Oxford University Press

Epistemic Value is a collection of new essays by leading epistemologists, focusing on questions regarding the value of knowledge, such as: Is knowledge more valuable than true belief? Is truth the central value informing epistemic appraisal, or do other values enter the picture?...

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In this book The Nature Conservancy has pulled together the best available database on the biodiversity of the United States. Drawing upon the records of the 50 State Heritage Programs and the Nature Conservancy's offical synthesis of their own data and research on the status of biodiversity within the US, the book is a summary and analysis of the...

This fascinating account of Chinatown leaders shows how politics helped establish North America's first major group of illegal immigrants. New Chinese language evidence reveals how ethnic leaders' role as transnational actors and intermediaries both transformed Canadian politics and changed understandings of immigrant communities in a turbulent...

This book provides an overview of the current energy policy debate, contextualized by the oil shock from 2000, and considers how the trends in international energy markets impact on security of supply and climate change. It includes a discussion of market design, looks at carbon and oil markets, and considers best practice for effective policy...

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 93, August        2009The aim of the book is to familiarize the new generation of PhD students and        postdoctoral fellows with the principles and methods of modern lattice field theory,        which aims to resolve fundamental, non-perturbative questions about QCD...