wish to understand and apply his ideas at both introductory and advanced levels. This volume includes: - a discussion of Foucault's situation in the contemporary context exploring his role as an iconic thinker, with clear explanations as to why his work is so difficult to come to grips with, and also importantly, why it is of interest to so many people. - the location of Foucault's work within its own historical, social and political setting. - brief summaries in chronological order of all of Foucault's major works, including the more recently published volumes of lectures. - the organization of Foucault's work around five distinct but interrelated series of assumptions which underpin his world view: namely order, history, truth, power and ethics. Ideas for which he is well-known, such as archaeology, genealogy, discourse, discipline, governmentality, the subject and others are defined and discussed within the framework of these five assumptions. - a chronology of Foucault's life, work and times. - a very extensive list of key concepts in Foucault's work with detailed references pointing to where the relevant material can be found in his writings. - a wide-ranging list of resources and a bibliography of Foucault's work for easy consultation. (20060401).
Publication date: 2002-02
Dewey code: 355
Price: $26.99
Review The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1663 N.S (Diary of Samuel Pepys) / IndyPublish.com:
Creator: M. R. D. Foot
Publication date: 2004-12-30
Dewey code: 355
Price: $25.00
Review Secret Lives: Lifting the Lid on Worlds of Secret Intelligence / Diane Pub Co:
Publication date: 1999-12
Dewey code: 378.112
List Price: $56.00
Price: $123.04
Review Pioneering Deans of Women: More Than Wise and Pious Matrons (Athene Series) / Teachers College Press:The "collective biography" of the first deans of women contained in these pages provides both a compelling illumination of women's history and an explanation of the rise of certain professions within university structures. This book is not only interesting, it is germane to current debates about the roles of women in higher education.
Creator: N.W. Winterton
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2002-05-15
Dewey code: 541
List Price: $159.00
Price: $125.00
Review Modern Coordination Chemistry: The Legacy of Joseph Chatt / Royal Society of Chemistry:Coordination chemistry, as we know it today, has been shaped by major figures from the past, one of whom was Joseph Chatt. Beginning with a description of Chatt's career presented by co-workers, contemporaries and students, this fascinating book then goes on to show how many of today's leading practitioners in the field, working in such diverse areas as phosphines, hydrogen complexes, transition metal complexes and nitrogen fixation, have been influenced by Chatt. The reader is then brought right up-to-date with the inclusion of some of the latest research on these topics, all of which serves to underline Chatt's continuing legacy. Intended as a permanent record of Chatt's life, work and influence, this book will be of interest to lecturers, graduate students, researchers and science historians.
Creator: Robert W. Trogdon
Publication date: 1999-07
Dewey code: 813.52
List Price: $254.00
Price: $150.00
Review Ernest Hemingway: A Documentary Volume (Dictionary of Literary Biography) / Gale Cengage:
Publication date: 1998-10
Dewey code: 940
Price: $16.95
Review Tin Can Sailor / Press-Tige Publishing Company Inc:
Creator: Kristin A. Eckes
Edition: 4th
Publication date: 1997-11
Dewey code: 509
Price: $259.95
Review Who's Who in Science and Engineering: 1998-1999 (Who's Who in Science and Engineering) / Marquis Who's Who:
Publication date: 2003-03
Dewey code: 355
List Price: $30.95
Price: $129.95
Review Count Luckner: The Sea Devil / Kessinger Publishing:1927. This book lends a biographical account of the life of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil, the man who commanded the raider Seeadler. The Seeadler was a sailing ship that had broken through the British blockade and played havoc with Allied shipping in the Atlantic and Pacific during the latter part of the war. Luckner looked the part of a Sea Devil; he was a tall, massive man with huge shoulders and a voice that boomed like a foghorn.
Publication date: 2001-02-28
Dewey code: 973.07202
List Price: $119.95
Price: $124.97
Review McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian (Studies in Historiography) / Greenwood Press:Richard P. McCormick made his mark as an innovative student of American party politics, as well as the most influential interpreter of New Jersey history. A distinguished teacher, scholar, and public historian, McCormick revitalized a venerable but dormant state historical society. Later, he used notable anniversaries, such as the Bicentennial of the American Revolution and the Tercentenary of New Jersey's founding, as vehicles to bring history to schools and the general public. He also helped create a state historical agency, the New Jersey Historical Commission, to promote New Jersey's past and preserve its historic treasures. Birkner describes McCormick's life and times. He looks at McCormick's scholarly apprenticeship, the origins of his interest in a new political history, and his contributions to the study of American politics before the Civil War. McCormick's concern for elucidating political machinery was fused with a fundamental skepticism about American democracy as run by and for the people. Through use of oral history, McCormick tells his own story. Then, through their exchanges, Birkner challenges some of McCormick's scholarly arguments and elicits responses that help to shed light on his subject's theory of politics.
Authors
- V.W. Marek
- M. Srebrny
- A. Ehrenfeucht
Dewey code: 510
List Price: $130.00
Price: $123.26
Review Andrzej Mostowski and Foundational Studies (Stand Alone) / IOS Press:Andrzej Mostowski was one of the leading 20th century logicians. His legacy is examined in this volume of papers devoted both to his extraordinary scientific heritage and to the memory of him as a great researcher, teacher, organizer of science and person. Professor Mostowski pioneered and mastered many areas of mathematical logic. His contributions spanned set theory, recursion theory, and model theory - the backbone of the foundations of mathematics. The complete detailed bibliography of Mostowski's writings is included. For many years after WWII and especially in the late sixties and until his untimely death in 1975, Warsaw, where he led the centre of foundational studies, was a place where many leading logicians visited, studied, and started their career. Their memories form an important part of this volume, attempting to bring back the extraordinary achievements and personality of Mostowski. Anyone wanting to see the roots of current applications of logic, be it in mathematics, computer science or philosophy, will find in this collection of articles plenty of helpful, stimulating and inspiring material both in science and about the social environment in which science is made.
Publication date: 1999-09
Dewey code: 109
List Price: $44.50
Price: $64.24
Review Peter Winch (Philosophy Now) / Acumen Pub.:
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