Based on a series of lectures given by I. M. Gelfand at Moscow State University, this book actually goes considerably...... more

In 1884, the distinguished German jurist Daniel Paul Schreber suffered the first of a series of mental collapses that...... more

topic of Jean-Luc Nancy’s masterwork. Corpus is a work of literary force at once phenomenological, sociological, theological...... more

variables, Bernoulli trials and the De Moivre-Laplace theorem, a detailed treatment of Markov chains, continuous Markov...... more

Richard A. Silverman s series of translations of outstanding Russian textbooks and monographs is well-known to people...... more

theory. He brings together political theory, critical social science, and a keen sense of the power of popular movements to...... more

This monograph by a prominent Russian expert was a ground-breaking contribution to the literature on the theory of wave...... more

as diverse as John Austin and Richard Rorty have proclaimed philosophy’s end, with some even calling for the advent of...... more

view of China’s key energy issues and his strategy for addressing them. A collection of papers authored by Jiang Zemin...... more

Revolution in France. The work of the self-exiled Maistre presents a providential interpretation of the French Revolution and...... more

This book provides a critical sociology of religion in Latin America. Its purpose is to discuss the notion of religion...... more

A crucial work in Endo s oeuvre, Volcano is a powerful novel of ideas as well as a sensitive and moving depiction of...... more

is specially designed for undergraduates in mathematics, science and engineering. A high level of mathematical...... more

them a profound uniqueness of presence. This evocative interview uncovers a hidden thread of aesthetic thinking in Levinas...... more

, is supplemented by an appendix on scattering of acoustic radiation. Part III offers a detailed presentation of...... more

Derived from an encyclopedic six-volume survey, this accessible text by a prominent Soviet mathematician offers a...... more

topic of Jean-Luc Nancy s masterwork. Corpus is a work of literary force at once phenomenological, sociological, theological...... more

Contemporary philosophers are increasingly turning to the work of Emmanuel Levinas to bring a consideration of ethics...... more

ideas and his most sustained critique of the ideological foundations of the revolution. On the State of Nature, a detailed...... more

functional analysis ), rather than sets of points in a finite-dimensional space. Chapter 2 is devoted to differential equations...... more

particularly appropriate for the eighteenth-century salon. Translator and editor Richard Lebrun provides a full scholarly edition...... more