Suggested Books of the Week 34, 2018

Check out these books below by Cambridge University Press and Ancient Origins.

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Optimization in Practice with MATLAB® - For Engineering Students and Professionals 

Optimization in Practice with MATLAB® 
For Engineering Students and Professionals

Optimization in Practice with MATLAB® provides a unique approach to optimization education. It is accessible to both junior and senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as industry practitioners. It provides a strongly practical perspective that allows the student to be ready to use optimization in the workplace. It covers traditional materials, as well as important topics previously unavailable in optimization books (e.g. numerical essentials - for successful optimization)...
Additionally, supporting MATLAB® m-files are available for download via www.cambridge.org.messac. Lastly, adopting instructors will receive a comprehensive solution manual with solution codes along with lectures in PowerPoint with animations for each chapter, and the text's unique flexibility enables instructors to structure one- or two-semester courses.

• The realistic examples differentiate this book from others on the market
• Offers a wide-ranging collection of examples and exercises, providing a unique platform for linking the theoretical, computational, and practical
• A MATLAB® chapter and prerequisite math chapter address diverse students' preparation levels
• A robust ancillary support package includes comprehensive PowerPoint lectures with animations, a comprehensive solutions manual with solution codes, and MATLAB® codes for examples and solutions

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Numerical Methods in Engineering with Python 3 

Numerical Methods in Engineering 
with Python 3

This book is an introduction to numerical methods for students in engineering. It covers solution of equations, interpolation and data fitting, solution of differential equations, eigenvalue problems and optimisation...
This new edition demonstrates the use of Python 3 and includes an introduction to the Python plotting package Matplotlib. This comprehensive book is enhanced by the addition of numerous examples and problems throughout.

• An introduction to numerical methods for students in engineering
• Introduction and liberal use of the Python plotting package Matplotlib
• Numerical algorithms used are robust and up-to-date with the current practice

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Numerical Methods in Engineering with MATLAB® 

Numerical Methods in  
Engineering with MATLAB®

The third edition of this successful text describes and evaluates a range of widely used numerical methods, with an emphasis on problem solving. Every method is discussed thoroughly and illustrated with problems involving both hand computation and programming...
The third edition features a new chapter on Euler's method, a number of new and improved examples and exercises, and programs which appear as function M-files. Numerical Methods in Engineering with MATLAB®, 3rd edition is a useful resource for both graduate students and practicing engineers.

• A new chapter featuring Euler's method
• Numerous new and improved sample problems and exercises
• Online supplemental materials including a solutions manual and MATLAB® source code

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Uchronia? Atlantis Revealed 

Uchronia? Atlantis Revealed

Nearly 2,400 years ago, ancient philosopher Plato wrote the story of Atlantis, a compelling tale of an 11,000-year-old island civilization which has since captivated the imagination of poets, authors, and the minds of many scholars who over the centuries kept on searching for the legendary island. 

Today, numerous speculations place Atlantis in locations like the Azores Islands in the middle of the Atlantic, in Spain, somewhere off the coast of southeastern Cyprus, in Malta, or in more exotic locations like Indonesia, Antarctica, even in the "Bermuda Triangle" off the coast of the United States. 

Of course, while some past claims seemed more probable than others, never before has there been a discovery where all the physical characteristics matched Plato's description, until now! Author and researcher Christos A. Djonis, reveals a tangible find where not one or two, but every aspect of the proposed location matches Plato's physical description.
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Sacred Science: The King of Pharaonic Theocracy

Sacred Science:  
The King of Pharaonic Theocracy

R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (1887-1961), one of the most important Egyptologists of this century, links the sacred science of the Ancients to its rediscovery in our own time. Sacred Science represents the first major breakthrough in understanding ancient Egypt and identifies Egypt, not Greece, as the cradle of Western thought, theology, and science. 
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Source: Cambridge University Press and Ancient Origins