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The What Are the Odds?: A Statistical Guide to Certainty in an Uncertain World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Using real-world examples, from brewing beer to finding a lost submarine, What Are the Odds? illuminates the core concepts of statistical thinking, asking not just what the data... Læs mere
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After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The thirteenth-century Persian poet and scholar Rumi is revered to this day. Jamal J. Elias sheds light on the Sufi community he founded: the Mevlevis, whose... Læs mere
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Poor Relief: Why Giving People Money Is Not the Answer to Global Poverty (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
It is widely believed that distributing cash to people in poverty is the best way to help them while avoiding paternalism. Heath... Læs mere
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A World of Resistance: India and the Global Antibiotic Crisis (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
India is the center of the global antibiotic resistance crisis. Examining the enormous social and environmental costs of overreliance on... Læs mere
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The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Highest Exam provides a detailed, research-driven survey of the gaokao, China’s high-stakes college entrance exam. Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li—past... Læs mere
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John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Between 1850 and 1920, western states instituted more than five thousand laws marginalizing Chinese residents and... Læs mere
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Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry: How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Foreign capital can catalyze economic growth in developing countries but can also be a... Læs mere
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Between Fixed and Fickle: Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Killing and cheating seem obviously wrong, yet such moral infractions are common. So is morality selfish or irrational? “No,” says psychologist... Læs mere
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The Menologion of Basil II (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Menologion of Basil II, one of the most famous manuscripts surviving from Byzantium, contains short narratives to be read during the morning office to commemorate the... Læs mere
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The Works of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Hrotsvit, who lived at the convent of Gandersheim in Saxony in the tenth century, is the first Latin dramatist since late antiquity whose work survives. Her plays... Læs mere
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Friction: A Biography (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Friction, the force that resists motion, has shaped technological progress for millennia. Jennifer Vail shows how the quest to master friction has driven innovation, culture, and... Læs mere
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The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought, 1935–1960 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In the 1930s and 1940s, Caribbean and West African newspapers nurtured anticolonial movements through... Læs mere
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