Oxford University Press

Rationality has traditionally been a central subject in philosophy that crosses the boundaries of ethics, epistemology, and mind. It has in fact received extra attention recently not only from philosophers, but scholars in psychology, economics, business, and medicine. 22 philosophers have written on every facet of rationality, covering the topic...

The legal changes that brought religious liberty to the United States have been thoroughly documented. Beneke is the first to offer a systematic explanation of how people who still cared deeply about the fate of their immortal souls could manage to live with those who held significantly different beliefs about God and the church - in other words,...

Why is it that the best and brightest of our children are arriving at college too burned out to profit from the smorgasbord of intellectual delights that they are offered? Why is it that some preschools and kindergartens have a majority of children struggling to master cognitive tasks that are inappropriate for their age? Why is playtime often...

Theory and ApplicationsThis book presents the SPH method for fluid modelling from a theoretical and        applied viewpoint. It explains the foundations of the method, from physical        principles, and will help researchers, students, and engineers to understand how the        method should be used and why it works well....

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This Handbook shows that Business History is a wide-ranging and dynamic area of study, producing compelling empirical data, which has sometimes confirmed and sometimes contested widely-held views in management and the social sciences. A key reference work for scholars of Business History, and a fascinating resource for social scientists in general....