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New PaPerbackStvn Shpin nd Simon Sh, winns o th 2005 esmus Piz,Pmium esminum Foundtion

with n intodution y th uthos

Leviathan and the Air-PumpHos, boyl, nd th expimntl Li

Steven Shapin & Simon Schafer

Pis o Pintons pvious ditions:

Leviathan and the Air-Pump [is] th most inuntil txt in ou ld

sin Thoms kuhns Structure o Scientifc Revolutions.

Jms Sod, Isis

This is simply on o th most oiginl, njoyl, nd impotnt oos

pulishd in th histoy o sin in nt ys.

On Hnny, Technology and Culture

Shpin nd Sh hv ittn on o th vy st livs o n

instumnt. . . . Thy [lso] hd th it . . . to t vitully th st pi

o pptus o th n lotoy sin, nd so hv givn us n

unpllld vigntt o th ith pngs o n styl o soning.

In Hing, British Journal or the History o Science

Leviathan and the Air-Pump xmins th onits ov th vlu nd

popity o xpimntl mthods tn to mjo svntnth-

ntuy thins: Thoms Hos, utho o th politil ttisLeviathan nd vhmnt iti o systmti xpimnttion in ntul

philosophy, nd rot boyl, mhnil philosoph nd on

o th nly invntd i-pump. Th issus t st in thi disputs

ngd om th physil intgity o th i-pump to th intlltul

intgity o th noldg it might yild.

Stvn Shpin nd Simon Sh us th ononttion tn

Hos nd boyl s y o undstnding ht s t st in

th ly histoy o sinti xpimnttion. Thydsi thpotgonists divgnt vis o ntul noldg, nd situt th

Hos-boyl disputs ithin ontmpoy dts ov th ol o

intlltuls in puli li nd th polms o soil od nd ssnt in

rstotion englnd. In n intodution, th uthos dsi ho

sin nd its soil ontxt undstood hn this oo s st

pulishd, nd ho th study o th histoy o sin hs hngd

sin thn.

2011. 416 pgs. 15 hltons. 7 lin illus.

P: 978-0-691-15020-8 $29.95 | 20.95

Stvn Shpin is th

Fnlin L. Fod Posso

o th Histoy o Sin t

Hvd Univsity. Simon

Sh is posso o

histoy o sin t th

Univsity o cmidg.

Pinton Glol Sin http://princetonglobalscience.org) is n inititiv o Pinton Univsity

Pss highlighting th o o ou uthos nd thi oos in ddssing th gt sinti nd

thnologil issus liv in th old tody.

ov illusttion: a pnumtil ngin nd its pts, om boyls Sping nd wight o th ai, pulishd in 1661 ngving) / photo) yenglish Shool 17th ntuy). Pivt colltion/Th bidgmn at Liy


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New PaPerbackFinlist, 2009 Ntionl boo ad, Nontion

On o th Washington Postsbst boos o 2009

winn o th 2010 Gold Mdl in biogphy, Independent Publisher

The Poison KingTh Li nd Lgnd o Mithdts, roms Ddlist enmy

Ai May

a ondul ding xpin, s ing s toni. . . . Its dnhd

in imgintiv violn nd disst, ut it lso s th lmlss

vstmnts o ultu nd ntiquity.

colyn S, Washington Post

Mithdts should houshold nm longsid his llo ls

Hnnil, clopt, Sptus, nd attil. This dtild, juiy, nttin-

ing, yt pinsting o o sup sholship should nlly giv

Mithdts th ognition h dsvs.Mgt Gog, utho oHelen o Troy: A Novel

In this ihly illusttd oo, adinn Myo omins stoytlls

gits ith th most nt hologil nd sinti disovis to

tll th tl o Mithdts s it hs nv n told o.

