The Age of Synthesis

Carl W Hall

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 16
• This century is widely recognized as the Age of Analysis. A posteriori evidence is accumulating to demonstrate that the next century will be the Age o... Lees meer

Times of the Trinity

Duane H Larson

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 17
• After Einstein, it can neither be said that time is absolute, nor that eternity is timeless. Indeed, contemporary physics may suggest that eternity is... Lees meer

This Rough Magic

Jane Robinett

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 13
• This Rough Magic represents a significant contribution to the study of Latin American literature and culture. Jane Robinett examines the literary eval... Lees meer

Broken Symmetries

John Freund

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 8
• This important study makes a convincing case for its thesis that the dramatic form of Shakespeare's plays corresponds to that of a natural system evol... Lees meer

Toward an Aesthetic Criticism of Technology

Wolhee Choe

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 2
• Toward an Aesthetic Criticism of Technology argues that technology can and should be understood and experienced aesthetically. A method for this new a... Lees meer

Representations of Science and Technology in British Literature Since 1880

Earl G Ingersoll

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 9
• This important book explores representative works of literature as expressions of British culture's responses to science and technology. Although its ... Lees meer

Southern Writers and the Machine

Jeffrey Folks

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 11
• Southern Writers and the Machine Faulkner to Percy traces the artistic treatment of mechanization among two generations of Southern writers. The book ... Lees meer

La Société Intégrée

Simon Laflamme

• Hardcover | Frans | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 12
• Au carrefour des approches économique, communicationnelle et sociologique, ce livre tente de construire un modèle qui permettra d'étudier tout à la fo... Lees meer

Liberal Education in 21st Century Engineering

• Paperback | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 23
• Twenty-first century engineering education must meet radically revised national accreditation standards, known colloquially as EC2000. This book shows... Lees meer

The Use of Science and Technology in Service to Children in the Courts

Michael Eddy Donnelly

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 6
• Scientific evidence plays a growing role in many court cases concerning the abuse and deaths of children. This book explores the early history of scie... Lees meer

Luminaries in the Natural World

Anna Marie E Roos

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 20
• Known and observed by all levels of society, the sun and moon, or the «luminaries, » were a continuous thread in the tapestry of late medieval and ear... Lees meer

«In Worcester, Massachusetts»- Essays on Elizabeth Bishop

• Paperback | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 18
• « In Worcester, Massachusetts» Essays on Elizabeth Bishop reflects the growing interest in the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Elizabe... Lees meer

The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption by William Pynchon (1590 - 1662)

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 10
• The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption: A Facsimile Edition reproduces William Pynchon's rare 1650 theological treatise about the Atonement. Written ... Lees meer

Rethinking Globalization

Richard Worthington

• Paperback | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 22
• The globalization of human affairs replaces familiar, localized processes with abstract, fluid boundaries. The theoretical discussion of this trend ha... Lees meer

The Limits of Science

Ernest Krausz

• Hardcover | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 19
• The Limits of Science provides a clear and concise account of how scientists explain the reality we live in. The author presents a vivid and balanced ... Lees meer

Learning from Success

Ann Kelleher

• Paperback | Engels | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies) | nr. 15
• The field of undergraduate international education has matured. Areas of consensus, as well as of continuing healthy debate, have emerged from decades... Lees meer