Culture and Society in Ancient Greece
In Ancient Greece, society and culture are embedded in Nature, but center on a human logos. This meaning is marked by a tragic, dialectical thinking that oscillates between chaos and cosmos—as if culture were born of the abyss, yet in a ceaseless struggle against it.
This book has a strong focus on practical applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, tested in a real environment. Covering many domains from smart cities to bioinformatics, the presented solutions aim to simplify, but not constrain, daily life.
Manufacturing Inhumanity
As we embrace technocracy, we become the “anthrobot”—humans imitating machines that imitate us. This book uncovers the devastating cultural and psychological costs of this dehumanizing cycle, a crisis spreading through the developed world.
A guide to advanced wastewater treatment. Learn to measure, rank, and remove pollutants using methods like thermophilic digestion to prevent environmental disaster. An essential resource for students, researchers, and professionals in environmental protection.
This interdisciplinary textbook integrates Translation Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies, and Education. It closes the gap between theory and practice, offering researchers new frameworks and practitioners practical approaches for a globalized world. An invaluable resource.
The Controversial Case of Jahi McMath
When thirteen-year-old Jahi McMath was declared brain dead, a neurologist discovered signs that contradicted the diagnosis. She was in a new state of consciousness, revealing that our medical categories are incomplete and challenging the line between life and death.
Financial Literacy and Well-being in India
Financial illiteracy is a silent challenge to India’s growth. Why does financial well-being remain out of reach for so many households? This eye-opening book unpacks the role of knowledge, behavior, and attitude in shaping economic outcomes, using data and real-world insights.
Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Mediterranean
A timely analysis of foreign direct investment in the Eastern Mediterranean, exploring how capital is shaped by economics, sustainability, and culture. It provides country profiles and examines trends in sectors like energy, technology, tourism, and the Blue Economy.
Calls are growing to dismantle the enduring colonial structures of global health. This volume, written by healthcare professionals from differing cultures, hears those calls. It offers theoretical and practical approaches to decolonize the field and create more just practices.
Nurturing Minds
This guide provides evidence-based techniques to build emotional strength and resilience in children. Combining psychology and neuroscience, it offers practical tools for parents and teachers to help kids navigate modern challenges and thrive with confidence and empathy.
Performing the Interview
This book articulates a new method for the research interview, transforming it into a living performance space. Theatrically framed sites invite participants to co-create “Data-Dramas,” capturing rich, embodied knowledge with relevance far beyond the arts.
Global Crisis of Public Health under the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene poses catastrophic threats to global public health. To tackle these unprecedented risks, this book introduces two new terms: “Anthropogenesis” and “Sustainogenesis,” defining the critical health challenges of our age of eco-environmental and climate crises.
The Right to Have Rights
This book examines the intersection of rights, justice, and development through Eastern and Western jurisprudence. It critiques the status quo and introduces the Anti-Deprivation Development Threshold Theory, advocating for a justice-oriented, human-friendly transformation.
Fundamentals of Quantum and Classical Optics
This clear guide to quantum and classical optics covers fundamental principles like entanglement and cutting-edge topics like quantum engines and label-free super-resolution imaging. It explains how light is used to study and control matter at the smallest scales.
Philippines-China Relations
Amid territorial disputes in the South China Sea, growing US-China rivalry strains Philippines-China relations. This book offers critical reflections on these geopolitical challenges and explores multilateral options for peace in the region and beyond.
Powering India’s Future
Explore India’s remarkable electrification journey, from colonial beginnings to the era of renewable energy. This account delves into governance and equity, balancing developmental needs with ambitious climate goals, and charts a path toward India’s envisioned energy future.
Climate Change and Public Health
This timely book explores the urgent connection between climate change and public health. It portrays the complex interplay between environmental degradation and health outcomes, offering a roadmap for policymakers and professionals as both a warning and a guide.
Explore the transformative journey of GLP-1 from gut hormone to a cornerstone of modern medicine. This definitive guide unravels its role in managing diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular health, revealing the promise and challenges of a revolutionary therapeutic frontier.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
This book introduces the principles of entrepreneurship and innovation in a changing global business environment. A guide for students and executives, it solves business problems through a combination of theory, examples, and case studies focusing on famous firms.
Bucharest is Europe’s most vulnerable capital to earthquakes. Distant seismic events cause major damage and loss of life in the city. This volume gathers research on their impact, covering all aspects of hazard and risk assessment, from source to disaster management solutions.
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