2011. 480 pgs. 10 olo plts. 75 hltons. 9 mps.P: 978-0-691-15026-0 $18.95 | 12.95cl: 978-0-691-12683-8 $29.95 | 20.95

FOrTHcOMINGwith ood y Philip J. Dvis

Fascinating Mathematical PeopleIntvis nd MmoisEdited by Donald J. Albers &

Gerald L. Alexanderson

Fascinating Mathematical People is ondully vidolltion. w mt illintly sussul ths, uthos,

dntist, nd to Filds Mdlinning Sndinvins. Som

m om dmi o intlltul milis, noth om

lzing-hot glss toy in Pnnsylvni, nd still noth

om n nint nd stoid english istoti gound.

all o thm hd supising sid pths nd dtous on thi y

to mthmtil suss.

run Hsh, outho oLoving and Hating Mathematics

Fascinating Mathematical People is olltion o inoml

intvis nd mmois o sixtn pominnt mms o

th mthmtil ommunity o th tntith ntuy, mny

still tiv. Th ndid potits olltd h dmonstt

tht hil ths mn nd omn vy idly in tms o

thi gounds, li stois, nd oldvis, thy ll sh

dp nd iding sns o ond out mthmtis.

Oto 2011. 264 pgs. 189 hltons.

cl: 978-0-691-14829-8 $35.00 | 24.95

adinn Myo is sh shol in lssis

nd histoy o sin t

Stnod Univsity.

Donld J. als is ditoil dito

o th oos pogm t th Mth-

mtil assoition o ami.

Gld L. alxndson is th Mihl

nd elizth Vliot Posso o

Sin t Snt cl Univsity.


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FOrTHcOMING

Reinventing Discovery

Th N e o Ntod SinMichael Nielsen

Sin hs lys n ontt spot; th

inttion o mny minds is th ngin o

th disiplin. Mihl Nilsn hs givn us

n unpllld ount o ho n tools o

ollotion tnsoming sinti pti.

Reinventing Discoverydosnt just hlp us und-

stnd ho th sins hnging, it shos usho n ptiipt in th hng.

cly Shiy, utho oHere Comes Everybody

nd Cognitive Surplus

In Reinventing Discovery, Mihl Nilsn gus

tht living t th dn o th most d-

mti hng in sin in mo thn 300 ys.

This hng is ing divn y poul n

ognitiv tools, nld y th intnt, hih gtly lting sinti disovy. Th

mny oos out ho th intnt is hng-

ing usinss o th opl o govnmnt.

but this is th st oo out somthing muh

mo undmntl: ho th intnt is tns-

oming th ntu o ou olltiv intllign

nd ho undstnd th old.

This is oo o nyon ho nts to und-

stnd ho th onlin old is volutionizing

sinti disovy todynd hy th volu-

tion is just ginning.

Mihl Nilsn is on o th pions o qun-

tum omputing. H is n ssyist, sp, nd

dvot o opn sin.

Novm 2011. 280 pgs. 6 hltons. 8 lin illus.cl: 978-0-691-14890-8 $24.95 | 16.95

New

Discoverers o the Universe

willim nd colin HshlMichael Hoskin

In this joint iogphy, ittn ith th oop-

tion o th Hshl mily, histoin o ston-

omy Mihl Hosin potys th silings shd

pssion o th night sy, nd th tiumphs nd

pitlls o thi o. Using n mtu tlsop,

th pi htd thousnds o sts nd nul

in tlogus tht still usd tody.Nature

Discoverers o the Universe tlls th gipping

stoy o willim Hshl, th illint, ly

mitious, motionlly omplx musiin nd

ompos ho m out stonom to

bitins king Gog III, nd o willims sist,

colin, ho ssistd him in his osvtions

o th night sy nd m n omplishdstonom in h on ight. Togth, thy

tnsomd ou vi o th univs om th

unhnging, mhnil tion o Ntons

lom god to th v-volving, indily

dynmi osmos tht it tuly is.

Mihl Hosin is llo o chuhill collg t

th Univsity o cmidg, h h ltud

in th histoy o stonomy om 1959 until his

timnt in 1988, nd ounding dito o th

Journal or the History o Astronomy.

