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  • Feynman's Lost Lecture

    by David Goodstein, Judith R. Goodstein ...
    "Glorious."—Wall Street JournalRescued from obscurity, Feynman's Lost Lecture is a blessing for all Feynman followers. Most know Richard Feynman for the hilarious anecdotes and exploits in his best-selling books "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" But not always obvious in those stories was his brilliance as a pure scientist—one of the century's ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Organizational Change

    Sourcebook I: Cases in Organizational Development

    Edited by B. Lubin, L. D. Goodstein, A. W. Lubin ...
    First published in 1984. Starting out with the exploration of the value of the case study, this volume looks at organisational change, and presents nine case studies of planned change on the organizational or community level. Each is an in-depth analysis prepared by the consultants who were actively engaged in the change activity. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Georg Simmel and the Disciplinary Imaginary

    by Elizabeth S. Goodstein ...
    An internationally famous philosopher and best-selling author during his lifetime, Georg Simmel has been marginalized in contemporary intellectual and cultural history. This neglect belies his pathbreaking role in revealing the theoretical significance of phenomena—including money, gender, urban life, and technology—that subsequently became established arenas of inquiry in cultural theory. It ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Giving Voice to Values

    An Innovation and Impact Agenda

    Edited by Jerry Goodstein, Mary Gentile ...
    Series series Giving Voice to Values
    Giving Voice to Values, under the leadership of Mary Gentile, has fundamentally changed the way business ethics and values-driven leadership is taught and discussed in academic and corporate settings worldwide.This book shifts attention to the future of Giving Voice to Values (GVV) and provides thought pieces from practitioners and leading experts in business ethics and the professions on the ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The American Prison

    Issues in Research and Policy

    Edited by Lynne Goodstein, Doris L. MacKenzie ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Despite the dire forecasts of others who had themselves edited books, we proceeded with the project of an edited volume on the American prison, although with more than a little trepidation. We had heard the horror stories of authors turning in their chapters months or years late or never at all, of publishers delaying publication dates, of volumes that read more like patchwork quilts than finely ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Recursive Analysis

    by R. L. Goodstein ...
    Series series Dover Books on Mathematics
    Recursive analysis develops natural number computations into a framework appropriate for real numbers. This text is based upon primary recursive arithmetic and presents a unique combination of classical analysis and intuitional analysis. Written by a master in the field, it is suitable for graduate students of mathematics and computer science and can be read without a detailed knowledge of ... Read more

    $9.79 USD

  • Boolean Algebra

    by R. L. Goodstein ...
    Series series Dover Books on Mathematics
    Famous for the number-theoretic first-order statement known as Goodstein's theorem, author R. L. Goodstein was also well known as a distinguished educator. With this text, he offers an elementary treatment that employs Boolean algebra as a simple medium for introducing important concepts of modern algebra.The text begins with an informal introduction to the algebra of classes, exploring union, ... Read more

    $9.79 USD

  • Thermal Physics

    Energy and Entropy

    by David Goodstein ...
    Written by distinguished physics educator David Goodstein, this fresh introduction to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and the study of matter is ideal for undergraduate courses. The textbook looks at the behavior of thermodynamic variables and examines partial derivatives - the essential language of thermodynamics. It also explores states of matter and the phase transitions between them, ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Climate Change And The Energy Problem: Physical Science And Economics Perspective

    by David L Goodstein, Michael D Intriligator ...
    This important compendium deals with the primary world problems of global warming and the coming energy crisis. In alternating chapters, it lays out the nature of the two interrelated problems, and specifies the various economic considerations. Thus, it describes the coming shortfall of fossil fuel energy in detail and then presents the economic factors governing possible solutions.Written by two ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • On Fact and Fraud

    Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science

    by David Goodstein ...
    "Fascinating case studies" of scientific controversies and misconduct—with valuable insights on how to identify, avoid, and prevent fraud ( Leonardo).In David Goodstein's varied experience—as a physicist and educator, and as vice provost at Caltech, a job in which he was responsible for investigating all allegations of scientific misconduct—a deceptively simple question has come up time and again: ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ignition

    What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement

    by Mary Lou Finley, John Passacantando, Susanne Moser, Rebecca Gould, Bob Musil, Bill Shutkin, Julia West, Ben Gore, Eban Goodstein, Julian Agyeman, Harriet Bulkeley, Aditya Nochur, Bob Doppelt, William Chaloupka, Kenton de Kirby, Pamela Morgan, Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger, Christopher McGregory Klyza, Barry Rabe, Eileen Claussen, Jared Duval, Nathan Wyeth, David J. Sousa ...
    The evidence is irrefutable: global warming is real. While the debate continues about just how much damage spiking temperatures will wreak, we know the threat to our homes, health, and even way of life is dire. So why isn’t America doing anything? Where is the national campaign to stop this catastrophe?It may lie between the covers of this book. Ignition brings together some of the world’s finest ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Out of Gas

    The End of the Age of Oil

    by David Goodstein ...
    Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel?Our rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; rather, it is certain to decline—perhaps rapidly—forever forward. Meanwhile, over the past century, we have developed lifestyles firmly rooted in the promise of an endless, cheap supply. In this book ... Read more

    $12.29 USD