Culture is a unique and fascinating aspect of the human species. How did it emerge and how does it develop? Richard Dawkins suggested culture evolves and that memes are cultural replicators, subject to variation and selection in the same way as genes... Zobraziť viac
Edited by an international team of leading scholars, The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology is the first major reference work devoted to this growing field. The Handbook's 46 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time, and written... Zobraziť viac
The process of user-centered innovation: how it can benefit both users and manufacturers and how its emergence will bring changes in business models and in public policy.Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in... Zobraziť viac
An exhaustive history of the human cranium and a guide to how each part of it functions. Zobraziť viac
The problem of universals is one of the most fascinating and enduring topics in the history of metaphysics, with roots in ancient and medieval philosophy. The contributors to this book provide a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the... Zobraziť viac
This advanced text introduces the principles of noncooperative game theory in a direct and uncomplicated style that will acquaint students with the broad spectrum of the field while highlighting and explaining what they need to know at any given point. Zobraziť viac
This textbook is an introduction to econometrics from the Bayesian viewpoint. New material includes a chapter on semiparametric regression and new sections on the ordinal probit, item response, factor analysis, ARCH-GARCH and stochastic volatility... Zobraziť viac
An accessible guide to the multivariate time series tools used in numerous real-world applications... Zobraziť viac
Provides detailed coverage of historical discoveries in cosmology, such as the expansion of the universe, the Big Bang theory and the cosmic background radiation. The book also examines erroneous theories, and includes sections on some modern and still... Zobraziť viac
Showcases current advances in our understanding of the evolution of the mammalian order Carnivora. Zobraziť viac
This refreshingly original book links the postmodern critique of notions such as "reality" and "truth" with approaches to knowledge found in science and technology studies (STS), a field also discontent with traditional epistemology. Exploring STS... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a comprehensive description of the landscape-ecological planning system LANDEP, and introduces the methodical procedure. LANDEP was developed at the Institute of Landscape Ecology of Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and has... Zobraziť viac
The result of years of experience by experts in extrusion technology, Extruders in Food Applications brings together practical experience and in-depth knowledge of extrusion cooking technology. The book summarizes basic considerations for the... Zobraziť viac
General reviews on the methods of science, influence of scale, and the main features of freshwater systems. Coverage of several fundamental and applied ecological questions. Zobraziť viac
This book provides an overview of the diverse biological functions of integrins, including: The structure and functions of integrin cytoplasmic domains, the role of b2 integrins in leukocyte adhesion, the role of platelet membrane fibrinogen receptor... Zobraziť viac
An alphabetically organized, illustrated biographical dictionary covering the work of over 1500 key scientists from 40 countries. Zobraziť viac
There are few textbooks of mathematics as well-known as HardyâEUR(TM)s Pure Mathematics. Since publication in 1908, successive generations of budding mathematicians have turned to this classic work. This Centenary edition includes a Foreword by T. W.... Zobraziť viac
Marcus Giaquinto tells the compelling story of one of the great intellectual adventures of the modern era: the attempt to find firm foundations for mathematics. From the late nineteenth century to the present day, this project has stimulated some of... Zobraziť viac
Relations between the public and political figures are in a period of flux. New expectations and meanings of citizenship are being entertained and acted upon in combination with an inexorable impoverishment of mainstream political communication. This... Zobraziť viac
Decision theory provides a formal framework for making logical choices in the face of uncertainty. Given a set of alternatives, a set of consequences, and a correspondence between those sets, decision theory offers conceptually simple procedures for... Zobraziť viac