2011. 272 pgs. 16 olo illus. 25 hltons.cl: 978-0-691-14833-5 $29.95 | 20.95


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New

How Old Is the Universe?

David A. Weintraub

astonom Dvid wintu xplins . . . ho

no tht th Univs is 13.7 illion ys

old, nding tht hs hd n impt on sin,

philosophy nd ligion. by looing t th

vious ys in hih th g o th osmos

hs n stlishd ov th ntuisom

th liyls nd pulstions o sts to glti

stutus nd osmologyh vls thposs o sinti nquiy nd shos ho

stonoms gth vidn to gppl ith

dp qustions.

Nature

I you lly nt to no th g o th

univs, thn you too hv to stt om sth.

How Old is the Universe?pls th qustion in its

pop histoil ontxt nd xplins ht hsgon into nsing it.

kulvind Singh chdh, Physics World

astonoms hv dtmind tht ou univs

is 13.7 illion ys old. Ho xtly did thy

om to this pis onlusion? How Old Is

the Universe?tlls th indil stoy o ho

stonoms solvd on o th most omplling

mystis in sin nd, long th y,

intodus ds to undmntl onpts nd

utting-dg dvns in modn stonomy.

Dvid a. wintu is posso o stonomy t

Vndilt Univsity.

2010. 384 pgs. 46 hltons. 76 lin illus.cl: 978-0-691-14731-4 $29.95 | 20.95

New

The Little Book o String Theory

Steven S. Gubser

The Little Book o String Theoryy thotil

physiist Stvn Gus puts into ods th

stt mths o som o th most hllnging

s o physis, om ngy nd quntum m-

hnis to ns, supsymmty nd multipl

dimnsions.

Nature

with Gus s ou guid sin stts to sm

lss li th xlusiv domin o th iny, nd

mo li indo into th univs tht is opn

o vyon.

Glnn Dlls, San Francisco Book Review

The Little Book o String Theoryos shot,

ssil, nd nttining intodution to

on o th most tld-out s o physis

tody. Sting thoy hs n lld th thoy

o vything. It ss to dsi ll th

undmntl os o ntu. It nompsss

gvity nd quntum mhnis in on uniying

thoy. but it is unpovn nd ught ith

ontovsy. at ding this oo, youll l

to d you on onlusions out sting thoy.

The Little Book o String Theoryis th ssntil,

most up-to-dt ginns guid to this lgnt,multidimnsionl ld o physis.

Stvn S. Gus is posso o physis t Pin-

ton Univsity.

Science Essentials

2010. 184 pgs. 21 lin illus.cl: 978-0-691-14289-0 $19.95 | 13.95

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New

Divine Machines

Liniz nd th Sins o LiJustin E. H. Smith

with this oo, Justin Smith tuns th old o

Liniz sholship upsid don. Oths hv

gud o th ntlity o Linizs vis on

lngug nd logi, o on physis nd mth-

mtis, o on thology, ut Smith shos us ho

to d this y gu in th histoy o modn

thought though his iology. This lnd,oiginl, nd xiting oo is oligtoy ding

o nyon intstd in th oigins o modn

philosophy.

Dnil G, Pinton Univsity

Though it did not yt xist s dist ld

o sinti inquiy, iology s t th ht

o mny o th most impotnt dts in

svntnth-ntuy philosophy. Noh is thismo ppnt thn in th o o G. w. Liniz.

In Divine Machines, Justin Smith os th st

in-dpth xmintion o Linizs dp nd

omplx nggmnt ith th mpiil li si-

ns o his dy, in s s divs s mdiin,

physiology, txonomy, gntion thoy, nd

plontology. H shos ho ths id-nging

pusuits not only ntl to Linizs

philosophil intsts, ut otn povidd thinsights tht ld to som o his st-non

philosophil dotins.

Justin e. H. Smith is ssoit posso o phi-

losophy t conodi Univsity in Montl.

