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press.princeton.edu ALBERT EINSTEIN

“[F]ills an important gap in our understanding of Einstein’s life.” —Danian Hu, author of China and Albert Einstein

TheMiller Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein In the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein embarked on a  ve-and-a- half-month voyage to the Far East and Middle East, regions that the renowned physicist had never visited before. is handsome edition makes available, for the  rst time, the complete journal that Einstein kept on this momentous journey. is  rst volume of his travel diaries o ers an initial, intimate glimpse into a brilliant mind encountering the great, wide world. ZE’EV ROSENKRANZ is senior editor and assistant director of the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology. 2018. 384 pages. 30 b/w illus. Cl: 978-0-691-17441-9 $29.95 | £24.95

“[A]s stunning in its breadth as Einstein was in his science.” —Seed Magazine

Miller Einstein for the 21st Century In this collection, artists, historians, and scientists consider Ein- stein’s in uence on their work and his relevance for the future. PETER L. GALISON is the Pellegrino University Professor of the His- tory of Science and of Physics at Harvard University. GERALD HOLTON is the Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics and Research Professor of the at Harvard. SILVAN S. SCHWEBER is professor emeritus of physics and the Rich- ard Koret Professor in the History of Ideas at Brandeis University. 2018. 384 pages. Pa: 978-0-691-17790-8 $35.00 | £27.95

“Finally, here’s a compendium of Einstein facts and information from the people who know him best. . . . [A] treasure trove.” —Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe

MillerAn Einstein Encyclopedia is authoritative and accessible reference covers the personal, scienti c, and public spheres of Einstein’s life. ALICE CALAPRICE is the author of several books on Einstein. DANIEL KENNEFICK is associate professor of physics at the University of Arkansas and editor of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. ROBERT SCHULMANN is former director of the Einstein Papers Project and editor of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. 2018. 376 pages. 43 b/w illus. 2 maps. Pa: 978-0-691-18084-7 $24.95 | £19.95 Cl: 978-0-691-14174-9 $39.95 | £32.95

Catalog cover: Sketch by Ippei Okamoto, “Albert Einstein or The Nose as Thought-Reservoir”, 4 December 1922. Estate of Ippei Okamoto. ALBERT EINSTEIN

“[U]nusual in o ering an approachable treatment of relativity that also remains true to the best histories of the subject.” —Richard Staley, University of Cambridge

TheMiller Formative Years of Relativity e Formative Years of Relativity introduces Einstein’s masterpiece e Meaning of Relativity to new audiences. is volume contains Einstein’s insightful text, accompanied by historical materials and commentary on the origins and development of general relativity. HANOCH GUTFREUND is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is also the academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives. JÜRGEN RENN is a director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. 2017. 432 pages. 66 halftones. 6 line illus. Cl: 978-0-691-17463-1 $35.00 | £27.95

“We have in e Road to Relativity an approachable, precise, and riveting account of one of the great intellectual voyages of the last hundred and  fty years.” —Peter Galison, Harvard University

TheMiller Road to Relativity is richly annotated facsimile edition of “ e Foundation of General Relativity” introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitation. Presented here is a beautiful facsimile of Einstein’s original handwritten manuscript, along with its English translation and an insightful page-by-page commentary that places the work in historical and scienti c context. HANOCH GUTFREUND, JÜRGEN RENN. 2017. 264 pages. 100 halftones. 41 line illus. Pa: 978-0-691-17581-2 $22.95 | £18.95 Cl: 978-0-691-16253-9 $37.50 | £31.95

“Many people have written expositions of relativity, but . . . [t]here’s nothing quite like learning relativity from Einstein.” —Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology

Miller Relativity Einstein’s famous book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. Featuring a reading companion that examines the evolution of Einstein’s thinking, this handsome anniversary edition provides invaluable insight into one of the greatest scienti c minds of all time. HANOCH GUTFREUND, JÜRGEN RENN. 2015. 320 pages. 14 halftones. Cl: 978-0-691-16633-7 $26.95 | £21.95 One of Symmetry magazine’s Physics Books of 2015

