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Doing Essays and Assignments: Essentials Tips for Students 2edPETE GREASLEY • Explains the process of marking and what

lecturers are looking for in assignments. • Takes a positive approach to helping

students improve their work. • The book has a humorous cheeky tone but

provides practical, achievable advice. • Uses examples of real student work. • This new edition also reveals how to

successfully navigate group work, literature reviews, and presentations to improve your grades.

Pbk | 240pp | 9781473912076 | 2016.09 Sage Publications Ltd | A$42.95 | NZ$49.95 UK

Criminal Genius: A Portrait of High-IQ OffendersJAMES OLESON • For years, criminologists have studied the

relationship between crime and below-average intelligence, concluding that offenders possess IQ scores 8-10 points below those of non-offenders.

• Little, however, is known about the criminal behavior of those with above-average IQ scores.

• This book provides some of the first empirical information about the self-reported crimes of people with genius-level IQ scores.

• Combining quantitative data from 72 different offenses with qualitative data from 44 follow-up interviews, this book describes the nature of high-IQ crime while shedding light on a population of offenders often ignored in research and sensationalized in media.

James C Oleson is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Auckland.

Pbk | 300pp | 9780520282421 | 2016.09 University of California Press | A$66 | NZ$78 229x152mm | USA

Customer Experience Branding: Driving Engagement Through Surprise and InnovationTHOMAS GAD

• Developed from experience at the forefront of new branding developments at market-leading companies, and drawing on the lessons learned by cultivating start-ups with sponsors including Google, Customer Experience Branding expertly reviews the key considerations when devising brand strategy to introduce an element of newness and interest into customer interactions.

• Case studies are delivered from major brands that continually achieve this, including Apple, Starbucks, Virgin, LEGO, Google, GoPro, Uber, Instagram, KLM and Handelsbanken.

• The Foreword has been provided by Sir Richard Branson, who has himself unfailingly responded to consumer need and overseen a remarkable portfolio over the years as a result.

Pbk | 176pp | 9780749477509 | 2016.09 Kogan Page | A$41.95 | NZ$48.95 234x156mm | UK

The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information (New in Paperback)FRANK PASQUALE • Every day, corporations are connecting the

dots about our personal behavior—silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use.

• The data compiled and portraits created are incredibly detailed, to the point of being invasive. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with this information?

• The Black Box Society argues that we all need to be able to do so—and to set limits on how big data affects our lives.

• Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in.

Pbk | 320pp | 9780674970847 | 2016.07 Harvard University Press | A$43.95 | NZ$51.95 235x156mm | USA

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Target Markets: International Terrorism Meets Global Capitalism in the MallSUZI MIRGANI • This ground-breaking book explores

the points of convergence between corporate capitalism and terrorist practice.

• Assesses the increase in the number of terrorist attacks directed against commercial entities in urban areas, such as the Westgate mall in Nairobi or the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.

• Offers a fascinating and disturbing perspective on the spaces where supposedly oppositional ends of the spectrum meet on common ground.

• How is it that these urban commercial spaces provide ground zero for a meeting between the most powerful forces of contemporary culture, the most mainstream and the most extreme?

Pbk | 200pp | 9783837633528 | 2016.09 Transcript-Verlag | A$79 | NZ$94 226x147mm | USA

Dictators and Democrats: Masses, Elites, and Regime ChangeSTEPHAN HAGGARD AND ROBERT KAUFMAN • Dictators and Democrats takes a comprehensive look at the

transitions to and from democracy in recent decades. • Deploying both statistical and qualitative analysis, the authors engage

with theories of democratic change and advocate approaches that emphasize political and institutional factors.

• The book examines seventy-eight cases of democratic transitions and twenty-five reversions since 1980.

• Moving beyond well-known beliefs regarding regime changes, Dictators and Democrats explores the conditions under which transitions to democracies are likely to arise.

