This trilogy contains works that stand among the greatest orchestral achievements of the 18th century: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, "Haffner," a bold and innovative effort; Symphony No. 36 in C Major, "Linz," long considered expressive of Josef Haydn's influence; and Symphony No. 38 in D Major, "Prag[...]

Important text represents a concise course on the subject, centering on the historic development of the basic ideals and the logical structure of the theory, with particular emphasis on Brownian motion and quantum statistics. Alone or as part of the complete set, this volume represents a peerless re[...]

Focuses on wave functions of force-free particles, description of a particle in a box and in free space, particle in a field of force, more than one particle, eigenvalue problems, collision processes, approximate methods for solving the wave equation, matrices and operators, perturbation theory, ang[...]

The Magic Flute In Full Score was created at the peak of the Enlightenment, Mozart's divine and enduring milestone of Opera is both a light-hearted fairy tale and an epic story of the struggle between good and evil.

The Magic Flute met instant acclaim at its 1791 premiere, and it remains amon[...]

Western rationalism - nature, of course, and genesis - was Max Weber's dominant historical interest. It was the grand theme of his two world historical studies, Economy and Society and The Economic Ethics of the World Religions. His studies of the relationships among economy, polity, law, and religi[...]

This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife.[...]

The Future of Representative Democracy poses important questions about representation, representative democracy and their future. Inspired by the last major investigation of the subject by Hanna Pitkin over four decades ago, this ambitious volume fills a major gap in the literature by examining the [...]

A broad-ranging exploration of the Japanese language in relation to Japanese society and identity formation.[...]

What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. Even developments with a humanistic touch l[...]

A beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story from an award-winning, bestselling German author making his American debut.
Mike Klingenberg doesn't get why people think he's boring. Sure, he doesn't have many friends. (Okay, zero friends.) And everyone laughs at him when he reads his es[...]