New books by Sussex authors
John Bather (Professor of Mathematics, SMS)
Decision Theory: An introduction to dynamic programming and sequential decisions
Wiley, £60.00 (hardback), £24.95 (paper)
The publisher says: 'Mathematical induction and its use in solving optimization problems is a topic of great interest with many applications. It enables us to study multi-stage decision problems by proceeding backwards in time, using a method called dynamic programming. All the techniques needed to solve the various problems are explained, and the author's fluent style will leave the reader with an avid interest in the subject.'
Trevor Beebee (Reader in Chemistry, BIOLS) & Richard Griffiths
Amphibians and Reptiles
Harpercollins, £19.99 (paper), £34.99 (hardback)
Lynn Botelho and Pat Thane (Professor of Contemporary History, SOC) (eds)
Women and Ageing in British Society Since 1500
Pearson, £16.99 (paper)
Deborah Cherry (Professor of the History of Art, CCS)
Beyond the Frame: Feminism and visual culture, Britain 1850-1900
Routledge, £45.00 (hardback), £13.99 (paper)
The publisher says: "In this rich and challenging study, Deborah Cherry discusses painting, sculpture, photography, engravings, embroidery and comic drawings of the period, to build a picture of how artists participated in the social upheaval of the day, campaigned for and against women's rights, spoke out on sexuality, and intervened in the visual languages of the day to create challenging new images of women - Cherry analyses the links between visual culture, modernity and imperialism, and offers new ways of reading 19th-century visual images."
Michael Hutchings (Professor of Ecology, BIOLS), Elizabeth John (Senior Lecturer in Ecology, BIOLS) & Alan Stewart (Lecturer in Ecology, BIOLS) (eds)
The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity (40th Symposium of the British Ecological Society)
Blackwell Science, £29.95 (paper), £59.95 (hardback)
A set of 19 papers delivered at the 40th Symposium of the British Ecological Society, held at Sussex in March 1999. The publisher says: "It includes discussion of the effects of spatial and temporal heterogeneity on individuals, populations, communities and biodiversity, and of the management and conservation implications of environmental heterogeneity."
Russell King (ed.) (Professor of Geography, EURO)
The Mediterranean Passage: Migration and the new cultural encounters in southern Europe
Liverpool University Press, £15.00 (paper)
Nicholas Royle (Professor of English, EAM) (ed.)
Deconstructions: A User's Guide
Palgrave, £14.99 (paper)
All titles are available from the University Bookshop. If you are a Sussex author and have a book coming out, let us know on ext. 8888 or by email at internalcomms@sussex.ac.uk.
