Yale University Press: 2009 books
by Prof. Campbell Craig, Prof. Sergey S Radchenko
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
After a devastating world war, culminating in the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was clear that the United States and the Soviet Union had to establish a cooperative order if the planet was to escape an atomic World War III.
In this provocative study, Campbell Craig and...
13.8
The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the behavior of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin—one of the best-known science writers of the past thirty years—presents...
by John M. Marzluff, Tony Angell, Paul R. Ehrlich
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Crows and people share similar traits and social strategies. To a surprising extent, to know the crow is to know ourselves.”-from the PrefaceFrom the cave walls at Lascaux to the last painting by Van Gogh, from the works of Shakespeare to those of Mark Twain, there is clear evidence that crows and...
Void
The Strange Physics of Nothing
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
The rising star author of The Physics of Wall Street explores why “nothing” may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physics James Owen Weatherall’s previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today’s five most intriguing books of...
Truth or Beauty
Science and the Quest for Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author David Orrell questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired—and have sometimes misled—scientists attempting to understand nature.
Orrell shows...
by Gerard N. Magliocca
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
An American Genocide
The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Between 1846 and 1873, California’s Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance,...
by Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Vaccines have saved more lives than any other single medical advance. Yet today only four companies make vaccines, and there is a growing crisis in vaccine availability. Why has this happened? This remarkable book recounts for the first time a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley,...
by William Bynum
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through...
Bulldozer
Demolition and Clearance of the Postwar Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambitious system of interstate highways, and extensive urban...
by Edward J. Larson, Michael Ruse
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A captivating historical survey of the key debates, questions, and controversies at the intersection of science and religion Throughout history, scientific discovery has clashed with religious dogma, creating conflict, controversy, and sometimes violent dispute. In this enlightening and accessible volume,...
Scratches
The Rules of the Game, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris’s masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Michel Leiris, a French intellectual whose literary works inspired high praise from the likes of Simone de Beauvoir and Claude...
Anti-Pluralism
The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
The Great Recession, institutional dysfunction, a growing divide between urban and rural prospects, and failed efforts to effectively address immigration have paved the way for a populist backlash that disrupts the postwar bargain between political elites and citizens. Whether today’s populism represents...
A Theory of Militant Democracy
The Ethics of Combatting Political Extremism
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
How should pro-democratic forces safeguard representative government from anti-democratic forces? By granting rights of participation to groups that do not share democratic values, democracies may endanger the very rights they have granted; but denying these rights may also undermine democratic values....