A History of Modern Iran

作者：  本社　编

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

简介：In a reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamiantraces its traumatic journey across the twentieth century, throughthe discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of thePahlavis and, in 1979, revolution and the birth of the IslamicRepublic. In the intervening years, the country has experienced abitter war with Iraq, the transformation of society under theclergy and, more recently, the expansion of the state and thestruggle for power between the old elites, the intelligentsia andthe commercial middle class. The author is a compassionateexpositor. While he adroitly negotiates the twists and turns of thecountry's regional and international politics, at the heart of hisbook are the people of Iran. It is to them and their resiliencethat this book is dedicated, as Iran emerges at the beginning ofthe twenty-first century as one of the most powerful states in theMiddle East.

Opting for Oil

作者：  Raymond

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

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　　This book investigates the causes, course and consequences ofthe shift in West German chemical technology from a coal to apetroleum basis between 1945 and 1961. It examines the historicalunderpinnings of the technological culture of the German chemicalindustry; changing political and economic constraints ontechnological decision-making in the post-war period; and theactual decision-making process within five individual firms. Byaddressing a wide variety of broader issues - including the originsand impact of the division of Germany; the effects of theWirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle; European integration; andthe changing role of the West German Federal Republic in theinternational political order - this book explains how West Germanindustry regained and then retained a competitive position in worldmarkets.

Quickest Detection

作者：  Olympia Hadjiliadis 著

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

简介：　　The problem of detecting abrupt changes in the behavior of anobserved signal or time series arises in a variety of fields,including climate modeling, finance, image analysis, and security.Quickest detection refers to real-time detection of such changes asquickly as possible after they occur. Using the framework ofoptimal stopping theory, this book describes the fundamentalsunderpinning the field, providing the background necessary todesign, analyze, and understand quickest detection algorithms. Forthe first time the authors bring together results which werepreviously scattered across disparate disciplines, and provide aunified treatment of several different approaches to the quickestdetection problem. This book is essential reading for anyone whowants to understand the basic statistical procedures for changedetection from a fundamental viewpoint, and for those interested intheoretical questions of change detection. It is ideal for graduatestudents and researchers of engineering, statistics, economics, andfinance.

Establishing a Central Bank 英文原版

作者：  Matthew

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

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　　Previous efforts to create a European Central Bank (ECB) havestimulated debate on topics for research into the political economyof the European Community's institutions. These include the exactdivision of responsibilities of national governments and the ECB -especially concerning exchange rate policy; the need for and designof constraints on national fiscal policies; and the nature of thetransition from adjustable parities and national monetary policiesto irrevocably fixed parities and a single European monetarypolicy. The book also considers the implications of EMU for theinternational monetary system - for the use of the ECU as a reservecurrency and for policy coordination among the G-7 countries. Thevolume thus provides a comprehensive examination of the issues thatwill be decisive for Europe in its choice of monetaryinstitutions.

The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies

作者：  Christopher B. Balme 著

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

简介：Providing thorough coverage of the methods and tools required instudying historical and contemporary theatre, this introductionexamines the complexities of a rapidly changing and dynamicdiscipline. Following a cross-cultural perspective, the booksurveys the ways theatre and performance are studied by lookinginitially at key elements such as performers, spectators and space.The central focus is on methodology, which is divided into sectionscovering theatre theory, historiography and textual and performanceanalysis. The book covers all the main theatrical genres - drama,opera and dance - providing students with a comparative, integratedperspective. Designed to guide students through the academicdimension of the discipline, the volume emphasizes questions ofmethodology, research techniques and approaches, and will thereforebe relevant for a wide variety of theatre studies courses.Informative textboxes provide background on key topics, andsuggestions for further reading are included at the end of eachchapter.

Macbeth

作者：  本社　编著

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

简介：This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbethcurrently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one ofShakespeare's most popular plays. A full and accessible updatedintroduction studies the immediate theatrical and politicalcontexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plotand the contemporary account of an early performance at the Globe.It treats such issues as whether the Witches compel Macbeth tomurder; whether Lady Macbeth is herself in some sense a witch;whether Banquo is Macbeth's accomplice in crime; and what criticismis levelled against Macduff. Several possible new sources aresuggested, and the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in theplay is proposed. An extensive, well-illustrated account of theplay in performance examines several cinematic versions, such asthose by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, and a brand new introductorysection on recent performances and adaptations brings the editioncompletely up-to-date.

Never at Rest

作者：  本社 编

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

简介：This richly detailed biography captures both the personal lifeand the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fullyrounded picture of Newton the man, the scientist, the philosopher,the theologian, and the public figure. Professor Westfall treatsall aspects of Newton's career, but his account centres on a fulldescription of Newton's achievements in science. Thus the core ofthe work describes the development of the calculus, theexperimentation that altered the direction of the science ofoptics, and especially the investigations in celestial dynamicsthat led to the law of universal gravitation.

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles

作者：  本社 编

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

简介：Mid-fifth-century Athens saw the development of the Athenianempire, the radicalization of Athenian democracy through theempowerment of poorer citizens, the adornment of the city through amassive and expensive building program, the classical age ofAthenian tragedy, the assembly of intellectuals offering novelapproaches to philosophical and scientific issues, and the end ofthe Spartan-Athenian alliance against Persia and the beginning ofopen hostilities between the two greatest powers of ancient Greece.The Athenian statesman Pericles both fostered and supported many ofthese developments. Although it is no longer fashionable to viewPericlean Athens as a social or cultural paradigm, study of thehistory, society, art, and literature of mid-fifth-century Athensremains central to any understanding of Greek history. Thiscollection of essays reveal the political, religious, economic,social, artistic, literary, intellectual, and militaryinfrastructure that made the Age of Pericles possible.

Functional Programming and Input/Output

作者：  Andrew

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

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Information and the Nature of Reality《信息与事实的本质》剑桥大学出版

作者：  Paul

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2011年11月

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