2011. 392 pgs. 1 hlton. 5 tls.cl: 978-0-691-14178-7 $45.00 | 30.95

New

The Brain and the Meaning o Lie

Paul Thagard

[Thgd] os tightly sond, otn

humoous, nd oiginl ontiution to th

mging pti o pplying sin to

s htoo th povin o philosophs,

thologins, thiists, nd politiins: wht is

lity nd ho n no it? a mind nd

in on o to? wht is th sou o th

sns o sl? wht is lov? wht is th dintn ight nd ong, nd ho n

no it? wht is th most lgitimt om o

govnmnt? wht is th mning o li, nd ho

n nd hppinss in it? Thgd mploys th

ltst tools nd ndings o sin in his ttmpts

to ns ths nd dditionl) qustions.

Mihl Shm, Science

why is li oth living? wht ms tionsight o ong? wht is lity nd ho do

no it? The Brain and the Meaning o Lie

ds on sh in philosophy, psyhology,

nd nuosin to ns som o th most

pssing qustions out lis ntu nd vlu.

Pul Thgd is posso o philosophy,

psyhology, nd omput sin t th

Univsity o wtloo, cnd.

2010. 296 pgs. 12 lin illus.cl: 978-0-691-14272-2 $29.95 | 20.95

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FOrTHcOMING PaPerbackwith n intodution y Mihl rus

The OriginThen and Nowan Intptiv Guid to th Origin o SpeciesDavid N. Reznick

rzni . . . suds h oths hv ild. . . . His ount is lom tool o thos hod li to

h volution om Din himsl ut nd th mst impntl.

SEED Magazine

Dvid N. rzni is posso o iology t th Univsity o clioni, rivsid.

Dm 2011. 448 pgs. 15 hltons. 17 lin illus.P: 978-0-691-15257-8 $22.95 | 15.95cl: 978-0-691-12978-5 $29.95 | 20.95

FOrTHcOMING

A Cooperative SpeciesHumn ripoity nd Its evolutionSamuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis

[a] sh nd pioning nty into th pivotlld o humn soil volution.

edd O. wilson, Hvd Univsity

Using xpimntl, hologil, gnti,

nd thnogphi dt to lit modls o

th ovolution o gns nd ultu s ll s

phistoi nd oth oms o goup

omptition,A Cooperative Species povids

omplling nd novl ount o ho humns

m to mol nd ooptiv.

Smul bols hds th bhviol Sins

Pogm t th Snt F Institut nd ths

onomis t th Univsity o Sin. Ht

Gintis holds ulty positions t th Snt F

Institut, cntl euopn Univsity, nd th

Univsity o Sin.

July 2011. 280 pgs. 39 lin illus. 24 tls.

cl: 978-0-691-15125-0 $35.00 | 24.95

FOrTHcOMING

Creating the Market UniversityHo admi Sin bm neonomi enginElizabeth Popp Berman

amin univsitis tody sv s onomi

ngins, poming th sinti sh

tht ill t n industis, div onomi

goth, nd p th Unitd Stts glolly

omptitiv. but only dds go, ths

sm univsitis sl-onsiously hld

thmslvs pt om th old o omm.

Creating the Market Universityis th st oo

to systmtilly xmin hy dmi

sin md suh dmti mov tod

th mt. Ding on xtnsiv histoil

sh, elizth Popp bmn shos ho th

govnmntinund y th gumnt tht

innovtion divs th onomyought out

this tnsomtion.

elizth Popp bmn is ssistnt posso

o soiology t th Univsity t alny, Stt

Univsity o N Yo.

Fuy 2012. 264 pgs. 6 lin illus. 2 tls.cl: 978-0-691-14708-6 $35.00 | 24.95


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New PaPerbackTHIrD eDITION

The Crest o the Peacock

Non-euopn roots o MthmtisGeorge Gheverghese Joseph


enthlling. . . . at ding it, nnot s

th pst in th sm omoting hz o g-old

stois, ithully nd unitilly told om

th to pupil don th ys. . . . Invlul o

mthmtis ths t ll lvls.

