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Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library, Volume 2

Gale, 2005

Many American history books begin with the year 1492 explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506). For the great civilizations of Mesoamerica and South America, though, 1492 proved to be the beginning of the end of their civilization. The products of thousands of years of history—the great cities, the architecture, markets, governments,...

Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Fuzzy logic is a simple phrase that actually refers to a large subject dealing with a set of methods to characterize and quantify uncertainty in engineering systems that arise from ambiguity, imprecision, fuzziness, and lack of knowledge.

This 15-chapter textbook remains the only major text that can be used for both undergraduate...

Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States)

Rutgers University Press, 2013

In Borderlands Saints, Desirée A. Martín examines the rise and fall of popular saints and saint-like figures in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. Focusing specifically on Teresa Urrea (La Santa de Cabora), Pancho...

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

Facts on File, 2006

"The Encyclopaedia of Serial Killers, Second Edition" provides accurate information on hundreds of serial murder cases - from early history to the present. Written in a non-sensational manner, this authoritative encyclopaedia debunks many of the myths surrounding this most notorious of criminal activities. New major serial killers...

The War on Drugs and the Global Colour Line

Pluto Press, 2019

Fifty years of the War on Drugs has led to millions of deaths, displacements, and incarcerations. Disproportionately enacted on oppressed races, international drug prohibition has reinforced the color line across the globe. This collection reveals the racist impact of the war on drugs across multiple continents and in numerous...

Land of Nuclear Enchantment: A New Mexican History of the Nuclear Weapons Industry

University of New Mexico Press, 2019

In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico's nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people. Genay focuses on personal experiences in order to give a sense of the upheaval that accompanied the rise of the nuclear era. She...

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

Anchor Canada, 2010

A fascinating, eye-opening and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the U.S. and the world from one of our most incisive futurists.

In his thought-provoking new book, George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR—the preeminent private intelligence and forecasting firm—focuses on what he knows best, the future....

Principles and Practice of Pharmaceutical Medicine

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Since the first edition of this book, pharmaceutical medicine has only become more diverse and has also become widely accepted as a recognized medical specialty, for example, with its first graduates of specialist training in the United Kingdom, to add to those of Switzerland, and Mexico. This has been accompanied by pharmaceutical...

Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World: Understanding Power Structures in the 21st Century (International Political Economy Series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology,...

Advanced Distributed Systems: Third International School and Symposium, ISSADS 2004, Guadalajara, Mexico

Springer, 2004

This volume contains the accepted papers from the 3rd International School
and Symposium on Advanced Distributed Systems held in Guadalajara, Mexico,
January 24–30, 2004. This event was organized by the teams made up of members
of CINVESTAV Guadalajara, CUCEI, the Computer Science Department of
the Centre of Research and...

Computing in Object-Oriented Parallel Environments: Second International Symposium, Iscope 98, Santa Fe, Nm, Usa, December 8-11, 1998

Springer, 1998

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Computing in Object-Oriented Parallel Environments, ISCOPE 98, held in Santa Fe, NM, USA, in December 1998. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings from a total of 39 submissions. Also included...

The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive

O'Reilly, 2009

The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris,...

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