1 THE COLLECTED PAPERS OF ALBERT EINSTEIN Diana Kormos Buchwald, general editor

VOLUME 1 VOLUME 9 VOLUME 13 e Early Years: 1879–1902 e Berlin Years: Correspondence, Documentary Edition 1987. 504 pages. January 1919–April 1920 e Berlin Years: Cl: 978-0-691-08407-7 $165.00 | £137.95 2004. 776 pages. 15 halftones. Writings & Correspondence, Paperback translation Cl: 978-0-691-12088-1 $165.00 | £137.95 January 1922–March 1923 Pa: 978-0-691-08475-6 $69.95 | £58.95 Paperback translation 2012. 1080 pages. 24 halftones. Pa: 978-0-691-12124-6 $69.95 | £58.95 Cl: 978-0-691-15673-6 $175.00 | £145.95 VOLUME 2 Paperback translation e Swiss Years: VOLUME 10 Pa: 978-0-691-15674-3 $55.00 | £45.95 Writings, 1900–1909 e Berlin Years: Correspondence, May–December 1920, and VOLUME 14 1990. 696 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-08526-5 $165.00 | £137.95 Supplementary Correspondence, Documentary Edition Paperback translation 1909–1920 e Berlin Years: Pa: 978-0-691-08549-4 $63.00 | £52.95 2006. 768 pages. 38 halftones. Writings & Correspondence, Cl: 978-0-691-12825-2 $165.00 | £137.95 April 1923–May 1925 VOLUME 3 Paperback translation 2015. 1208 pages. e Swiss Years: Pa: 978-0-691-12826-9 $69.95 | £58.95 Cl: 978-0-691-16410-6 $140.00 | £120.95 Writings, 1909–1911 Paperback translation VOLUME 11 Pa: 978-0-691-16422-9 $46.95 | £39.95 1994. 550 pages. Cumulative Index, Bibliography, Cl: 978-0-691-08772-6 $165.00 | £137.95 List of Correspondence, VOLUME 15 Paperback translation Pa: 978-0-691-10250-4 $69.95 | £58.95 Chronology, and Errata to Documentary Edition Volumes 1–10 e Berlin Years: VOLUME 4 2009. 664 pages. Writings & Correspondence, e Swiss Years: Cl: 978-0-691-14187-9 $165.00 | £137.95 June 1925–May 1927 Writings, 1912–1914 Winner of the 2009 Wheatley Medal, Society 2018. 1192 pages. 30 b/w illus. of Indexers 1996. 328 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17881-3 $140.00 | £116.95 Cl: 978-0-691-03705-9 $165.00 | £137.95 Paperback translation VOLUME 12 Paperback translation Pa: 978-0-691-17882-0 $45.00 | £37.95 Pa: 978-0-691-02610-7 $69.95 | £58.95 Documentary Edition e Berlin Years: Correspondence, VOLUME 5 January–December 1921 e Swiss Years: 2009. 712 pages. 24 halftones. Correspondence, 1902–1914 Cl: 978-0-691-14190-9 $165.00 | £137.95 1995. 384 pages. Paperback translation Cl: 978-0-691-03322-8 $165.00 | £137.95 Pa: 978-0-691-14191-6 $205.00 | £170.95 Paperback translation Pa: 978-0-691-00099-2 $72.50 | £60.95 THE DIGITAL EINSTEIN PAPERS VOLUME 6 e Berlin Years: Writings, 1914–1917 e Digital Einstein Papers is an exciting new free, open-access 1997. 464 pages. website that puts e Collected Papers of Albert Einstein online for Cl: 978-0-691-01086-1 $165.00 | £137.95 the very  rst time, bringing the writings of the twentieth century’s Paperback translation most in uential scientist to a wider audience than ever before. is Pa: 978-0-691-01734-1 $69.95 | £58.95 unique, authoritative resource provides full public access to the VOLUME 7 complete transcribed, annotated, and translated contents of each e Berlin Years: print volume of e Collected Papers. e volumes are published by Writings, 1918–1921 Princeton University Press, sponsored by the Hebrew University of 2002. 728 pages. Jerusalem, and supported by the California Institute of Technology. Cl: 978-0-691-05717-0 $165.00 | £137.95 e website—einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu—currently con- Paperback translation Pa: 978-0-691-05718-7 $69.95 | £58.95 tains the contents of Volumes 1–14 of e Collected Papers, cover- ing the  rst forty-six years of Einstein’s life, up to and including the VOLUME 8 years immediately before the  nal formulation of new quantum e Berlin Years: mechanics. e contents of each new volume will be added to the Correspondence, 1914–1918 website approximately eighteen months after print publication. 1998. 1232 pages. Two volumes; 15 illus. Cl: 978-0-691-04849-9 $299.95 | £249.95 Eventually, the website will provide access to all of Einstein’s writ- Paperback translation ings and correspondence accompanied by scholarly annotation and Pa: 978-0-691-04841-3 $99.95 | £83.95 apparatus, which are expected to  ll thirty volumes.

