princeton university press nov 2007 (3 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This is the first book to comprehensively treat Franklin's mathematical work. We see here, for the first time in one place, all of Franklin's mathematical squares and circles. And we see how Franklin used mathematical ideas in his scientific work and in many of his other accomplishments. There is no comparable book on the mathematics of Benjamin Franklin.'--Victor J. Katz, professor emeritus, University of the District of Columbia'It takes someone with a mathematician's background to be able to analyze the true talent that Franklin exhibited in the field, and until now none of his biographers has had the requisite knowledge. Pasles's portrayal of both the human side and logical self of Benjamin Franklin is captivating.'--David E. Zitarelli, Temple University.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influential 'Provincializing Europe' addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This imaginary Europe, Dipesh Chakrabarty argues, is built into the social sciences. The very idea of historicizing carries with it some peculiarly European assumptions about disenchanted space, secular time, and sovereignty. Measured against such mythical standards, capitalist transition in the third world has often seemed either incomplete or lacking. 'Provincializing Europe' proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well - a translation of existing worlds and their thought - categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Now featuring a new preface in which Chakrabarty responds to his critics, this book globalizes European thought by exploring how it may be renewed both for and from the margins.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Eytan Sheshinski has written the definitive book on the economics of annuities. In light of the demographic transitions in many countries and the changing nature of social insurance, this work will be extremely important in the years ahead.'--Jerry R. Green, Harvard University.