The HIV epidemic animates this collection of essays by a noted artist, writer, and activist. "So total was the burden of illness -- mine and others' -- that the only viable response, other than to cease making art entirely, was to adjust to the gravity of the predicament by using the crisis as a len[...]

This book surveys recent developments in the rapidly expanding field of asymptotic distribution theory, placing special emphasis on the problems of time-dependence and heterogeneity. It is technically self-contained, with all but the most basic mathematical prerequisites being explained in their con[...]

Different individuals have had particular impacts on human history and thinking. This unique book considers the contributions of eight people, and shows how they can be considered representative of one or several aspects of human nature and human striving. The book includes chapters on Moses, Grunew[...]