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Mathematical Concepts and Their OriginsBy Robert Tubbs, associate professor of mathematicsJohns Hopkins University PressMathematics often seems incomprehensible, a melee of strange symbols thrown down on a page. But while formulae, theorems and

By Robert D. Rupert, assistant professor of philosophyOxford University Press“Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind” surveys philosophical issues raised by the situated movement in cognitive science, that is, the treatment of cognitive phenomena

By Bradley Monton, associate professor of philosophyBroadview PressThe doctrine of intelligent design is often the subject of acrimonious debate. Seeking God in Science cuts through the rhetoric that distorts the debates between religious

By Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, distinguished professor of history emeritaIndiana University PressThe Yoruba, one of the largest and most historically important ethnic groups in Nigeria, are noted for the economic activity, confidence, and authority

A Science Adventure with Max the DogBy Jeffrey Bennett, former ���������� astronomer; Nick Schneider, associate professor of astrophysics; and Erica Ellingson; associate professor of astrophysicsBig Kid Science (publisher)Scientifically accurate

By William Kuskin, associate professor of EnglishUniversity of Notre Dame Press“Symbolic Caxton” is the first study to explore the introduction of printing in symbolic terms. It presents a powerful literary history in which the 15th century is

Stephen H. Lekson, curator of anthropology, ���������� Museum of Natural HistorySAR PressAccording to archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, much of what we think we know about the Southwest has been compressed into conventions and classifications and orthodoxies

By Susan Kingsley Kent, professor of historyPalgrave MacmillanAftershocks examines the impact of collective trauma arising out of the Great War on the politics of the 1920s in Britain. Aftershocks studies how meanings of shellshock,

By Robert Hanna, ���������� professor of philosophy; and Michelle Maiese assistant professor of philosophy at Emmanuel College, BostonOxford University PressIn Embodied Minds in Action , Robert Hanna and Michelle Maiese work out a unified

By David Ferris, professor and chair of comparative literature and humanitiesCambridge University PressFor students of modern criticism and theory, Walter Benjamin’s writings have become essential reading. His analyses of photography, film, language