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Mathematics for Economists Made Simple

Vinogradov Viatcheslav V.

ISBN: PB: 9788024616575, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2010
364 pp., 23x15 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! As the field of economics becomes ever more specialized and complicated, so does the mathematics required of economists. With "Mathematics for Economists", expert mathematician Viatcheslav...

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Earth Sciences

Treasures of the Earth Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future

Ali Saleem H.

ISBN: PB: 9780300167825, Yale University Press, September 2010
304 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 21 black&white illus.

Would the world be a better place if human societies were somehow able to curb their desires for material goods? Saleem Ali's pioneering book links human wants and needs by providing a natural history of consumption and materialism with scientific de...

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History

Osiris, Volume 25 Expertise: Practical Knowledge and the Early Modern State

Ash Eric H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226029399, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
350 pp., 25.5x17.5 cm

This newest annual edition of "Osiris" brings together a variety of scholars to consider a topic of increasing interest in the history of science: expertise. Focusing specifically on the role expertise has played in the support, legitimation, and gro...

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Astronomy

Three Steps to the Universe From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter

Garfinkle David, Garfinkle Richard

ISBN: PB: 9780226283487, ISBN: HB: 9780226283463, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones

If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? Gravitational physicist David Garfinkle and his brother, science fiction writer Richard Garfinkle, tackle thes...

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Evolution

Nature

Orchard Invisible A Natural History of Seeds

Silvertown Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9780226757742, ISBN: HB: 9780226757735, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
224 pp., 21.5x13 cm, 21 halftones

The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of lif...

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Evolution

Nature

Forest Primeval The Geologic History of Wood and Petrified Forests

Hickey Leo J.

ISBN: PB: 9780912532646, Yale University Press, August 2010
62 pp., 21x14 cm, 22 black&white illus.

Wood: perhaps no natural material has been used longer by man, and none seems more suited to human tastes and needs. Its properties are the result of a long evolutionary history as an integral part of the earth's forests. This story describes what it...

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Mammals

Ecology

Mind of the Chimpanzee Ecological and Experimental Perspectives

Lonsdorf Elizabeth V., Ross Stephen R., Matsuzawa Tetsuro

ISBN: PB: 9780226492797, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
464 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 31 line drawings, 19 tables, 144 halftones

Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, and behave".The Mind of the Chimpanzee" brings tog...

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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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Earth Sciences

Weather on the Air A History of Broadcast Meteorology

Henson Robert

ISBN: HB: 9781878220981, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, July 2010
304 pp., 23x18 cm, 75 halftones, 16 colour illus.

From low humor to high drama, TV weather reporting has encompassed an enormous range of styles and approaches, triggering chuckles, infuriating the masses, and at times even saving lives. In "Weather on the Air", meteorologist and science journalist...

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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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