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Year by year, law seems to penetrate ever larger realms of social, political, and economic life, generating both praise and blame. Nonet and Selznick's Law and Society in Transition explains in accessible language the primary forms of law as a social, political, and normative phenomenon. They illustrate with great clarity the fundamental difference between repressive law, riddled with raw conflict and the accommodation of special interests, and responsive law, the reasoned effort to realize an ideal of polity.

To make jurisprudence relevant, legal, political, and social theory must be reintegrated. As a step in this direction, Nonet and Selznick attempt to recast jurisprudential issues in a social science perspective. They construct a valuable framework for analyzing and assessing the worth of alternative modes of legal ordering. The volume's most enduring contribution is the authors' typology-repressive, autonomous, and responsive law. This typology of law is original and especially useful because it incorporates both political and jurisprudential aspects of law and speaks directly to contemporary struggles over the proper place of law in democratic governance. In his new introduction, Robert A. Kagan recasts this classic text for the contemporary world. He sees a world of responsive law in which legal institutions-courts, regulatory agencies, alternative dispute resolution bodies, police departments-are periodically studied and redesigned to improve their ability to fulfill public expectations. Schools, business corporations, and governmental bureaucracies are more fully pervaded by legal values. Law and Society in Transition describes ways in which law changes and develops. It is an inspiring vision of a politically responsive form of governance, of special interest to those in sociology, law, philosophy, and politics.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the first International Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2005, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in June 2005.

The 68 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 144 submissions. Among them are papers corresponding to two tutorials, six plenary talks and papers of six special sessions involving mathematical logic and computer science at the same time as offering the methodological foundations for models of computation. The papers address many aspects of computability in Europe with a special focus on new computational paradigms. These include first of all connections between computation and physical systems (e.g., quantum and analog computation, neural nets, molecular computation), but also cover new perspectives on models of computation arising from basic research in mathematical logic and theoretical computer science.

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This new and exciting interactive resource package centers around fourteen high quality computer simulations covering essential topics in solid state physics. The computer simulations provided on CDSHROM cover x-ray diffraction, phonons, electron states and dynamics, semiconductors, magnetism, and dislocations. Users can vary different characteristics and immediately see the results in animations and graphical displays. The companion book is essential for effective use of the simulations. It guides the user through hundreds of exercises and examples, illustrates fundamental physical principles, and contains notes on the relevant physics. The hardcover edition includes the simulations on CDSHROM (Unix, Windows, Powermac formats) and a license for use on a local area network on a single geographical site. The low priced paperback (without CDSHROM) is intended for students who have access to the simulations on a local area network. These simulations provide an interactive resource for those studying solid state physics at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. They will also be of interest to researchers in physics, materials science, electrical engineering, chemistry and chemical engineering. Selected material from the simulations may be explored at the Web site http://www.ruph.cornell.edu/sss/sss.html after February 1, 1997.

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Waste of money.......2006-01-21

Every student I have spoken to who has been required to use these simulations and the book in their Solid State course regard this book to be the waste of your time and money.

First of all, the book does not explain theory, all you have to do is to run the simulations and complete the exercises. The Package contains 14 separate programs that you run. Each program corresponds to a particular theory in Solid State physics, like Drude theory, for example. This book basically explains how the computer simulations work and has a considerable number of Exercises to accomplish with the use of the simulation programs.

When you run the simulations it seems like you are making an experiment because the data you get has a certain random error associated with it. So, basically you can control some input parameters and you observe the result calculated on the basis of a certain theoretical algorithm.

Very often the Exercises ask you to compare the data you obtain running the simulations with a certain theoretical formula. This way the authors basically ask you to compare the model they used in the simulation with the theory. That is in most exercises you do nothing more but simply make sure that the algorithms in the programs comply with the theory, you make sure they do work. You don't really study physics this way; the simulations do very little in helping you understand. Unfortunately, these simulations are only good for undergraduate students with very little knowledge of physics. I would say the package is designed for theoreticians who would like to feel what it is like to perform an experiment not for explaining solid state.

I am surprised Cambridge University Press would publish a book like that. If you really want to learn Solid State it is better to spend this money on purchasing something which will help you learn the subject.

