705 results for '"Railsback, Steven'

Lionel Robbins's now famous lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas. This volume represents the first...

This volume, the definitive reference manual for the latest version of MPI-1, contains a complete specification of the MPI Standard. Since its release in summer 1994, the Message Passing Interface...

This book proposes a theory of collective and national identity based on culture and language rather than power and politics. Applying this to what he calls Germany's "axial age," Bernhard Giesen...

Infrared astronomy is a dynamic area of current research. It has been revolutionized in the past few years by the advent of large, sensitive, infrared arrays, and the success of several infrared...

On October 3rd, 2007 Anne Stevenson was named the second recipient of the Poetry Foundation's Neglected Masters Award. The award brings renewed critical attention to the life's work of a significant...

This book develops a formal computational theory of writing systems. It offers specific proposals about the linguistic objects that are represented by orthographic elements; what levels of linguistic...

“[An] important book.… Heine’s vibrant writing makes it come alive with personal significance for every reader.”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset Scientists expect one billion people to have their...

Drawing on decades of experience as a renowned teacher, advisor, administrator, and philosopher, Steven M. Cahn diagnoses problems plaguing America’s universities and offers his prescriptions for...

Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers an easy-to-follow, 5-step formula, which teaches beginner-friendly techniques for learning the skills necessary to make drawing and sketching an everyday habit...

In the views of most believers and critics, religion is essentially connected to the existence of a supernatural deity. If supernaturalism is not reasonable, the argument goes, religion cannot be...

In this sweeping history, Steven Marks tells the fascinating story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed our world in dramatic but often unattributed ways. On Europe's periphery,...

Now in Paperback—the New York Times bestseller—and follow up to the revolutionary bestsellers Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics—with a new author Q&A. With their trademark blend of captivating...

A groundbreaking exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, racism, and higher education in America, from a leading African American historian.A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University...

In The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, noted constitutional law scholar Steven Shiffrin argues that the religious left, not the secular left, is best equipped to lead the battle against...

The untold story of an iconoclastic scientist: a psychiatrist who dedicated his career to documenting consciousness after death. While Ian Stevenson (1918–2007) was an academic psychiatrist with a...

Casting Robert Louis Stevenson as his protagonist, Alberto Manguel, author of the international bestseller A History of Reading, spins an intoxicating murder mystery in the South Pacific that echoes...

At once a rollicking adventure story and an earnest political allegoryOrphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer. But...

If you got it, haunt it!Trying to take advantage of the first quiet day at camp in a while, Mal and Molly's date takes a bizarre turn with the appearance of the bear woman! Back at camp, Jo, April,...