The first textbook to present a comprehensive and detailed economic analysis of electricity markets, analyzing the tensions between microeconomics and political economy.

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness.

An argument for the centrality of the visual culture of waste-as seen in works by international contemporary artists-to the study of our ecological condition.

A comprehensive introduction to optimization with a focus on practical algorithms for the design of engineering systems.

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of a textbook for graduate students in finance, with new coverage of global financial institutions.