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Using Algebraic Geometry
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 43.99The discovery of algorithms for dealing with polynomial equations, coupled with their implementation on fast inexpensive computers, has sparked a minor revolution in the study and practice of algebraic geometry. This book illustrates the uses of algebraic geometry, highlighting some of the applications of Grobner bases and resultants. more...
Bad Year Economics
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 50.00Explores the role of risk and uncertainty in human economics within an interdisciplinary an cross-cultural framework. more...
Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 34.00Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in Late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them, and how rulers bolstered their power through use of imagery on coins, myths, language, and material culture. Includes full index of Iron Age coins. more...
Making History in Banda
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 51.00Using approaches from several disciplines, Stahl reconstructs the daily lives of Banda villagers of west central Ghana, from when they were drawn into the Niger trade (around 1300 AD) until the twentieth century establishment of British overrule. Stahl argues for closer integration of archaeology, history and anthropology in African studies. more...
The Chinese Neolithic
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 60.00This book examines the transformation of chiefdom societies in Neolithic China, giving rise to early states. With its wealth of detailed archaeological data and general theoretical paradigms it is essential reading for the student of prehistoric China and the student of global social evolution. more...
Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 102.00In the first two centuries AD, Teotihuacan was the largest urban centre in the New World and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid a spectacular symbol of state power. Sugiyama investigates the ritual sacrifices that marked the erection of the Pyramid and the role of warfare and sacrifice in early Teotihuacan statecraft. more...
Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 52.00A synthesis of the ecological and related knowledge pertinent to understanding the biology and conservation of dugongs and manatees. more...
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