Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1528/30-1569) is famous for having elevated the status of landscape painting. He is also considered to be the greatest sixteenth-century Flemish master of scenes from ordinary life. This beautifully illustrated volume presents twelve world-famous masterpieces shown in ful[...]

Information is a recognized fundamental notion across the sciences and humanities, which is crucial to understanding physical computation, communication, and human cognition. "The Philosophy of Information" brings together the most important perspectives on information. It includes major technical a[...]

This important volume presents seven case studies of global value chains alongside two theoretical chapters concerning these chains. The contributors explore a wide range of issues relevant to value chains: the impact of global value chains on local upgrading strategies, the role of governance struc[...]

Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' "The Human Bone Manual" is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification pur[...]

Yeasts and filamentous fungi need to cope with stress, whether growing in the laboratory or in the natural environment, whether victims or offenders in interactions with other organisms. These considerations are discussed in this volume that covers stress in the broad sense, within the context of my[...]

Explains how economic capital can be defined, measured, and implemented in a manner that adds value to an organization. This book discusses the role of economic capital within the broader context of management responsibilities and activities, and its relation to other risk management tools that are [...]

Our growing dependence on increasingly complex computer and software systems necessitates the development of formalisms, techniques, and tools for assessing functional properties of these systems. One such technique that has emerged in the last twenty years is model checking, which systematically (a[...]

Outsourcing is a major international phenomenon in business. This book presents the theory, research and practice in this field. With a range of case studies from outsourcing companies across the globe, it offers a strong grounding in real-world industrial experience and keeps abreast of the most im[...]

This book provides an accessible, broad and up-to-date overview of alternating current (AC) power systems, focusing on the system as a whole rather than analyzing in detail the modelling of component parts (as is the case in classical power engineering textbooks). Examples and case studies back up t[...]

Renowned for his effervescent and rollicking paintings of Flemish life, Peter Bruegel the Elder also holds a place among the world's finest engraving designers. This collection contains 64 of his engravings plus a woodcut, arranged in two parts. The first depicts the outer world of nature and man, i[...]

Our common image of the Middle Ages, constructed partly from popular accounts by Tuchman and Huizinga, is a period in European history when cultural activity was in decay. Van Oostrom convincingly challenges this notion by presenting evidence of a lively medieval court culture in the northern Nether[...]