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“[R]ewards readers not only with astonishing insights . . . but also with the pleasure of reading a good, intriguing story.” —Sta an Müller-Wille, coauthor of A Cultural History of Heredity

Miller Genetics in the Madhouse Porter draws on untapped archival evidence to bring to light the hidden history behind modern genetics. A bold rethinking of asylum work, Genetics in the Madhouse shows how heredity was a human science as well as a medical and biological one. THEODORE M. PORTER is Distinguished Professor of History and holds the Peter Reill Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles. June 2018. 440 pages. 20 b/w illus. Cl: 978-0-691-16454-0 $35.00 | £27.95

“Darwin’s words never get old, and Browne’s treatment of his wisdom does not disappoint.” —Howard O. Clark, Jr., Sonoran Herpetologist

TheMiller Quotable Darwin Here is Charles Darwin in his own words—the naturalist, traveler, scienti c thinker, and controversial author. e Quotable Darwin provides an engagingly fresh perspective on a remarkable man who was always thinking deeply about the natural world. JANET BROWNE is the Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. 2017. 384 pages. 6 halftones. Cl: 978-0-691-16935-4 $24.95 | £19.95

“A highly original approach to a very serious and di cult subject.” —Nicolas Gisin, University of Geneva

TotallyMiller Random Totally Random is a comic for the serious reader who wants to re- ally understand why the central mystery of quantum mechanics— entanglement—remains one of science’s most paradigm-shaking discoveries. TANYA BUB is founder of 48th Ave Productions, a web development company. JEFFREY BUB is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. June 2018. 280 pages. 254 b/w illus. Pa: 978-0-691-17695-6 $22.95 | £18.95

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MillerA Culture of Growth A Culture of Growth provides startling reasons for why the founda- tions of our modern economy were laid in the period 1500–1700. JOEL MOKYR is the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and and professor of economics and history at Northwestern University and Sackler Professor at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at the University of Tel Aviv. 2018. 400 pages. 1 b/w illus. Pa: 978-0-691-18096-0 $22.95 | £18.95 Cl: 978-0-691-16888-3 $35.00 | £27.95 Finalist for the 2017 Hayek Prize, The Manhattan Institute One of MIT Technology Review’s Best Books of 2016 Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in European and World History, Association of American Publishers

“[O] ers useful and provocative surprises both for scientists and the broader communities who depend on and deserve to be informed about how scientists work.” —Simon Scha er, University of Cambridge

TheMiller Secret Life of Science We take the advance of science as given. But how does science re- ally work? Is it truly as healthy as we tend to think? How does the system itself shape what scientists do? is book takes a clear-eyed and provocative look at the current state of global science. JEREMY J. BAUMBERG is professor of nanotechnology and photonics in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. 2018. 248 pages. 41 b/w illus. Cl: 978-0-691-17435-8 $29.95 | £24.95

“Petroski tells iconic tales to demonstrate that mistakes are not obnoxious by-products of innovation but fundamental clues to the ideal.”—Fast Company

Miller Success through Failure In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of inven- tion, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of failure— not through easy imitation of success. HENRY PETROSKI is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi- neering and professor of history at Duke University. 2018. 216 pages. 15 b/w illus. Pa: 978-0-691-18099-1 $19.95 | £14.95 Princeton Science Library

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“An insightful and entertaining read.” —John E. Walsh, coauthor of Severe and Hazardous Weather

Miller Brave New Arctic Serreze describes the science that led to the alarming conclusion that the Arctic is rapidly thawing due to climate change, that hu- mans are to blame, and that the global consequences are immense. MARK C. SERREZE is director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, professor of geography, and a fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 2018. 264 pages. 9 color + 31 b/w illus. Cl: 978-0-691-17399-3 $24.95 | £19.95 Science Essentials | John Dowling, Series Editor

