Emma Dench, Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2018, 222 S., 5 Abb., ISBN 978-0-521-00901-0 (brosch.), £ 19,99

Global Competitive Strategy, by Daniel F. Spulber, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., ISBN 978-0-521880-81-7

Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. Érudit offre des services d'édition numérique de documents scientifiques depuis 1998. Note : les règles d'écriture des références bibliographiques peuvent varier selon les différents domaines du savoir. Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduct...

Programming in Haskell by Graham Hutton, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 184 pp., ISBN 0-521-69269-5

The proposed solution runs entirely against the orthodoxy that compositionality is necessary for modularity, but it is persausive. Much to their credit, the authors have robustly defended this view and others in several online forums, and have shown they are prepared to accept and develop viewpoints distinct from their own. In closing, I must ask the inevitable rhetorical questions: would CTM h...

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The nature of econophysics and its relationship with both economics and physics has become increasingly contentious and controversial recently (Ball [2]; Gallegati et al. [3], 2006). The term is quite recent, only neologized in 1995 by Eugene Stanley and then defined by him and Rosario Mantegna (Mantegna and Stanley [4, pages viii–ix]) as a “multidisciplinary field” consisting of “activities by...

Information considered harmful in animal communication Animal Communication Theory: Information and Influence, Edited by Ulrich E. Stegmann, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013), ISBN: 978-1-107-01310-0

Treehoppers (Tylopelta gibbera) are small sap-feeding insects that live on plant stems. Treehoppers communicate by vibrations traveling along the stem, branches and leaves of their host plant. Male treehoppers produce sex-and species-specific 'whine/pulse' patterns, which, under suitable conditions, elicit low frequency 'drone' responses from females. Upon sensing her reply, the male begins sea...