Buy the soft-cover book instead.......2004-02-17

The hardcover version of this book which includes the CD-ROM with all of the simulations is no longer in print. Check out the book's website at http://www.ruph.cornell.edu/sss/sss.html and you should be able to download the computer simulations for free (at least as of February 2004.) The paperback book is a very helpful companion to these programs and includes lots of useful exercises as well as concise summaries of the basic concepts of solid state physics without getting lost in mathematical derivations like most textbooks seem to do.

You don't need the CD-ROM.......2004-02-17

The hardcover version of this book which includes the CD-ROM with all of the simulations is no longer in print. Check out the book's website at http://www.ruph.cornell.edu/sss/sss.html and you should be able to download the computer simulations for free (at least as of February 2004.) This paperback book is a very helpful companion to these programs and includes lots of useful exercises as well as concise summaries of the basic concepts of solid state physics without getting lost in mathematical derivations like most textbooks seem to do.

Note on CD.......2000-07-19

This is not a review. In case anyone misses it the CD with the simulations is only available with the hard cover version of this book. Be aware of this when you make a choice to buy the book.

Excellent collection of computer simulations.......1999-09-24

This is an excellent collection of solid state physics computer simulations that I recommend highly.

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Drawn from the vast resource of the Library of Congress historical maps division, this oversize, invaluable atlas offers a unique assortment of more than 150 full-color and black-and-white paintings, photographs and both specially commissioned and Civil War era maps. Through these indispensable images, travel the battlefields whose names are indelibly inscribed on the pages of American history. Organized by year and by the battles that occurred within each year, they present a comprehensive overview of the Civil War as a whole, showing how the fortunes of the North and South shifted as each conflict unfolded. Many of these maps are rare and never before published, and some were drawn by soldiers who actually participated in the battles in question. In addition, each battle receives in-depth coverage, with fascinating background history and tactical analyses.

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The scope of the conflict that ripped our nation apart.......2001-09-29

Subtitled "The Roads They Took," David Phillips, the author, has created a unique addition to the hundreds of volumes of books available about the Civil War. I was born and raised in New York City, and, unlike many southerners, I had a dearth of education about the Civil War. Of course I've seen movies and TV specials and read "Gone With the Wind," and, more recently, Tony Horwitz's "Confederates in the Attic," but it was this book, "Maps of the Civil War" that made me realize the scope of this awful conflict that ripped our nation apart.

As befits an atlas the book is wide and flat, measuring 9x13" and holding a mere 160 pages. Here, in this slim volume are numerous maps that were actually created during the war as well as photographs, illustrations and paintings in both color and black and white. The copy is clear without any frills, and describes in detail all the actual movements and battles with their great human toll. It's hard to believe how thousands of men would come at each other in close combat with weapons that had very limited range. And it's hard to visualize 20,000 or more men dying on a single day.

I found all this little difficult to follow because, as I mentioned, this is all new to me, and, with the exception of some of the more famous generals, I sometimes had to read a paragraph over a couple of times to sort out which side a particular general was on. I'm also not acquainted with the terrain, and the maps were hard to read especially since they were all hand written and many of them concentrated especially on the troop movements. I loved the illustrations and the photographs though and found I would stare at one for many minutes, letting myself go back to that awful time in history. There are photos of the soldiers on both sides and photos of the land and the dead and the dying. But perhaps the one photo that I remember the most is of the vast quantities supplies to feed all these soldiers in the field.

Wars cannot be compared, of course. Each one is unique for its particular time and place in history. What is unique about the Civil War is that it took place among Americans on American soil. It painfully ripped the country apart and took several generations for its memory to start to fade. This book made it all real to me and for this I thank the author although I do think that seasoned Civil War buffs would appreciate the maps more than I did. Recommended.

