Michael Segre's Books

Radioactivity

History, Science, Vital Uses and Ominous Peril

By: Michael F. L'Annunziata

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Radioactivity

History, Science, Vital Uses and Ominous Peril

By: Michael F. L'Annunziata

Radioactivity: History, Science, Vital Uses and Ominous Peril, Third Edition provides an introduction to radioactivity, the building blocks of matter, the fundamental forces in nature, and the role of quarks and force carrier particles. This new edition adds material on the dichotomy between the peaceful applications of radioactivity and the threat to the continued existence of human life from the potential use of more powerful and sophisticated nuclear weapons. The book includes a current review of studies on the probability of nuclear war and treaties, nonproliferation and disarmament, along with historical insights into the achievements of over 100 pioneers and Nobel Laureates. Through multiple worked examples, the book answers many questions for the student, teacher and practitioner as to the origins, properties and practical applications of radioactivity in fields such as medicine, biological and environmental research, industry, safe nuclear power free of greenhouse gases and nuclear fusion. Ratings and Reviews of Previous Editions: CHOICE Magazine, July 2008: "This work provides an overview of the many interesting aspects of the science of radioactive decays, including in-depth chapters that offer reminiscences on the history and important personalities of the field...This book can be useful as supplemental reading or as a reference when developing course material for nuclear physics, nuclear engineering, or health physics lectures. Special attention has been given to a chapter on the role radioactivity plays in everyday life applications...Generally the book is well produced and will be a valuable resource...Many lectures can be lightened up by including material from this work. Summing up: RECOMMENDED. Upper division undergraduates through professionals; technical program students." U. Greife, Colorado School of Mines, USA "I found the biographical accounts of the various stalwarts of Physics inspirational. Most of them, if not all, had to overcome economic hardships or p[ersonal tragedies or had to do their groundbreaking work in the face of tyranny and war. The biographies also highlighted the high standards of moral convictions that the scientists had as they realized the grave implications of some of their work and the potential threats to humanity. This ought to inspire and motivate young men and women aspiring to be physicists. Even people who have been in the field for a while should find your book re-energizing. It certainly had that effect on me." -- Dr. Ramkumar Venkataraman, Canberra Industries, Inc., Meriden, CT, USA Winner of an Honorable Mention in the 2017 PROSE Awards in the category of Chemistry and Physics (https://proseawards.com/winners/2017-award-winners/ ) - Includes new content that explains the vital benefits that nuclear technology provides and the need to be aware and involved in worldwide efforts toward the reduction of nuclear weapon stockpiles and the elimination of the threat of nuclear weapons - Provides context and insights on key research over the past three centuries, placing radioactivity in real-world contexts - Supports learning via multiple solved problems that answer practical questions concerning nuclear decay, nuclear radiation and the interaction of nuclear radiation with matter

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1148

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323984479

ISBN 13

9780323984478

Algebraic Geometry

Notes on a Course

By: Michael Artin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Algebraic Geometry

Notes on a Course

By: Michael Artin

This book is an introduction to the geometry of complex algebraic varieties. It is intended for students who have learned algebra, analysis, and topology, as taught in standard undergraduate courses. So it is a suitable text for a beginning graduate course or an advanced undergraduate course. The book begins with a study of plane algebraic curves, then introduces affine and projective varieties, going on to dimension and constructibility. $mathcal{O}$-modules (quasicoherent sheaves) are defined without reference to sheaf theory, and their cohomology is defined axiomatically. The Riemann-Roch Theorem for curves is proved using projection to the projective line. Some of the points that aren't always treated in beginning courses are Hensel's Lemma, Chevalley's Finiteness Theorem, and the Birkhoff-Grothendieck Theorem. The book contains extensive discussions of finite group actions, lines in $mathbb{P}^3$, and double planes, and it ends with applications of the Riemann-Roch Theorem.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

332

Publisher

American Mathematical Society

Published Date

ISBN 10

1470468484

ISBN 13

9781470468484

Progress in Analysis and Its Applications

Proceedings of the 7th International ISAAC Congress, Imperial College, London, UK, 13-18 July 2009

By: Michael Ruzhansky,Jens Wirth

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Progress in Analysis and Its Applications

Proceedings of the 7th International ISAAC Congress, Imperial College, London, UK, 13-18 July 2009

