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Thinking and Problem-Solving presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of literature on cognition, reasoning, intelligence, and other formative areas specific to this field. Written for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and academics, this volume is a necessary reference for beginning and established investigators in cognitive and educational psychology.

Thinking and Problem-Solving provides insight into questions such as: how do people solve complex problems in mathematics and everyday life? How do we generate new ideas? How do we piece together clues to...

..". this is one of the few books on narrative worth reading and rereading, a study that will make--or should make--a difference in the way we read narrative." --Nineteenth Century Fiction

"This is a remarkable book: original, clear-sighted, and luminously focused on a subject that has never been explored nearly so systematically or intensively."--Dorrit Cohn, Harvard University

This book, long out of print, is now available in a paperback edition, providing another window into one of the most exciting minds working in the areas of literary and biblical literary criticism.

Climate hazards are the world s most widespread, deadliest and costliest natural disasters. Knowledge of climate hazard dynamics is critical since the impacts of climate change, population growth, development projects and migration affect both the impact and severity of disasters. Current global events highlight how hazards can lead to significant financial losses, increased mortality rates and political instability.

This book examines climate hazards crises in contemporary Asia, identifying how hazards from the Middle East through South and Central Asia and China have the...

In weitem Bogen behandeln die Griechischen Studien wichtige Momente der griechischen Geschichte von ihren Anfangen bis ins 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit gilt zunachst - in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Basler Alttestamentler Klaus Seybold - dem Vergleich mit der parallelen Entwicklungin Israel / Juda, um das Charakteristische der griechischen Geschichte zu profilieren.Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt bildet das 4. Jahrhundert v.Chr. mit Studien zur Beurteilung der athenischen Demokratie und zur Bewertungdes Tyrannen Dionysios von Syrakus als Wegbereiterder hellenistischen...