W Meier: 3 books

     Can we really get rid of evil in the world? Yes. But we must follow the advice of the most wise of the wise.      The wisdom of the ages has long recommended returning evil actions of individuals and groups with goodness. Until people and nations...

This book examines London's transformation from the mid-Victorian "miracle" of low crime to a high-crime society, treating six different types of misdeed as representative of phases in the evolution of crime to argue that lawbreaking must be explained by connecting all types of offenses to their social and economic contexts.

The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The...