By: Michael Ruzhansky,Jens Wirth

The International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation (ISAAC) has held its international congresses biennially since 1997. This proceedings volume reports on the progress in analysis, applications and computation in recent years as covered and discussed at the 7th ISAAC Congress. This volume includes papers on partial differential equations, function spaces, operator theory, integral transforms and equations, potential theory, complex analysis and generalizations, stochastic analysis, inverse problems, homogenization, continuum mechanics, mathematical biology and medicine. With over 500 participants from almost 60 countries attending the congress, the book comprises a broad selection of contributions in different topics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

668

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9814313165

ISBN 13

9789814313162

From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

By: Michael J. Klarman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

By: Michael J. Klarman

A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations. In a highly provocative interpretation of the decision's connection to the civil rights movement, Klarman argues that Brown was more important for mobilizing southern white opposition to racial change than for encouraging direct-action protest. Brown unquestioningly had a significant impact--it brought race issues to public attention and it mobilized supporters of the ruling. It also, however, energized the opposition. In this authoritative account of constitutional law concerning race, Michael Klarman details, in the richest and most thorough discussion to date, how and whether Supreme Court decisions do, in fact, matter.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

670

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195351673

ISBN 13

9780195351675

Medgar Evers

Mississippi Martyr

By: Michael Vinson Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Medgar Evers

Mississippi Martyr

By: Michael Vinson Williams

The sculptor Ed Hamilton presents information on his portrait bust of African-American civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963). Evers was murdered on June 12, 1963. He worked for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and campaigned to win equal rights for African Americans in the south. The bust was cast in bronze at Bright Foundry in Louisville, Kentucky. General Mills, Inc. commissioned the bust.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

473

Publisher

University of Arkansas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1557286469

ISBN 13

9781557286468

The Italian Wars 1494-1559

War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe

By: Christine Shaw,Michael Mallett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Italian Wars 1494-1559

War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe

By: Christine Shaw,Michael Mallett

The Italian Wars 1494–1559 outlines the major impact that these wars had, not just on the history of Italy, but on the history of Europe as a whole. It provides the first detailed account of the entire course of the wars, covering all the campaigns and placing the military conflicts in their political, diplomatic, social and economic contexts. Throughout the book, new developments in military tactics, the composition of armies, the balance between infantry and cavalry, and the use of firearms are described and analysed. How Italians of all sectors of society reacted to the wars and the inevitable political and social change that they brought about is also examined, offering a view of the wars from a variety of perspectives. Fully updated and containing a range of maps as well as a brand-new chapter on propaganda and images of war, this second edition of The Italian Wars 1494–1559 is essential reading for all students of Renaissance and military history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

559

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351725408

ISBN 13

9781351725408

Public Characters

The Politics of Reputation and Blame

By: James M. Jasper,Michael P. Young,Elke Zuern

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Characters

The Politics of Reputation and Blame

By: James M. Jasper,Michael P. Young,Elke Zuern

Heroes, villains, victims, and minions have been the building blocks of moral and political reputations throughout human history. In Public Characters, the authors look at visual images, music, and words to show the techniques by which these characters get constructed. They also trace the impact of these public characters in politics, including the 2016 triumph of Donald J. Trump through his ability to cast opponents as villains and minions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

321

Published Date

ISBN 10

0190050047

ISBN 13

9780190050047

The Conspiracy of the Good

Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000

By: Michael E. James

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Conspiracy of the Good

Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000

By: Michael E. James

The Conspiracy of the Good addresses nagging questions that are part of the public debate over schooling. Why do our public schools, especially those in poor and working-class communities of color, fail to live up to the promises of the American dream? Why do reforms, those standard items in political campaigns, fail to create meaningful change? This book argues that «progressive», well-meaning, good-hearted men and women, who often advocate «good intentions» in the name of «helping those in need», have ended up doing more harm than good. The Conspiracy of the Good explores how these «good intentions» go awry. Michael E. James argues that the core value of the American experience is conflict - not consensus - despite what mainstream historians have espoused over the last few decades.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

412

Publisher

Peter Lang

Published Date

ISBN 10

0820457795

ISBN 13

9780820457796

Exploring Corrections in America

By: John T. Whitehead,Mark Jones,Michael C. Braswell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Exploring Corrections in America

By: John T. Whitehead,Mark Jones,Michael C. Braswell

Exploring Corrections in America provides a thorough introduction to the topic of corrections in America. In addition to providing complete coverage of the history and structure of corrections, it offers a balanced account of the issues facing the field so that readers can arrive at informed opinions regarding the process of corrections in America. Each chapter is enhanced by an outline, "what you need to know," internet links, photos, boxes, "ethics focus," discussion questions, and further readings.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