Pbk | 416pp | 9780691172156 | 2016.07 Princeton University Press | A$59.95 | NZ$71 235x155mm | USA

The Market as GodHARVEY COX • The Market has deified itself, according

to Harvey Cox’s brilliant exegesis. • All of the world’s problems—widening

inequality, a rapidly warming planet, the injustices of global poverty—are consequently harder to solve.

• Only by tracing how the Market reached its divine status can we hope to restore it to its proper place as servant of humanity.

• The Market as God captures how our world has fallen in thrall to the business theology of supply and demand.

Hbk | 304pp | 9780674659681 | 2016.08 Harvard University Press | A$56.95 | NZ$66 210x140mm | USA

Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless FrontierVENKATESH NARAYANAMURTI AND TOLUWALOGO ODUMOSU • Using Nobel Prize–winning examples

like the transistor, laser, and magnetic resonance imaging, Venky Narayanamurti and Tolu Odumosu explore the daily micro-practices of research.

• They show that distinctions between the search for knowledge and creative problem solving break down when one pays attention to how pathbreaking research actually happens.

• By studying key contemporary research institutions, the authors highlight the importance of integrated research practices, contrasting these with models of research in the classic but still-influential report Science the Endless Frontier.

• Narayanamurti and Odumosu’s new model of the research ecosystem underscores that discovery and invention are often two sides of the same coin that propels innovation forward.

Hbk | 144pp | 9780674967960 | 2016.09 Harvard University Press | A$44.95 | NZ$52.95 235x156mm | USA

Rage for Order: The British Empire and the Origins of International Law, 1800–1850LAUREN BENTON AND LISA FORD

• Rage for Order finds the origins of international law in empires—especially in the British Empire’s sprawling efforts to refashion the imperial constitution and use it to order the world in the early part of that century.

• Lauren Benton and Lisa Ford uncover the lost history of Britain’s global empire of law in colonial conflicts and bureaucratic dispatches rather than legal treatises and case law.

• Tracing constitutional politics around the world, Rage for Order shows that attempts to refashion the British imperial constitution touched on all the controversial issues of the day, from slavery to revolution.

Lisa Ford is Associate Professor in History at the University of New South Wales.

Hbk | 264pp | 9780674737464 | 2016.09 Harvard University Press | A$72 | NZ$86 235x156mm | USA

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BUSINESSBook of Value: The Fine Art of Investing WiselyANURAG SHARMABook of Value looks to philosophy and psychology to redefine modern portfolio theory for investors at all skill levels. Building off of the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper, Anurag Sharma defines an “art of looking” that blocks out the din of the market and pinpoints deep value. Sharma outlines how to be mindful of psychological biases, frame investment decisions, and correctly apply key analytical techniques to build lucrative and durable stock portfolios. A groundbreaking guide full of lasting value, this book should be on the shelf of anyone who takes investing seriously.Part of the Columbia Business School Publishing series.

Hbk | 320pp | 9780231175425 | 2016.08 Columbia University Press | A$62 | NZ$74 229x152mm | USA

ECONOMICSA Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern EconomyJOEL MOKYRDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Why did this revolution begin in the West and not elsewhere, and why did it continue, leading to today’s unprecedented prosperity? In this groundbreaking book, celebrated economic historian Joel Mokyr argues that a culture of growth specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment laid the foundations for the scientific advances and pioneering inventions that would instigate explosive technological and economic development.

Hbk | 400pp | 9780691168883 | 2016.07 Princeton University Press | A$68 | NZ$79 235x155mm | USA

Failing in the Field: What We Can Learn When Field Experiments Go WrongDEAN KARLAN AND JACOB APPELAll across the social sciences, from development economics to political science departments, researchers are going into the field to collect data and learn about the world. While much has been gained from the successes of randomized controlled trials, stories of failed projects often do not get told. In Failing in the Field, Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel delve into the common causes of failure in field research, so that researchers might avoid similar pitfalls in future work. Drawing on the prior experiences of top social scientists working in developing countries, this book delves into failed projects and helps guide practitioners as they embark on their research.

