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"This anthology is a collection of articles written by renowned mathematicians of the 20th Century. The articles are on a variety of topics that we refer to, for want of a better name, as "humanistic." An important criterion, thereby limiting the choice, is that the articles should be accessible to the literate reader who may or may not have a technical knowledge of mathematics." "The articles span roughly a century in time and touch on a wide range...

From a psychological standpoint, explores the concept that such traumatic events as illness, separation, and assault, can improve the sufferer's quality of life despite any emotional pain sustained.

The authors, two physicists and a biologist, explore the scientific facts relating to the theory of nuclear winter and its consequences -- destruction of the environment, spread of epidemic disease, contamination by radioactivity, and collapse of agriculture -- that would spread famine and death to every country. With scientific caution and clarity, they analyze how a nuclear war might be fought, and how smoke and dust from fires and explosions could...

In this groundbreaking unifying theory of migration, a group of researchers from various anthropological disciplines attempt to identify the social and environmental disruptions that led to migration, regardless of its temporal space. Never before has such a diverse group of scholars met to identify and codify across time the reasons humans migrate.

Written with full cooperation from top management at Google, this is the story behind the most successful and admired technology company of our time. Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? The author, a technology reporter was granted access to the company, and in this book he takes readers inside...

"The Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 led Japan, and many other countries, to change their energy policies. Following Germany's example, some adopted nuclear phase-out plans, focusing instead on renewable energy. Even heavily nuclear-reliant France began to consider a phase-out, and some developing countries in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific area rethought their nuclear plans. David Elliott reviews the disaster and its global impacts,...

"In 1914 H.G. Wells published the first novel about nuclear war. Since then there have been thousands of efforts by writers to predict, warn of, denounce and comprehend the nuclear threat. David Dowling has studied over 250 stories and novels on the theme of nuclear power and its awesome effects and presents his findings on this wide-ranging guide to the literary responses to the threat of our age. The result is an alarming tour through a neglected...

"1898 examines the lives of politicians and homemakers, outlaws and reformers, in telling the story of America's metamorphosis from a rural, isolationist society into a commanding presence on the world stage."--Jacket.

"How has the concept of victory evolved as the nature of conflict itself has changed across time, circumstance, and culture? And to what end? Robert Mandel Addresses these questions, considering the meanings, misperceptions, and challenges associated with military victory in the context of the nontraditional wars of recent decades."--Jacket.