Oxford University Press

A unique monograph in a fast developing field of generalized thermoelasticity, an area of active research in continuum mechanics, focusing on thermoelasticity governed by hyperbolic equations, rather than on a wide range of continuum theories....

The hilarious sequel to the best-selling 'My So-Called Life'...

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Molecular biology had its origins in chemistry and physical biochemistry between 1930 and the elucidation of DNA in the mid 1950s. Lily Kay argues that molecular biology did not "e;evolve"e; in a random fashion but, rather, was an expression of systematic efforts by scientists and the foundations they relied upon for financial support to...

This work is a study and translation of the testimony given by witnesses at the canonization hearings of St. Elizabeth, who died at age twenty-four in 1231. The depositions offer vivid anecdotes about her life as well as the healing miracles that were associated with her shrine in Marburg....

Although it has long been commonplace to imagine the archetypal American poet singing a solitary "e;Song of Myself,"e; much of the most enduring American poetry has actually been preoccupied with the drama of friendship. In this lucid and absorbing study, Andrew Epstein argues that an obsession with both the pleasures and problems of...