J Paul: 706 books
The Moral Molecule
How Trust Works
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
A Revolution in the Science of Good and Evil
Why do some people give freely while others are cold hearted?
Why do some people cheat and steal while others you can trust with your life?
Why are some husbands more faithful than others—and why do women tend to be more generous...
Brilliant Mistakes
Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Named #1 Best Business Book of 2011, by Patriot-NewsPennLive.com
If you have ever flown in an airplane, used electricity from a nuclear power plant, or taken an antibiotic, you have benefited from a brilliant mistake.
Each of these life-changing innovations was the result of many missteps...
Creating the Arabian Gulf
The British Raj and the Invasions of the Gulf
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2009
Even whether to call the Gulf 'Arabian' or 'Persian' is an unending argument. Regardless of its name, the Gulf is one of the most politically important regions of the world. Despite its constant presence in the headlines, the fact that it was part of the British Indian empire for many years has gone...
by Paul J. Ennis
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
In Continental Realism Paul Ennis tackles the rise of realist metaphysics in contemporary continental philosophy. Pitted against the dominant antirealist and transcendental continental hegemony Ennis argues that continental thinking must establish an alliance between metaphysics, speculation, and realism if we are to truly get back to the things themselves.
Re-reading Saussure
The Dynamics of Signs in Social Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Through a detailed re-reading of Saussures's work in the light of contemporary developments in the human, life and physical sciences, Paul Thibault provides us with the means to redefine and refocus our theories of social meaning-making. Saussure's theory of language is generally considered to be...
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God
Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
Number-Crunching
Taming Unruly Computational Problems from Mathematical Physics to Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
How do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal library of everything ever written or every...
by Paul J. Nahin
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
What are your chances of dying on your next flight, being called for jury duty, or winning the lottery? We all encounter probability problems in our everyday lives. In this collection of twenty-one puzzles, Paul Nahin challenges us to think creatively about the laws of probability as they apply in...
by Paul J. Donoghue, Mary E. Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2000
Unlike a leg in a cast, invisible chronic illness (ICI) has no observable symptoms.
Consequently, people who suffer from chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and many other miseries often endure not only the ailment but dismissive and negative reactions from others. Since its first publication, Sick...
An Imaginary Tale
The Story of √-1
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2010
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most...
by Paul J. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
The public holds many misconceptions about criminal justice and prison life. Prisons do not resemble country clubs, even though the material amenities have improved over the years. Incarceration is not a deterrent to crime, but instead often reinforces a criminal lifestyle. The deprivation of liberty...
Introducing the New Testament
Its Literature and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2001
Introducing the New Testament is an outstanding guide to the writings of the New Testament for readers ranging from Bible students to those approaching the Christian Scriptures for the first time. Written by three leading Bible specialists, this book discusses in a clear and balanced way the New Testament's...
In the Wake of the Crisis
Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.
In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures...
Digital Dice
Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems (New in Paperback)
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice....