An important reappraisal of the image of St Francis as it was recorded in literature, documents, architecture and art. Highly... Læs mere
Hilbert's Tenth Problem - to find an algorithm to determine whether a polynomial equation in several variables with integer... Læs mere
By the end of the twentieth century some nine million people of South Asian descent had left India, Bangladesh or Pakistan and settled in different... Læs mere
This study provides the first comprehensive discussion of conservation in Nazi Germany. It describes how the German conservation movement... Læs mere
David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1748, is a concise statement of Hume's central philosophical... Læs mere
This book, first published in 2007, offers a comparative analysis of the performance of the chemical industry in the age of the petrochemical revolution in eleven chemical-producing nations, including all of the leaders in this area as well as some of the important followers.
Using examples from a range of scientific controversies, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians and citizens - to... Læs mere
This introduction to Being and Time takes the reader through the work, examining its detail and explaining the language which Heidegger uses. It makes Being and... Læs mere
The positive and negative impacts of globalization on fish, fisheries and their management are investigated here. Discussing the social and ecological effects... Læs mere
Presents in translation a selection of the evidence for the cities and other states of ancient Greece, focusing primarily on political institutions and political... Læs mere
Book VIII of Herodotus' Histories covers the early part of the unsuccessful invasion of Greece by Xerxes, king of Persia. Its centre-piece is the unexpected but crucial... Læs mere
This book analyzes the new phenomenon of international organizations assuming the powers of a national government in order to reform political institutions. After reviewing the... Læs mere