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Count like an egyptian

a hands-on introduction to ancient mathematics

The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. In fact, it can't be understood using our current computational methods. Count Like an Egyptian provides a ...

Matar, purgar, sanar

la represión franquista en Álava

El fracaso del golpe militar y la incapacidad del gobierno legítimo de la República para sofocarlo en su totalidad provocaron el “choque de incapacidades” que derivó, el 18 de julio de 1936, en guerra fratricida. Sin embargo, en Álava, controlada casi de forma total por ...

200 tapas de España

sus ingredientes, sus fotos y sus recetas

200 Tapas de España reúne las mejores tapas frías y calientes de la cocina española de toda la vida. Variado, ágil y sencillo, el libro nos muestra cómo elaborar desde la tradicional tortilla de patatas, croquetas o un buen gazpacho a platos regionales tan famosos ...

Empire and Holy War in the Mediterranean

the galley and maritime conflict between the Habsburgs and Ottomans

In the century after 1530 the empires of the Habsburgs of Spain and the Ottoman Turks fought a maritime war that seemed destined to lead nowhere:: lasting peace was as unlikely as final triumph, in part because the salient feature of this conflict was a ...

The deluge

the Great War and the remaking of global order

On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Deluge is a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world - from Adam Tooze, the Wolfson Prize-winning author of The Wages of Destruction. In the depths of the Great ...

Conceptos morales

Desde la Antigüedad, los filósofos se han empeñado en proponer ideales de excelencia moral y metas de vida, afanes que han suscitado numerosos debates: mientras unos aseguran que el placer es el bien más alto al que puede aspirar el hombre, otros sostienen que la ...

Forum shopping in international adjudication

the role of preliminary objections

Forum shopping, which consists of strategic forum selection, parallel litigation and serial litigation, is a phenomenon of growing importance in international adjudication. Preliminary objections (or a party's placement of conditions on the existence and development of the adjudicatory process) have been traditionally conceived as ...

The politics of dissensus

parliament in debate

The "Politics of Dissensus" inverts the traditional perspective on the study of parliamentary politics by focusing on its less obvious and less well-known aspects. Dissensus instead of consensus becomes the condition for the intelligibility of parliamentary politics. Such politics is indebted to the rhetorical culture ...

Pluralismo político y partidos políticos europeos

Durante el ya dilatado proceso de integración europea, ha sido una constante por parte de la doctrina la consideración de que la construcción europea adolecía de un significativo déficit democrático, en el sentido de que la arquitectura institucional y, en definitiva, la generación de una ...

Trabajo y ciudadanía en la Europa contemporánea

el sindicalismo y la construcción de los derechos

A lo largo de siglo y medio, los principales avances democráticos en Europa han venido de la mano del movimiento obrero en general y del sindicalismo en particular. Obviamente esto ha sido así en lo que concierne a los derechos de ciudadanía social, como es ...

Bayesian non- and semi- parametric methods and applications

This book reviews and develops Bayesian non-parametric and semi-parametric methods for applications in microeconometrics and quantitative marketing. Most econometric models used in microeconomics and marketing applications involve arbitrary distributional assumptions. As more data becomes available, a natural desire to provide methods that relax these assumptions ...

Divided

the perils of our growing inequality

The issue of inequality has irrefutably returned to the fore, riding on the anger against Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis and the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of the super–rich. The Occupy movement made the plight of the ...

Ruling Russia

authoritarianism from the revolution to Putin

When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today's Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing toward it. Ruling Russia is the only book of its kind to trace the history ...

Modernizing insurance regulation

The future of the insurance regulation begins now For those involved with the insurance industry, from investment professionals to policy makers, and regulators to legislators, tremendous change is coming. With insurance premiums constituting an ever-growing portion of annual U.S. GDP and provisions of the ...

Getting started in chart patterns

Your plain-English guide to understanding and using technical chart patterns Chart pattern analysis is not only one of the most important investing tools, but also one of the most popular. Filled with expert insights and practical advice from one of the best in the business ...

Applied predictive analytics

principles and techniques for the professional data analyst

Written by one of the leading experts on predictive analytics, Applied Predictive Analytics shows tech-savvy business managers and data analysts how to use the sophisticated techniques of predictive analytics that mine Big Data to solve practical business problems. This cutting-edge text teaches readers the methods ...

Elementos para un diagnóstico del Sistema Cultural de la ciudad de Santander

Esta obra es una reflexión sobre el sistema cultural de la ciudad de Santander. Dicho trabajo es el resultado del encargo que la Fundación Santander Creativa hizo a la Universidad de Cantabria con motivo de la transformación urbano-cultural que la capital de la Comunidad Autónoma ...

The soft edge

where great companies find lasting success

What Does it Take to Get Ahead Now--And Stay There? High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today's unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard--Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director--takes a surprising turn and argues ...

A history of future cities

In 1703, Peter the Great founded his eponymous capital on a Baltic marsh. Modelled on Amsterdam, he believed it would usher in a modernised, Westernised future. In the nineteenth-century Age of Imperialism, the British rebuilt Bombay as a tropical London, while three Western powers made ...

Obra completa

Esta obra incorpora las aportaciones a las Ciencias Naturales, junto a las de contenido teórico, como la historia y la epistemología de la ciencia, de Augusto González de Linares (1845-1904), un naturalista con una clara proyección filosófica, todo ello precedido de un amplio estudio preliminar ...