“d a bromley”

D. Allan Bromley, the first person to hold the cabinet-level rank of Science Advisor to the President, here writes an engrossing memoir of his years at the Bush White House, bringing the unique perspective of a scientist to the political realities of policy making with the President and his other Se... More

In this amazing tour d'horizon, D. Allan Bromley uses the occasion of the centenary of the American Physical Society to reflect upon the growth of physics over the past 100 years, its fragmentation into numerous subdisciplines, the impact physics has had upon modern technology, and the re-emergence ... More

Hardbound. Fieldwork involving "participant observation" has become a primary method for studying religious movements and other non-mainstream religious groups. Ethnography is a primary narrative form for reporting fieldwork findings. Toward Reflexive Ethnography explores how fieldwork decisions are... More

The series of texts on Classical Theoretical Physics is based on the highly successful series of courses given by Walter Greiner at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, the volumes in the series pro... More

Since its inception around 1970, the study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) has evolved into an established multidisciplinary field. At the same time, both the movements and the scholars who study them have been the subjects of intense controversy. In this volume, a group of senior NRM scholars who... More

The current controversy surrounding new religions has brought to the forefront the role of apostates. These individuals leave highly controversial movements and assume roles in other organizations as public opponents against their former movements. This volume examines the motivations of the apostat... More

Based on 30 specially commissioned pieces by leading authorities in the field from the US and Europe, "The Handbook of Environmental Economics" is a comprehensive volume about environmental and natural resource economics. It covers the full range of issues presently at the forefront of environmental... More