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N. David Mermin
Why Quark Rhymes with Pork

A collection of offbeat, entertaining and primarily nontechnical essays on physics and those who practice it, from eminent theoretical physicist N. David Mermin. Bringing together for the first time all t…

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Arnaud Mignan
Introduction to Catastrophe Risk Modelling

Focusing on the physics of the catastrophe process and addressed directly to advanced students, this innovative textbook quantifies dozens of perils, both natural and man-made, and covers the latest devel…

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Fathali M Moghaddam, Margaret J Hendricks, Raimundo Salas Schweikart
The New Immigration Challenge

"Immigration is one of the most complex political issues worldwide. Drawing on psychological research, this book explains why immigration has become such a controversial issue and explores different …

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Steven Nadler
Why Read Maimonides Today?

Maimonides (Moshe/Moses ben Maimon, 1138-1204) was not only the dominant rabbinic and Jewish intellectual figure of the later medieval period, but also one of history's greatest philosophers. As the autho…

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Martin Austin Nesvig
The Women Who Threw Corn

This book tells the stories of women from Spain, North Africa, Senegambia, and Canaries accused of sorcery in sixteenth-century Mexico for adapting native magic and healing practices. These non-native wom…

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Reviel Netz
Why the Ancient Greeks Matter

The ancient Greeks were exceptional and they were consequential. This innovative, engrossingly written book addresses head-on the problematic question of the Greek Miracle. It will appeal to anyone intere…

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Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information

This text is the first comprehensive introduction to the main ideas and techniques of the field of quantum computation and quantum information. Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang ask the question: what are …

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Kevin Omland
Understanding the Tree of Life

Challenge outdated views of evolution and embrace a clearer understanding of life's incredible diversity with this enlightening exploration of evolutionary trees. Far from being a linear ladder of progres…

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Stan Owocki
Fundamentals of Astrophysics

Designed for one-semester astrophysics courses, the second edition of this textbook is aimed at science and engineering students with college-level calculus-based physics. Bridging the gap between basic a…

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Giuseppe Pezzini
Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation

Taking his readers into the depths of a majestic and expansive literary world, one to which he brings fresh illumination as if to the darkness of Khazad-dûm, Giuseppe Pezzini combines rigorous scholarship…

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Yury Polyanskiy, Yihong Wu
Information Theory

This enthusiastic introduction to the fundamentals of information theory builds from classical Shannon theory through to modern applications in statistical learning, equipping students with a uniquely wel…

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Floyd F. Quinn, Rodney W. Napier
Groups

A fully updated eighth edition of a popular textbook that provides a broad yet practical introduction to group dynamics for both undergraduates and graduates. It now has four new chapters, additional acti…

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Sergey Radchenko
To Run the World

What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko …

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Ed Regis
Starbound

This book is for anyone enthralled by the romantic dream of a voyage 'to the stars.' From our current viewpoint in the twenty-first century, crewed interstellar travel will be an exceptionally difficult u…

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Mark De Rond
Dark Justice

It is difficult to imagine a more heinous crime than the sexual abuse of children. Yet, terrifyingly, a new case of child sexual abuse is reported every seven minutes. In response to this crisis, self-app…

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Barbara J. Sahakian, Christelle Langley
Brain Boost

Your mental health is as important as your physical health and, in times of stress, it's vital to have enhanced cognition and reserves of resilience. This book is packed with practical tips, based on scie…

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William Shakespeare,
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

New Cambridge Shakespeare

Offers a new introduction and commentary notes designed for the student reader, an updated reading list, appendices and extensive illustrations.

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Rayf Shiell, Iain McNab
Pedrottis' Introduction to Optics

The fourth edition of Pedrottis' Introduction to Optics is a comprehensive revision of a classic guide to the fascinating properties of light, now with new authors. Ideally suited for undergraduate optics…

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Eiko Maruko Siniawer
Tokyo

Ten Moments That Shaped

From sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven into i…

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Quentin Skinner
Liberty as Independence

What does liberty entail? How have concepts of liberty changed over time? And what are the global consequences? This book surveys the history of rival views of liberty from antiquity to modern times. Quen…

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