2990 results for '"Zimring, Franklin E.'

Matthew Townes, aspiring obstetrician, has hit the glass ceiling. Unable to continue his medical studies in New York City, the young man becomes disillusioned with the reality of racism within the...

In questo suo libro, per molti aspetti assai originale, l'autore cerca di dimostrare alcuni nessi strutturali fra le dottrine non scritte di Platone e la matematica. In particolare egli fa vedere...

A guide to making the U.S. economy work for everyone, by a leading advocate of asset development The majority of Americans do not have a few thousand dollars to weather an unexpected illness, job...

Catalogo della mostra: Firenze, Galleria dell'Accademia, 24 giugno - 8 dicembre 2014. Il catalogo - e la mostra - illustra un importantissimo fenomeno culturale, il collezionismo dei cosiddetti...

Essential reading for students of African-American historyThe distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly...

"Conosci Te stesso". Ma qual è il mio Io? O qual è il mio "vero Io"? Giacché «noi siamo molte cose», come dice Plotino: l'unione di corpo e anima, l'anima con i suoi desideri, le sue passioni e i...

La nostra civiltà si porta dietro da secoli il sogno di un mondo in cui non più all'uomo, ma alle macchine spettino il lavoro e la fatica fisica. Gli straordinari progressi tecnologici degli ultimi...

A biography of the historical figure of Jesus. The book studies the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, distinguishing the certain from the improbable, and assessing the historical and...

A groundbreaking and surprising look at contemporary censorship in ChinaAs authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for controlling information, many observers...

This volume describes that part of the rich literary production of ancient Judaism which was not contained in the Hebrew Bible nor in rabbinic literature. These writings originated in the Second...

The history of hunting, from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to today’s sport hunters.Hunting has a long history, beginning with our hominid ancestors. The invention of the spear allowed early humans to...

Labor Studies, American Studies, Japanese Studies, Intl. Affairs

After thirty years, Medical Ethics has matured to where a collection of core writings in the field is now possible. There is even a danger that some classic articles will cease to be known because...

H.P. Grice is a distinguished philosopher predominantly known for his influential contributions to the philosophy of language, but that is only one strand in a rich tapestry of ideas bearing on the...

"Contravening conventional wisdom, Zelizer offers a spirited defense of parties and partisanship." --Frances Lee, Princeton University Partisanship is a dirty word in American politics. If there is...

Considered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of...

Health care in contemporary Japan - a modern industrial state with high technology, but a distinctly non-Western cultural tradition - operates on several different levels. In this book Emiko...

How does the visual system compute the global motion of an object from local views of its contours? This book describes a neurally based model, implemented as a connectionist network, of how the...