Brazilian History
Machado presents a critical introduction to Brazilian history. Combining a didactic approach with insightful historical analysis, he discusses the main political, cultural, and social developments that took place in the Latin American country from 1500 to 2010.
Periodic Table of the Universe
This exploration weaves the story of the universe through the periodic table. From the birth of elements in stellar furnaces to their role in creating planets and life, discover how the fundamental building blocks of our existence have shaped the cosmos.
The cultures of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece provide a crucial context for understanding the Bible. Beliefs and practices from literary works like the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and Homer’s epics deepen our understanding of the Biblical Books.
Living, Dying, Death, and Bereavement (Volume Two)
This unique book offers extensive interviews with pioneers in thanatology—the study of dying, death, loss, and grief. These in-depth conversations provide compelling life stories and a comprehensive, insightful review of the field for clinicians, researchers, and lay persons.
This book offers new approaches to Iberian and Ibero-American cultures, with emphasis on Portuguese-Galician, Basque, and Catalan identities after the Spanish Civil War. It discusses issues of memory, social dynamics, and transatlantic exchanges with South America and Africa.
The Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) and Its Aftermath
This volume offers new perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and its fallout, providing insights into this crucial moment in history from the viewpoints of the Great Powers and small countries, the winners and the losers.
Medieval Legal and Political Thought
Far from “Dark,” the Middle Ages developed vital legal ideas to contain violence. This book reveals how religious law created new problems and argues that Renaissance thought began much earlier, blurring the line between the Medieval and Modern and leaving a lasting legacy.
Innovation is not simply making things easier, but shifting power. This book explores how innovation gives nations a strategic advantage, from historical economic revolutions to the financial impact of Artificial Intelligence and the future of innovation in the classroom.
Literature and Image in the Long Nineteenth Century
This book explores how word and image worked together, negotiated, and competed in nineteenth-century pictures, poetry, and fiction. It covers the Pre-Raphaelites’ fusion of text and image and the tensions between writer and artist in book illustration.
The Genesis of the Turks
This book presents a new theory on the origins of the Turks, placing their Urheimat in the South Urals. Using linguistic, genetic, and archaeological sources, it argues the Turkic identity consolidated with the Sintashta culture, a foundation they shared with Hungarians.
The Evolution of Stars
With anecdotes from 60 years’ experience as a research scientist on the world’s largest telescopes, this book exposes what is often glossed over. It details the basis for our knowledge of the universe, warts and all, and offers insights as to where the science is going.
This book tells the fascinating story of physics from the 19th to the 20th century. It investigates the contrasting ideas and raging arguments that led to our current understanding of the physical world, from the theory of relativity to quantum mechanics.
Genetics, the study of inheritance, is a powerful science. We can now unravel the human genome, understand cancer, solve serious crimes, and intervene with our crops, animals, and even ourselves. This book explains how this science emerged.
Albert A. Michelson and his Interferometer
This book reveals the astonishing connection between modern science and one instrument: Michelson’s Interferometer. It led to Einstein’s relativity and quantum mechanics, technologies like GPS and MRI, and the recent detection of gravitational waves from merging black holes.
How did the allies of World War II become enemies? This volume unpacks the Cold War (1945-1991), arguing the conflict could have been avoided with pragmatism over ideology. As new rivalries replace old divides, we must be aware of our past to resolve the issues of today.
Scanning and Sizing the Universe and Everything in It
Philosophy often ignores the vast scale of the natural continuum for a human-centered view. This book puts our world in the context of all atomic matter, revealing the discrepancy between our ‘yardsticks’ and the reality of cosmic ‘light years’.
Living, Dying, Death, and Bereavement (Volume One)
This unique book offers in-depth interviews with pioneers in thanatology—the study of dying, death, and grief. Their compelling life stories provide a comprehensive, insightful, and personal review of the field for clinicians, researchers, and interested lay persons.
A History of Earth’s Biota
Our understanding of life’s evolution has been transformed. The fossil record now extends an astonishing sevenfold, and new genetic evidence reveals the co-evolution of plants and animals. This book presents the wondrous tale of how all life is linked, from microbes to man.
The Mysterious and Obvious in American Diplomacy
This book analyses how the Monroe Doctrine established a US policy of interference and preventive strikes. It proves this doctrine remains the basis for American diplomacy, a tool of domination used by presidents from Monroe to Trump.
Teaching the Shoah
This collection of essays and creative pieces showcases new ways to teach the Nazi genocide. Featuring academic contributions, a play, and a short story, it addresses the overarching question: how can and should the Shoah be taught to share its most important lessons?
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