Theory category: 79975 books
Number Theory and Related Fields
In Memory of Alf van der Poorten
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
“Number Theory and Related Fields” collects contributions based on the proceedings of the "International Number Theory Conference in Memory of Alf van der Poorten," hosted by CARMA and held March 12-16th 2012 at the University of Newcastle, Australia. The purpose of the conference...
by Juha Heinonen, Olli Martio, Tero Kilpeläinen
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
A self-contained treatment appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text offers a detailed development of the necessary background for its survey of the nonlinear potential theory of superharmonic functions.
Starting with the theory of weighted Sobolev spaces, this treatment...
Clausewitz's Puzzle
The Political Theory of War
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Blending detailed contextual analysis with issues in modern-day international relations this book provides a major new analysis of the theory of Clausewitz and its relevance to contemporary society. This book argues that Clausewitz developed a wide-ranging political theory of war by reflecting on...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Shakespeare and the Future of Theory convenes internationally renowned Shakespeare scholars, and scholars of the Early Modern period, and presents, discusses, and evaluates the most recent research and information concerning the future of theory in relation to Shakespeare’s corpus. Original in its...
Marxism and Educational Theory
Origins and Issues
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
We live in a world where thousands make massive profits out of the labours of others, while those others exist as wage slaves, millions of whom die of starvation and poverty-related illness every year. The fundamental aim of Marxism is the overthrow of the anarchic, exploitative and eco-destructive...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Education is a field sometimes beset by theories-of-the-day and with easy panaceas that overpromise the degree to which they can alleviate pressing educational problems. The two-volume Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy introduces readers to theories that have stood the test of time...
Text World Theory and Keats' Poetry
The Cognitive Poetics of Desire, Dreams and Nightmares
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Text World Theory and Keats' Poetry applies advances in cognitive poetics and text world theory to four poems by the nineteenth century poet John Keats. It takes the existing text world theory as a starting point and draws on stylistics, literary theory, cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology...
Elliptic Curves, Modular Forms and Iwasawa Theory
In Honour of John H. Coates' 70th Birthday, Cambridge, UK, March 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
Celebrating one of the leading figures in contemporary number theory – John H. Coates – on the occasion of his 70th birthday, this collection of contributions covers a range of topics in number theory, concentrating on the arithmetic of elliptic curves, modular forms, and Galois representations....
Comparative Political Theory in Time and Place
Theory’s Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
This book explores comparative political theory through the study of a range of places and periods with contributions from a diverse group of scholars. The volume builds on recent work in political theory, seeking to focus scholarly attention on non-Western thought in order to contribute to both political...
by Gabriel S. Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
This book evaluates the democratic theory of America’s Christian Right (CR). The CR has been examined extensively in academic literature. However, most analyses focus on its origins, policy preferences, or successful mobilization. Hudson instead examines the normative assumptions about governance...
THORSTEIN VEBLEN Ultimate Collection: 8 Books & 50+ Business Essays and Articles in Warfare and Economics
The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning In America, Panem et Circenses, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, The Use of Loan Credit in Business…
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
This carefully crafted ebook: “THORSTEIN VEBLEN Ultimate Collection: 8 Books & 50+ Business Essays and Articles in Warfare and Economics” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was an American economist and sociologist....
Frontiers of Test Validity Theory
Measurement, Causation, and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
This book examines test validity in the behavioral, social, and educational sciences by exploring three fundamental problems: measurement, causation and meaning. Psychometric and philosophical perspectives receive attention along with unresolved issues. The authors explore how measurement is conceived...
The Formalisms of Quantum Mechanics
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
These lecture notes present a concise and introductory, yet as far as possible coherent, view of the main formalizations of quantum mechanics and of quantum field theories, their interrelations and their theoretical foundations.
The “standard” formulation of quantum mechanics (involving...
Classic Set Theory
For Guided Independent Study
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Designed for undergraduate students of set theory, Classic Set Theory presents a modern perspective of the classic work of Georg Cantor and Richard Dedekin and their immediate successors. This includes:The definition of the real numbers in terms of rational numbers and ultimately in terms of natural...