662

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

143775547X

ISBN 13

9781437755473

Where to Watch Birds in Northern and Eastern Spain

By: Ernest Garcia,Michael Rebane

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Where to Watch Birds in Northern and Eastern Spain

By: Ernest Garcia,Michael Rebane

The definitive guide to finding birds in Northern and Eastern Spain. This region embraces an impressive range of habitats from the Pyrenees to the sun-drenched Catalan coast. As a consequence the area is rich in birdlife and full of potential for visiting birders. Almost 200 sites are described in this fully updated third edition, with full coverage of terms of habitat, access and the species to be seen. The accounts are illustrated by detailed maps and beautiful line drawings of selected species. Where to Watch Birds in Northern and Eastern Spain includes comprehensive coverage of all thirteen autonomous regions, a descriptive list of all the resident, visiting and rare birds to be found, as well as advice on watching seabirds from key sites like Estaca de Bares. This edition provides better coverage than ever to one of the most popular birding destinations in Europe.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

399

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1472936744

ISBN 13

9781472936745

Phylogeny and Ontogeny

By: Nicholas Cohen,M. Michael Sigel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Phylogeny and Ontogeny

By: Nicholas Cohen,M. Michael Sigel

This comprehensive treatise on the reticuloendothelial system is a project jointly shared by individual members of the Reticuloendothelial (RE) Society and bio medical scientists in general who are interested in the intricate system of cells and molecular moieties derived from these cells which constitute the RES. It may now be more fashionable in some quarters to consider these cells as part of what is called the mononuclear phagocytic system or the lymphoreticular system. Nevertheless, because of historical developments and current interest in the subject by investigators from many diverse areas, it seems advantageous to present in one comprehensive treatise current information and knowledge con cerning basic aspects of the RES, such as morphology, biochemistry, phylogeny and ontogeny, physiology, and pharmacology as well as clinical areas including immunopathology, cancer, infectious diseases, allergy, and hypersensitivity. It is anticipated that by presenting information concerning these apparently heterogeneous topics under the unifying umbrella of the RES attention will be focused on the similarities as well as interactions among the cell types constitut ing the RES from the viewpoint of various disciplines. The treatise editors and their editorial board, consisting predominantly of the editors of individual vol umes, are extremely grateful for the enthusiastic cooperation and enormous task undertaken by members of the biomedical community in general and especially by members of the American as well as European and Japanese Reticuloendothe lial Societies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

773

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1468441663

ISBN 13

9781468441666

Ramified Surfaces

On Branch Curves and Algebraic Geometry in the 20th Century

By: Michael Friedman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ramified Surfaces

On Branch Curves and Algebraic Geometry in the 20th Century

By: Michael Friedman

The book offers an extensive study on the convoluted history of the research of algebraic surfaces, focusing for the first time on one of its characterizing curves: the branch curve. Starting with separate beginnings during the 19th century with descriptive geometry as well as knot theory, the book focuses on the 20th century, covering the rise of the Italian school of algebraic geometry between the 1900s till the 1930s (with Federigo Enriques, Oscar Zariski and Beniamino Segre, among others), the decline of its classical approach during the 1940s and the 1950s (with Oscar Chisini and his students), and the emergence of new approaches with Boris Moishezon’s program of braid monodromy factorization. By focusing on how the research on one specific curve changed during the 20th century, the author provides insights concerning the dynamics of epistemic objects and configurations of mathematical research. It is in this sense that the book offers to take the branch curve as a cross-section through the history of algebraic geometry of the 20th century, considering this curve as an intersection of several research approaches and methods. Researchers in the history of science and of mathematics as well as mathematicians will certainly find this book interesting and appealing, contributing to the growing research on the history of algebraic geometry and its changing images.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3031057201

ISBN 13

9783031057205

Umberto Eco

Philosophy, Semiotics and the Work of Fiction

By: Michael Caesar

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Umberto Eco

Philosophy, Semiotics and the Work of Fiction

By: Michael Caesar

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of Umberto Eco - one of the most important writers in Europe today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

261

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0745665942

ISBN 13

9780745665948

Residential Segregation Patterns of Latinos in the United States, 1990–2000

By: Michael E Martin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Residential Segregation Patterns of Latinos in the United States, 1990–2000

By: Michael E Martin

This study of the 331 metropolitan area in the United States between 1990 and 2000 shows that Latinos are facing structural inequalities outside of the degree of African ancestry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

152

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135864527

ISBN 13

9781135864521

Accomplice to Evil

Iran and the War Against the West

By: Michael A. Ledeen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Accomplice to Evil

