Princeton University Press: 2605 books
Reclaiming the Game
College Sports and Educational Values
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
In Reclaiming the Game, William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, and other students. In a field overwhelmed by reliance on anecdotes, the factual findings are striking--and sobering. Anyone seriously concerned about...
Lesson Plan
An Agenda for Change in American Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
American higher education faces some serious problems—but they are not the ones most people think. In this brief and accessible book, two leading experts show that many so-called crises—from the idea that typical students are drowning in debt to the belief that tuition increases are being driven...
After Civil Rights
Racial Realism in the New American Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2013
What role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions. In After Civil Rights, John Skrentny contends that...
by Frank Dobbin
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Equal opportunity in the workplace is thought to be the direct legacy of the civil rights and feminist movements and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yet, as Frank Dobbin demonstrates, corporate personnel experts--not Congress or the courts--were the ones who determined what equal opportunity...
The Mushroom at the End of the World
On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical...
Hamburgers in Paradise
The Stories behind the Food We Eat
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
For the first time in human history, there is food in abundance throughout the world. More people than ever before are now freed of the struggle for daily survival, yet few of us are aware of how food lands on our plates. Behind every meal you eat, there is a story. Hamburgers in Paradise explains...
by Eli Maor
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that...
Mind and Nature
Selected Writings on Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, as well as a seminal figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was also an eloquent writer with a lifelong interest in the philosophical implications of the startling new scientific...
Quantum Philosophy
Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2002
In this magisterial work, Roland Omnès takes us from the academies of ancient Greece to the laboratories of modern science as he seeks to do no less than rebuild the foundations of the philosophy of knowledge. One of the world's leading quantum physicists, Omnès reviews the history and recent development...
Europe and the Islamic World
A History
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Europe and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "clash of civilizations" between the Muslim world and Europe. In this landmark...
Following the Wild Bees
The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural world
Following the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today....
by Alice Calaprice, Robert Schulmann, Daniel J Kennefick
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on their combined wealth of expertise gained during their work on the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, this authoritative...
The Worst of Times
How Life on Earth Survived Eighty Million Years of Extinctions
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Two hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every species on the planet. The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent,...
The Origin Then and Now
An Interpretive Guide to the Origin of Species
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Charles Darwin's Origin of Species is one of the most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this classic can be daunting for students and general readers alike because of Darwin's Victorian prose and the complexity and scope of his ideas. The "Origin" Then and Now is a unique...