Check these books out below by Ancient Origins and Cambridge University Press.
Corn, Cotton and Chocolate: How the Maya Changed the World
The Maya were the longest-lived civilization in history. Their
civilization began in 2500 BC on a time-line with the ancient Sumerians
and terminated in 900 AD during the reign of Charlemagne. Their
histories did not converge because the Maya and other world
civilizations did not know of each other’s existence. The Maya were the
phantoms of history. They were the greatest agronomists in world
history. Their cultivars nourished the Maya culture and enabled their
rapid growth into a society of profound thinkers. After European
contact, the inventive products of Maya agronomy were disseminated
around the world. The integration of Maya cultivars into world cultures
has changed the course of world history. Maya science has changed the
world. Maya Cultivars now feed and clothe the majority of the world’s
population. They have increased the global population, started wars,
overthrown monarchies, ignited the industrial revolution, initiated
educational systems, started sports empires, changed the lifestyles of
world cultures and have killed more people than all the wars in history.
It will come as a surprise that history can be changed by a
civilization that collapsed over a thousand years ago. Maya cultivars
are living inventions that have become a part of the world's heritage
and continue to make history.
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The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft
This concise introductory textbook emphasizes the major
concepts of both anthropology and the anthropology of religion. It is
aimed at students encountering anthropology for the first time.
Reviewers describe the text as vivid, rich, user-friendly, accessible,
and well-organized.
The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft examines
religious expression from a cross-cultural perspective while
incorporating key theoretical concepts. In addition to providing a
basic overview of anthropology, including definition of key terms and
exposure to ethnographies, the text exposes students to the varying
complexity of world religions.
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The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Life, Liberty, And The Death Of The Republic
Arguably the greatest Empire to ever exist, Rome has indelibly left a
significant mark on the modern world. The posthumous influence of the
Roman Republic and Empire have no equal in all of history. Their varied
culture, stunning art, brilliant philosophy, and towering architecture
is embedded in our modern world. Roman innovation has left behind a
legacy that has remained admired and emulated for over a thousand years.
They built massive networks of roads before the birth of Christ. They
constructed elaborate public sewer systems over 1,500 years before the
United States became a Nation, and had networks of aqueducts bringing
running water. Their tactics in battle are still studied by historians
and military leaders of today. Their history is filled with great
conflicts, compelling love stories, and the most treacherous of leaders.
Hollywood has explored their culture time and again on the silver
screen.
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College Life
Letters to an Under-Graduate
These 'letters to an undergraduate' were published in 1845, two years after the death of their author, Thomas Whytehead (1815–43). His outstanding student career at Cambridge suggested that he would remain in academic life, but having been ordained a deacon and then a priest, he volunteered for missionary work, and in 1841 sailed for the southern hemisphere as chaplain to the newly appointed Bishop Selwyn. He became seriously ill on arrival in Australia, and died in New Zealand the following year.
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Codes, Cryptology and Curves with Computer Algebra
This well-balanced text touches on theoretical
and applied aspects of protecting digital data. The reader is provided
with the basic theory and is then shown deeper fascinating detail,
including the current state of the art. Readers will soon become
familiar with methods of protecting digital data while it is
transmitted, as well as while the data is being stored. Both basic and
advanced error-correcting codes are introduced together with numerous
results on their parameters and properties. The authors explain how to
apply these codes to symmetric and public key cryptosystems and secret
sharing. Interesting approaches based on polynomial systems solving are
applied to cryptography and decoding codes.
Artificial Intelligence
Foundations of Computational Agents
Artificial intelligence, including machine learning, has emerged as a transformational science and engineering discipline. Artificial Intelligence: Foundations of Computational Agents presents AI using a coherent framework to study the design of intelligent computational agents. By showing how the basic approaches fit into a multidimensional design space, readers learn the fundamentals without losing sight of the bigger picture. The new edition also features expanded coverage on machine learning material, as well as on the social and ethical consequences of AI and ML. The book balances theory and experiment, showing how to link them together, and develops the science of AI together with its engineering applications.
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