Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentencing dec...
The Essential Tversky
The Essential Tversky
Scarcity
In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need. Busy people fail to manage their time efficiently for the same reasons the poor and those maxed out on credit cards fail to manage their money. The dynamics of scarcity reveal why dieters find it hard to resist temptation, why students and busy executives mismanage their time, and why the same sugarcane farmers are smarter after harvest than before. Once we start thinking in terms of scarcity, the problems of modern life come into sharper focus, and Scarcity reveals not only how it leads us astray but also how individuals and organizations can better manage scarcity for greater satisfaction and success.
Scarcity
Sendhil Mullainathan, the 'most interesting young economist in the world', and Eldar Shafir, the 'most brilliant psychologist' of his generation, explain the hidden problem behind everything with Scarcity Why can we never seem to keep on top of ou...
Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914
Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. He argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were resp...
Citizenship Debates
Beyond its emotional resonance and cultural ramifications, citizenship provides the legal and social framework for individual autonomy and political democracy. Recently, the question of citizenship has gained renewed attention in response to major...
Half Century of Occupation
The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the world's most polarizing confrontations. Its current phase, Israel's "temporary" occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, turned a half century old in June 2017. In these timely an...
Grustnoe litso komedii, ili Nakonets podvedennye itogi
Kogda eta kniga vpervye legla na knizhnye polki, avtoru ispolnilos 82 goda - vozrast, trebujuschij 'podvedenija itogov'. 'Grustnoe litso komedii, ili...' - eto svoego roda ispoved cheloveka, otdavshego svoju zhizn kinematografu, kultovogo kinorezhissera, na schetu kotorogo bolee dvukh desjatkov igrovykh filmov, sredi nikh legendarnye 'Beregis avtomobilja', 'Ironija sudby', 'Sluzhebnyj roman', 'Vokzal dlja dvoikh', 'Karnavalnaja noch' i dr. Po priznaniju avtora, on vsju zhizn 'trudilsja kak loshad'. Krome filmov, Eldar Rjazanov sozdal bolee dvukhsot avtorskikh teleperedach, pisal pesy, povesti, stsenarii i stikhi, byl pedagogom i prodjuserom... V svoej knige avtor govorit o 'samom vazhnom', rasskazyvaet o studencheskikh godakh i svoikh uchiteljakh - Kozintseve, Ejzenshtejne, Pyreve, o svoem rezhisserskom stanovlenii, o veselykh i grustnykh istorijakh, svjazannykh s rozhdeniem ego znamenitykh kinolent, s ljubovju i blagodarnostju vspominaet druzej i blizkikh, a takzhe artistov,
Using AI in Academic Writing and Research
This book comprehensively explores how AI tools can revolutionize academic writing, research, grant proposals, and educational practices. With a focus on practical applications, ethical considerations, and future trends, the book serves as an indispensable roadmap for academics, researchers, and educators eager to integrate AI into their work. Whether you're looking to enhance your research capabilities, craft compelling grant proposals, personalize learning experiences, or lead your institution into the future, this book provides the insights and tools necessary to navigate and shape the AI-enhanced landscape of academia. It demonstrates how to redefine scholarly work with cutting-edge AI innovations through real-life, practical examples, yet keeping the level of generalization high enough to keep it relevant for a few years. By balancing specific, actionable insights with broader perspectives, this book equips readers to not only adapt to but actively influence the evolving role of
Pitsou Kedem Architects (Bilingual edition)
Choreographies of Light Pitsou Kedem’s spatial arrangements evoke a continuing shift of perspective: A recurring element of the Tel Aviv architect’s buildings is the impressive double height living room that creates a connection between levels. Guided by fundamental principles of minimalism, the studio was involved in a constant pursuit of purity in order to reveal the essence of a space. After years of simplifying materials to the extent of avoiding all distractions, the architects began to add layers of materials as well as spatial layers. This comprehensive publication retraces the past 20 years of the Studio’s practice. Alongside a photographic archive of its built history in Israel, it features Kedem’s drawings and studies of light perforations from his time at the AA School of Architecture, highlighting his fascination for light as the characterizing element that is at the core of his architectural language.
Sampling Theory
Covering the fundamental mathematical underpinnings together with key principles and applications, this book provides a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of sampling from an engineering perspective. Beginning with traditional ideas su...
Machine Learning and Wireless Communications
Machine Learning and Wireless Communications
Prehospital Trauma Care
Comprehensive in scope and content, Prehospital Trauma Care (PTC) covers all aspects of emergency medicine-triage assessment and treatment, anesthesia, intensive care, psychiatry, health and military disasters, burns, shock, and surgery. Written b...
Being Israeli
A timely study by two well-known scholars offers a theoretically informed account of the political sociology of Israel. The analysis is set within its historical context as the authors trace Israel's development from Zionist settlement in the 1880...
National Insecurity and Human Rights
Human rights is all too often the first casualty of national insecurity. How can democracies cope with the threat of terror while protecting human rights? This timely volume compares the lessons of the United States and Israel with the "best-...
Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel
Too often, the study of Israel/Palestine has focused on elite actors and major events. "Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel" takes advantage of new sources about everyday life and the texture of changes on the ground to put more th...
People Out of Place
Globalization pushes people "out of place"--across borders, out of traditions, into markets, and away from the rights of national citizenship. But globalization also contributes to the spread of international human rights ideas and insti...
Lessons and Legacies of the War On Terror
This volume examines the lessons and legacies of the U.S.-led "Global War on Terror," utilizing the framework of a political "moral panic." A decade after 9/11, it is increasingly difficult to deny that terror has prevailed - n...
Compressed Sensing
Compressed sensing is an exciting, rapidly growing field, attracting considerable attention in electrical engineering, applied mathematics, statistics and computer science. This book provides the first detailed introduction to the subject, highlig...
Vårens vresiga eldar
Siri tror inte sina ögon. Under snön ligger en ränsel. Hon slickar sina torra läppar och trycker handen mot magen. Mat? Till barnen, förstås. Men vems är lädersäcken? Inte kan hon bara ta den! - Har du berättat för någon mer om vad du hi...
Striden Om Sju Eldar
****MYCKET BRA!****"... passar bokslukare som aldrig vill att berättelserna ska ta slut."Sarah Utas, Bibliotekstjänst, BTJ-häftet nr 22, 2024Den slutgiltiga striden om Sju eldar närmar sig. Men återigen ligger lady Blackstone steget före Henry, Lucy och de andra drakryttarna. När de återvänder till Landet ingenstans är lärarna spårlöst försvunna och Henry förstår snabbt vad som har hänt Lady Blackstone har dem i sitt våld. Nu måste de unga drakryttarna klara sig på egen hand och de har flera tuffa utmaningar framför sig. De måste inte bara rädda sina lärare, utan även hitta den sista förstenade bladfingerdraken, innan lady Blackstone gör det. Annars är ön Sju eldar förlorad för alltid ...
"Den som eldar och ger sig in i elden får elden tåla"
Kriminalkommissarie Ib Jörgensen är dansk men uppväxt i Stockholm. Han är änkeman och pappa till en tjugoettårig dotter som studerar till konstnär. Det visar sig snart att berättelsen kommer att kretsa kring två enäggstvillingar. Den ena ...