“Combining art, history, and science, this idiosyncratic book is very engaging and exceptionally clear.” —Henry S. Horn, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology, Princeton University

Miller Unnatural Selection Unnatural Selection is a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding—the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. is book will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in natural history and the history of evolutionary thinking. KATRINA VAN GROUW holds degrees in  ne art and natural history illustration and is a former curator of ornithological collections at a major national museum. June 2018. 304 pages. 400 b/w illus. Cl: 978-0-691-15706-1 $45.00 | £37.95

“[A]n absorbing account of evolution in which a menagerie of epi- genetic forces joins our genes as the drivers of who we are.” —Mark Pagel, author of Wired for Culture

Miller Extended Heredity Challenging the premise that genes alone mediate the transmission of biological information across generations, this book opens the door to a new understanding of inheritance and evolution. RUSSELL BONDURIANSKY is professor of evolutionary biology at the University of New South Wales in Australia. TROY DAY is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Biology at Queen’s University in Canada. 2018. 280 pages. 40 b/w illus. Cl: 978-0-691-15767-2 $29.95 | £24.95

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“A much-needed addition to modern Arab intellectual history. El Shakry rebuts the binary opposition between a Western, liberating, and modern psychoanalysis and a local, traditional, and constraining Islam.” —Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, author of Contemporary Arab ought

TheMiller Arabic Freud El Shakry provides the  rst in-depth examination of psychoanalysis in Egypt and reveals how a new science of psychology was inextri- cably linked to Islam and mysticism. OMNIA EL SHAKRY is professor of history at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of e Great Social Laboratory: Subjects of Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt. 2017. 224 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17479-2 $35.00 | £27.95

“One of the most in uential books in the . . . history of science.” —Melinda Baldwin, Physics Today

Miller Leviathan and the Air-Pump First published in 1986, this book examines the con icts between omas Hobbes and Robert Boyle over the value and propriety of experimental methods. With a new introduction. STEVEN SHAPIN is the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. SIMON SCHAFFER is professor of history of science at the University of Cambridge. 2017. 448 pages. 22 b/w illus. Pa: 978-0-691-17816-5 $22.95 | £18.95 Princeton Classics Steven Shapin and Simon Scha er, Winners of the 2005 Erasmus Prize, Praemium Erasmianum Foundation

“A thought-provoking challenge to complacency.”—Kirkus

TheMiller Serengeti Rules A bold and inspiring synthesis by one of our most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers, e Serengeti Rules is the  rst book to illuminate how life works at vastly di erent scales. SEAN B. CARROLL is vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of molecular biol- ogy and genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 2017. 288 pages. 26 halftones. 18 line illus. 1 map. Pa: 978-0-691-17568-3 $16.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-16742-8 $24.95 | £19.95 One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Science Books of 2016 One of Nature.com’s Top 20 Books for 2016 Shortlisted for the 2017 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science

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“ ere is a timeless relevance about Flexner’s words in this essay written 78 years ago.” —Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily

TheMiller Usefulness of Useless Knowledge Flexner’s classic essay describes how the search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scienti c discover- ies but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. ABRAHAM FLEXNER (1866–1959) was the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world’s leading institutions for science and humanities research. 2017. 104 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17476-1 $9.95 | £8.95

TimeMiller and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity e accompanying catalogue for the exhibition at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, this book explores through thematic essays and beautiful illustrations the practical as well as the artistic, ideological, and spiritual role of time technology and time imagery in the Mediterranean civilizations. Contributors include James Evans, Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum, Stephan Heilen, Alexander Jones, Daryn Lehoux, Karlheinz Schaldach, John Steele, and Bernhard Weisser. ALEXANDER R. JONES is professor of the history of the exact sciences in antiquity at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. 2016. 208 pages. 145 color illus. Cl: 978-0-691-17440-2 $55.00 | £45.95 A copublication with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University

“[A] lively and provocative history of mathematical logic.” —John Stillwell, author of Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel

TheMiller Great Formal Machinery Works Shedding new light on this crucial chapter in the history of sci- ence, von Plato draws on original sources and archival materials to trace the history of the theories of deduction and computation that laid the logical foundations for the digital revolution. JAN VON PLATO is professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki. His books include Elements of Logical Reasoning and Structural Proof eory. 2017. 400 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17417-4 $35.00 | £27.95