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MAPS OF THE CIVIL WAR: The Roads They Took
David Phillips
Manufacturer: Friedman/Fairfax
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Binding: Hardcover
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Maps of the Civil War: The Roads They Took

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a masterpiece of popular history and a meditation on imperial ambition

Both enjoyable and enlightening history

Snapshots of Christian/Islamic History

A suitable acquisition for both general-interest public libraries and college-level holdings

Seems superbly researched and written

Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World
Stephen O'Shea
Manufacturer: Walker & Company
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The long, shared history of Christianity and Islam began, shortly after Islam emerged in the early seventh century A.D., with a question: Who would inherit the Greco-Roman world of the Mediterranean? Sprung from the same source—Abraham and the Revelation given to the Jews—the two faiths played out over the course of the next millennium what historian Stephen O’Shea calls “a sibling rivalry writ very large.” Their cataclysmic clashes on the battlefield were balanced by long periods of co-existence and mutual enrichment, and by the end of the sixteenth century the religious boundaries of the modern world were drawn.

In Sea of Faith, O’Shea chronicles both the meeting of minds and the collisions of armies that marked the interaction of Cross and Crescent in the Middle Ages—the better to understand their apparently intractable conflict today. For all the great and everlasting moments of cultural interchange and tolerance—in Cordoba, Palermo, Constantinople—the ultimate “geography of belief ” was decided on the battlefield. O’Shea vividly recounts seven pivotal battles between the forces of Christianity and Islam that shaped the Mediterranean world—from the loss of the Christian Middle East to the Muslims at Yarmuk (Turkey) in 636 to the stemming of the seemingly unstoppable Ottoman tide at Malta in 1565. In between, the battles raged round the Mediterranean, from Poitiers in France and Hattin in the Holy Land during the height of the Crusades, to the famed contest for Constantinople in 1453 that signaled the end of Byzantium. As much as the armies were motivated by belief, their exploits were inspired by leaders such as Charles Martel, Saladin, and Mehmet II, whose stirring feats were sometimes accompanied by unexpected changes of heart.

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a masterpiece of popular history and a meditation on imperial ambition.......2007-09-18

This book is a labor of love: you can feel the author's fascination with the subject, which he pursued with a passion that is rarely found in academia. The result is a highly readable, informative, and exciting history of the battle for the Meditarranean, between a succession of Christian and Moslem empires. If you want to know about the origins of Islam, the eclectic culture of southern Spain, the Crusades, or the rise and containment of the Ottoman Empire, this is the ideal place ot start.

What is truly astounding is the density of the writer's style. He explains the competing religious doctrines, the mechanics of warfare in each age, and the political deals worked out to allow the various faiths at times to co-exist. Unlike many travel history books, you never feel that the author glosses over anything or that he based his work on cursory research. Instead, he continually displays genuine depth of understanding of the human condition and the grand movements of history. Nonetheless, he does describe what the places of great battles are like now, in vivid and often ironic detail. It is a true and constant delight.

The most important thing I took away from this book was the contrast of Islam - as a rising, eclectic, relatively tolerant, and dynamic force - with the long decline of Western Europe as the remnants of the Roman Empire fell to Germanic tribes (approx 400 to 1000 a.d.). Islamic scholars did far more to preserve and extend classical culture, and offered a tolerance lacking in Christendom, the convivencia, in which Jews, Moslems, and Christians co-existed and added to their repective cultures through trade and discourse. Wile the author does not judge any of the competing empires, you feel his esteem for the Moslems of that time. The Christians appear less tolerant and cultured, with the exception of the ever-shrinking Byzantine Empire (a neglected part of the Dark Ages, which we tend to see, with bias, as a mediocre precursor to Renaissance Italy). In this day and age, as extremism rises on both sides, this is a welcome perspective and invaluable context.

I was utterly rivetted by this elegantly written book from the moment I cracked the cover. This is one of the best works of popular history I have ever read - every page made me want to explore more deeply in the primary sources the author quotes.

Highest recommendation.

Both enjoyable and enlightening history.......2007-04-14

In doing research on my latest historical novel Rashi's Daughters, Book II: Miriam, I consulted dozens of books about how medieval Jews lived and interacted with their Christian and Moslem neighbors. This is one of the best. The facts and history are there, but O'Shea's writing style is never boring or heavy-handed. He makes the whole topic fascinating and the historical players all too human.

Snapshots of Christian/Islamic History.......2007-04-08

In this age where conflict in the Middle East has taken center stage, it is not a surprise to find more and more popular books being published on the historical interaction between Christianity and Islam. What is less common and more pleasant to find is a book that doesn't have an obvious political ax to grind. In Sea of Faith, Stephen O'Shea has written such a book.

