Authors:Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw,
Publisher: Free Pre
Keywords: economy, world, battle, heights, commanding
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2002-04-02
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 068483569X
ISBN-13: 9780684835693

The "commanding heights," according to Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and international business advisor Joseph Stanislaw, are those dominant enterprises and industries that form the high economic ground in nations around the globe. In their analysis of the new world economy, The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, they examine "the individuals, the ideas, the conflicts, and the turning points" that are responsible. And by considering events such as the ongoing Asian monetary crisis, they suggest what the ultimate interc

Author: Stanislaw H. Zak
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: technology, engineering, control, systems
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 2002-12-19
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 0195150112
ISBN-13: 9780195150117

Systems and Control presents modeling, analysis, and control of dynamical systems. Introducing students to the basics of dynamical system theory and supplying them with the tools necessary for control system design, it emphasizes design and demonstrates how dynamical system theory fits into practical applications. Classical methods and the techniques of postmodern control engineering are presented in a unified fashion, demonstrating how the current tools of a control engineer can supplement more classical tools. Broad in scope, Systems and Control shows the multidisciplinary role of dynamics a

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: fiasco
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1988-03-15
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0156306301
ISBN-13: 9780156306300

The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads them into a nightmare of misunderstanding. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Keywords: voice, master
Number of Pages: 199
Published: 1999-11-25
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0810117312
ISBN-13: 9780810117310

A witty and inventive satire of "men of science" and their thinking, as a team of scientists races to decode a mysterious message from space. "I had the feeling that I was standing at the cradle of a new mythology. A last will and testament...we as the posthumous heirs of Them..."A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: earth, peace
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-12-04
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 015602814X
ISBN-13: 9780156028141

Ijon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left brain can’t remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won’t tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides. Translated by Elinor Ford with Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: cyberiad
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2002-12-16
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0156027593
ISBN-13: 9780156027595

Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. “The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe” (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr—z. Translated by Michael Kandel.

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: magnitude, imaginary
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1985-10-28
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0156441802
ISBN-13: 9780156441803

These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create "pornograms," and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of "bitistics." "Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a googleplex of variations on his basic themes" (New York Times Book Review). Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book