This is a full-colour study of acclaimed artist Francesco Clemente's ongoing efforts to capture and convert spiritual life experiences into two-dimensional art. Produced in collaboration with Dietch Projects - one of the world's most exciting contemporary galleries - this wonderfully illustrated new[...]

Venetian architect and historian Francesco da Mosto sets out from Venice to cross the Mediterranean to discover the cities and islands where Western civilization was born. Sailing in a nineteenth-century yawl, his journey starts in Venice and finishes in Istanbul. This book is suitable for fans of F[...]

Focusing on conformal field theory, this book is intended for graduates and researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics. It is also aimed at students and researchers in condensed matter theory, statistical physics, and other areas of theoretical physics and mathematics. It develops the theor[...]

Tadao Ando (b.1941) is Japan's leading architect and a designer, with a dazzling international reputation. This complete catalogue of Ando's work examines in close detail more than 100 buildings and projects, all illustrated by drawings, sketches, plans and other material from the architect's own st[...]

This lush, oversized book about marine life features a variety of guessing games and special features, including more than 25 lift-the-flaps, 8 pop-ups, a gatefold and an exquisite corpse, providing hours of educational entertainment. Guess a sea creature from its silhouette, shell or scales--and ju[...]

In addition to a strong theoretical framework and an innovative approach to European e-justice design, this book offers original material on the development of e-government systems and case studies based on a common methodology and theoretical framework.[...]

The Guide to Investigation of Mouse Pregnancy is the first publication to cover the mouse placenta or the angiogenic tree the mother develops to support the placenta. This much-needed resource covers monitoring of the cardiovascular system, gestational programming of chronic adult disease, epigeneti[...]

This book treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation the text begins with a survey of classical probability theory and with an introduction into the foundations of quantum mechani[...]

This book treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation the text begins with a survey of classical probability theory and with an introduction into the foundations of quantum mechani[...]

Moving from the birth of Europe to the current crisis, this book questions the relevance of the Union today. Will Europe sink back into instability and rivalry? Is the sovereign debt crisis merely the beginning of intractable economic challenges? These pressing issues are addressed in an irreverent [...]