The best way to learn comes by simply asking questions. It’s truly one of the most useful skills you can acquire. In “Ask a Little-Learn a Lot,” author R. W…

This book presents current research in the study of the classification and application of fractals. Topics discussed include the fractal model application for nanocomposite polymer/organoclay structures; generalised Rauzy fractals and…

Lenses for railroad lanterns, cut glass for the White House table, Thomas Edison’s first light bulb-the glass for all of these was made in Corning, the glass capital of America…

Long ago, visitors reached Watkins Glen by railroad, steamboat, and horse-drawn wagon. They came to stay in the grand resorts, watch automobile racing in the streets, stroll through the countryside…

An intimate and personal account of the Civil War and its aftermath, as experienced by two young boys growing up in Michigan. The Houghton brothers offer a vivid and poignant…

This work considers the roles that religion should - and should not - play in a post-Cold War age distinguished by humanitarian intervention, terrorism, globalization, and challenges to state sovereignty…