While trekking through the forests of Indonesia Borneo far from any urban center, the sound of insects, mammals, reptiles, and the roaring river can be deafening. It is a testament to the forest’s immense biodiver-sity—some of which is found nowhere else in the world. Yet no more than a few kilometers away, the forests open up to an expanse of oil palm tre…
Rachel berjumpa dengan Lopez tanpa gagasan apa pun sebelumnya tentang dia. Ia adalah orang asing baginya. Ia bahkan tidak berbagi latar belakang agamanya. Rachel, barangkali, seorang peziarah pascagereja, yang mencari bagi dirinya kebenaran terdalam dan berjuang dengan masalah-masalah hidupnya sendiri. Ia berjumpa dari hati ke hati dengan Lopez, melintasi keterpisahan lima abad sejarah dan keti…
After 30 years of research, the author of The History of Correlation organized his notes into a manuscript draft during the lockdown months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting it into shape for publication took another few years. It was a labor of love. Readers will enjoy learning in detail how correlation evolved from a completely non-mathematical concept to one today that is virtually always vi…
In his most provocative and practical book yet,one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own ri…
Research on concepts has concentrated on the way people apply concepts online, when presented with a stimulus. Just as important, however, is the use of concepts offline, when planning what to do or thinking about what is the case. There is strong evidence that inferences driven by conceptual thought draw heavily on special-purpose resources: sensory, motoric, affective, and evaluative. At the …
More than 965 million women and men in Africa cannot afford a healthy diet (FAO et al. 2020). Many governments and practitioners in the land sector expect that strengthening smallholder productivity will provide sufficient food and en-able rural Africans to move out of poverty (Gassner et al. 2019; Lawry et al. 2017). Recent literature examining the link between land tenure security (LTS) and …
Karl Popper is famous for having proposed that science advances by a process of conjecture and refutation. He is also famous for defending the open society against those he saw as its arch enemies – Plato and Marx.Popper’s contributions to thought are of profound importance, but they are not the last word on the subject. They need to be improved. My concern in this book …
What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short plays Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the perf…
Entrance into the sacred heart of the Sancang forest requires a steep descent of 337 unevenly aligned, concrete steps. With every passing year, the tentacles of tree roots make further advances in their inevitable quest to reclaim the forest floor. Ka handap; ka luhur – the Sundanese (West Javan) terms for descending and ascending – I climb the steps several times a day following gibbons fr…
The Magna Carta is arguably the greatest constitutional document in recorded history, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction, which includes a full English translation of the 1215 Magna Carta, introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significant role that it …
This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the liberation of the sixties, and analyzes the current situation of women across Europe, in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, particularly the Third World countries. Walters examines the difficulties and inequities that women still face, more than forty years after the "new wave" of 19…
This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the liberation of the sixties, and analyzes the current situation of women across Europe, in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, particularly the Third World countries. Walters examines the difficulties and inequities that women still face, more than forty years after the "new wave" of 19…
This Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth. It will further evaluate weaknesses and strengths of isotope applications in tree rings. In contrast to older tree ring studies, which predominantly applied a pure statistical approach t…
The mammalian order catacea includes three suborders: the archaeoceti ancient whales, extinct forms known only from fossils. including at least ten living species of baleen or whalebone whale; and the odontoceti or toothed whales, including about 70 living species of dolphins, porpoises, and whales with teeth but no baleen. So far, humans have not driven any cetacean species to extinction, alth…
This book presents the city beneath the surface of Abu Salabikh, southern Iraq. The archaeology and the textual data combine to reveal its architecture, agricultural and industrial enterprises, and social structure. Integrated with our wider knowledge of south Mesopotamia at this time it creates a vivid image of city life in 2600 BC.
OK, this is really more of a glorified preface but I wanted to be sure that you didn’t skip it. I tend to skip prefaces because I prefer my experience of a book to be unbiased. I don’t want to know anyone else’s thoughts about a book – not even the author’s – until I’ve finished reading it and formed thoughts of my own. But this approach does have its risks: sometimes my expecta…
This open access edited book brings together new research on the mechanisms by which maternal and reproductive health policies are formed and implemented in diverse locales around the world, from global policy spaces to sites of practice. The authors – both internationally respected anthropologists and new voices – demonstrate the value of ethnography and the utility of reproduction as a le…
The demand for secure, affordable and clean energy is a priority call to humanity. Challenges associated with conventional energy resources, such as depletion of fossil fuels, high costs and associated greenhouse gas emissions, have stimulated interests in renewable energy resources. For instance, there have been clear gaps and rushed thoughts about replacing fossil-fuel driven engines with ele…
The principle of investing in children rarely evokes controversy. However we look at it, to invest in a child is to invest in our common future: The world of tomorrow will inherit the children of today. Whether nations grow and prosper will depend heavily on the survival, health, education and protection of their citizens, particularly the youngest. There are several compelling reasons to inves…
I remember being interested in Dutch football from a young age. The first football match I can remember watching was the Italia 1990 World Cup match between England and the Netherlands – although saying I remember ‘watching’ it is a little inaccurate. To be honest, until I looked up the score, while writing this, I could not remember who had won (actua…
In old tales they tell us many wonders of heroes and of high courage, of glad feasting, of wine and of mourning; and herein ye shall read of the marvellous deeds and of the strife of brave men. There grew up in Burgundy a noble maiden, in no land was a fairer. Kriemhild was her name. Well favoured was the damsel, and by reason of her died many warriors. Doughty knights in plenty wooed her, …
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…
Pernahkah kamuj bermain-main dengan magnet? Kamu tidak dapat menyaksikan bagaimana cara kerja magnet, akan tetapi kamu dapat melihat bagaimana magnet dapat amenarik ptoongan baesi atau baja kecil ke arahnya. Kekuatan untuk menarik logam dinamakan kemagnetan. Beberapa jenis batuan adalah magnet alam, tetapi kebanyakan magnet dibuat dari besi atau baja. Bentuk magnet bermacam-macam, Perhatikanla…