Hbk | 168pp | 9780691161891 | 2016.09 Princeton University Press | A$53.95 | NZ$63 235x155mm | USA

The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market TurnAVNER OFFER AND GABRIEL SODERBERGEconomic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world - the “market turn.” This is what Avner Offer and Gabriel Söderberg call the rise of market liberalism, a movement that, seeking to replace social democracy, holds up buying and selling as the norm for human relations and society. Our confidence in markets comes from economics, and our confidence in economics is underpinned by the Nobel Prize in Economics, which was first awarded in 1969. Was it a coincidence that the market turn and the prize began at the same time? The Nobel Factor, the first book to describe the origins and power of the most important prize in economics, explores this and related questions by examining the history of the prize, the history of economics since the prize began, and the simultaneous struggle between market liberals and social democrats in Sweden, Europe, and the United States.


ENVIRONMENTRussia and the Arctic: Environment, Identity and Foreign Policy (New in Paperback)GEIR HONNELANDThe world is currently witnessing an ‘Arctic Scramble’ – as the major powers compete to demarcate and occupy Arctic territory. The region is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves, and its position at the top of the globe holds significant trading and military advantages. Yet the territorial boundaries of the region remain ill-defined and Russia, under the increasingly bold foreign policy of Vladimir Putin, has emerged as a forceful power in the region. Geir Honneland investigates the political contexts and international tensions surrounding Russia’s actions, focusing especially on the disputes which have emerged in the Barents Sea – where European and Russian interests compete directly.

Pbk | 224pp | 9781784536817 | 2016.04 I.B. Tauris | A$41.95 | NZ$47.95 216x134mm | UK

Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses (New in Paperback)VACLAV SMILIn this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power density—the rate of energy flux per unit of area—is an important but largely overlooked measure. Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of the power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, thermal electricity generation, and all common energy uses. 42 illustrations.

Pbk | 320pp | 9780262529730 | 2016.07 The MIT Press | A$52.95 | NZ$62 229x152mm | USA

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSArab Fall: How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 DaysERIC TRAGERHow did Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood win power so quickly after the dramatic “Arab Spring” uprising that ended President Hosni Mubarak’s thirty-year reign? And why did the Brotherhood fall from power even more quickly, culminating with the popular “rebellion” and military coup that toppled Egypt’s first elected president, Mohamed Morsi? In Arab Fall, Eric Trager examines the Brotherhood’s decision making throughout this critical period, explaining its reasons for joining the 2011 uprising, running for a majority of the seats in the 2011–2012 parliamentary elections, and nominating a presidential candidate despite its initial promise not to do so.

Hbk | 296pp | 9781626163621 | 2016.09 Georgetown University Press | A$62 | NZ$72 229x152mm | USA

Asia-Pacific Security: An IntroductionJOANNE WALLIS AND ANDREW CARRScholars and policymakers alike increasingly see the Asia-Pacific region as the center of twenty-first-century international affairs. Joanne Wallis and Andrew Carr have gathered an international roster of security studies scholars to produce a core textbook suitable for use by undergraduate and masters students. Merging a strong theoretical component with state-of-the-art scholarship, Asia-Pacific Security examines the region’s key players and security challenges, as well as a spectrum of proposed solutions for improving regional stability.Joanne Wallis is a senior lecturer at the Strategic and Defense Studies Centre, Australian National University.Andrew Carr is research fellow at the Strategic and Defense Studies Centre, Australian National University.

Pbk | 304pp | 9781626163454 | 2016.09 Georgetown University Press | A$64 | NZ$77 254x178mm | USA

Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter (New in Paperback)JONATHAN GRIBETZAs the Israeli-Palestinian conflict persists, aspiring peacemakers continue to search for the precise territorial dividing line that will satisfy both Israeli and Palestinian nationalist demands. The prevailing view assumes that this struggle is nothing more than a dispute over real estate. Defining Neighbors boldly challenges this view, shedding new light on how Zionists and Arabs understood each other in the earliest years of Zionist settlement in Palestine and suggesting that the current singular focus on boundaries misses key elements of the conflict.

