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Fear of the False uncovers colonial South Asia's critical role in the development of forensic science. Around 1900, the government of British India created a web of institutions for the scientific detection of crime. Driven by anxieties about "native...

This book offers a novel and systematic inquiry into the deep connection between AI and rational agency. By linking the inferentialist approach to the mind with current discussions about semantic technologies and AI, it describes a normative shift for...

This book introduces a new measurable perspective on dynamical systems by connecting concepts from topological dynamics with their measure-theoretic counterparts. A central theme is the translation of topological notions into measurable ones. For...

Cultural Game Studies provides a comprehensive framework for understanding games and play as interconnected cultural phenomena, examining their roles as art, entertainment, and human experience within contemporary society.This edited volume delivers a...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become deeply embedded in modern life, with autonomous systems now controlling many crucial functions in healthcare, transportation, and industry. However, the incredible power of AI also enables new forms of...

In the digital age, information is the most vital asset and network technologies are the invisible threads that connect our world. From homes and businesses to smart cities and autonomous vehicles, these technologies enable seamless communication,...

This book traces the path of the doctrine of privity in negligence, from inception to its famous ousting in Donoghue v Stevenson in 1932.It begins with the origins of negligence's privity rule in the Industrial Revolution, before considering pressure...

The book addresses what is political in critical theory and which aspects, arguments or notions of critical theory maintain political significance for the 20th and the 21st centuries. The collection of essays comprises itself of a series of clear and...

Amid renewed anti-racist resistance to violent policing, The racial politics of police warfare unpacks the racisms that rationalise militarised policing in contemporary Britain. Jasbinder S. Nijjar shatters prevailing myths about British police as an...

This book argues for reframing endometriosis as a chronic pain condition, rather than an infertility issue. Drawing from feminist theory, disability studies, historical and archival research, and personal, embodied knowledge of living with the disease,...

The African allies of the United States are often depicted as mere pawns or clients seeking aid. Yet African leaders have deftly capitalized on security partnerships with the United States in ways that have been widely overlooked. Through skillful...

From birth, our brains are shaped by other people-in our families, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, countries, and cultures. These social worlds make us who we are, but how this process works remains mysterious on a neural level.In Socially Wired,...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 10th ECML PKDD workshop on Advanced Analytics and Learning on Temporal Data, AALTD 2025, held in Porto, Portugal, on September 19, 2025. The 13 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed...

Scientific and philosophical inquiry often assumes that systems can be studied in isolation, yet real-world systems are never truly closed. They constantly interact with their environment, exchanging energy, information, and matter. This openness...

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This Open Access book illuminates the significant transformation processes brought about by economy-wide shifts towards sustainable modes of production, distribution, and consumption. In particular, the accelerating industrial transformations towards...

Patents play an important role in inducing the investment needed to transform basic discoveries into the practical innovations that contribute to long-term economic growth. But patents also can generate a variety of social costs which, if unchecked, can...

The African allies of the United States are often depicted as mere pawns or clients seeking aid. Yet African leaders have deftly capitalized on security partnerships with the United States in ways that have been widely overlooked. Through skillful...

Offers a comprehensive guide to testing and predicting the performance of fiber-reinforced polymer composites Characterizing and testing fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is essential for their safe and effective use in high-performance...

Thorough review of the dyeing of cellulose fibers with information on pre- and post-processing and various types of dyes Dyeing of Cellulose Fibers provides comprehensive coverage of the dying process of cellulose fibers, covering mechanisms, challenges,...

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly becoming the backbone of AI-driven applications. Without proper optimization, however, LLMs can be expensive to run, slow to serve, and prone to performance bottlenecks. As the demand for real-time AI applications...

The purpose of this book to give a voice to nameless and countless stories that represent the personal lived experiences of Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the US. The authors believe that telling our own stories from our own perspectives is important...

Written with the busy practitioner in mind, Principles of Contractual Interpretation offers a concise and authoritative guide to this complex area of commercial law. The authors distil the rules for constructing and interpreting contracts into ten core...

Most texts on sexual violence treat capitalism as backdrop or afterthought. In contrast, political economy is the core of this book. Phipps explores the centrality of sexual violence to racial capitalist processes: the enclosure of bodies, the extraction...

The text describes the analysis of coating methods and the influence of the coating parameters. It further explains key concepts such as the thermal properties of coatings, high-temperature performance, and the wear properties of coatings. The text...

This study of famines, earthquakes and cyclones in British India, 1770-1934, moves from the aesthetics of representation through the knowledge cultures that sprang up around the disasters and finally the construction of the helpless native and the...

The book Textile Composites and Sustainability: A Circular Approach provides an essential, comprehensive guide to integrating sustainability and circular economy principles specifically within the textile composites sector. This book addresses the urgent...

This book focuses on phytopharmaceuticals and herbal drugs, effectively bridging traditional knowledge with modern sciences. It comprehensively discusses both conventional and novel drug delivery systems and addresses analytical and quality control...

First published in 1988, Location and Stigma offers a comprehensive exploration of an increasingly significant area of socio-medical studies. At the time, mental illness and disability were recognized as major health challenges, particularly as developed...

Originally published in 1997, this edited volume provided an authoritative account of research into infant development at the time, containing 13 chapters written by leading British and North American infancy researchers. Editorial sections are used to...

Originally published in 1987, Metacognition, Motivation, and Understanding brought together thinking about these three approaches to learning; attempting to integrate each field of developmental research with respect to its theoretical base and results...

This book provides the full text of Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code, which governs the treatment of mentally disordered accused individuals within the Canadian criminal justice system. Carefully annotated and supplemented with expert commentary, it offers...

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A radical deconstructive approach to evolutionary theoryFor as long as there has been evolutionary science, thinkers in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities have battled over whether evolutionary theory can or should provide insights...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606180600Author Meredith Francesca SmallFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint American Philosophical SocietyPublisher American Philosophical Society

Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies critically reflects upon 18 of the most influential social psychology papers ever published and examines their continued relevance in today's world. For this edition, there are new chapters on countering...

The International Conference on Data-Driven AI (ICDDA 2025) is a global platform dedicated to advancing the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its interdisciplinary applications. Scheduled from May 7 to May 9, 2025, in Jorhat,...

This book presents a holistic scientific approach to addressing current and future challenges in the sustainable management of land and water resources, supported by geospatial and hydrological modelling. It explores remote sensing integrated with...

Originally published in 1989, Infant Development provided detailed, up-to-date and authoritative accounts of major areas of infant development at the time. The book is subdivided into three sections: Perceptual Development; Cognitive Development; Social...

This collection of essays offers a captivating exploration of crime-based films produced and/or released in the United States during the 1970s.