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Excerpt from Studies in Religious Texts From Assur: A DissertationPhilological discussions will be found in the notes. We shall, however, mention here an important point raised by the Assur texts. The question of a Sumerian origin Of the word Sheol is Opened by the occurrence Of two new divine names in Ebeling, No. 49, II, 5 - 7.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgo...

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Over the history of life there have been several major changes in the way genetic information is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include the origin of life itself, the first eukaryotic cells, reproduction by sexual means, the appearance ofmulticellular plants and animals, the emergence of cooperation and of animal societies, and the unique language ability of humans. This ambitious book provides the...

Why are animal signals reliable? This is the central problem for evolutionary biologists interested in signals. Of course, not all signals are reliable, but most are, otherwise receivers of signals would ignore them. A number of theoretical answers have been proposed and empirical studiesmade, but there still remains a considerable amount of confusion. The authors, one a theoretician the other a fieldworker, introduce a sense of order to this ...

The beatnik was born in Venice, California, in the 1950s. An imaginary figure in many respects - the invention of both the media and the people who played the beatnik role - the character quickly assumed nearly mythic proportions. In this fascinating book, John Arthur Maynard tells the story of the poets and promoters who invented the Beat Generation and who, in many cases, destroyed themselves in the process.

Now in paperback, Did Darwin Get It Right discusses some of the hottest issues in biology today. Its author, the eminently quotable John Maynard Smith, discusses such fascinating conundrums as how life began, whether the brain works like a computer, why most animals and plants reproduce sexually, and how social behavior evolved out of the context of natural selection--a process which would seem to favor selfishness. A humorous and insightful w...

The advent of the world-wide web and web-based applications have dramatically changed the nature of computer applications. Computer system design, in the light of these changes, involves understanding these modem workloads, identifying bottlenecks during their execution, and appropriately tailoring microprocessors, memory systems, and the overall system to minimize bottlenecks. This book contains ten chapters dealing with several contemporary ...

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As the most innovative of major Victorian poets, Robert Browning has been at the controversial center of each period of change in critical thinking, his texts have been second only to Shakespeare's in attracting disagreement over the principles of literary editing. 'Browning Re-viewed' offers a record of the scholarly reception of Robert Browning during the vital period, 1980-1995, in which literary studies experienced a double upheaval: spurr...

Coming from an Aboriginal family involved in racing, John Maynard has always know there have been more Aboriginal jockeys contributing to Australian racing than is generally known. In Aborigines and the Sport of Kings he combines his skills as a researcher and historian with his deep knowledge of Australian racing. In this revised edition he celebrates the significant and exciting Aboriginal involvement in Australian racing history. For Aborig...

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Excerpt from The Parish of Waltham Abbey: Its History and Antiquities The compiler (who has traced his family in Waltham Abbey, nearly four hundred years), being fully aware of this, makes a strict point to insert no information of a doubtful character. Truthfulness being the aim, we select authentic information only, and as a stepping stone to this, we Shall avail ourselves of that given by Thos. Fuller, D.D., who first wrote a history of W...

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This is a lucid introduction to some of the mathematical ideas which are useful to biologists.

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Give us a hand, stand by your own...and fight for liberty and freedom for yourself and your children." Fred Maynard --- Opposition to the British colonization of Australia did not spring from the landmark Mabo decision by the High Court of Australia, nor from the Native Title Act, nor was it born in the vibrant 1960s, which culminated in the famous Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972. Rather, the first politically organized and united all-Aborigin...

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The authors of "The Major Transitions in Evolution" now draw a brilliant, original picture of how life evolved on earth, focusing primarily on six major transitions and dramatic breakthroughs in the way that information was passed between generations.