A study of the ‘archaeological imagination’ is an area growing interest within archaeology and other fields (see, for example, Finn 2004; Wallace Schwyzer 2007), Michael Shanks’s book a timely addition to this important inspiring subject. Building on his Experiencing Past (1992) collaborative works, author makes foray into worlds that create are created by archaeological remains experiences the...

The Springer-Praxis Popular Astronomy programme covers the latest observations, techniques and discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology, selecting key topics designed to fire the imagination of keen astronomers everywhere. Many of the topics selected for titles in this programme are refreshingly new, and away from the accepted mainstream of titles published in this area. Topics inc...

a Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China b Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA c Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA d Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77...

How do you aggregate the preferences of multiple agents in a fair manner? This is a question that has occupied researchers for several centuries. Suppose we have k voters who each give their preferences on n candidates. How should the candidates be ranked to best represent the input? Marquis de Condorcet [5] showed that there may not exist a “winner”: a candidate who beats all other candidates ...

The Springer-Praxis Popular Astronomy programme covers the latest observations, techniques and discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology, selecting key topics designed to fire the imagination of keen astronomers everywhere. Many of the topics selected for titles in this programme are refreshingly new, and away from the accepted mainstream of titles published in this area. Topics inc...

that the dynamic psychology of human behaviour has a part to play in the interpretation and understanding of that behaviour, and an important function in solving its inter-personal inter-national and social aberrations, then we must take note of this growing demand for "popular" knowledge. We must be prepared to put over our knowledge in a way that is helpful and understanding, yet stimulating ...

1 GULD, Regional Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden 2 Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt 4 State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Acade...