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Theory That Would Not Die How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

McGrayne Bertsch Sharon

ISBN: PB: 9780300188226, Yale University Press, September 2012
336 pp., 23.1x15.5 cm

Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, "The Theory That Would Not Die" is the riveting account of how a seemingly simple theorem ignited one of the greatest scientific controversies of all time. Bay...

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Anthropology

History

Hawking Incorporated Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject

Mialet Helene

ISBN: PB: 9780226522289, ISBN: HB: 9780226522265, University of Chicago Press, July 2012
272 pp., 23x15 cm, 14 halftones

These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. One wonders where the individual, the pe...

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Ecology

Mammals

Extreme Measures The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals

McNab Brian K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226561233, ISBN: HB: 9780226561226, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 7 halftones, 97 line illus.

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals – the most energy-inten...

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Physics

Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory

Malament David B.

ISBN: HB: 9780226502458, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
304 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 halftones, 30 line illus.

In "Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory", David B. Malament presents the basic logical-mathematical structure of general relativity and considers a number of special topics concerning the foundations of ge...

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Mathematics

More Concise Algebraic Topology Localization, Completion, and Model Categories

May J. P., Ponto K.

ISBN: HB: 9780226511788, University of Chicago Press, January 2012
544 pp., 23x15 cm

With firm foundations dating only from the 1950s, algebraic topology is a relatively young area of mathematics. There are very few textbooks that treat fundamental topics beyond a first course, and many topics now essential to the field are not treat...

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Birds

Flight of the Golden Plover The Amazing Migration Between Hawaii and Alaska

Miller Debbie S.

ISBN: PB: 9781602231511, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2011
32 pp., 20.5x25.5 cm, colour illus.

The remarkable story of the golden plover's annual migration, this beautifully illustrated nature title for young readers sees the small but mighty plover embark on a six-thousand-mile flight between the frozen Alaska tundra and gentle grassy slopes...

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History

Between Raphael and Galileo Mutio Oddi and the Mathematical Culture of Late Renaissance Italy

Marr Alexander

ISBN: HB: 9780226506289, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
384 pp., 25.9x18.5 cm, 25 halftones, 55 colour illus.

Although largely unknown today, during his lifetime Mutio Oddi of Urbino (1569-1639) was a highly esteemed scholar, teacher, and practitioner of a wide range of disciplines related to mathematics. A prime example of the artisan-scholar so prevalent i...

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Mammals

Ecology

Amboseli Elephants A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal

Moss Cynthia J., Croze Harvey, Lee Phyllis C.

ISBN: HB: 9780226542232, University of Chicago Press, March 2011
400 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 119 line drawings, 50 tables, 88 halftones

Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe; Hannibal used them in warfare; and John Donne called the elephant "Nature's greatest masterpiece... The only harmless great thing". Their ivory has been sought after an...

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Evolution

Biology's First Law The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems

McShea Daniel W., Brandon Robert N.

ISBN: PB: 9780226562261, ISBN: HB: 9780226562254, University of Chicago Press, July 2010
184 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 line drawings, 1 table, 2 halftones

Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation: adaptation – the marvelous fit between organism and environment; diversity – the great variety of organisms; and complexity – the enormous intricacy of their internal...

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Earth Sciences

Ecology

Powers That Be Global Energy for the Twenty-first Century and Beyond

Montgomery Scott L.

ISBN: HB: 9780226535005, University of Chicago Press, July 2010
408 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 table, 12 halftones

Thirty years ago, our global energy landscape did not look remarkably different from what it does today. Three or four decades from now, it certainly will: dwindling oil reserves will clash with skyrocketing demand, as developing nations around the w...

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