4701 results for '"Levy, Jack S.'

The first book in the landmark Expanse series, now a major television series. Leviathan Wakes is James S. A. Corey's first novel in the epic, New York Times bestselling series the Expanse, a modern...

An engaging undergraduate introduction to the statistical mechanics of phase transitionsStatistical mechanics deploys a powerful set of mathematical approaches for studying the thermodynamic...

This work provides a history of Jewish writing and thought in the German-speaking world. Written by 118 scholars in the field, the book is arranged chronologically, moving from the 11th century to...

The first collected edition of an essential, Pulitzer Prize-winning Beat poet, the indispensable voice whose deep ecological vision and Buddhist spirituality grows more relevant with each passing...

A must-read follow-up to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, one of the most important books of the twentieth century.This book contains the text of Thomas S. Kuhn’s unfinished book, The...

“Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War.”—Ron Chernow, author of Grant“Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained...

In a life that saw him evolve from a staunchly religious Hindu to an ecumenical master of Buddhist insight meditation, Satyanārāyaṇ (S. N.) Goenka (1924–2013) emerged as a leader in the spread of lay...

The first book that explains how to open to the immensity of living with death—and how participating fully in life is the perfect preparation for whatever may come next.In Who Dies?, the Levines...

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the...

The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a new edition, now including an exclusive discussion between the authors and bestselling...

In one volume, the indispensable prose of our “poet laureate of deep ecology”Here is Gary Snyder's own selection of his pathbreaking environmental essays, Buddhist journals, poetic notebooks, and...

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the...

The remarkable true story of the high school junior who started his own school--and earned acclaim nationwide--"will make you laugh, cry and cheer" (John Merrow, author of The Influence of Teachers)...

An increasing number of constitutional theorists, within both the legal academy and university departments of government, are focusing on the conceptual and political problems attached to the notion...

Too often, design competitions and signature architecture result in costly eyesores that do not work. How can sponsors and clients get more meaningful results? To answer this question, Dr. Nasar,...

From the Introduction: "This volume of selected papers of Jacob Wolfowitz is published to honor the 70th birthday of this leader of research in statistical inference and information theory...We have...