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TheMiller In del and the Professor Vividly written, e In del and the Professor is a compelling ac- count of the great friendship between David Hume and Adam Smith—and how it in uenced modern thought. DENNIS C. RASMUSSEN is associate professor of political science at Tufts University. His books include e Pragmatic Enlightenment. 2017. 336 pages. 8 halftones. Cl: 978-0-691-17701-4 $29.95 | £24.95 One of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2017 One of The Australian Review’s 2017 Books of the Year Selected for Bloomberg View’s “Must-Reads of 2017: From Space to Chinese Noir” One of Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Kaushik Basu)

“It is timely amid new contexts for preservation and when repro- duction technologies are advancing, that Lending’s analysis reveals the signi cance of their plaster precursors.” —Olivia Horsfall Turner, Apollo

Miller Plaster Monuments e  rst comprehensive history of nineteenth-century full-scale plaster casts of building fragments and architectural features, Plaster Monuments examines how these replicas were produced, marketed, sold, and displayed, and how their signi cance can be understood today. MARI LENDING is professor of architectural history and theory at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. 2017. 304 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17714-4 $49.95 | £41.95

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TheMiller Art of Philosophy Delving into the intersections between artistic images and philosophical knowledge, e Art of Philosophy shows that the making and study of visual art functioned as important methods of philosophical thinking and instruction. SUSANNA BERGER is assistant professor of art history at the Univer- sity of Southern California. 2017. 352 pages. 30 color illus. 169 halftones. Cl: 978-0-691-17227-9 $65.00 | £54.95 Finalist for the 2018 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award, College Art Association Shortlisted for 2017 “The Bridge” Book Award, American Initiative for Italian Culture

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“ e World in a Book makes a fascinating argument about the rise of Islamic encyclopedism. . . . [A] very important topic.” —Konrad Hirschler, Freie Universität Berlin

TheMiller World in a Book Composed in fourteenth-century Cairo, Shihab al-Din al- Nuwayri’s Ultimate Ambition was one of hundreds of large-scale compendia produced at this time. In the  rst study of this landmark work in a European language, Muhanna explores its structure and contents, sources and in uences, and reception and impact in the Islamic world and Europe. ELIAS MUHANNA is the Manning Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University. 2017. 232 pages. 7 halftones. 4 line illus. 14 tables. Cl: 978-0-691-17556-0 $39.95 | £32.95

“ e book goes a long way toward reviving the idea that the past . . . is the last and greatest frontier of human exploration.” —New Criterion

ThreeMiller Stones Make a Wall is book traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries. ERIC H. CLINE is professor of classics and anthropology and director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at George Washington Uni- versity. An active archaeologist, he has excavated and surveyed in Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and the United States. 2017. 480 pages. 50 line illus. 2 maps. Cl: 978-0-691-16640-7 $35.00 | £27.95 One of Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017

Praise for the French edition: “A work of remarkable subtlety and depth of thought.” —John Palmer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

TheMiller Concept of Presocratic Philosophy Laks provides a history of the in uential idea of Presocratic philosophy, tracing its historical and philosophical signi cance and consequences, from its ancient antecedents to its full crystallization in the modern period and its continuing e ects today. ANDRÉ LAKS teaches ancient philosophy at the Universidad Pana- mericana in Mexico City and previously taught at the University of Lille, Princeton University, and the University of Paris-Sorbonne. 2018. 152 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17545-4 $29.95 | £24.95

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“[A]n absolute gem of a science history.”—Barbara Kiser, Nature

Miller Heretics! is graphic narrative tells the exciting story of the seventeenth- century thinkers who challenged authority—sometimes risking excommunication, prison, and even death—to lay the foundations of modern philosophy and science. Heretics! o ers a unique intro- duction to the birth of modern thought in comics form. STEVEN NADLER is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy and Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. BEN NADLER is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and an illustrator. 2017. 192 pages with French  aps. 173 color illus. Pa: 978-0-691-16869-2 $22.95 | £18.95 Honorable mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers

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Miller Montaigne e most comprehensive and authoritative biography of Mon- taigne yet written, this sweeping narrative o ers a fascinating new picture of his life and work. We discover a new Montaigne— caught up in the events of his time, making no separation between private and public life, and guided by strategy  rst in his words and silences. PHILIPPE DESAN is the Howard L. Willett Professor in Renaissance Literature and History of Culture at the University of Chicago. 2017. 832 pages. 2 halftones. 19 line illus. Cl: 978-0-691-16787-9 $39.95 | £32.95 One of Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017

“[O] ers a novel and provocative interpretation of the Enlighten- ment that e ectively challenges scholars of the movement to rethink their own understandings.” —Review of Politics

TheMiller Enlightenment Arguing that philosophical and historical interpretations of the Enlightenment have long been hopelessly confused, Ferrone pro- vides a bracing and clarifying new interpretation of the period. VINCENZO FERRONE is professor of modern history at the University of Turin. 2017. 232 pages. Pa: 978-0-691-17576-8 $22.95 | £18.95 Cl: 978-0-691-16145-7 $30.95 | £25.95

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TheMiller Meaning of the Library Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its signi cance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty- rst century, notable contributors present a cultural history of this key institution of Western culture. ALICE CRAWFORD is digital humanities research librarian at the University of St Andrews Library in Scotland. 2017. 336 pages. 26 color illus. 6 halftones. Pa: 978-0-691-17574-4 $19.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-16639-1 $37.50 | £31.95

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TheMiller History of American Higher Education e most in-depth and authoritative history of the subject avail- able, this book traces how colleges and universities were shaped by the shifting in uences of culture, the emergence of new career opportunities, and the unrelenting advancement of knowledge. ROGER L. GEIGER is Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Pennsylvania State University. 2016. 584 pages. 1 table. Pa: 978-0-691-17306-1 $27.95 | £22.95 The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education Winner of the 2015 AERA Division J Outstanding Publication Award, American Educational Research Association

“[A] sweeping defense of intellectual liberalism.”—Choice

TheMiller Shape of the New is book argues that ideas about freedom, equality, evolution, and democracy have shaped the world as we know it today. SCOTT L. MONTGOMERY is an a liate faculty member in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. DANIEL CHIROT is professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Washington. 2016. 512 pages. Pa: 978-0-691-17319-1 $18.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-15064-2 $35.00 | £27.95 One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015 One of Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by Diana Farrell

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“Ben-Menahem convincingly argues that causal notions and their associated constraints permeate science . . . both in fundamental sciences such as physics as well as in the higher-level sciences.” —Michael Cu aro, Rotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario

Miller Causation in Science is book explores the role of causal constraints in science, shifting our attention from causal relations between individual events to a broad family of concepts and principles generating constraints on possible change. YEMIMA BEN-MENAHEM is professor of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. June 2018. 224 pages. 3 b/w illus. Cl: 978-0-691-17493-8 $39.95 | £32.95

“As always, Ruse defends evolutionary science while valuing the beauty and expressiveness of human culture.” —Library Journal

Miller On Purpose Ruse explores the history of the idea of purpose in philosophical, religious, scienti c, and historical thought. Along the way, he takes up tough questions about the purpose of life and whether it’s pos- sible to have meaning without purpose. MICHAEL RUSE is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philoso- phy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science at Florida State University. 2017. 320 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17246-0 $27.95 | £22.95

“[A] needed example of the rewards of philosophically informed literary criticism.” —Andrew H. Miller, author of e Burdens of Perfection: On Ethics and Reading in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

VictorianMiller Pain Ablow shows how Victorian writers came to see pain as a social problem. Rather than simply self-evident to the su erer and un- knowable to anyone else, pain was also understood to be produced between persons—and even, perhaps, by the  ctions they read. RACHEL ABLOW is associate professor of English at the University at Bu alo, State University of New York. 2017. 208 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-17446-4 $39.95 | £32.95

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“It’s hard to imagine that any single author will ever outdo this account of the recent history of our concepts of time.” —Chris Nunn, Journal of Consciousness Studies

TheMiller Physicist and the Philosopher e Physicist and the Philosopher tells the remarkable story of how the explosive debate between Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists today. JIMENA CANALES holds the omas M. Siebel Chair in the History of Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2016. 488 pages. Pa: 978-0-691-17317-7 $24.95 | £19.95 One of Science Friday’s Best Science Books of 2015, chosen by Maria Popova One of The Independent Irish Writers’ Top Reads of 2015 One of Brainpickings’ The Best Science Books of 2015

