Libros de: Princeton University Press
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Dark Commerce "How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future"
Shelley, Louise I.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691170183
- Páginas: 376
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced forms of illicit trade have ...
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Gods and Robots "Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology"
Mayor, Adrienne
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183510
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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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 Talos. ... -
The Mathematics of Secrets "Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption"
Holden, Joshua
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183312
- Páginas: 392
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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The Mathematics of Secrets takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematics behind cryptography'the science of sending secret messages. Most books about cryptography are organized historically, or around how codes and ciphers have been ...
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The Sum of Small Things "A Theory of the Aspirational Class"
Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183176
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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In todays world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed ...
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Capitalism without Capital "The Rise of the Intangible Economy"
Haskel, Jonathan Westlake, Stian
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183299
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like ...
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Cents and Sensibility "What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities"
Morson, Gary Saul Schapiro, Morton
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183220
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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In Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities'especially the study of literature'offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their predictions more accurate, and ...
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The Calculus Gallery "Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue"
Dunham, William
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691182858
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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More than three centuries after its creation, calculus remains a dazzling intellectual achievement and the gateway to higher mathematics. This book charts its growth and development by sampling from the work of some of its ...
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How Behavior Spreads "The Science of Complex Contagions"
Centola, Damon
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691175317
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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new, counterintuitive theory for how social networks influence the spread of behavior
New social movements, technologies, and public-health initiatives often struggle to take off, yet many diseases disperse rapidly without issue. Can the lessons ... -
The Cash Ceiling "Why Only the Rich Run for Office--and What We Can Do about It"
Carnes, Nicholas
Princeton University Press (2020)
- EAN: 9780691203737
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha de edición: 2020
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Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about it
Why are Americans governed by the rich? Millionaires make up only three percent of the ... -
The Euro and the Battle of Ideas
Brunnermeier, Markus K. James, Harold Landau, Jean-Pierre
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691178417
- Páginas: 456
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Why is Europe's great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and other Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. In ...
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The Cash Ceiling "Why Only the Rich Run for Office--and What We Can Do about It"
Carnes, Nicholas
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691182001
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about it
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Millions, Billions, Zillions "Defending Yourself in a World of Too Many Numbers"
Kernighan, Brian W.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691182773
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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An essential guide to recognizing bogus numbers and misleading data
Numbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptive'especially when they are really big. The media loves to report on millions, billions, and trillions, ... -
On the Future "Prospects for Humanity"
Rees, Martin
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691180441
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees
Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and ... -
The Great Leveler "Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century"
Scheidel, Walter
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183251
- Páginas: 528
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, ... -
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies "A Comprehensive Introduction "
Bonneau, Joseph Felten, Edward Goldfeder, Steven Miller, Andrew Narayanan, Arvind
Princeton University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780691171692
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative ...
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Keys to the City "How Economics, Institutions, Social Interactions, and Politics Shape Development "
Storper, M.
Princeton University Press (2013)
- EAN: 9780691143118
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2013
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Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael Storper, one of the world's leading economic ...
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GDP A Brief but Affectionate History "Revised and expanded edition "
Coyle, Diane
Princeton University Press (2015)
- EAN: 9780691169859
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha de edición: 2015
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Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013-or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ...
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Liberalism "The Life of an Idea"
Fawcett, Edmund
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691180380
- Páginas: 536
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Despite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of American and European politics, liberalism is no longer the dominant force it once was. In this expanded and updated edition of what ...
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The Republic of Beliefs "A New Approach to Law and Economics"
Basu, Kaushik
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691177687
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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A leading economist offers a radically new approach to the economic analysis of the law
In The Republic of Beliefs, Kaushik Basu, one of the world's leading economists, argues that the traditional economic analysis ... -
The Infinite Desire for Growth
Cohen, Daniel
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691172538
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Why societys expectation of economic growth is no longer realistic
Economic growth--and the hope of better things to come'is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following ...