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Specter eloquently shows how, in a world where protesters march against childhood vaccines and Africans starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains, we must reconnect with the rational thinking that has underpinned the advance of civilization since the 18th century.

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A towering figure in Western philosophy and mathematics, Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult brotherhood of the Rosicrucians, he kept a secret, coded notebook. What does the notebook reveal

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Volume XI of the High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion series. Edited by W.R. Hawthorne and W.T. Olson. This is a comprehensive presentation of basic problems involved in the design of aircraft gas turbines, including sections covering requirements and processes, experimental techniques, fuel injection, flame stabilization, mixing processes, f

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Designing Engineers describes the evolution of three disparate projects: an x-ray inspection system for airports, a photoprint machine, and a residential photovoltaic energy system.

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Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays, and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. This book lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry.

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In the area of statistical communications, a well-developed theory has grown to cover the testing for the presence of a desired process (signal) in the presence of an undesirable random process (noise). This book presents an adaptation of this theory. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techn

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The history of mans love affair with a completely useless gem.

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Durbin, history and philosophy of science scholar and writer, has created a volume that includes about 100 terms from the natural and social sciences.

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Originally published as Volume 27 of the Princeton Mathematical series. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these impor

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Provides an understanding of the area of analysis on fractals, focusing on the construction of a Laplacian on the Sierpinski gasket and related fractals. This book is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and mathematicians who seek an understanding of analysis on fractals.

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Holomorphic vector bundles have become objects of interest not only to algebraic and differential geometers and complex analysts but also to low dimensional topologists and mathematical physicists working on gauge theory. This book, which grew out of the author's lectures and seminars in Berkeley and Japan, is written for researchers and graduate s

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Frank-Kamenetskii, a leader in Russian science, was the first to define conditions for two stable operating regimes in chemical reactions, one controlled by chemical reactions, the other by diffusion processes. In this book he treats mathematically the subjects of reaction ignition, quenching, and periodic processes in chemical kinetics as found in

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Explains diffusive motion and its relation to both nonrelativistic quantum theory and quantum field theory. This book shows how diffusive motion concepts lead to a radical reexamination of the structure of mathematical analysis.

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Beginning with the Internet, then taking into account television, cinema, computer games, music, and radio, this title analyzes the emergence and implications of these diverse media, coloring our cultural landscape with different ideas on texts and how they work.

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Explores how "digital formations" emerge from the ever-changing intersection of computer-centered technologies and the broad range of social contexts that underlie much of what happens in cyberspace. This book emphasizes the importance of recognizing the specific technical capacities of digital technologies.

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Providing an appealing chronology of "all things dinosaur," this book covers these ancient creatures' roles and surprising importance in science, religion, and society at large.