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Since the building of all the Universe is perfect and is cre­ ated by the wisdom Creator, nothing arises in the Universe in which one cannot see the sense of some maXImum or mInImUm Euler God moves the Universe along geometrical lines Plato Mathematical models of most closed physical systems are based on vari­ ational principles, i.e., it is postulated that equations describing the evolu­ tion of a system are the Euler~Lagrange equations of a ...

An investigation of several aspects of money among the Yoruba of Nigeria. It explores the origin, philosophy, uses, politics and problems of acquiring and spending money in Yoruba culture, and is divided into three parts - money and its uses, money and its problems, and money and oil economy.

Trundle argues that metaphysical principles and our understanding of science have become subordinated to ideological dreams. Fascism and Nazism are not historical aberrations, but essential consequences. He shows why scientific truth demands a modal defence integrating science, ethics and politics.

A consolidated record of Edward L. Thorndike's theoretical and empirical contributions to the comparative psychology of learning. His approach is systematic and comprehensive experimentation using a variety of animals and tasks, all within a laboratory setting.

In 1978 Edwin T. Jaynes and Myron Tribus initiated a series of workshops to exchange ideas and recent developments in technical aspects and applications of Bayesian probability theory. The first workshop was held at the University of Wyoming in 1981 organized by C.R. Smith and W.T. Grandy. Due to its success, the workshop was held annually during the last 18 years. Over the years, the emphasis of the workshop shifted gradually from fundamental...

How successful is PPP, and its extension in the monetary model, as a measure of the equilibrium exchange rate? What are the determinants and dynamics of equilibrium real exchange rates? How can misalignments be measured, and what are their causes? What are the effects of specific policies upon the equilibrium exchange rate? The answers to these questions are important to academic theorists, policymakers, international bankers and i...

Quality-Oriented Design of Business Processes introduces a modeling method, `Integrated Enterprise Modelling' (IEM), which is related to ISO standards and provides manufacturing organizations with the means of analyzing, improving, and redesigning their business processes. The purpose of the book is to improve the quality of products and organizational performance through optimizing complex business processes and organizational design. Clearl...

When we say that a person deserves a positive or negative outcome, we are making a judgment that is influenced by a number ofvariables. We would certainly take into account whether the person was resp- siblefortheoutcomeorwhethertheoutcomecouldbeattributedtoother sources. We would also consider whether the actions that led to the positive or negative outcome were actions that we would value or - tionsthatwouldmeetwithourdisapproval.Wemightalso...

An analysis of evidence of the influence of situations on behaviour in laboratory studies. It looks at cases in which the subject's reaction was dependent upon complex situations rather than a single stimulus. It also suggests that there are internal factors located in the brain.

The proceedings of the joint BMB 15 and ECSA 27 Symposium provides the reader with some of the advances in the study of biology, ecology, and physical and biochemical modelling of enclosed or semi-enclosed marine, brackish and estuarine systems (the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the White Sea, the Black Sea, and the Ionian Sea). The book covers a wide range of topics in this field, including hydrography and modelling, eutrophication, environmen...

Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective presents 20 essays which explore diverse cultural interpretations of the earth's surface. Contrasted with each other and with the potentially cosmopolitan culture of science, these detailed studies of ways in which different cultures conceptualise nature appear in the context of global environmental change. Understanding across cultural lines has never been more important. This book shows how...

A comprehensive assessment of the methodologies of thermodynamic optimization, exergy analysis and thermoeconomics, and their application to the design of efficient and environmentally sound energy systems. The chapters are organized in a sequence that begins with pure thermodynamics and progresses towards the blending of thermodynamics with other disciplines, such as heat transfer and cost accounting. Three methods of analysis stand out: entr...

No Civil War military campaign has inspired as much controversy about leadership as has Gettysburg. The contributors to this volume believe there is room for scholarship that revisits the sources on which earlier accounts have been based and challenges prevailing interpretations of key officer's performances. They have trained their investigative lens on some obvious and some relatively neglected figures, with an eye toward illuminating not on...

This book champions the view that economics is a social science, and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. I am aware that the way problems are addressed here has little in common with economics as it is generally understood today, most economis...

New edition of this title that was originally published in 1989 as "Pomp And Sustenance: Twenty Five Centuries Of Sicilian Food", and has been unavailable for ten years. Reissue.

Leading scholars and Basque specialists provide a fascinating overview of Basque experiences throughout the American Far West and Mexico.

For all who appreciate Celtic spirituality, here is a fresh and alternative source of nourishment and inspiration. For those looking for an authentic Christian faith, Anglo-Saxon Christianity reaches back into the very birth of the English people.

Worthington, Ohio, like most frontier communities, reflected the heritage of its founders. This case study of one community provides a perspective from which historians can better understand the process of westward migration and frontier settlement.

From official records, personal letters, and postwar memoirs, Jack D. Welsh, M.D., has compiled the medical histories of 425 Confederate generals.Welsh does not attempt to analyze the effects of an individual's medical problems on a battle or the war, but whenever possible provides information about factors that may have contributed to the wound, injury, or illness, and the outcome. He also details the immediate care, logistics of transportati...

This text examines one of the most complex problems that bedeviled Middle East politics in the interwar period. It demolishes the myth that Palestine was a "twice-promised land" and shows that the changes of fraudulence and deception leveled against the British are groundless.