Author: William J. Baumol
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: origins, applications, microtheory
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1986-07-08
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0262022451
ISBN-13: 9780262022453
This volume of seventeen previously published essays by William J. Baumol brings together work on the theory of contestable markets, welfare theory, antitrust, pricing, and the history of economic thought. Written between 1971 and 1983, they have sparked productive extensions and criticism in microeconomic theory and provide an engaging intellectual history of one of the leading figures in the field of economics. Baumol introduces each of the book’s four parts, presenting his subsequent views on the subjects covered in the reprinted articles, including some important amendments. The b
Author: George Whipple
Publisher: Guernica Editions Inc.
Keywords: poets, essential, origins
Number of Pages: 74
Published: 2003-06
List price: $10.00
ISBN-10: 1550711601
ISBN-13: 9781550711608
Haunting and memorable, the poems in this collection exhibit a sensuous command of language. They are written in the new formalism, a refreshing change from the spate of free verse that has lately dominated the poetry scene. In each poem, Whipple plays with assonance, rhythm, and intermittent rhyme to intensify his meaning.
Author: Deborah Welch Larson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: containment, origins
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1989-01-01
List price: $46.00
ISBN-10: 0691023034
ISBN-13: 9780691023038
Author: Tom Yulsman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: roots, cosmic, quest, origins
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-12-06
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 075030765X
ISBN-13: 9780750307659
With stunning regularity, the search for our cosmic roots has been yielding remarkable new discoveries about the universe and our place in it. In his compelling book, Origins: The Quest for Our Cosmic Roots, veteran science journalist Tom Yulsman chronicles the latest discoveries and describes in clear and engaging terms what they mean.From the interior of protons to the outer reaches of the universe, and from the control room of one of the world’s most powerful particle accelerators to an observatory atop the tallest mountain in the Pacific basin, Yulsman takes readers on a fantastic vo
Author: Robert Ornstein
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Keywords: think, way, origins, consciousness, evolution
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1992-11-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0671792245
ISBN-13: 9780671792244
Based on his life’s research, the author of the bestseller The Psychology of Consciousness provides a provocative look at the evolution of the mind. He explains that we are not rational but adaptive, and that it is Darwin, not Freud, who is the central scientist of the brain. Photographs and line art throughout.
Author: Reza Asla
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperback
Keywords: god, islam, future, evolution, origins
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-01-10
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0812971892
ISBN-13: 9780812971897
Though it is the fastest-growing religion in the world, Islam remains shrouded in ignorance and fear for much of the West. In No god but God, Reza Aslan, an internationally acclaimed scholar of religions, explains this faith in all its beauty and complexity. Beginning with a vivid account of the social and religious milieu in which the Prophet Muhammad forged his message, Aslan paints a portrait of the first Muslim community as a radical experiment in religious pluralism and social egalitarianism. He demonstrates how, after the Prophet’s death, his successors attempted to interpret his messa
Author: Olga H. Ganki
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Keywords: third, international, origins, war, world, bolsheviks
Number of Pages: 874
Published: 1940-06-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0804703450
ISBN-13: 9780804703451
