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The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

"An informative study of the biblical origins of Satan…With resourceful though never excessive citation, Mobley and Wray make a good job of pinning down the roots of a notoriously protean character."--The Times Literary Supplement

"Let's admit it. Even in a secular age we are all still...

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Little, Brown and Company, 2000

The Tipping Point is that magical moment when an idea, trend, or social behaviour crosses a threshhold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a sick individual in a crowded store can start can epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend or the popularity of a new restaurant to take off overnightor...

Work Naked: Eight Essential Principles for Peak Performance in the Virtual Workplace

Jossey-Bass, 2001

"Enlightening, enjoyable, and extremely practical, Work Naked offers real clarity about what is wrong with the way most companies work, plus exact directions on how to fix each and every office foolishness. Do what Froggatt says and watch your employee productivity rise." --Scott Shuster, Business Week "High-tech tools (cell...

Psychiatric Genetics: Applications in Clinical Practice

American Psychiatric Publishing, 2008

Psychiatric Genetics is the first book to focus on clinical applications of genetics in psychiatry. It covers issues involved in genetic counseling, the interpretation of familial and genetic information for clinical use, information regarding risks associated with specific psychiatric disorders, and the uses of genetic testing. Written...

Robot Brains: Circuits and Systems for Conscious Machines

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Haikonen envisions autonomous robots that perceive and understand the world directly, acting in it in a natural human-like way without the need of programs and numerical representation of information. By developing higher-level cognitive functions through the power of artificial associative neuron architectures, the author approaches the issues of...

Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks from Start to Finish

Addison Wesley, 2009

The complete guide to today’s hard-to-defend chained attacks: performing them and preventing them

Nowadays, it’s rare for malicious hackers to rely on just one exploit or tool; instead, they use “chained” exploits that integrate multiple forms of attack to achieve...

Intelligent Systems and Technologies: Methods and Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2009

Intelligent systems and technologies are increasing finding their ways in our daily lives. This book presents a sample of recent research results from key researchers. The contributions include: Introduction to intelligent systems; A Fuzzy Density Analysis of Subgroups by means of DNA Oligonucleotides; Evolution of Cooperating Classification Rules...

From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century

Joseph Henry Press, 2002

The first year of a new century always appears auspicious. The year 1900 was no exception. Americans welcomed it in with the three Ps: Peace, Prosperity, and Progress. It was the culmination of many outstanding achievements and looked forward, with great confidence, to a century of continued progress. The twentieth century would be an age of...

Prince of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss

AK Peter, 2006

The author narrates the life of Carl Friedrich Gauss, the 18th century mathematician, from his prodigious childhood to his extraordinary achievements that earned him the title "Prince of Mathematics". Along the way, the author introduces her readers to a different culture, the era of small states in Germany where advancement on merits,...

Jackfruit: A Bicycle Quest Through Latin America

Booklocker.com, 2009

Bicycling across Latin America, adventurer David Nghiem explores the depth of human intuition while investigating ancient symbols and mysteries. He surveys the effects of globalization, enduring crocodiles and gun shots as he faces his greatest challenge - surviving the journey!

I lay sweating on my back in the tent, naked, my diving...

Islamic Biomedical Ethics: Principles and Application

Oxford University Press, 2009

Biomedical ethics is a burgeoning academic field with complex and far-reaching consequences. Whereas in Western secular bioethics this subject falls within larger ethical theories and applications (utilitarianism, deontology, teleology, and the like), Islamic biomedical ethics has yet to find its natural academic home in Islamic studies.
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A Primer for Mathematics Competitions

Oxford University Press, 2009

The importance of mathematics competitions has been widely recognized for three reasons: they help to develop imaginative capacity and thinking skills whose value far transcends mathematics; they constitute the most effective way of discovering and nurturing mathematical talent; and they provide a means to combat the prevalent false image of...

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