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  • Astrophysics through Computation

    With Mathematica® Support

    by Brian Koberlein, David Meisel ...
    This new text surveys a series of fundamental problems in astrophysics, both analytically and computationally, for advanced students in physics and astrophysics. The contents are supported by more than 110 class-tested Mathematica® notebooks, allowing rigorous solutions to be explored in a visually engaging way. Topics covered include many classical and historically interesting problems, enabling ... Read more

    $78.79 USD

  • Forms of Justice

    Critical Perspectives on David Miller's Political Philosophy

    by Daniel Attas, Erica Benner, Simon Caney, Cecile Fabre, Matthew Humphrey, Chandran Kukathas, Meira Levinson, Andrew Mason, Tamar Meisels, David Miller, Serena Olsaretti, Marc Stears, Adam Swift, Michael Walzer, Stuart White, Daniel Weinstock ...
    What is justice? Great political philosophers from Plato to Rawls have traditionally argued that there is a single, principled answer to this question. Challenging this conventional wisdom, David Miller theorized that justice can take many different forms. In Forms of Justice, a distinguished group of political philosophers takes Miller's theory as a starting point and debates whether justice ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories

    Illustrated by Paul Meisel ...
    by David LaRochelle ...
    What's scarier than a ghost story? Three ghost stories, of course. And these three stories, told to little ghosts at bedtime, are the scariest kind of ghost stories there are-they're about people! From a ghost who becomes the victim of a baby in need of a diaper to a hamburger that can win a scaring contest just by lifting its bun, these hilariously illustrated silly stories are sure to bring ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Political Philosophy: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

    by Phil Parvin, Clare Chambers ...
    Written by Phil Parvin and Clare Chambers, who are current political philosophy lecturers and leading researchers, Political Philosophy - The Essentials is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like ... Read more

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  • Political Philosophy

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    by Adam Swift ...
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  • Justice in a Changing World

    by Cecile Fabre ...
    Should governments give special rights to ethnic and cultural minorities? Should rich countries open their borders to economic immigrants or transfer resources to poor countries? When framing and implementing economic and environmental policies, should current generations take into account the interests of future generations? If our political community committed a wrong against another group a ... Read more

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  • The Idea of Human Rights

    by Charles R. Beitz ...
    The international doctrine of human rights is one of the most ambitious parts of the settlement of World War II. Since then, the language of human rights has become the common language of social criticism in global political life. This book is a theoretical examination of the central idea of that language, the idea of a human right. In contrast to more conventional philosophical studies, the ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory

    by John S Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips ...
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    Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones from economics, history, sociology, and the law. Feminist ... Read more

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  • The Moral Foundations of Politics

    by Ian Shapiro ...
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  • Why Deliberative Democracy?

    by Amy Gutmann, Dennis F. Thompson ...
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