Pbk | 312pp | 9780691173467 | 2016.09 Princeton University Press | A$56.95 | NZ$68 235x155mm | USA

Revolution and Resistance: Moral Revolution, Military Might, and the End of EmpireDAVID TUCKERIn this provocative history, David Tucker argues that “irregular warfare”—including terrorism, guerrilla warfare, and other insurgency tactics—is intimately linked to the rise and decline of Euro-American empire around the globe. Tracing the evolution of resistance warfare from the age of the conquistadors through the United States’ recent ventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, Revolution and Resistance demonstrates that contemporary conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are simply the final stages in the unraveling of Euro-American imperialism.

Pbk | 160pp | 9781421420691 | 2016.09 Johns Hopkins University Press A$44.95 | NZ$52.95 | 229x152mm | USA

MANAGEMENTApplying Morgan’s Metaphors: Theory, Research, and Practice in Organizational StudiesANDERS ORTENBLAD, KIRAN TREHAN AND LINDA PUTNAMApplying Morgan’s Metaphors explores how the eight metaphors that Morgan presents in Images of Organization are being used in a variety of contexts, particularly for research, practice, and organisational intervention. The text discusses timely topics such as leadership, entrepreneurship, collaboration, training, and development. In addition, the text uses the metaphor approach to break new ground and propose new metaphors for organizations today. Applying Morgan’s Metaphors also explores how metaphorical thinking can be used to manage and better understand organisational life.

Pbk | 272pp | 9781506318776 | 2016.08 Sage Publications, Inc | A$94 | NZ$113 229x152mm | USA

Self-Leadership: Developing Your Personal ExcellenceCHRISTOPHER NECK, CHARLES MANZ AND JEFFERY HOUGHTONWritten by the scholars who first developed the theory of self-leadership, Self-Leadership: Developing Your Personal Excellence provides comprehensive coverage of the major aspects of the self-leadership process. Before learning to lead others, students need to first be able to lead themselves effectively. Self-Leadership is a research-grounded, practice-based, realistic, and inclusive approach to self-motivation and self-influence. The goal of the text is to teach students to lead themselves by equipping them with strategies and tips for developing their own personal effectiveness and excellence.

Pbk | 248pp | 9781506314464 | 2016.08 Sage Publications, Inc | A$76 | NZ$89 232x187mm | USA

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The Outstanding Middle Manager: How to be a Healthy, Happy, High-performing Mid-level ManagerGORDON TINLINE AND CARY COOPERRecent research shows that the number of people in senior specialist and middle management positions is growing. As organizations continue to flatten, the middle becomes the place where many will spend the majority of their careers. The Outstanding Middle Manager is the new guide to dealing with those pressures specific to the role and maximizing the opportunities to forge a fulfilling and balanced career in the middle. Drawing on the latest research into workplace trends, strategic management and work-life balance, Tinline and Cooper focus on middle management as an opportunity level. A groundbreaking practical guide to forging a successful, dynamic and fulfilling career in middle management or senior specialist roles.

Pbk | 256pp | 9780749474669 | 2016.09 Kogan Page | A$55.95 | NZ$66 234x156mm | UK

MARKETINGBrands and BrandingSTEPHEN BROWNOver the past forty years, the concepts of brands and branding have developed from words that referred to logos and packaging typically found on consumer goods to a vast range of products, services, experiences and other things - from cities to celebrities, museums to restaurants, political parties to chartered surveyors. For students new to the subject, this introductory text tells them everything they need to know. It outlines the ins and outs, ups and downs, pros and cons, and whys and wherefores of brands and branding, all in Brown’s entertaining and highly distinctive writing style. Among other things, it introduces readers to the key components of brands, the ways in which brands expand and the compelling narratives that keep consumers coming back to their favourite brands like Amazon, Apple, Google, Gucci, Nike, Nintendo, Starbucks, Swatch and The Worst Hotel in the World.

