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By the time of his death in 323 B.C., Alexander III of Macedonia had built an empire that stretched from the eastern Mediterranean coast through Asia Minor and into the Indus valley. Even before his...

An accessible yet rigorous introduction to engineering dynamicsThis textbook introduces undergraduate students to engineering dynamics using an innovative approach that is at once accessible and...

This collection of micrographs illustrates a variety of soils and sediments using both scanning and transmission electron micrographs and forms both an atlas for the experienced microscopist and an...

Yams, an important tropical crop, provide some 18 million tons of food a year in West Africa alone. These papers treat plant improvement, agronomic studies and taxonomy, plant protection,...

"Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45-120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank...

Stand and Prosper is the first authoritative history in decades of black colleges and universities in America. It tells the story of educational institutions that offered, and continue to offer,...

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—role in the spiritual life“Makoto Fujimura’s art and writings have been a true inspiration to me. In...

This is the first book to promote the use of stochastic, or random, processes to understand, model and predict our climate system. One of the most important applications of this technique is in the...