Statistician Bart Holland takes readers on a tour of the world of probability. Weaving together tales from real life he shows examples of probability in action - everyday events that…

David Foster Wallace’s works engaged with his literary moment - roughly summarized as postmodernism - and with the author’s historical context. The essays in this volume suggest ways to explain…

Holland, this persuasively argued and firmly scientific book exposes some of history’s most persistent bamboozling. Be forewarned, you may never be taken in again!

Literature has always recorded a history of patriarchy, sexual violence, and resistance. Academics have been using literature to expose and critique this violence and domination for half a century. But…

Though the age of Rembrandt is considered to have seen the obliteration of the Dutch nobility in favour of bourgeois merchants, this study claims that the nobles were far more…

Suitable for scientists, researchers and upper undergraduate and graduate level geochemistry students, this title offers a sampling of articles on earth surface processes from The Treatise on Geochemistry .

Provides an introduction to arguments, helping students in a wide variety of courses understand the basics of sound reasoning and how to use it to persuade others.

Teaching tolerance and respect to children is challenging and essential. I Can’t Play With You sheds light on many of the attitudes children pick up from various sources and addresses…