Explores the implications of chance and uncertainty in social theory and offers a new interpretation of the sociological canon.Since the founding of the discipline, sociologists have endeavored to understand the structures of groups, organizations, and societies, and how these entities condition our behavior. While some of the foundational theorists saw these processes as largely deterministic, sociological theory has increasingly insisted on the importance of cult...

Spontaneous Combustion is the classic "play-in-a-day" theater exercise in literary event form. We gather writers together, provide three story prompts, and give them 24 hours to compose a unique piece of pulp fiction. Our favorites are invited back to prose-slam their short stories for a public audience. In the end, everyone casts a vote and the people-chosen "Top Tales" are bound in the next volume. Awaiting you in Vol. II of this explosive literary tradition is a powderkeg of short ficti...

Only the immortal Dr. Israel St. James can collect and keep safe history's most powerful artifacts. With Archimedes' Insight, he can detect the magic lurking beneath the surface of our mundane world. A potent nexus in history or a rare super-genius can manifest magical power within an object. These supernatural Relics are Israel St. James' specialty. As the keeper of Archimedes' Apothecary, he employs multi-dimensional tools to find and collect antiquities of the most abnormal kind. Some h...

From first principles to current computer applications, Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine, Second Edition: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging covers the applications of Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine and critically reviews them from a diagnostic perspective. Like the first edition, this book explains the Monte Carlo method