New Scientist

wht is vlul h is th unid ppoh

tht Josph ings . . . nd th non-thnil l-

ity tht th ttmpt to od histoil pioitis

nd dut his ds out o thi euopn

pjudis quis.

Times Literary Supplement

Gog Ghvghs Josph s on inkl, Indi, g up in Moms, kny,

nd ompltd his dgs in englnd. H hs

od in vious ouptions tht hv tn

him to pls ll ov th old, inluding est

nd cntl ai, Indi, Ppu N Guin, nd

South est asi.

2010. 592 pgs. 6 hltons. 164 lin illus. 18 tls. 6 mps.P: 978-0-691-13526-7 $29.95 | 20.95

New

The Zodiac o Paris

Ho n Impol contovsy ovn anint egyptin atit Povod Modn Dt tn rligionnd SinJed Z. Buchwald & Diane Greco Joseowicz

This oo psnts impotnt nd sinting

thms, nd sillully omins thm. Th ith

o egyptology, th Fnh rvolution, th ul

o Npolon, th g o th eth, nd ounoldg o th sts ll tu in its hpts.

aov ll th is th v-shiting ltionship

tn sin, ligion, nd thism. I

disovd somthing n on vy pg.

John ry, Univsity o cmidg

Th Dnd zodin nint s-li

tmpl iling dond ith mystious symols

o th sts nd plntss st disovd yth Fnh duing Npolons mpign in egypt,

nd quily povod ontovsy tn

sintists nd thologins. bought to Pis in

1821 nd ultimtly instlld in th Louv,

h it n still sn tody, th zodi

ppd to dpit th nighttim sy om tim

pdting th bilil tion, nd tho st

dout on ligious tuth. The Zodiac o Paris tlls

th stoy o this indil hologil nd ndits unlily ol in th disputs ov sin

nd ith in Npoloni nd rstotion Fn.

Jd Z. buhld is th Dois nd Hny Dyuss

Posso o Histoy t th clioni Institut o

Thnology. Din Go Josoiz ths in

th iting pogm t boston Univsity.

2010. 448 pgs. 8 pg olo stion. 73 hltons.cl: 978-0-691-14576-1 $35.00 | 24.95


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NewOn oChoices Outstnding admi Titls o 2010

Honol Mntion, 2010 PrOSe ad o exlln in

Mthmtis, assoition o amin Pulishs

Numbers RuleTh Vxing Mthmtis o Dmoy,om Plto to th PsntGeorge G. Szpiro

engging stoytlling . . . o d ho is

pimily intstd in lning som o th

histoil ontxt o th hts ho hv

ontiutd to th mthmtis o soil hoithoy, it is hd to imgin tt oo.

Dn Glss, MAA Reviews

Numbers Rule dsis th tils nd tiumphs

o th thins don though th gs ho hv

dd th odds in pusuit o just nd quitl

dmoy.

Gog G. Szpio, PhD, is mthmtiin nd

jounlist.

2010. 240 pgs. 21 tls.cl: 978-0-691-13994-4 $26.95 | 18.95

New

Whats Luck Got to Do with It?

Th Histoy, Mthmtis, ndPsyhology o th Gmls IllusionJoseph Mazur

Fom th di-plying o Nolithi popls to

modn lottis nd sino pitlism, [Mzu]

ts th histoy o pling ts. H xplins oth

th mthmtis o hn nd th psyhologil

nd motionl tos tht nti som popl to

is it ll to in tht impol jpot.Jonn b, Nature

Whats Luck Got to Do with It?ts livly nd

y-opning loo t th mthmtis, histoy,

nd psyhology o gmling to vl th most

idly hld misonptions out lu.

Josph Mzu is posso mitus o mthmt-

is t Mloo collg.