Pbk | 304pp | 9781473919525 | 2016.09 Sage Publications Ltd | A$69 | NZ$81 UK

MUSEUM STUDIES Visiting the Visitor: An Enquiry Into the Visitor Business in MuseumsANN DAVIS AND KERSTIN SMEDSThe study of the museum visitor has undergone a radical transformation. This collection brings together imaginative research that encourages new conclusions. Some questions involve the visitor’s identity, what she brings to her museum experience. Can we gain entry into this experience? Does more technology really increase access to the objects themselves? Others probe the very nature of museum-going and exhibition making, demanding that we reexamine the traditional exhibition to reposition the visitor and her meaning-making at the centre. Each author here has asked unfamiliar questions and responded with fresh answers.

Pbk | 250pp | 9783837632897 | 2016.09 Transcript-Verlag | A$81 | NZ$95 226x147mm | USA

POLITICSConcepts in World PoliticsFELIX BERENSKOETTERRecognizing the vital importance of concepts in shaping our understanding of international relations, this ground-breaking new book puts concepts front and centre, systematically unpacking them in a clear, critical and engaging way. With contributions from some of the foremost authorities in the field, Concepts in World Politics explores 17 core concepts. A challenging and stimulating read, Concepts in World Politics is an indispensable guide for all students of international relations looking to develop a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of world politics.


Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought (Reissue)SHELDON WOLINPolitics and Vision is a landmark work by one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. This is a significantly expanded edition of one of the greatest works of modern political theory. Sheldon Wolin’s Politics and Vision inspired and instructed two generations of political theorists after its appearance in 1960. Substantially expanded for republication in 2004, it is both a sweeping survey of Western political thought and a powerful account of contemporary predicaments of power and democracy. With a new foreword by Wendy Brown.Part of the Princeton Classics series.

Pbk | 792pp | 9780691174051 | 2016.08 Princeton University Press | A$66 | NZ$77 216x140mm | USA

Resolve in International Politics JOSHUA KERTZERWhy do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we rely on resolve to explain almost every phenomenon in international politics—from prevailing at the bargaining table to winning on the battlefield —we don’t understand what it is, how it works, or where it comes from. Resolve in International Politics draws on a growing body of research in psychology and behavioral economics to explore the foundations of this important idea. 40 line illustrations and 20 tables.Part of the Princeton Studies in Political Behavior series.


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The Power of Market Fundamentalism: Karl Polanyi’s Critique (New in Paperback)FRED BLOCK AND MARGARET SOMERSWhat is it about free-market ideas that gives them staying power in the face of such failures as persistent unemployment, widening inequality, and financial crises? The Power of Market Fundamentalism extends economist Karl Polanyi’s work to explain why these dangerous utopian ideas have become the dominant economic ideology of our time.


China’s Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime DecayMINXIN PEIChina’s efforts to modernize yielded a kleptocracy characterized by corruption, wealth inequality, and social tensions. Rejecting conventional platitudes about the resilience of Party rule, Minxin Pei gathers unambiguous evidence that beneath China’s facade of ever-expanding prosperity and power lies a Leninist state in an advanced stage of decay.


Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to DemocracyCHERIAN GEORGEIn the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a climate of rising intolerance. In India, Narendra Modi’s radical supporters instigate communal riots and academic censorship in pursuit of their Hindu nationalist vision. Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in Hate Spin, Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Part of the Information Policy series.

Hbk | 288pp | 9780262035309 | 2016.08 The MIT Press | A$61 | NZ$72 229x152mm | USA

RESEARCHDeveloping a Mixed Methods Proposal: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers JESSICA DECUIR-GUNBY AND PAUL SCHUTZSo, you want to conduct a mixed methods research study? Are you ready to learn about how to develop a mixed methods research proposal? If so, recognize that you are part of a growing trend and that this will be a complex undertaking. However, before you get started, there are some important issues for you to take into consideration and Developing a Mixed Methods Proposal by Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby and Paul Schutz will help you get there. First, you have to understand what is meant by the term “mixed methods”. Second, you need to know the advantages for using a mixed methods approach. Third, you need to be reflective and honest about your abilities to successfully conduct a mixed method study. Last, you need to understand the components of a mixed methods research proposal.

