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Artificial Intelligence A Very Short Introduction by Boden Margaret A
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Category: Science | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and -- not least -- on the Internet. The results of Artificial Intelligence have been invaluable to biologists, psychologists, and linguists in helping to understand the pro ...Show more
Behavioural Economics A Very Short Introduction by Baddeley Michelle
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Category: Psychology | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Traditionally economists have based their economic predictions on the assumption that humans are super-rational creatures, using the information we are given efficiently and generally making selfish decisions that work well for us as individuals. Economists also assume that we're doing the very best we ...Show more
Film Noir A Very Short Introduction by Naremore James
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Category: Film | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s--shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw lovers, criminal heists, corrupt police, ...Show more
Hollywood (A Very Short Introduction) by Peter Decherney
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Category: Film | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
In this engaging and readable book, Peter Decherney tells the story of Hollywood, from its nineteenth-century origins to the emergence of internet media empires. He recounts how the studio system rose out of the ashes of Thomas Edison's trust to create the handful of companies that havedominated global ...Show more
Islam by Malise Ruthven
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Islam dominates the news, often in stories filled with images of violence. Yet these disturbing images are at odds with a faith that most adherents--who now number over a billion worldwide--would regard as no less pacific than Buddhism or Christianity. Indeed, the word Islam in Arabic means "self-surren ...Show more
Mathematical Finance: A Very Short Introduction by Davis, Mark H. A. (Senior Research Fello
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Category: Business Finance & Law | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
In recent years the finance industry has mushroomed to become an important part of modern economies, and many science and engineering graduates have joined the industry as quantitative analysts, with mathematical and computational skills that are needed to solve complex problems of asset valuation and r ...Show more
Plague: A Very Short Introduction by Slack, Paul (Emeritus Professor of Early
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Category: History & Politics | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the 'Plague of Justinian' in 542, the Black Death of 1348, and the Great Plague of London in 1665, as well as for devastating epidemics in China and India ...Show more
The Great Depression and the New Deal by Eric Rauchway
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Category: History & Politics | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures.Rauchway first describes ...Show more
The History of Medicine (A Very Short Introduction) by William Bynum
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Category: Medical | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key turning points in the history of Western medicine, such as the advent of hospitals and the rise of experimen ...Show more
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