2010. 296 pgs. 35 hltons. 10 lin illus. 12 tls.cl: 978-0-691-13890-9 $29.95 | 20.95

New

The Silicon Junglea Novl o Dption, Po, nd Intnt IntiguShumeet Baluja

at lst, omput sin hs its quivlnt to Sott Tuo. Shumt bluj not only tlls ompl-

ling stoy, ut s n xpt in dt mining, h lso nos his stu. His stoy shos ho poul nd

-hing modn sh thnology n , nd hn, potntilly dngous i not poply

ontolld. a thno-thill ith distuing mssg.

kith Dvlin, utho oThe Unfnished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that

Made the World Modern

Shumt bluj is snio st sh sintist t Googl.

2011. 352 pgs.

cl: 978-0-691-14754-3 $27.95 | 19.95


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New PaPerbackHonol Mntion, 2007 ad o bst Possionl/Sholly booin Mthmtis, assoition o amin Pulishs

The Pythagorean Theorema 4,000-Y HistoyEli Maor

This xllnt iogphy o th thom is li

histoy o thought ittn in lins nd ils,

moving om nint ly tlts to einstins

lods. . . . Th is somthing intoxiting

out sing on tuth vld in so mny

ys. It ll ms o hous o gloious mth-mtil disttion.

bn Longst, New Scientist

a popul ount o impotnt ids nd thi

dvlopmnt, [The Pythagorean Theorem] should

d y nyon ith good dution.

Pt M. Numnn, Times Higher Education

Mo xptly tlls th stoy o ho this simplthom non to shoolhildn is pt nd p-

l o muh o mthmtis itsl. . . . evn mth-

mtilly svvy ds ill gin insights into th

inn oings nd uty o mthmtis.

amy Shll-Gllsh, MAA Reviews

eli Mo ths th histoy o mthmtis t

Loyol Univsity in chigo nd t th Ghm

Shool o Gnl edution t th Univsity

o chigo.

Princeton Science Library

2010. 288 pgs. 9 olo illus. 141 lin illus. 2 tls.P: 978-0-691-14823-6 $17.95 | 12.50cl: 978-0-691-12526-8 $24.95 | 16.95

NewOn oChoices Outstnding admi Titls o 2010

How to Read HistoricalMathematicsBenjamin Wardhaugh

This is n xtodiny oo o nyon

intstd in th histoy o mthmtis.

Th utho nots in th p tht ding

histoil mthmtis n sinting,

hllnging, nihing, nd ndlssly ding.

H thn pods to illustt ho to nlyznd gt th most out o oiginl sou mtil.

Jim Tttsll, MAA Reviews

anyon intstd in th histoy o mthmtis

should stt h, spilly thos ho th

histoy o mthmtis ouss. Th txt is

shing, lvnt, nd supisingly intsting.

a gt d!

Choice

witings y ly mthmtiins tu

lngug nd nottions tht quit dint

om ht mili ith tody. Souoos

on th histoy o mthmtis povid som

guidn, ut ht hs n ling is guid

tilod to th nds o ds ppohing

ths itings o th st tim. How to

Read Historical Mathematics lls this gp y

intoduing ds to th nlytil qustionshistoins s hn diphing histoil txts.

bnjmin wdhugh is postdotol sh

llo t all Souls collg, Univsity o Oxod.

2010. 136 pgs. 5 hltons.cl: 978-0-691-14014-8 $22.95 | 15.95



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New PaPerbackwith n p y th utho

Dr. Eulers Fabulous Formulacus Mny Mthmtil IllsPaul J. Nahin

Nhin inluds gms om ll ov mthmtis,

nging om ngining pplitions to uti-

ul pu-mthmtil idntitis. . . . It ould

good to hv mo oos li this.

Timothy Gos, Nature

It is vy difult to sum up th gtnss o eul.

. . . This xllnt oo gos long y to xplin-

ing th ind o mthmtiin h lly s.

Stv Huml, Mathematics Today

Pul J. Nhin is posso mitus o ltil

ngining t th Univsity o N Hmpshi.