Pbk | 264pp | 9781483365787 | 2016.09 Sage Publications, Inc | A$56.95 | NZ$66 229x152mm | USA

100 Activities for Teaching Research MethodsCATHERINE DAWSONA sourcebook of exercises, games, scenarios and role plays for research methods tutors, teachers and lecturers, this practical, user-friendly guide has been developed to complement and enhance existing course materials. It is full of activities that contain clear guidance about the purpose, level and type of activity, along with a range of discussion notes that signpost key issues and research insights. Important terms, related activities and further reading suggestions are included for each activity. The book contains 100 ready-to-use activities that provide a complete and valuable resource for educators, all of which are also available to be downloaded online.


Constructivist Approaches and Research Methods: A Practical Guide to Exploring Personal MeaningsPAM DENICOLO, TREVOR LONG AND KIM BRADLEY-COLEThis book builds on George Kelly’s (1955) Personal Construct Psychology, demonstrating the potential power and versatility of this approach for exploring people’s understanding and interaction with the world. It explains from inception to completion how to conduct interpretive, constructivist research, from philosophical underpinnings, through methodological design, to practical considerations and caveats about its use. This is an essential companion for researchers who want to understand the why’s, what’s and how’s of conducting a rigorous constructivist research project. Written by a team of experts, it will help you determine an appropriate methodological approach to meet your research needs and equip you with the necessary tools and understanding to manage your research effectively throughout the project lifecycle.


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Doing Case Study Research for Business and Management StudentsBILL LEE AND MARK SAUNDERSThis book describes the properties of case study designs in organisational research, exploring the uses, advantages and limitations of case research. It also demonstrates the flexibilities which case designs offer, and challenges the myths surrounding this approach. Business and Management students using the book will be able to assess the applicability of case studies to their own research and, if appropriate, will also be able to design for themselves a creative case study strategy that will not only answer their original research questions, but also address questions they didn’t consider when the research began. Part of the Mastering Business Research Methods series.

Pbk | 152pp | 9781446274170 | 2016.08 Sage Publications Ltd | A$57.95 | NZ$69 254x177mm | UK

SCIENCEThe Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Reissue)ROBERT KIRSHNERThe Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery. One of the world’s leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led them to an extraordinary cosmological discovery: the expansion of the universe is accelerating under the influence of a dark energy that makes space itself expand. In addition to sharing the story of this exciting discovery, Kirshner also brings the science up-to-date in a new epilogue. He explains how the idea of an accelerating universe--once a daring interpretation of sketchy data--is now the standard assumption in cosmology today. Part of the Princeton Science Library series.

Pbk | 304pp | 9780691173184 | 2016.08 Princeton University Press | A$43.95 | NZ$51.95 216x140mm | USA

Body Messages: The Quest for the Proteins of Cellular CommunicationGIAMILA FANTUZZIWhether classified as regulators of inflammation, metabolism, or other physiological functions, a distinctive set of molecules enables the human body to convey information from one cell to another. An in-depth primer on the molecular mediators that coordinate complex bodily processes, Body Messages provides fresh insight into how biologists first identified this special class of molecules and the consequences of their discovery for modern medicine.


Symmetry (Reissue)HERMANN WEYLSymmetry is one of the ideas by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty, and perfection. Starting from the view that symmetry = harmony of proportions, this book gradually develops first the geometric concept of symmetry in its several forms as bilateral, translatory, rotational, ornamental, and crystallographic symmetry, and finally rises to the general abstract mathematical idea underlying all these special forms. This first paperback version of Hermann Weyl’s widely-read essay includes the beautiful illustrations of the cloth cover edition. 72 halftones.Part of the Princeton Science Library series.