“[Linnebo] clearly and forcefully presents the strengths and weak- nesses of all the philosophical positions he discusses.” —Henri Laurie, Mathemafrica

Miller Philosophy of Mathematics is concise book introduces all of the classical approaches to the philosophy of mathematics, including logicism, formalism, intuitionism, empiricism, and structuralism. ØYSTEIN LINNEBO is professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo, and previously held positions in Bristol, London, and Oxford. 2017. 216 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-16140-2 $29.95 | £24.95 Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy | Scott Soames, Series Editor

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13 PHYSICAL & EARTH SCIENCE

The Cosmic Web On Gravity Strange Glow J. Richard Gott A. Zee Timothy J. Jorgenson Pa: 978-0-691-18117-2 $19.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-17438-9 $19.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17834-9 $19.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-15726-9 $29.95 | £24.95 Cl: 978-0-691-16503-5 $35.00 | £27.95

Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the The Little Book of Black Holes Tambora New Physics of the Universe Steven S. Gubser & Frans Pretorius Gillen D’Arcy Wood Roger Penrose Cl: 978-0-691-16372-7 $19.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-16862-3 $19.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17853-0 $17.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-11979-3 $29.95 | £19.95

The Cosmic Cocktail Dreams of Other Worlds Tesla Katherine Freese Chris Impey & Holly Henry W. Bernard Carlson Pa: 978-0-691-16918-7 $19.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-16922-4 $24.95 | £19.95 Pa: 978-0-691-16561-5 $19.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-15335-3 $29.95 | £24.95 Cl: 978-0-691-14753-6 $35.00 | £27.95

14 MATHEMATICS

Music by the Numbers Ten Great Ideas about Chance The Golden Ticket Eli Maor Persi Diaconis & Brian Skyrms Lance Fortnow Cl: 978-0-691-17690-1 $24.95 | £19.95 Cl: 978-0-691-17416-7 $27.95 | £22.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17578-2 $17.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-15649-1 $26.95 | £21.95

The Logician and the Engineer Heavenly Mathematics Finding Fibonacci Paul J. Nahin Glen Van Brummelen Keith Devlin Pa: 978-0-691-17600-0 $17.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17599-7 $19.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-17486-0 $29.95 | £24.95 Cl: 978-0-691-15100-7 $24.95 | £19.95 Cl: 978-0-691-14892-2 $42.00 | £34.95

John Napier Leonhard Euler Undiluted Hocus-Pocus Julian Havil Ronald S. Calinger Martin Gardner Cl: 978-0-691-15570-8 $37.50 | £31.95 Cl: 978-0-691-11927-4 $55.00 | £45.95 Pa: 978-0-691-16969-9 $19.95 | £14.95 Cl: 978-0-691-15991-1 $24.95 | £19.95

15 PRINCETON SCIENCE LIBRARY

Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare Our Cosmic Habitat Gamma Paul A. Colinvaux Martin Rees Julian Havil Pa: 978-0-691-17808-0 $18.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17809-7 $17.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17810-3 $18.95 | £14.95

The Eternal Darkness Life on a Young Planet To In nity and Beyond Robert D. Ballard Andrew H. Knoll Eli Maor Pa: 978-0-691-17562-1 $24.95 | £19.95 Pa: 978-0-691-16553-0 $19.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17811-0 $22.95 For sale in North America only

Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum The Extravagant Universe e: The Story of a Number William F. Ruddiman Robert P. Kirshner Eli Maor Pa: 978-0-691-17321-4 $17.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-17318-4 $19.95 | £14.95 Pa: 978-0-691-16848-7 $16.95 | £14.95

16 OF RELATED INTEREST | INDEX

Scurvy Our Minds, Our Selves The Beginnings of Philosophy Jonathan Lamb Keith Oatley in Greece Pa: 978-0-691-18293-3 $22.95 | £18.95 Cl: 978-0-691-17508-9 $29.95 | £24.95 Maria Michela Sassi Cl: 978-0-691-14782-6 $35.00 | £27.95 Cl: 978-0-691-18050-2 $29.95 | £24.95