2011. 416 pgs. 2 hltons. 77 lin illus.P: 978-0-691-15037-6 $19.95 | 13.95

cl: 978-0-691-11822-2 $29.95 | 20.95

New PaPerback

An Imaginary Tale

Th Stoy o -1Paul J. Nahin


Pul Nhins oo is dlightul omp though

th dvlopmnt o imginy nums.

roin J. wilson, London Mathematical Society

Newsletter

a oo-lngth hymn o pis to th squ ooto minus on.

bin rotmn, Times Literary Supplement

Princeton Science Library

2010. 296 pgs. 1 hlton. 47 lin illus.P: 978-0-691-14600-3 $16.95 | 11.95Not or sale in South Asia

Newwith ood y willim P. Thuston

The Best Writing on Mathematics

2010Edited by Mircea Pitici

a dlight to d. This is n volum ith lotso ti tils tht s ntiing s thy

vid. Th sum totl is simply gt.

by Mzu, Hvd Univsity


2011. 440 pgs. 28 hltons.P: 978-0-691-14841-0 $19.95 | 13.95

FOrTHcOMINGwith ood y Fmn Dyson


2011Edited by Mircea Pitici

This oo longs on th shl o nyon int-std in h mth hs tn usnd h it

is hdd.

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The Blind Spot

Sin nd th cisis o UntintyWilliam Byers

Is th id tht nything n dtmind ith

solut tinty n illusion?. . . bys inopots

mny illint thins nd sminl sinti

thoughs into his disussion, oing th

ognt, invigoting gumnt tht only y

ming untinty n tuly pogss.

Kirkus Reviews

Sin hs n und sig duing th lst

qut ntuy, st y itis ho hg tht

sin itsl is ultul onstut nd tht

sintists impot thi on li systms into

thi sh. rtid mth posso bys

How Mathematicians Think) gus tht muh o

th polm lis in ht h lls th sin o

tinty. . . . Instd, bys sys, sintists ndto ogniz untinty, inompltnss, nd

miguity, th ungspl, th lind spot, o

th limits to son.

Publishers Weekly

The Blind Spotos n ntily n y o

thining out sin, on tht highlights its

stngths nd limittions, its unlizd pomis,

nd, ov ll, its unvoidl miguity. It lso

points to mo sophistitd ppoh to th

most inttl polms o ou tim.

willim bys is posso mitus o mthmtis

nd sttistis t conodi Univsity in Montl.


New PaPerbackwinn o th 2007 bst Si-Th boo in Mthmtis, Library Journal

On oChoices Outstnding admi Titls o 2007

How Mathematicians ThinkUsing amiguity, contdition, ndPdox to ct MthmtisWilliam Byers

amitious, ssil nd povotiv. . . . evy-

on should d bys.

Donl OSh, Nature

as willim bys points out in this ougousoo, mthmtis tody is osssd ith igo,

nd this tully suppsss tivity. . . . bys

isnt ontnt mly to su mths. His gols

vn high: h ds to oppos th nti

zitgist. . . . bvo.

Ggoy chitin, New Scientist

[a] illint nd sily ssil oo on th

tiv oundtions o mth nd psyhology.enst rossi, Psychological Perspectives

This oo is dilly n ount o mth-

mtil disous nd mthmtil thining. . . .

[P]oound, unptntious, nd ougous.

run Hsh, Notices o the AMS

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On Fact and Fraud

cutiony Tls om th Font Linso SinDavid Goodstein

Physiist Dvid Goodstin ss hy som

sintists divn to mispsnt sults. His

ooOn Fact and Frauduss ll-non ss to

loo t ho sin is ondutd nd to mind

us tht not ll udulnt sintists guilty.

Jonn b nd S adull, Nature

Goodstins oo lly shins s n insids

psptiv o ho sin os in th nitty-

gitty, hdsl, omptitiv old o

possionl sh.

Mihl Shm,American Journal o Physics

Fud in sin is not s sy to idntiy s

on might thin. whn ustions o sinti

misondut ou, tuth n otn lusiv,

nd th us o sintists thil misstp

isnt lys l. On Fact and Fraudloos t

tul ss in hih ud s ommittd o

llgd, xplining ht onstituts sinti

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disn nd void ud hv it my is.

