princeton university press jul 2010 (13 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'A Certain Ambiguity is an amazing narrative that glows with a vivid sense of the beauty and wonder of mathematics.'--Martin Gardner.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Political theorists have long been frustrated by Nietzsche's work. Although he develops profound critiques of morality, culture, and religion, it is very difficult to spell out the precise political implications of his insights. He himself never did so in any systematic way. In this book, Tamsin Shaw claims that there is a reason for this: Nietzsche's insights entail a distinctive form of political skepticism.Shaw argues that the modern political predicament, for Nietzsche, is shaped by two important historical phenomena. The first is secularization, or the erosion of religious belief, and the fragmentation of moral life that it entails. The second is the unparalleled ideological power of the modern state. The promotion of Nietzsche's own values, Shaw insists, requires resistance to state ideology. But Nietzsche cannot envisage how these values might themselves provide a stable basis for political authority; this is because secular societies, lacking recognized normative expertise, also lack a reliable mechanism for making moral insight politically effective.In grappling with this predicament, Shaw claims, Nietzsche raises profound questions about political legitimacy and political authority in the modern world.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'A great book for anyone wanting to know what it's like to be on the front lines of a mission to perhaps the most fascinating planetary body in the solar system. Lorenz and Mitton bring home the fact that planetary exploration is not a faceless enterprise done by anonymous men in white coats, but a personal adventure carried along by real people with real charisma, real quirks, and real lives.'--Mike Brown, California Institute of Technology.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'I believe this guide to be a major contribution to the field of tropical botany. Until now, no such book existed, and the topic is of clear interest and importance to botanists, ecologists, and conservation biologists. This book, with its excellent images of seeds, should be of great use. There are no competitors.'--John Kricher, author of A Neotropical Companion.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'This is a book by a political scientist that goes well beyond the political-science literature on constitutional courts and constitutional adjudication. Robertson sees new types of constitutions emerging that are not just legal documents structuring the political system, but are designed to give binding force to those values to which a society aspires, in most cases after a deep break in their history. This is a remarkable piece of research.'--Dieter Grimm, Humboldt University of Berlin and Yale Law School.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This classic book is an introduction to dynamic programming, presented by the scientist who coined the term and developed the theory in its early stages. In 'Dynamic Programming,' Richard E. Bellman introduces his groundbreaking theory and furnishes a new and versatile mathematical tool for the treatment of many complex problems, both within and outside of the discipline.The book is written at a moderate mathematical level, requiring only a basic foundation in mathematics, including calculus. The applications formulated and analyzed in such diverse fields as mathematical economics, logistics, scheduling theory, communication theory, and control processes are as relevant today as they were when Bellman first presented them. A new introduction by Stuart Dreyfus reviews Bellman's later work on dynamic programming and identifies important research areas that have profited from the application of Bellman's theory.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Even as innovative entrepreneurship has emerged as the goal for policymakers around the globe, economists have struggled to find its proper place in microtheory. No more. In this pathbreaking new book, William Baumol provides the blueprint for understanding the crucial role of entrepreneurship and its contribution to innovation and ultimately economic growth. This lively and thoughtful book highlights the distinct role entrepreneurs play in the economy and reveals why the entrepreneur can no longer remain the invisible man in economic theory.'--David B. Audretsch, author of The Entrepreneurial Society.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'With his economics of singularities, Lucien Karpik has given researchers even more than a masterpiece of economic sociology. He introduces new methods, new concepts, and new results. He shows how the differences between markets are more important than their similarities, and how our approach to markets should deal first and foremost with qualities. This book puts economics back on the road toward generality!'--Olivier Favereau, Université Paris X and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'The New Dynamic Public Finance uses the tools of dynamic contract theory to provide interesting and exciting new insights about long-standing topics in tax design. These lectures, by one of the creators of this field, deliver an accessible introduction to key questions and methods, as well a carefully considered analysis of emerging issues and future research opportunities. This volume is sure to become a standard reference.'--James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, president of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Short and comprehensive, this book is appropriate for novices of polynomial chaos. Many diverse fields are adopting this method, and this book can be used for first-year graduate studies as well as senior undergraduate courses. The book includes important new developments, such as non-Gaussian processes and stochastic collocation methods.'--George Karniadakis, Brown University.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'This well-organized book is an extensive and complete introduction to graph theoretic methods in the context of multiagent and multivehicle cooperative networks. The presentation of the material is elegant and in addition to basic results, the book includes new topics not commonly found in the literature. Ideal for graduate students and researchers, the book represents a significant contribution to the emerging field of cooperative control and consensus.'--Randy Beard, Brigham Young University.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Encyclopedic in scope, this book achieves an excellent balance between the theoretical and physical approaches to the subject. It coherently leads the reader from first-principle definitions, through a combination of physical and mathematical arguments, to the full derivation of many fundamental results. The vast amount of material and impeccable choice of topics make it an invaluable reference.'--Eduardo Dueñez, University of Texas, San Antonio.