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Rhetorical Presidency
Modern presidents regularly appeal over the heads of Congress to the people at large to generate support for public policies. The Rhetorical Presidency makes the case that this …
Nature of Space and Time
From two of the world's great physicists-Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose-a lively debate about the nature of space and timeEinstein said that the most …
Horizon Work
A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worldsAs carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, Earth's fragile ecosystems …
Two Paths to Prosperity
How the social organization of Europe and China shaped their divergent economic and political trajectories over the past millenniumIn the eleventh century, when Europe was still …
Mostly Harmless Econometrics
From Joshua Angrist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Jorn-Steffen Pischke, an irreverent guide to the essentials of econometricsThe core methods in today's econometric …
Furious Minds
';[An] excellent new book.'Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump's agendaand how it threatens American …
Gravitation
First published in 1973, Gravitation is a landmark graduate-level textbook that presents Einstein's general theory of relativity and offers a rigorous, full-year course on the …
Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World
New, practical approaches to confronting today's most daunting global issuesFighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the …
Culture of Growth
From Nobel Prizewinning economist Joel Mokyr, a revealing look at why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in …
From Drawing to Painting
Unique perspectives from an acclaimed art historian on the relationship between drawing and paintingFrom Drawing to Painting interweaves biographical information about five …
Biophilic Cities
Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the greening of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such …
Modern Poisons
Traditional toxicology textbooks tend to be doorstops: tomes filled with important but seemingly abstract chemistry and biology. Meanwhile, magazine and journal articles introduce …