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This is the first book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the Monty Hall Problem, one of the most famous brainteasers in mathematics. Its deceptive simplicity has fooled countless mathematicians. In addition to a thorough mathematical discussion of the problem, this book surveys the professional literature in a variety of disciplines....

This book examines Ho Chi Minh City's first generation of entrepreneurs to find that a society-wide reconstruction of cognitive paradigms enabled them and others to transform Vietnam from a poor, centrally planned economy to one of the fastest growing, market economies in the world, despite ignoring conventional reform strategies....

Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals - particularly women - face in their daily battle to find ways of 'getting a life' and 'having it all'. Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professionals, this volume will help readers understand and deal...

As a work of cultural criticism that recalls the concerns of Foucault, Hayden White, Zizek, and others   Decentering Music examines the struggle for the authority to speak about music at a time when the humanities are in crisis. By linking the institutions that support musical research, including professional associations and universities, to...

When and why did the Royal Navy come to view the expansion of German maritime        power as a threat to British maritime security? Contrary to current thinking,        Matthew S. Seligmann argues that Germany emerged as a major threat at the outset of        the twentieth century, not because of its growing battle fleet, but because...