Toward the end of the eighteenth century, the scholar and wit Ji Xiaolan published five collections of anecdotes and discourses on the interaction between the mundane and the spirit worlds…

This book offers a rigorous probability course for a mixed audience - statisticians, biostatisticians, mathematicians, economists, and students of finance. It covers the basic topics of independence, conditioning, martingales, convergence…

This study seeks insights into the peoples and traditions of the Tanzanian coast, East Africa, during the 6th to 15th century through the application of archaeological survey and excavation techniques…

In this book, leading scholars provide critical insights on the systemic failures of corporate governance linked to the global financial crisis. They provide suggestions on how the governance problems could…

This new title is aimed at the corporate market and provides information on pension rights and obligations. It includes encyclopaedic coverage of the legal issues relating to corporate pensions with…

Fundamentals of Structural Geology presents a modern quantitative approach to structural geology and tectonics for advanced students and researchers. It emphasizes the observational data, modern mapping technology, principles of continuum…

The introduction to this collection of papers is entitled the book as material object , which effectively outlines its contents. The main themes encompass analysis techniques for the various material…