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The notions of purpose, goal, end and function are used (and abused) in descriptions of a very wide range of human, animal and machine behaviour. Andrew Woodfield provides here a unified account of such teleological descriptions and explanations, their varieties, their logical structure and their proper uses.

Using interdisciplinary methods, this book explores Asian understandings of human dignity and human rights in the context of courts, religious traditions, and socio-political change. Furthering the dialogue between Asian and Western social values, this comparative study offers an alternative to a rigidified social imagination.

Using the feminization of the Diyanet to understand the significance of a renewed presence of Islam in the Turkish public realm, this fascinating ethnography explores how the role of a female professional religious officer has penetrated and reshaped even secular spaces in Turkey.

This Element explores the use of high-dimensional instrumental variables to estimate the influence between US Circuit Courts' decisions on criminal appeals and sentence lengths imposed by US District Courts.

This new edition of Living with the Ancestors contains an entirely new introduction that synthesizes scholarship on ancestralizing practices that has emerged since the 1995 publication of the first edition, which was heralded in Ethnohistory as 'a gem' by Robert M. Carmack. This new edition also contains an updated bibliography.

In the 1980s the position of young blacks in British society became a key issue in the analysis of race relations. High levels of black youth unemployment and incidences of urban unrest focused attention on this group. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the state's role in this area of race relations.

This text presents a comprehensive but practical overview of how to develop and implement effective survey projects.

Provides a clear, concise and self-contained introduction to the global theory of the Dirac operator and to the analysis of spectral asymptotics with local or non-local boundary conditions. Ideal for graduate students and researchers working in theoretical physics and mathematics.

This book is an introduction to the contemporary representation theory of Artin algebras, by three very distinguished practitioners in the field. Beyond assuming some first-year graduate algebra and basic homological algebra, the presentation is entirely self-contained, so the book is a suitable introduction for any mathematician (especially graduate students) to this field.

This book can be viewed as two different texts: one constitutes an introduction to the theory of mechanism design and the other is a treatment of welfare economics with conventional emphasis on Pareto optimality as well as providing substantial material on incentives, uncertainty, and existence of equilibrium.

Spiders offer a unique opportunity to examine the role which field experimentation plays in evaluating theories of population and community ecology. This is an essential reference for ecologists interested in the ecology of a major terrestrial predator and the powerful use of field tests of hypotheses.

This book looks at the aristocratic adoption of Roman ideals in eighteenth-century English culture. In the century following the Revolution of 1688, the ruling class promoted - by way of its patronage - a classical frame of mind embracing all the arts, on the foundations of 'liberty' and 'civic virtue'.

Written by an expert who has spent 40 years treating couples who had fertility challenges, this book provides a clear explanation of what a couple need to conceive, and how to deal with problems which may be encountered. A recommended read for those wanting to conceive, their friends and families, and anyone interested in reproduction.

Category theory structures the mathematical world and is seen everywhere in modern mathematics. This book, suitable for graduate students or researchers with a background in algebraic topology and algebra, provides a self-contained introduction to the theory and explains its important applications to homotopy theory.

This robust introduction to aerothermodynamics for jet propulsion provides students with a solid theoretical foundation, consistent mathematical derivations, and example-based learning which connects key abstract concepts to practical scenarios in jet propulsion. Accompanied by online materials for course instructors.

In this 2004 book, William St Clair investigates how reading shaped the national culture over four centuries of printing and publishing, through a quantitative study of the books that were actually read. Using the Romantic period as a starting point, he reaches startling conclusions about the forces that determined how print carried ideas into wider society.

This volume presents a selection of philosophical papers which Richard Rorty has written over the past decade. Topics discussed include the changing role of philosophy in Western culture over the course of recent centuries, the role of the imagination in intellectual and moral progress, and the notion of 'moral identity'.

A review covering all aspects of the study of the cosmic background radiation remnant of the hot Big Bang origin of the Universe.

This authoritative volume gives a comprehensive overview of magnetic reconnection. Providing a lucid introduction to the theory, and a wide-ranging review of its applications, it is ideal for graduate students and researchers in solar physics, astrophysics, plasma physics and space science.

Written for academics, practitioners and students of international investment law and public international law more generally, the book shows, against the backdrop of recent case law and scholarly debate, how the outbreak of armed conflict influences the operation of international agreements for the promotion and protection of foreign investments.

This latest edition of 'Programming in Ada' covers the full details of the core language Ada 2012 as updated by the 2016 ISO Corrigendum and introduces the key new features planned for Ada 2022. It is sure to become the go-to resource for those wishing to learn the language or to program in it.

Howard D. Weinbrot here collects thirteen of his most important essays on Restoration and eighteenth-century British satire. Clearly written, learned, and often witty, this book emphasizes the breadth of context that enriches our understanding of satire and the relationships among the nurturing culture, the producing poet, the poem producers, and the poem as received in its age.

Tropical glaciers are highly sensitive indicators of global climate but are also fresh water reservoirs in some fast developing regions. In some cases they are a permanent threat to people. This book starts with the dramatic story of a glacial lake and continues with an analysis of tropical glaciology.

This is a study of the place of patron saints in Frankish society during the Carolingian and early Capetian periods. The book focuses on the composition of works in praise of dead holy people - hagiography - and the veneration of their physical remains - the cult of saints.

Benthic foraminifera from the classic southern Caribbean region are presented in this book, complete with detailed illustrations. Around 1000 species are assembled - from the Cretaceous to the Miocene.

Through a detailed study of diplomacy, of policy-making, of policy-makers, and of the distribution of real power in pre-First World War Italy, this book demonstrates how important foreign policy, and a foreign policy of greatness, was to Liberal Italy. It also produces evidence which casts doubt on the thesis that fascism was a parenthesis in Italian history.

This book explores the historical origins, technical features, marketability, and environmental impacts of the complete range of sustainable energy technologies. It is mainly aimed at decision makers, but will also be a valuable supplementary text for advanced courses in environmental studies, energy economics and policy, and engineering.

Aimed at instructors and graduate students, this book provides a detailed introduction to the modern applications of groups, algebras, and topology in physics. Adopting an example-based approach, it contains worked examples throughout and over 300 problems of varying complexity. Separate instructor and student solutions manuals are available.

Building up from first principles and simple scenarios, this comprehensive introduction to rigid body dynamics introduces readers to tools to address real-world problems, and cutting-edge research topics. Including over 100 problems with solutions, this is an ideal companion for undergraduate students in aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering.

This is the first book on matrix and kernel transforms preserving positivity structures. It is self-contained and only requires modest prerequisites in analysis and linear algebra. Covering deep results and modern progress, the book succeeds as an introduction for beginners and a comprehensive reference for experts.