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Collider: The Search for the World's Smallest Particles

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

"Paul Halpern is a gifted writer who brings science and scientists alive. This is a wonderful introduction to the world of high-energy physics, where gigantic machines and tiny particles meet."
”Kenneth Ford, retired director of the American Institute of Physics and author of The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone...

Models and Cognition (Bradford Books)

MIT Press, 2006

"Every now and then, a book comes along that tries to put it all together. Waskan's book is eminently readable and well informed, and taught me a lot about stuff I thought I already knew. It is an accessible text and a thoroughly original contribution, all in one."
—Robert Cummins, Department of Philosophy...

When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History

St Martin Press, 2019

The never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day.

***An ALA GLBT Round Table Over the Rainbow 2019 Top Ten Selection***
***NAMED ONE OF THE BEST LGBTQ BOOKS OF 2019 by Harper's Bazaar***

"A...

Latinos and the Liberal City: Politics and Protest in San Francisco (Politics and Culture in Modern America)

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019

The "Latino vote" has become a mantra in political media, as journalists, pundits, and social scientists regularly weigh in on Latinos' loyalty to the Democratic Party and the significance of their electoral participation. But how and why did Latinos' liberal orientation take hold? What has this political...

Food Additives Data Book

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

The use of additives in food is a dynamic one, as consumers demand fewer additives in foods and as governments review the list of additives approved and their permitted levels. Scientists also refine the knowledge of the risk assessment process as well as improve analytical methods and the use of alternative additives, processes or...

Hermeneutics as Critique: Science, Politics, Race, and Culture (New Directions in Critical Theory, 72)

Columbia University Press, 2021

Hermeneutics has frequently been dismissed as useful only for literary and textual analysis. Some consider it to be Eurocentric or inherently relativistic and thus unsuited to social critique. Lorenzo C. Simpson offers a persuasive and powerful argument that hermeneutics is a valuable tool not only for critical theory but also for robustly...

The New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility across Borders

Earthscan, 2005

In contemporary debates about democratic governance, the concept of accountability is hard to avoid. At least from a European perspective, recent innovations in political and administrative decision-making have multiplied opportunities for citizens to hold to account those who exercise governmental authority. Or so we are told. Whether busy...

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