INDEX US UK US UK Qty ISBN Author: Title Page Price Price Qty ISBN Author: Title Page Price Price __ Cl: 978-0-691-17446-4 Ablow: Victorian Pain 12 $39.95 £32.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17790-8 Galison et al.: 21st 1 $35.00 £27.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17562-1 Ballard: Eternal 16 24.95 19.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-16969-9 Gardner: Hocus-Pocus 15 19.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17435-8 Baumberg: Secret Life 4 29.95 24.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-15991-1 15 24.95 19.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17493-8 Ben-Menahem 12 39.95 32.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17306-1 Geiger: Higher Education 11 27.95 22.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17227-9 Berger: Art 8 65.00 54.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17467-9 Godfrey-Smith 13 19.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-15767-2 Bonduriansky/Day 5 29.95 24.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-14001-8 13 31.95 26.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16935-4 Browne: Darwin 3 24.95 19.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-18117-2 Gott: Cosmic Web 14 19.95 14.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17695-6 Bub/Bub: Random 3 22.95 18.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-15726-9 14 29.95 24.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-18084-7 Calaprice et al. 1 24.95 19.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16372-7 Gubser/Pretorius: Black 14 19.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-14174-9 1 39.95 32.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16633-9 Gutfreund: Relativity 1 26.95 21.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-11927-4 Calinger: Euler 15 55.00 45.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17463-1 Gutfreund: Formative 1 35.00 27.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17317-7 Canales: Physicist 13 24.95 19.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17581-2 Gutfreund: Road 1 22.95 18.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-16561-5 Carlson: Tesla 14 19.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16253-9 1 37.50 31.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17568-3 Carroll: Serengeti Rules 6 16.95 14.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17810-3 Havil: Gamma 16 18.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16742-8 6 24.95 19.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-15570-8 Havil: John Napier 15 37.50 31.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16640-7 Cline: Three Stones 9 35.00 27.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-16922-4 Impey/Henry: Dreams 14 24.95 19.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17808-0 Colinvaux: Big Fierce 16 18.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-14753-6 14 35.00 27.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17574-4 Crawford: Library 11 19.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17440-2 Jones: Time & Cosmos 7 55.00 45.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16639-1 11 37.50 31.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17834-9 Jorgenson: Strange Glow 14 19.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16787-9 Desan: Montaigne 10 39.95 32.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16503-5 14 35.00 27.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17486-0 Devlin: Finding 15 29.95 24.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17318-4 Kirshner: Extravagant 16 19.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17416-7 Diaconis/Skyrms 15 27.95 22.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-08407-7 Einstein: Papers Vol. 1 2 165.00 137.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-16553-0 Knoll: Life on a Young 16 19.95 14.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-08475-6 2 69.95 58.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17545-4 Laks: Presocratic 9 29.95 24.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-08526-5 Einstein: Papers Vol. 2 2 165.00 137.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-18293-3 Lamb: Scurvy 17 22.95 18.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-08549-4 2 63.00 52.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-14782-6 17 35.00 27.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-08772-6 Einstein: Papers Vol. 3 2 165.00 137.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17714-4 Lending: Plaster 8 49.95 41.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-10250-4 2 69.95 58.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16140-2 Linnebo: Philosophy 13 29.95 24.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-03705-9 Einstein: Papers Vol. 4 2 165.00 137.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-16848-7 Maor: e: Story 16 16.95 14.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-02610-7 2 69.95 58.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17690-1 Maor: Music 15 24.95 19.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-03322-8 Einstein: Papers Vol. 5 2 165.00 137.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17811-0 Maor: To In nity 16 22.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-00099-2 2 72.50 60.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-18096-0 Mokyr: Culture 4 22.95 18.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-01086-1 Einstein: Papers Vol. 6 2 165.00 137.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-16888-3 4 35.00 27.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-01734-1 2 69.95 58.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-17319-1 Montgomery/Chirot 11 18.95 14.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-05717-0 Einstein: Papers Vol. 7 2 165.00 137.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-15064-2 11 35.00 27.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-05718-7 2 69.95 58.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-17556-0 Muhanna: World 9 39.95 32.95 __ Cl: 978-0-691-04849-9 Einstein: Papers Vol. 8 2 299.95 249.95 __ Pa: 978-0-691-16869-2 Nadler/Nadler: Heretics! 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