Robert B : 641 books
Democratic Hope
Pragmatism and the Politics of Truth
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Pragmatism, as Richard Rorty has said, "names the chief glory of our country's intellectual tradition." In Democratic Hope, Robert B. Westbrook examines the varieties of classical pragmatist thought in the work of John Dewey, William James, and Charles Peirce, testing in good pragmatic fashion the...
by Robert B. Talisse
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in American pragmatism. In political philosophy, the revival of pragmatism has led to a new appreciation for the democratic theory of John Dewey.
In this book, Robert B. Talisse advances a series of pragmatic arguments against Deweyan democracy....
Defending the Filibuster, Revised and Updated Edition
The Soul of the Senate
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Many argue that the Senate filibuster is undemocratic or even unconstitutional. Recent legislative disputes have brought criticism of Senate rules into sharp relief, and demands for abolition or reform of the filibuster have increased. In Defending the Filibuster, a veteran Senate aide and a former...
by Robert B. Martin Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Horizon Roses 2011 contains 2,138 reports on 313 roses by 85 reporters. The reports include 67 new roses not mentioned in prior issues. All comments are candid and reported in the words of the reporter (with some abbreviation and condensation). The reports are set forth alphabetically and include...
Basic Abstract Algebra
For Graduate Students and Advanced Undergraduates
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Geared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this text surveys fundamental algebraic structures and maps between these structures. Its techniques are used in many areas of mathematics, with applications to physics, engineering, and computer science as well. Author Robert B. Ash,...
by Robert B. Northrop
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Non-Invasive Instrumentation and Measurement in Medical Diagnosis, Second Edition discusses NIMD as a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field. The contents within this second edition text is derived from Professor Robert B. Northrop’s experience teaching for over 35 years in the Biomedical Engineering...
Medical Writing
A Guide for Clinicians, Educators, and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
This book is a clear and comprehensive guide that assists readers in translating observations, ideas, and research into articles, reports, or book chapters ready for publication. For both researchers and practicing physicians, skills in medical writing are essential. Dr. Robert B. Taylor, a distinguished...
Uveitis E-Book
Fundamentals and Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Uveitis is the comprehensive reference you need for a balanced approach to basic science and clinical application. Robert B. Nussenblatt and Scott M. Whitcup provide a cohesive and integrated discussion of the topic, covering everything from the role of surgery to AIDS to anterior uveitis and more....
The Origins of the Modern World
A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2019
This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the “rise of the West” is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa,...
Belle-Virginie
The adventures of Nicolas Martiau, Washington's ancestor
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
1614, Ile de Ré. Everything separates Clément Baron, a poor catholic, and Nicolas Martiau, an upper middle class protestant. Everything except one goal, leave to seek fortune, far from their native island. They became friends on the boat that took them to England. There, Nicolas became the right...
Hegel’s Realm of Shadows
Logic as Metaphysics in “The Science of Logic”
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2018
Hegel frequently claimed that the heart of his entire system was a book widely regarded as among the most difficult in the history of philosophy, The Science of Logic**.** This is the book that presents his metaphysics, an enterprise that he insists can only be properly understood as a “logic,”...
by Robert B. Martin Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Horizon Roses 2012 contains a record 2,410 reports by 92 nation-wide reporters on the exhibition potential of 323 roses introduced in the last five years. The reports include 66 new roses not mentioned in prior issues. All comments are candid and reported in the words of the reporter. Supplementing...
The Camaro in the Pasture
Speculations on the Cultural Landscape of America
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Robert Riley has been a renowned figure in landscape studies for over fifty years, valued for his perceptive, learned, and highly entertaining articles, reviews, and essays. Much of Riley’s work originally ran in Landscape, the pioneering magazine at which Riley succeeded the great geographer J....
by Robert B. Shaw, Paul M Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
In this new, complete Guide to Texas Grasses, Robert B. Shaw and the team at the Texas A&M University Institute of Renewable Natural Resources provide an indispensable reference to the world’s most economically important plant family. After discussing the impact of grass on our everyday lives...