Iran and the War Against the West

By: Michael A. Ledeen

From Accomplice to Evil: "The world is simmering in the familiar rhetoric and actions of movements and regimes—from Hezbollah and al Qaeda to the Iranian Khomeinists and the Saudi Wahhabis—who swear to destroy us and others like us, and we are repeating the errors of the recent past. Like their 20th-century predecessors, they openly proclaim their intentions, and carry them out whenever and wherever they can. Like our 20th-century predecessors, we rarely take them seriously or act accordingly." Acknowledging the existence and actions of evil enemies means accepting that we are at war, and then designing and con duct - ing a strategy to win. Accomplice to Evil takes a com pre hensive look at the errors we have made in the past when dealing with a mounting enemy force, why we've refused to acknowledge the implications of a rising evil, and how we can defeat the forces that threaten us today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

Truman Talley Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429986700

ISBN 13

9781429986700

West European Communism and American Foreign Policy

By: Michael Arthur Ledeen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

West European Communism and American Foreign Policy

By: Michael Arthur Ledeen

The great vogue of Eurocommunism came to an end with the return of the French and Italian Communist Parties to positions of opposition to authority in the late 1970's, and the electoral confirmation that Spain's Communist Party would remain small. As the vogue of communism with a human face passed. The question of American policy toward Communists became far less pressing; yet the question will almost certainly require attention in the future. This is particularly true with respect to the Italian Communist Party, which remains powerful in numbers and flexible in policy. Michael Ledeen examines Communist Party participation in Western European governments since World War II, and the ambivalent American foreign policy toward it. He concentrates on the Italian Communist Party: its history and its relations with the Soviet Union. Togliatti, Secchia, Gramsci, Nenni are identified as the major players in Italian communist and socialist politics. The author explores in depth why the United States has been reluctant to become involved in internal Italian affairs, and how this policy posture has strongly influenced in the development of communism in Western Europe. Ledeen shows that the strategies of contemporary West European Communist Parties are now roughly similar to those of the immediate post-war period. He argues that American intellectuals are as uncritical of Eurocommunism as they were after the first flush of Allied victory in World War II, that the Carter administration's foreign policy was incoherent, and that the United States needs a consistent, ideological approach to communism--one that includes the capacity for action as well as reaction. Michael Ledeen is a senior associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University, and formerly taught history at Washington University. He was the founding editor of The Washington Quarterly, and is the author of, among other works, Grave New World; The First Duce: D'Annunzio at Fiume; and editor of U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

214

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1412841291

ISBN 13

9781412841290

Olive Processing Waste Management

Literature Review and Patent Survey

By: Michael Niaounakis,C.P. Halvadakis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Olive Processing Waste Management

Literature Review and Patent Survey

By: Michael Niaounakis,C.P. Halvadakis

Olive Processing Waste Management contains a comprehensive review of literature and patent survey concerning olive processing waste. Over 1,000 citations are presented. Wastes considered include olive cultivation solid waste, wastes arising from classical, three- and two-phase olive mills and wastes generated during table olive processing. In addition, information is presented concerning the management of spent olive oil (e.g. from cooking). The book is divided into five parts. Part I presents background information concerning the characterization of olive processing wastes, their environmental impacts if disposed untreated and the effect of utilised olive-mill technology on the quantity and quality of generated wastes. Part II presents physical, thermal, physico-chemical, biological and combined or miscellaneous processes for treating olive-mill wastes. Part III concerns information on utilization of such wastes with or without prior treatment. Part IV concentrates on table olive processing waste and presents information regarding its characterization, treatment and uses. Part V presents an economical and legislative overview regarding olive-mill waste. The book contains a bibliography, glossary of terms used in the text, subject, patent and author indices as well as pertinent internet sites and authorities. - Complete coverage of all available literature and patents concerning olive processing waste including economic and legislative issues - Critical review of up to date utilized processes concerning treatment and uses of such waste - Determination of research needs for further utilization of such wastes

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

515

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0080461808

ISBN 13

9780080461809

Bicomplex Holomorphic Functions

The Algebra, Geometry and Analysis of Bicomplex Numbers

By: M. Elena Luna-Elizarrarás,Michael Shapiro,Daniele C. Struppa,Adrian Vajiac

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bicomplex Holomorphic Functions

The Algebra, Geometry and Analysis of Bicomplex Numbers

By: M. Elena Luna-Elizarrarás,Michael Shapiro,Daniele C. Struppa,Adrian Vajiac

The purpose of this book is to develop the foundations of the theory of holomorphicity on the ring of bicomplex numbers. Accordingly, the main focus is on expressing the similarities with, and differences from, the classical theory of one complex variable. The result is an elementary yet comprehensive introduction to the algebra, geometry and analysis of bicomplex numbers. Around the middle of the nineteenth century, several mathematicians (the best known being Sir William Hamilton and Arthur Cayley) became interested in studying number systems that extended the field of complex numbers. Hamilton famously introduced the quaternions, a skew field in real-dimension four, while almost simultaneously James Cockle introduced a commutative four-dimensional real algebra, which was rediscovered in 1892 by Corrado Segre, who referred to his elements as bicomplex numbers. The advantages of commutativity were accompanied by the introduction of zero divisors, something that for a while dampened interest in this subject. In recent years, due largely to the work of G.B. Price, there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of these numbers and, more importantly, in the study of functions defined on the ring of bicomplex numbers, which mimic the behavior of holomorphic functions of a complex variable. While the algebra of bicomplex numbers is a four-dimensional real algebra, it is useful to think of it as a “complexification” of the field of complex numbers; from this perspective, the bicomplex algebra possesses the properties of a one-dimensional theory inside four real dimensions. Its rich analysis and innovative geometry provide new ideas and potential applications in relativity and quantum mechanics alike. The book will appeal to researchers in the fields of complex, hypercomplex and functional analysis, as well as undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in one- or multidimensional complex analysis.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

231

Publisher

Birkhäuser

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319248685

ISBN 13

9783319248684

Economics of Gender Inequality

A Collection of Stephan Klasen’s Work in Honor of his Academic Life

By: Michael Grimm,Isabel Günther

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Economics of Gender Inequality

A Collection of Stephan Klasen’s Work in Honor of his Academic Life

By: Michael Grimm,Isabel Günther

Stephan Klasen is considered one of the most distinguished scholars on gender economics in the 21st century. Over the past 25 years, he has tirelessly worked to understand the complex phenomena of gender inequality: From counting the number of missing women in the world and shedding light on why women go missing, to showing that leaving girls out of school not only deprives them, but also robs society of the opportunity to thrive on the talents of its entire population; from understanding why equal rights and rising incomes everywhere have not resulted in women participating more at work, to measuring gender inequality in its various dimensions. This volume, a collection of some of Stephan Klasen’s most important writings on the topic of gender inequality, honours his academic life and gives the reader an in-depth insight into both what we know and don’t (yet) know about the economics of gender inequality.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

491

Publisher

vdf Hochschulverlag AG

Published Date

ISBN 10

372813998X

ISBN 13

9783728139986

WineWise

Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine

By: Steven Kolpan,Brian H. Smith,Michael A. Weiss,The Culinary Culinary Institute of America

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

WineWise

Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine

By: Steven Kolpan,Brian H. Smith,Michael A. Weiss,The Culinary Culinary Institute of America

A new, revised and updated edition of the James Beard award-winning guide to wine from The Culinary Institute of America.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

389

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published Date

ISBN 10

0544334620

ISBN 13

9780544334625

Vampires in Italian Cinema, 1956-1975

By: Michael Guarneri

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Vampires in Italian Cinema, 1956-1975

By: Michael Guarneri

Demonstrates how and why the transnational figure of the vampire was appropriated by Italian genre filmmakers between 1956 and 1975.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1474458130

ISBN 13

9781474458139

Inventing Future Cities

By: Michael Batty

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Inventing Future Cities

By: Michael Batty

How we can invent—but not predict—the future of cities. We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machines. Neither the laws of economics nor the laws of mechanics apply; cities are the product of countless individual and collective decisions that do not conform to any grand plan. They are the product of our inventions; they evolve. In Inventing Future Cities, Michael Batty explores what we need to understand about cities in order to invent their future. Batty outlines certain themes—principles—that apply to all cities. He investigates not the invention of artifacts but inventive processes. Today form is becoming ever more divorced from function; information networks now shape the traditional functions of cities as places of exchange and innovation. By the end of this century, most of the world's population will live in cities, large or small, sometimes contiguous, and always connected; in an urbanized world, it will be increasingly difficult to define a city by its physical boundaries. Batty discusses the coming great transition from a world with few cities to a world of all cities; argues that future cities will be defined as clusters in a hierarchy; describes the future “high-frequency,” real-time streaming city; considers urban sprawl and urban renewal; and maps the waves of technological change, which grow ever more intense and lead to continuous innovation—an unending process of creative destruction out of which future cities will emerge.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

