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Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion

Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion


Feng-Hsiung Hsu



In 1997, a computer developed by a team of researchers at IBM shocked the world by defeating world ...
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Reflections on the Work of C.A.R. Hoare (History of Computing)

Reflections on the Work of C.A.R. Hoare (History of Computing)


Cliff B. Jones, A.W. Roscoe, Kenneth R. Wood



Thousands of different programming languages exist, and many more are being created each year, yet a...
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Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World

Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World


Mark Denny



(Physics World 2007) (Eugene E. Nalence Science Books and Films 2007) (Ilia Stambler European Legac...
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Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism in Germany, 1500-1750

Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism in Germany, 1500-1750


Professor Elisheva Carlebach



"Careful, intelligent, and skeptical--a model of how to treat spiritual memoirs." -- Todd M. Endel...
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Aeolian Winds and the Spirit in Renaissance Architecture: Academia Eolia Revisited

Aeolian Winds and the Spirit in Renaissance Architecture: Academia Eolia Revisited


Barbara Kenda



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As in a Mirror: John Calvin and Karl Barth On Knowing God (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions)

As in a Mirror: John Calvin and Karl Barth On Knowing God (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions)


Cornelis Van Der Kooi



Cornelis van der Kooi, Ph.D. (1985) in Theology, Free University, Amsterdam, is Associated Professor...
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Russia (Modern World Nations)

Russia (Modern World Nations)


Anna R. Carson, Caroline Z. Dando, William A. Dando



Russia (Modern World Nations)...
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The Soteriology of Leo the Great (Oxford Theological Monographs)

The Soteriology of Leo the Great (Oxford Theological Monographs)


Bernard Green



gracefully written study... the best reading of Leo's account of Christ and salvation on record Dani...
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Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India

Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India


Mandakranta Bose



"Fascinating collection of essays....Bose's collection of essays is of great value to those studying...
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Driving Around the USA: Automobiles in American Life (Transportation in America)

Driving Around the USA: Automobiles in American Life (Transportation in America)


Martin W. Sandler



Grade 4-6-A brief but entertaining look at the impact of the automobile on American society. Sandler...
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Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex

Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex


Elizabeth Reis



(American Journal of Human Biology 2010) (Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 2010) (Choice 2010) ...
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New Tendencies in Mexican Art: The 1990s (New Directions in Latino American Culture)

New Tendencies in Mexican Art: The 1990s (New Directions in Latino American Culture)


Ruben Gallo



"'New Tendencies in Mexican Art: The l990s' is an immensely engaging book that combines innovative a...
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Rethinking the History of American Education

Rethinking the History of American Education


John L. Rury, William J. Reese



"This book provides a comprehensive review of scholarship in the history of American education durin...
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African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings)

African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings)


Jarita Holbrook, Johnson O. Urama, Rodney Thebe Medupe



From the reviews: "The 17 readable, stimulating papers deal with multiple topics: simple principles ...
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Cyril of Jerusalem (Early Church Fathers)

Cyril of Jerusalem (Early Church Fathers)


E. Yarnold S.J.



'One of the greatest strengths of the series The Early Church Fathers is the provision of readily ac...
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From Vienna to Versailles (Up, 83)

From Vienna to Versailles (Up, 83)


L.C.B. Seaman



L.C.B. Seaman is a renowned writer on political and social history and a former Advanced Level Chief...
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The Legend of the Septuagint: From Classical Antiquity to Today

The Legend of the Septuagint: From Classical Antiquity to Today


Abraham Wasserstein, David J. Wasserstein



"In assembling and analyzing the transmutations of the colorful Septuagint legend from Aristeas thro...
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Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism (Counter-Power vol 1)

Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism (Counter-Power vol 1)


Michael Schmidt, Lucien Van Der Walt



Lucien van der Walt teaches development, economic sociology, and labor studies at the University of ...
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Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Volume I, Part I (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics)

Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Volume I, Part I (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics)


Peter Guthrie Tait, William Thomson Baron Kelvin



The two volumes reissued here are the only completed part of a survey of the entirety of the physica...
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Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945

Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945


Steven Merritt Miner



"A penetrating book on the complex and profound role of religion, especially Russian Orthodoxy, in t...
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The Story of the Middle Ages

The Story of the Middle Ages


Samuel B. Harding



Relates the history of the Middle Ages simply, directly, and entertainingly. The material is well-arranged and the selection of t...
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Battleground: Schools (2 Volumes Set) (Battleground Series)

Battleground: Schools (2 Volumes Set) (Battleground Series)


E. Wayne Ross, Sandra Mathison



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Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love With Your Country

Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love With Your Country


Bruce Pascoe



Convincing Ground is a wide ranging, personal and powerful work which resonates with historical and contemporary Australian debat...
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Antonio Sant' Elia (Archipockets) (Multilingual Edition)

Antonio Sant' Elia (Archipockets) (Multilingual Edition)


Aurora Cuito



Each volume in this eminently affordable series highlights the work of a renowned architect. Packed ...
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Chewing Over the West: Occidental Narratives  in Non-Western Readings (Cross Cultures: Readings in the Post Colonial Literatures in English)

Chewing Over the West: Occidental Narratives in Non-Western Readings (Cross Cultures: Readings in the Post Colonial Literatures in English)


Doris Jedamski



The orientation of academic institutions has in recent years been moving away from highly specialized area studies in the classica...
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