by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2003)
Dr. Kimmerer weaves indigenous Potawatomi wisdom with scientific botanic observation to illuminate the tiny, resilient world of mosses, showing how small organisms sustain entire ecosystems and teach patience.
Robin Wall Kimmerer
A luminous, timely meditation on how the natural economy of the serviceberry offers an antidote to modern scarcity culture, exploring gift economies, gratitude, and ecological reciprocity.
Ed Yong
Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong takes readers on an astonishing journey beyond human perception, revealing the sensory bubbles ('Umwelt') of beetles tracking wildfires, turtles sensing magnetic fields, and elephants hearing sub-audible seismic rumbles.
Clyde Kluckhohn
"While the world has undoubtedly been shrinking, at the same time it has grown more complex. The likelihood of culture clashes leading to outright conflict is high, perhaps higher than ever. As Andrea L. Smith convincingly argues in her new introduction to this classic work, certain questions are as valid today as in 1949, when Mirror for Man was first published. Can anthropology break down prejudices that exist between peoples and nations? Can knowledge of past human behavior help solve the world's modern problems? What effect will American attitudes likely have on the future of the world? In Mirror for Man, Clyde Kluckhohn scrutinizes anthropology, showing how the discipline can contribute to the reconciliation of conflicting cultures. He questions age-old race theories, shows how people came to be as they are, and examines limitations in how human beings can be molded. Taking up one of the most vital questions in the post-World War II world, whether international order can be achieved by domination, Kluckhohn demonstrates that cultural clashes drive much of the world's conflict, and shows how we can help resolve it if only we are willing to work for joint understanding. By interpreting human behavior, Kluckhohn reveals that anthropology can make a practical contribution through its predictive power in the realm of politics, social attitudes, and group psychology. Andrea L. Smith's new introduction provides convincing evidence for the continuing importance of one of the earliest 'public intellectuals.'"--Provided by publisher.
Timothy M.W. Eyre
This book describes the representations of Lie superalgebras that are yielded by a graded version of Hudson-Parthasarathy quantum stochastic calculus. Quantum stochastic calculus and grading theory are given concise introductions, extending readership to mathematicians and physicists with a basic knowledge of algebra and infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. The develpment of an explicit formula for the chaotic expansion of a polynomial of quantum stochastic integrals is particularly interesting. The book aims to provide a self-contained exposition of what is known about Z_2-graded quantum stochastic calculus and to provide a framework for future research into this new and fertile area.