301

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262349906

ISBN 13

9780262349901

Bankruptcy Litigation Manual 2014-2015e

By: Cook,Michael L. Cook

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bankruptcy Litigation Manual 2014-2015e

By: Cook,Michael L. Cook

Every step in the business bankruptcy litigation process is covered in Aspen Publishers' Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, from the drafting of the first pleadings through the appellate process. In fact, by making the Bankruptcy Litigation Manual a part of your working library, you not only get detailed coverage of virtually all the topics and issues you must consider in any bankruptcy case, you also get field-tested answers to questions you confront every day, such as: How to stay continuing litigation against a corporate debtor's non-debtor officers? What are the limits on suing a bankruptcy trustee? Is the Deprizio Doctrine still alive? Does an individual debtor have an absolute right to convert a case from Chapter 7 to Chapter 13? What prohibitions exist on cross-collateralization in financing disputes? Are option contracts "executory" for bankruptcy purposes? When, and under what circumstances, may a bankruptcy court enjoin an administrative proceeding against a Chapter 11 debtor? What are the current standards for administrative priority claims? When must a creditor assert its setoff rights? When can a remand order issued by a district court be reviewed by a court of appeals? What are the limits on challenging pre-bankruptcy real property mortgage foreclosures as fraudulent transfers? Can an unsecured lender recover contract-based legal fees incurred in post- bankruptcy litigation on issues of bankruptcy law? Is there a uniform federal limitation on perfecting security interests that primes a longer applicable state law period, thus subjecting lenders to a preference attack? Do prior bankruptcy court orders bar a plaintiff's later state court suit and warrant removal of the action in federal court? Michael L. Cook, a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York and former long-time Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law, has gathered together some of the country's top bankruptcy litigators to contribute to Bankruptcy Litigation Manual.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1574

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1454843632

ISBN 13

9781454843634

Mathematics for Physics

A Guided Tour for Graduate Students

By: Michael Stone,Paul Goldbart

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mathematics for Physics

A Guided Tour for Graduate Students

By: Michael Stone,Paul Goldbart

An engagingly-written account of mathematical tools and ideas, this book provides a graduate-level introduction to the mathematics used in research in physics. The first half of the book focuses on the traditional mathematical methods of physics - differential and integral equations, Fourier series and the calculus of variations. The second half contains an introduction to more advanced subjects, including differential geometry, topology and complex variables. The authors' exposition avoids excess rigor whilst explaining subtle but important points often glossed over in more elementary texts. The topics are illustrated at every stage by carefully chosen examples, exercises and problems drawn from realistic physics settings. These make it useful both as a textbook in advanced courses and for self-study.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

821

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521854032

ISBN 13

9780521854030

The Eisenhower Years

By: Michael S. Mayer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Eisenhower Years

By: Michael S. Mayer

The 34th U.S. president to hold office, Dwight D. Eisenhower won America over with his irresistible I like Ike slogan. Bringing to the presidency his prestige as a commanding general during World War II, he worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the cold war. Pursuing the moderate policies of Modern Republicanism, he left a legacy of a stronger and more powerful nation. From his crucial role in support of Brown v. Board of Education to the National Defense Education Act, The Eisenhower Years provides a well-balanced study of these politically charged years. Biographical entries on key figures of the Eisenhower era, such as Allen W. Dulles, Joseph R. McCarthy, and Rosa Parks, combine with speeches such as the Military Industrial Complex speech, the Open Skies proposal, the disturbance at Little Rock address, Eisenhower Doctrine, and his speech after the Soviet launch of Sputnik to give an in-depth look at the executive actions of this administration.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1025

Publisher

Infobase Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438119089

ISBN 13

9781438119083

Advancing the Civil Rights Movement

Race and Geography of Life Magazine's Visual Representation, 1954–1965

By: Michael DiBari

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Advancing the Civil Rights Movement

Race and Geography of Life Magazine's Visual Representation, 1954–1965

By: Michael DiBari

Advancing the Civil Rights Movement: Race and Geography of Life Magazine's Visual Representation, 1954–1965 examines the way Life Magazine covered the civil rights movement visually and geographically. Michael Dibari addresses Life's visual impact and representation in the struggle for equal rights.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