Let's be clear: this book is by no means complete in its coverage of the Christian/Islam conflict over the centuries. First, O'Shea limits himself to "the medieval Mediterranean world." In fact, this book is essentially a series of battle snapshots from Yarmuk in 636 to Malta in 1565. Some are Christian victories and some are Muslim but they each represented a fundamental shift in the back-and-forth between world powers masquerading as religious faith, though some of the names and places will probably be less familiar than others.

Still, if all this book achieved was a mapping of battles it wouldn't be nearly as interesting; however, O'Shea does a bit more. He uses the battles as a jumping off point to cover a lot of ground and links up the process that leads from battle to battle. He also takes a break periodically to point out places where Christians and Muslims lived in peace to the benefit of all with chapters on Cordoba, Palermo, Toledo and what O'Shea calls "the sea of faith"--Mediterranean ports where Christians and Muslims worked to trade together.

Overall, there's not much that's new here to someone who has read much in this area of history. Any yet, O'Shea uses his conceit well and tells interesting tales. For someone who is interested in well-written popular history that doesn't often slide into opinion and commentary on today's world, this book is an excellent choice.

A suitable acquisition for both general-interest public libraries and college-level holdings .......2007-02-06

SEA OF FAITH: ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN WORLD is religious history at its best and a top pick for both spirituality and public library collections: it tells of the concurrent rise of Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean worlds between the 7th and 7 centuries which shaped modern beliefs, examining the religious battles over who would inherit the Greco-Roman world beyond the crusades. Seven battles served as decision-makers for today's spiritual arena in the world: these holy wars are key for any understanding of modern spiritual issues - yet until now they've been little-covered for general-interest readers. SEA OF FAITH is at once scholarly and lively and will attract a wide audience, making it a suitable acquisition for both general-interest public libraries and college-level holdings strong in Medieval or spiritual history.

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Seems superbly researched and written .......2007-01-14

I enjoy the flow of the writing. Just how O'Shea assembles so many facts I don't know. He provides a "you are there" feeling for the many battles. I am suprised so many details of those battles have survived a millenia. One learns to at least appreciate from this book the value in having adequate supplies of water during a battle. O'Shea apparently visited many of the locations he covers in this book including the battefields to the extent the exact sites are known nowadays.

That "convivencia", an unusual level of cooperation between Muslims, Christians, and Jews was possible in places during much of the period O'Shea covers, is one good reminder of the value of studying history. One might not suspect given current relationships among these groups that such intellectual and cultural sharing was possible.

On the other hand, the barbarism during the warfare including the Crusades is a reminder of the violence associated with different cultures and religions. The description of Crusader's slaughter of so many defenseless man, women and children in the 1099 ransack of Jerusalem is shocking albeit briefly described. I'm reminded of the destruction of an entire Cather city by Crusaders that O'Shea describes in his earlier work "The Perfect Heresy".

Would O'Shea hope to earn enough from this book to sufficiently reward his major efforts? He must love what he is doing. Hopefully readers will support him in writing histories for a long time.

Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World.(Book review): An article from: Middle East Policy

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Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World.(Book review): An article from: Middle East Policy
John Burgess
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Release Date: 2007-07-11

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This resource is one of three grade-level volumes in the Science Curriculum Activities Library, a unique instructional series for K-6 teachers that provides nearly 500 exciting hands-on investigations to teach students thinking and reasoning skills along with basic science concepts and facts.

Each level volume in the series focuses on three major areas of science normally taught in grades K-6 and offers a store of stimulating earth, life, and physical science activities that can be used with virtually any science text. The activities follow the discovery/inquiry approach and encourage students to analyze, synthesize, and infer based on their own hands-on experiences.

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Great resource for the primary classroom.......2003-08-10

I teach in a multiage classroom (K-2) and I am not a big fan of science so for me to give this book a five star rating is really saying something! I love the way the book is set up. Each activity clearly states materials needed and procedure. An important piece for me is the "Teacher information" section which gives some necessary background or supplemental information to the teacher. There is also a section called "For problem solvers" which takes kids (and teacher) to a deeper level. This book is a winner!

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