Columbia University Press

Mathematics: The New Golden Age offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: Hilbert's tenth problem and the four-color theorem, Gaussian integers, chaotic dynamics and the Mandelbrot set, infinite numbers, and strange number systems. Why a "new golden age"? According to Keith Devlin,...

In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts work, and his changing cultural status within different times and places. The text examines Bruce Lee's films and philosophy in relation to the...

"Smart Money" has called Michael J. Mauboussin one of the "Most Influential People on Wall Street," and he has been repeatedly named to the "Wall Street Journal"'s All-Star survey. Known throughout the financial world for challenging conventional "Wall Street" wisdom, Mauboussin explores and applies ideas from a variety of disciplines to develop...

Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyo and ko-joruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time. Both poignant and disturbing, these whimsical narratives contain stories of cruelty and brutality, as well as love, charity, and outstanding filial devotion,...

Illuminates the complex issues and policy choices surrounding clashes between international society and states that challenge the majority's espoused interests and values. This work considers states' deviant behavior through two stages including, the initial decision to defy the international normative order. ...

For more than forty years, Gianni Vattimo, one of Europe's most important and influential postwar philosophers, has shaped and challenged perceptions of Nietzsche. In "Dialogue with Nietzsche", a reflection of his remarkable engagement with Nietzsche's legacy, Vattimo explores the German philosopher's most important works and ideas. He draws on and...