Authors:Prof. David L. Lewis, Laurence Goldstein,
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Keywords: culture, american, automobile
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 1983-12-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 047208044X
ISBN-13: 9780472080441

Looks at the impact of the automobile on American folkways

Authors:Prof. Elliott Sober, Prof. David Sloan Wilson, David
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: unselfish, behavior, psychology, evolution, others, unto
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 1999-10-01
List price: $25.50
ISBN-10: 0674930479
ISBN-13: 9780674930476

No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks--or so science has claimed for years. This book, whose publication promises to be a major scientific event, tells us differently. In Unto Others philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson demonstrate once and for all that unselfish behavior is in fact an important feature of both biological and human nature. Their book provides a panoramic view of altruism throughout the animal kingdom--from self-sacrificing parasites to insects that subsume themselves in the superorganism

Authors:Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis,
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Keywords: lewis, architecture, tsurumaki, opportunistic
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-08-30
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1568987102
ISBN-13: 9781568987101

What if the constraints and limitations of architecture became the catalyst for design invention? The award-winning young architecture firm Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis calls their answers to this question "opportunistic architecture." It is a design philosophy that transforms the typically restrictive conditions of architectural practice small budgets, awkward spaces, strict zoning into generators of architectural innovation. Often building portions of projects themselves, these architects seek to maximize their project’s impact through material fabrication and construction. Lewis.Tsurumaki.Le

Authors:Prof Franco Taroni, Prof Silvia Bozza, Dr Alex Biede
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: perspective, statistics, practice, decision, bayesian, analysis, forensic, science, data
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 2010-05-24
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0470998350
ISBN-13: 9780470998359

This is the first text to examine the use of statistical methods in forensic science and bayesian statistics in combination. The book is split into two parts: Part One concentrates on the philosophies of statistical inference. Chapter One examines the differences between the frequentist, the likelihood and the Bayesian perspectives, before Chapter Two explores the Bayesian decision-theoretic perspective further, and looks at the benefits it carries. Part Two then introduces the reader to the practical aspects involved: the application, interpretation, summary and presentation of

Authors:Jeffrey Spier, Prof. Herbert L Kessler, Prof. Steven
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: art, kimbell, museum, christian, bible, earliest, picturing
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2007-12-13
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0300116837
ISBN-13: 9780300116830

Picturing the Bible explores the vast tradition of Christian art at its very beginnings in the third century A.D., just as Christianity was emerging from its outlawed, clandestine status to become the state religion of the Roman Empire. What images did these Christians use to express their faith openly? Were they the first believers to part with Mosaic law by creating “graven images”? What Jewish and pagan sources, if any, did they look to for inspiration? When did they begin to depict the life of Jesus? This beautifully illustrated book takes up such questions, revealing the story of how C

Authors:Jeffrey Spier, Prof. Herbert L Kessler, Prof. Steven
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: art, kimbell, museum, christian, bible, earliest, picturing
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2009-01-06
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0300149344
ISBN-13: 9780300149340

"Picturing the Bible" explores the vast tradition of Christian art at its very beginnings in the third century A.D., just as Christianity was emerging from its outlawed, clandestine status to become the state religion of the Roman Empire. What images did these Christians use to express their faith openly? Were they the first believers to part with Mosaic law by creating ’graven images’? What Jewish and pagan sources, if any, did they look to for inspiration? When did they begin to depict the life of Jesus? This beautifully illustrated book takes up such questions, revealing the sto

Authors:Prof. Jonathan M. Bloom, Prof. Sheila S. Blair, Jona
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: power, faith, years, thousand, islam
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2002-02-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0300094221
ISBN-13: 9780300094220

In its first thousand years - from the revelations given to Muhammad in the 7th century to the great Islamic empires of the 16th - Islamic civilization flourished. While Europeans suffered through the Dark Ages, Muslims in such cities as Jerusalem, Damascus, Alexandria, Fez, Tunis, Cairo and Baghdad made remarkable advances in philosophy, science, medicine, literature and art. This work explores the first millennium of Islamic culture, seeking to shatter stereotypes and enlighten readers about the events and achievements that have shaped contemporary Islamic civilization. Jonathan Bloom and Sh