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by Mak Trifković
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
By focusing on quadratic numbers, this advanced undergraduate or master’s level textbook on algebraic number theory is accessible even to students who have yet to learn Galois theory. The techniques of elementary arithmetic, ring theory and linear algebra are shown working together to prove important...
Education Policy and Contemporary Theory
Implications for research
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
This book aims to posit theory as a central component to the study of education and education policy. Providing clear, introductory entries into contemporary critical theories and their take up in education policy studies, the book offers a generative invitation to further reading, thought and exploration....
A Brief History of String Theory
From Dual Models to M-Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
During its forty year lifespan, string theory has always had the power to divide, being called both a 'theory of everything' and a 'theory of nothing'. Critics have even questioned whether it qualifies as a scientific theory at all. This book adopts an objective stance, standing back from the question...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Theorists interested in learning more about any given interpretive approach are often required to navigate a dizzying array of sources, with no clear sense of where to begin. The prose of many primary sources is often steeped in dense and technical argot that novices find intimidating or even impenetrable....
Narrative Theory Unbound
Queer and Feminist Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Under the bold banner of Narrative Theory Unbound: Queer and Feminist Interventions, editors Robyn Warhol and Susan S. Lanser gather a diverse spectrum of queer and feminist challenges to the theory and interpretation of narrative. The first edited collection to bring feminist, queer, and narrative...
by Raymond Smullyan
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
This is the final book written by the late great puzzle master and logician, Dr. Raymond Smullyan.
This book is a sequel to my Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic.
The previous volume deals with elements of propositional and first-order logic, contains a bit on formal systems and...
Quantum Field Theory I
Foundations and Abelian and Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This textbook covers a broad spectrum of developments in QFT, emphasizing those aspects that are now well consolidated and for which satisfactory theoretical descriptions have been provided. The book is unique in that it offers a new approach to the subject and explores many topics merely touched...
Fractal Zeta Functions and Fractal Drums
Higher-Dimensional Theory of Complex Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
This monograph gives a state-of-the-art and accessible treatment of a new general higher-dimensional theory of complex dimensions, valid for arbitrary bounded subsets of Euclidean spaces, as well as for their natural generalization, relative fractal drums. It provides a significant extension of the...
by Tianxin Cai, Jiu Ding
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Natural numbers are the oldest human inventions. This volume describes their nature, laws, history and current status. The first five chapters contain not only the basics of elementary number theory for the convenience of teaching and continuity of reading, but also many latest research results. For...
Redirections in Critical Theory
Truth, Self, Action, History
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
The essays in Redirections in Critical Theory re-analyse major figures and discussions in critical theory, asking questions often neglected or overlooked by a readership ever in pursuit of new theoretical positions.
Contributors look at the work of major theorists and writers, including William Empson,...
Critical Theory in International Relations and Security Studies
Interviews and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
This book provides an assessment of the legacy, challenges and future directions of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations and Security Studies.
This book provides ‘first-hand’ interviews with some of the pioneers of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations...
'Take her from where she stands, straight to the Island'
Sophocles' 'Antigone' in Athol Fugard's 'The Island'
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, University of Bonn (Institut für Anglsitik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie), course: Hauptseminar 'Literature from South Africa', language: English, abstract: Introduction The concept of...
Why theory?
Cultural critique in film and television
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
Edward Tomarken's previous book, Filmspeak, was a study of literary theory in relation to contemporary mainstream films. Some of the abstruse ideas of early literary theorists (1950–70) had in fact permeated our thinking to such an extent that both films and theories enriched and shed light upon...
by John Mill
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter.
John Stuart Mill made essential contributions to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century"....