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Birth of a Theorem(1st Edition)
A Mathematical Adventure
by Cédric Villani, Malcolm De Bevoise
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Bodley Head
ISBN-13: 978-1-84792-252-6, ISBN: 1-84792-252-X

"In 2010, French mathematician Cédric Villani received the Fields Medal, the most coveted prize in mathematics, in recognition of a proof which he devised with his close collaborator Clément Mouhot to explain one of the most surprising theories in classical physics. Birth of a Theorem is Villani's own account of the years leading up to the award. It invites readers inside the mind of a great mathematician as he wrestles with the most imp ..."

The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic
(Hardback or Cased Book)
by Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm Debevoise, Phillip Mitsis
Hardcover, 165 Pages, Published 2023 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-766635-7, ISBN: 0-19-766635-3

"Beginning with his life as a banker's son in Sinope, this book traces the origins and effects of his exile and status as a foreigner in Athens and Corinth, his subsequent espousal of a life a poverty, and his development of a style of life ..."

Twilight of the Elites
Prosperity, the Periphery, and the Future of France
by Christophe Guilluy, Malcolm Debevoise
Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2019 by Yale University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-23376-6, ISBN: 0-300-23376-0

"Very Good, FIRST EDITION in English, Yale University Press, 2019 A fine copy in dark brown boards with a very good/fine dust jacket. 184pp. Christophe Guilluy, A French Geographer, Makes The Case That France Has Become An American Society - One That Is Both Increasingly Multicultural And Increasingly Unequal. The Divide Between The Global Economy's Winners And Losers In Today's France Has Replaced The Old Left-right Split, Leaving Many ..."

The Artist as Economist
Art and Capitalism in the 1960s
by Sophie Cras, Malcolm Debevoise, Cécile Whiting
Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2019 by Yale University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-23270-7, ISBN: 0-300-23270-5

"This timely and original study transforms our understanding of the relationship between art and economics Bearing witness to the changing economic landscape amid the Cold War, artists in the 1960s created works that critiqued, reshaped, and sometimes reinforced the spirit of capitalism. At a time when currency and finance were becoming ever more abstracted—and the art market increasingly an arena for speculation—artists on both sides of ..."

Giving Life, Giving Death(1st Edition)
Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, Philosophy (Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture)
by Lucien Scubla, Malcolm B. Debevoise
Paperback, 420 Pages, Published 2016 by Michigan State University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61186-208-9, ISBN: 1-61186-208-6

"Although women alone have the ability to bring children into the world, modern Western thought tends to discount this female prerogative. In "Giving Life, Giving Death, " Lucien Scubla argues that structural anthropology sees women as objects of exchange that facilitate alliance-building rather than as vectors of continuity between generations. Examining the work of Levi-Strauss, Freud, and Girard, as well as ethnographic and clinical d ..."

The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought(1st Edition)
by Lawrence D. Kritzman, Brian J. Reilly, Malcolm B.. Debevoise, M. B. Debevoise, Malcolm Debevoise, Brian Reilly
Hardcover, 816 Pages, Published 2006 by Columbia University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-10791-4, ISBN: 0-231-10791-9

"With more than two hundred entries by leading intellectuals in the French- and English-speaking world, this new volume presents the authoritative guide to twentieth-century French thought. Unrivaled in its scope and depth, The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought covers and critiques the intellectual figures, movements, and publications that helped shape and define fields as diverse as history and historiography, psychoa ..."

How Language Comes to Children(Updated)
From Birth to Two Years
by M. B. Debevoise, Malcolm Debevoise
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2001 by A Bradford Book
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-54125-1, ISBN: 0-262-54125-4

"A comprehensive and entertaining account of how children acquire language.That children learn to speak so skillfully at a young age has long fascinated adults. Most children virtually master their native tongue even before learning to tie their shoelaces. The ability to acquire language has historically been regarded as a "gift"―a view given scientific foundation only in the present century by Noam Chomsky's theory of "universal grammar ..."

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