The Business of Alchemy: Science and Culture in the Holy Roman EmpirePAMELA SMITHIn The Business of Alchemy, Pamela Smith explores the relationships among alchemy, the court, and commerce in order to illuminate the cultural history of the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In showing how an overriding concern with religious salvation was transformed into a concentration on material increase and economic policies, Smith depicts the rise of modern science and early capitalism. In pursuing this narrative, she focuses on that ideal prey of the cultural historian, an intellectual of the second rank whose career and ideas typify those of a generation.


Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate (Reissue)WILLIAM RUDDIMANThe impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind’s active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it was first published--arguing that humans have actually been changing the climate for some 8,000 years--as a result of the earlier discovery of agriculture. The “Ruddiman Hypothesis” will spark intense debate. We learn that the impact of farming on greenhouse-gas levels, thousands of years before the industrial revolution, kept our planet notably warmer than if natural climate cycles had prevailed--quite possibly forestalling a new ice age. Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum is the first book to trace the full historical sweep of human interaction with Earth’s climate. Part of the Princeton Science Library series.


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The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas (Reissue)CHARLES GILLISPIEOriginally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as a full-fledged academic discipline. In the mid-1950s, a young professor at Princeton named Charles Gillispie began teaching Humanities 304, one of the first undergraduate courses offered anywhere in the world on the history of science. From Galileo’s analysis of motion to theories of evolution and relativity, Gillispie introduces key concepts, individuals, and themes. The Edge of Objectivity arose out of this course. With a new foreword by Theodore M. Porter.Part of the Princeton Science Library series.

Pbk | 416pp | 9780691172521 | 2016.07 Princeton University Press | A$68 | NZ$81 235x155mm | USA

Fascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of FascismTIAGO SARAIVAIn the fascist regimes of Mussolini’s Italy, Salazar’s Portugal, and Hitler’s Germany, the first mass mobilizations involved wheat engineered to take advantage of chemical fertilizers, potatoes resistant to late blight, and pigs that thrived on national produce. Food independence was an early goal of fascism; indeed, as Tiago Saraiva writes in Fascist Pigs, fascists were obsessed with projects to feed the national body from the national soil. Saraiva shows how such technoscientific organisms as specially bred wheat and pigs became important elements in the institutionalisation and expansion of fascist regimes. 64 black and white illustrations.Part of the Inside Technology series.

Hbk | 360pp | 9780262035033 | 2016.09 The MIT Press | A$91 | NZ$109 229x152mm | USA

Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics (Reissue)A ZEEFearful Symmetry brings the incredible discoveries of contemporary physics within everyone’s grasp. A. Zee, a distinguished physicist and skillful expositor, tells the exciting story of how today’s theoretical physicists are following Einstein in their search for the beauty and simplicity of Nature. Animated by a sense of reverence and whimsy, the book describes the majestic sweep and accomplishments of twentieth-century physics. In the end, we stand in awe before the grand vision of modern physics—one of the greatest chapters in the intellectual history of humankind.Part of the Princeton Science Library series.


After Physics (New in Paperback)DAVID ALBERTAfter Physics presents ambitious new essays about some of the deepest questions at the foundations of physics, by the physicist and philosopher David Albert. The book’s title alludes to the close connections between physics and metaphysics, much in evidence throughout these essays. It also alludes to the work of imagining what it would be like for the project of physical science—considered as an investigation into the fundamental laws of nature—to be complete. 10 halftones.


TECHNOLOGYBig Data Is Not a MonolithCASSIDY SUGIMOTO, HAMID EKBIA AND MICHAEL MATTIOLIBig data is ubiquitous but heterogeneous. Big data can be used to tally clicks and traffic on web pages, find patterns in stock trades, track consumer preferences, identify linguistic correlations in large corpuses of texts. This book examines big data not as an undifferentiated whole but contextually, investigating the varied challenges posed by big data for health, science, law, commerce, and politics. Taken together, the chapters reveal a complex set of problems, practices, and policies. 7 black and white illustrations and 6 tables.Part of the Information Policy series.

Pbk | 312pp | 9780262529488 | 2016.09 The MIT Press | A$56.95 | NZ$68 229x178mm | USA

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