Libros de: Princeton University Press

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  • Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons "From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable "

    Nahin, Paul J.

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691191720
    • Páginas: 215
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable

    Heat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world and universe, from how ...

  • The Evolution of Knowledge "Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene"

    Renn, Jürgen

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691171982
    • Páginas: 584
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technology

    This book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that offers a grand narrative of human ...

  • A Crisis of Beliefs "Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility"

    Gennaioli, Nicola Shleifer, Andrei

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691202235
    • Páginas: 250
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    How beliefs shape financial markets and expose the economy to major risks

    The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer walk readers through ...

  • Free Trade Under Fire

    Irwin, Douglas

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691201009
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    Free trade is always under attack, more than ever in recent years. The imposition of numerous U.S. tariffs in 2018, and the retaliation those tariffs have drawn, has thrust trade issues to the top of ...

  • Overload "How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do About It "

    Kelly, Erin L. Moen, Phyllis

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691179179
    • Páginas: 328
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    Why too much work and too little time is hurting workers and companies'and how a proven workplace redesign can benefit employees and the bottom line

    Todays ways of working are not working'even for professionals ...

  • Bankers and Bolsheviks "International Finance and the Russian Revolution "

    Malik, Hassan

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691202228
    • Páginas: 295
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A must-read financial history for investors navigating today's volatile global markets

    Following an unprecedented economic boom fed by foreign investment, the Russian Revolution triggered the largest sovereign default in history. In Bankers and Bolsheviks, ...

  • Gods and Robots "Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology "

    Mayor, Adrienne

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691202266
    • Páginas: 277
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life-and even invented real automated machines

    The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called ...

  • Making the Cut "Hiring Decisions, Bias, and the Consequences of Nonstandard, Mismatched, and Precarious Employment "

    Pedulla, David S.

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691175102
    • Páginas: 193
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    An in-depth look at how employers today perceive and evaluate job applicants with nonstandard or precarious employment histories

    Millions of workers today labor in nontraditional situations involving part-time work, temporary agency employment, and skills ...

  • Outsourcing Empire "How Company-States Made the Modern World"

    Phillips, Andrew Sharman, J.C.

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691203515
    • Páginas: 272
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global order
    From Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building has focused on the rival ambitions of competing ...

  • The Secret Formula "How a Mathematical Duel Inflamed Renaissance Italy and Uncovered the Cubic Equation "

    Toscano, Fabio

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691183671
    • Páginas: 162
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    The legendary Renaissance math duel that ushered in the modern age of algebra

    The Secret Formula tells the story of two Renaissance mathematicians whose jealousies, intrigues, and contentious debates led to the discovery of ...

  • The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions

    Baland, Jean-Marie Bourguignon, Francois Platteau, Jean-Phillippe Verdier, Thierry

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691191218
    • Páginas: 768
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    The definitive reference on the most current economics of development and institutions

    The essential role that institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognized across the social sciences, including in economics. Academic ...

  • Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

    Case, Anne Deaton,Angus

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691190785
    • Páginas: 312
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class

    Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen ...

  • Meeting Globalization's Challenges "Policies to Make Trade Work for All"

    Catao, Luis A.V. Obstfeld, Maurice

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691188935
    • Páginas: 280
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    Leading economists propose solutions to the problems of globalization

    Globalization has expanded economic opportunities throughout the world, but it has also left many people feeling dispossessed, disenfranchised, and angry. Luìs Catão and Maurice Obstfeld ...

  • Markets, State, and People "Economics of Public Policy"

    Coyle, Diane

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691179261
    • Páginas: 376
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resources

    While economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend ...

  • Under the Influence "Putting Peer Pressure to Work"

    Frank, Robert H.

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691193083
    • Páginas: 296
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, bold new ideas for creating environments that promise a brighter future

    Psychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes ...

  • Dark Data "Why What You Don't Know Matters"

    Hand, David J.

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691182377
    • Páginas: 336
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing data

    In the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the information we need to make ...

  • Going the Distance "Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700"

    Harris, Ron

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691150772
    • Páginas: 400
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A historical look at the early evolution of global trade and how this led to the creation and dominance of the European business corporation

    Before the seventeenth century, trade across Eurasia was mostly conducted ...

  • The Lost History of Liberalism "From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century"

    Rosenblatt, Helena

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691203966
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to today

    The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry-and a ...

  • A Republic of Equals "A Manifesto for a Just Society"

    Rothwell, Jonathan Townsend

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691183763
    • Páginas: 392
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    35,10 €

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    Why political inequality is to blame for economic and social injustice

    Political equality is the most basic tenet of democracy. Yet in America and other democratic nations, those with political power have special access ...

  • The Outsiders "Refugees in Europe Since 1492"

    Ther, Philipp

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691179520
    • Páginas: 304
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    The history of Europe as a continent of refugees

    European history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major refugee movement since 1492, when the Catholic rulers of Spain set in motion ...