149

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498531547

ISBN 13

9781498531542

An Aristocracy of Color

Race and Reconstruction in California and the West, 1850-1890

By: D. Michael Bottoms

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Aristocracy of Color

Race and Reconstruction in California and the West, 1850-1890

By: D. Michael Bottoms

In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically different drama emerged, particularly in multiracial, multiethnic California. State elections in California to ratify Reconstruction-era amendments to the U.S. Constitution raised the question of whether extending suffrage to black Californians might also lead to the political participation of thousands of Chinese immigrants. As historian D. Michael Bottoms shows in An Aristocracy of Color, many white Californians saw in this and other Reconstruction legislation a threat to the fragile racial hierarchy they had imposed on the state’s legal system during the 1850s. But nonwhite Californians—blacks and Chinese in particular—recognized an unprecedented opportunity to reshape the state’s race relations. Drawing on court records, political debates, and eyewitness accounts, Bottoms brings to life the monumental battle that followed. Bottoms begins by analyzing white Californians’ mid-century efforts to prohibit nonwhite testimony against whites in court. Challenges to these laws by blacks and Chinese during Reconstruction followed a trajectory that would be repeated in later contests. Each minority challenged the others for higher status in court, at the polls, in education, and elsewhere, employing stereotypes and ideas of racial difference popular among whites to argue for its own rightful place in “civilized” society. Whites contributed to the melee by occasionally yielding to blacks in order to keep the Chinese and California Indians at a disadvantage. These dynamics reverberated in other state legal systems throughout the West in the mid- to late 1800s and nationwide in the twentieth century. As An Aristocracy of Color reveals, Reconstruction outside of the South briefly promised an opportunity for broader equality but in the end strengthened and preserved the racial hierarchy that favored whites.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

292

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806188863

ISBN 13

9780806188867

American Neighborhoods and Residential Differentiation

By: Michael J. White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Neighborhoods and Residential Differentiation

By: Michael J. White

Residential patterns are reflections of social structure; to ask, "who lives in which neighborhoods," is to explore a sorting-out process that is based largely on socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and life cycle characteristics. This benchmark volume uses census data, with its uniquely detailed information on small geographic areas, to bring into focus the familiar yet often vague concept of neighborhood. Michael White examines nearly 6,000 census tracts (approximating neighborhoods) in twenty-one representative metropolitan areas, from Atlanta to Salt Lake City, Newark to San Diego. The availability of statistics spanning several decades and covering a wide range of demographic characteristics (including age, race, occupation, income, and housing quality) makes possible a rich analysis of the evolution and implications of differences among neighborhoods. In this complex mosaic, White finds patterns and traces them over time—showing, for example, how racial segregation has declined modestly while socioeconomic segregation remains constant, and how population diffusion gradually affects neighborhood composition. His assessment of our urban settlement system also illuminates the social forces that shape contemporary city life and the troubling policy issues that plague it. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

Russell Sage Foundation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1610445589

ISBN 13

9781610445580

Defining Community in Early Modern Europe

By: Michael J. Halvorson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Defining Community in Early Modern Europe

By: Michael J. Halvorson

Numerous historical studies use the term "community'" to express or comment on social relationships within geographic, religious, political, social, or literary settings, yet this volume is the first systematic attempt to collect together important examples of this varied work in order to draw comparisons and conclusions about the definition of community across early modern Europe. Offering a variety of historical and theoretical approaches, the sixteen original essays in this collection survey major regions of Western Europe, including France, Geneva, the German Lands, Italy and the Spanish Empire, the Netherlands, England, and Scotland. Complementing the regional diversity is a broad spectrum of religious confessions: Roman Catholic communities in France, Italy, and Germany; Reformed churches in France, Geneva, and Scotland; Lutheran communities in Germany; Mennonites in Germany and the Netherlands; English Anglicans; Jews in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands; and Muslim converts returning to Christian England. This volume illuminates the variety of ways in which communities were defined and operated across early modern Europe: as imposed by community leaders or negotiated across society; as defined by belief, behavior, and memory; as marked by rigid boundaries and conflict or by flexibility and change; as shaped by art, ritual, charity, or devotional practices; and as characterized by the contending or overlapping boundaries of family, religion, and politics. Taken together, these chapters demonstrate the complex and changeable nature of community in an era more often characterized as a time of stark certainties and inflexibility. As a result, the volume contributes a vital resource to the ongoing efforts of scholars to understand the creation and perpetuation of communities and the significance of community definition for early modern Europeans.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

135194567X

ISBN 13

9781351945677

Time for Science Education

How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion can Contribute to Science Literacy

By: Michael Matthews

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Time for Science Education

How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion can Contribute to Science Literacy

