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Bureaucratic Influence in Comparative PerspectivePolicy Without Politicians is a comparative study of the everday policy-making role of bureaucrats in six jurisdictions: France, US, Germany, Sweden, the EU, and the UK. It takes as its central focus the decrees and regulations that account for a large proportion of government activity and explores...

This is the first modern textbook of sensory ecology. It provides an introduction to the key ideas, theories, and examples, describes how sensory systems work, and explores the links between the senses, animal signals, behaviour, and evolution. The book also tackles mechanistic and functional questions, integrating theoretical and empirical work....

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 94, July 2010This book provides authoritative tutorials on the most recent achievements in the field of quantum gases at the interface between atomic physics and quantum optics, condensed matter physics, nuclear and high-energy physics, non-linear physics, and quantum information....

An Improbable Genius Who Transformed MedicineThis book traces the strange career of Brown-Sequard, an eccentric, restless, nineteenth-century physician-scientist whose life was characterized by dramatic reversals of fortune and is said to have been "e;one of the greatest discovers of facts that the world has ever seen"e;....

A Scientific ApproachAn invaluable guide for neuropsychologists who provide expert testimony in both civil and criminal court cases where judgments must be made as to the cause of, and prognosis for, brain diseases and injuries, as well as the impact of brain dysfunction on legal competencies and responsibilities. Topics include scientific...

Andrew Marvell, George Wither, Ralph Wallis, and the World of Restoration Satire and PamphleteeringThe Literary Underground in the 1660s sheds new light on a world of political opposition and sedition. It tells the story of three oppositional writers, Andrew Marvell, George Wither, and Ralph Wallis, and their contributions to the restoration...