Dvid Goodstin is th Fn J. Gilloon Distin-guishd Thing nd Svi Posso in th

Dptmnt o Physis t th clioni Institut

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Ogniztionl Img nd Phmutilrgultion t th FDaDaniel Carpenter

In his mssiv, mgistil Reputation and

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sintist Dnil cpnt povids oth

histoy o th gny nd n nlysis o ho it

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mt. cpnt ully doumnts th

ys FDa uuts hv od to xploit

oppotunitis to xpnd thi inun nd

shp ho th dug industy nd th mdil

possion opt.

kith e. wittington, Reason

Th U.S. Food nd Dug administtion is thmost poul gultoy gny in th old.

Ho did th FDa om so inuntil? and

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po? Reputation and Powerts th histoy

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n th pimy sou o its po, yt lso

on o its ultimt onstints.

Dnil cpnt is th alli S. Fd Posso o

Govnmnt t Hvd Univsity.

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FOrTHcOMING PaPerback

Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy

Th cs o Nntt LouxJan Goldstein

[a]n ingnious ommodtion o Fud nd

Fouults dispt positions. . . . viving invsti-

gtion o hysti o th n dd.

Gog roussu, Times Literary Supplement

Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasyos in-

do into th inn li o pson odinily in-ssil to histoins. Jn Goldstin nlyzs nd

tnslts pviously unpulishd mnusipt

ounting th stng s o ightn-y-old

Nntt Loux, Fnh psnt gil ho ll ill

in 1822 ith vity o inpitting nvous

symptoms. Filld ith intimt dtils out

Nntts hvio, this ly nintnth-ntuy

txt is notothy o th sxul ns

tht ontmpois did not ogniz s suh.whil hysti ould om shionl

diss mong un omn y th nd o th

nintnth ntuy, th s o Nntt Loux

dis shply om this pttn in its ly dt

nd ul stting. Goldstin situts th s in

its multipl ontxts, xmins it om th stnd-

point o ly nintnth-ntuy mdiin, nd

uss th insights o Fouult nd Fud to t

tnty-st-ntuy intpttion.

Jn Goldstin is th Nomn nd edn Fhling

Posso o Histoy t th Univsity o chigo.

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Tnsltd y alisti In blyth

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th lssil piod to tody. ctlin avmsu

shos ho th id o th nnil pps in

vything om th dlin o ntul l tho-

is nd disputs ov th chistin sution

to th mgn o modnitynd ho th

nnil ontinus to su in ontmpoydts out id ng o issus, inluding

mol ltivism, pivt popty ights, nd

vgtinism. Lying th d s tht

ous though wstn thought,An Intellectual

History o Cannibalism shds n light on th

ith o modnity nd th philosophis o ul-

tu tht os in th o th enlightnmnt.

ctlin avmsu is d in politil sin

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Understanding Autism

Pnts, Dotos, nd th Histoy o DisodChloe Silverman

This sinting oo omins histoil psptiv ith thnogphi invstigtion o th gss-

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The Symptom and the SubjectTh emgn o th Physil body inanint GBrooke Holmes

billint nd impotnt, this oo tls nothing

lss thn th disovy o th ody s ultul

nd onptul tgoy in G ntiquity. Th

oo ngs ov Hom nd hi poty,

th Sophists, philosophy, tgdy, ndmost

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ount o histoil dvlopmnts.

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Einstein Beore Israel

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homlnd in Plstin. wht ntid this

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to dilly hng his vis? Einstein Beore

Israelts einstins involvmnt ith Zionism.

Ding on lth o hivl vidn

muh o it nv o pulishdthis oo

os th most nund pitu yt o einstins

omplx nd somtims stomy ltionship

ith Jish ntionlism.

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Pps Pojt t th clioni Institut o

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Newwith ood y Fmn Dyson

The Ultimate Quotable EinsteinCollected and edited by Alice Calaprice

H is th dnitiv n dition o th hugly

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The Ultimate Quotable Einstein tus 400

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In The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, ds ill

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