By: Michael Matthews

The book's argument depends, as do most proposals in education, upon cer tain positions in the philosophy of education. I believe that education should be primarily concerned with developing understanding, with initiation into worth while traditions of intellectual achievement, and with developing capacities for clear, analytic and critical thought. These have been the long-accepted goals of liberal education. In a liberal education, students should come to know and appre ciate a variety of disciplines, know them at an appropriate depth, see the interconnectedness of the disciplines, or the modes of thought, and finally have some critical disposition toward what is being learned, to be genuinely open minded about intellectual things. These liberal goals are contrasted with goals such as professional training, job preparation, promotion of self-esteem, social engineering, entertainment, or countless other putative purposes of schooling that are enunciated by politicians, administrators, and educators. The book's argument might be consistent with other views of education especially ones about the training of specialists (sometimes called a professional view of education)-but the argument fits best with a liberal view of education. The liberal hope has always been that if education is done well, then other per sonal and social goods will follow. The development of informed, critical, and moral capacities is the cornerstone for personal and social achievements.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

459

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

9401139946

ISBN 13

9789401139946

Unfinished Business

Racial Equality in American History

By: Michael J. Klarman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Unfinished Business

Racial Equality in American History

By: Michael J. Klarman

Michael J. Klarman, author of From Jim Crow to Civil Rights, which won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American History, is one of the leading authorities on the history of civil rights law in the United States. In Unfinished Business, he illuminates the course of racial equality in America, revealing that we have made less progress than we like to think. Indeed, African Americans have had to fight for everything they have achieved.Klarman highlights a variety of social and political factors that have influenced the path of racial progress--wars, migrations, urbanization, shifting political coalitions--and he looks in particular at the contributions of law and of court decisions to American equality. The author argues that court decisions tend to reflect the racial mores of the times, which is why the Supreme Court has not been a heroic defender of the rights of racial minorities. And even when the Court has promoted progressive racial change, its decisions have often been unenforced, in part because severely oppressed groups rarely have the resources necessary to force the issue. Klarman also sheds light on the North/South dynamic and how it has influenced racial progress, arguing that as southerners have become more anxious about outside challenges to their system of white supremacy, they have acted in ways that eventually undermined that system. For example, as southern slave owners demanded greater guarantees for slavery from the federal government, they alienated northerners, who came to fear a slave power conspiracy that would interfere with their liberties.Unfinished Business offers an invaluable, succinct account of racial equality and civil rights throughout American history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

262

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195304284

ISBN 13

9780195304282

Algebraic Complexity Theory

By: Peter Bürgisser,Michael Clausen,Mohammad A. Shokrollahi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Algebraic Complexity Theory

By: Peter Bürgisser,Michael Clausen,Mohammad A. Shokrollahi

The algorithmic solution of problems has always been one of the major concerns of mathematics. For a long time such solutions were based on an intuitive notion of algorithm. It is only in this century that metamathematical problems have led to the intensive search for a precise and sufficiently general formalization of the notions of computability and algorithm. In the 1930s, a number of quite different concepts for this purpose were pro posed, such as Turing machines, WHILE-programs, recursive functions, Markov algorithms, and Thue systems. All these concepts turned out to be equivalent, a fact summarized in Church's thesis, which says that the resulting definitions form an adequate formalization of the intuitive notion of computability. This had and continues to have an enormous effect. First of all, with these notions it has been possible to prove that various problems are algorithmically unsolvable. Among of group these undecidable problems are the halting problem, the word problem theory, the Post correspondence problem, and Hilbert's tenth problem. Secondly, concepts like Turing machines and WHILE-programs had a strong influence on the development of the first computers and programming languages. In the era of digital computers, the question of finding efficient solutions to algorithmically solvable problems has become increasingly important. In addition, the fact that some problems can be solved very efficiently, while others seem to defy all attempts to find an efficient solution, has called for a deeper under standing of the intrinsic computational difficulty of problems.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

630

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3662033380

ISBN 13

9783662033388

Hypoparathyroidism, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

By: Michael A. Levine

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hypoparathyroidism, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

By: Michael A. Levine

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, edited by Dr. Michael A. Levine, will focus on Hypoparathyroidism. Topics include, but are not limited to, Signs and symptoms of hypoparathyroidism, Embryology of the parathyroid glands, Physiology of parathyroid hormone, Epidemiology of hypoparathyroidism, Surgical hypoparathyroidism, Medical hypoparathyroidism, Genetic disorders of parathyroid development and function, Autoimmune hypoparathyroidism, Skeletal Manifestations of hypoparathyroidism, Renal manifestations of hypoparathyroidism, Quality of life and other targets of hypoparathyroidism, Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Conventional treatment of hypoparathyroidism, and New Directions in Treatment.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323642411

ISBN 13

9780323642415

Book's by Michael Segre

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email