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This 2003 book documents mathematical and computational advances in Amazons, Chomp, Dot-and-Boxes, Go, Chess, Hex, and more.

In a political climate where the machinery of the federal government has grown increasingly complex, The Power to Legislate offers a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the extent and limitations of legislative power granted by the U.

Poetry. Edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Alessandro Porco. In the spring and summer of 1949, Jerrold Levy and Richard Negro--two teenage pranksters with the right mix of bad attitude and artistic ingenuity--composed, circulated, and performed a collection of poems on the campus of Black Mountain College, an experimental school located just outside Asheville, North Carolina. Now, BookThug brings this previously unpublished work to...

An overview of the history and nature of antisemitism from earliest times to the present, from a team of leading international specialists in the field.

Special issue on Politics and Spirituality, with essays on "Ritual Versus Justice, " "Dissent from the Dissenters, " "Same-Gender Marriages from the Intersection of Faith and Politics, " "The Ballot, the Bimah, and the Tax Code, " "Liberal Dilemma: The Prophetic Mandate versus Religion-Sate Seperation in Reform Political Discourse, " as well as essays on Rabbinic Advocacy and Jewish Community Organizing. Also includes poetry and book reviews.

A fascinating look at the mathematics behind games such as checkers, chess, Go, Nim, and Nine-Men Morris.

Fifteen years ago, a U.S. high school diploma was a ticket to the middle class. No longer. The skills required to earn a decent income have changed radically. The skills taught in most U.S. schools have not. Today the average 30-year-old person with a high school diploma earns $20, 200, and the nation faces a future of growing inequality and division. Teaching the New Basic Skills shows how to avoid such a future. By telling stories of real pe...

How does a city obtain water, gas, and electricity? Where do these services come from? How are they transported? The answer is infrastructure, or the inner, and sometimes invisible, workings of the city. Roads, railroads, bridges, telephone wires, and power lines are visible elements of the infrastructure, sewers, plumbing pipes, wires, tunnels, cables, and sometimes rails are usually buried underground or hidden behind walls. Engineering the ...

Is Nine-Men Morris, in the hands of perfect players, a win for white or for black - or a draw Can king, rook, and knight always defeat king and two knights in chess What can Go players learn from economists What are nimbers, tinies, switches, minies This book deals with combinatorial games, that is, games not involving chance or hidden information. Their study is at once old and young: though some games, such as chess, have been analyzed for c...