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The Story of Early Chemistry by John Maxson Stillman
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The Story of Early Chemistry by John Maxson Stillman
The Story of Early Chemistry
later published under the title
Story of Alchemy and Early Chemistry
by John Maxson Stillman

Originally published under the title The Story of Early Chemistry. Tells the story of the development of chemical knowledge and science, from the beginning of time to the end of the 18th century. Contents: practical chemistry of the ancients; earliest chemical manuscripts; theories of the ancients of matter and its changes; early alchemists; chemical knowledge of the Middle Ages; chemistry in the 13th century; chemistry of the 14th and 15th centuries; progressive 16th century; chemical currents in the 16th century; chemistry of the 16th century; the 18th century, rise and fall of the Phlogiston theory; development of pneumatic chemistry in the 18th century; early ideas of chemical affinity; Lavoisier and the chemical revolution.

 
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach By Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach By Stuart Russell and Peter NorvigArtificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
By Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
The leading textbook in Artificial Intelligence.
Used in over 1000 universities in 91 countries (over 90% market share).
The 85th most cited publication on Citeseer.

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach introduces basic ideas in artificial intelligence from the perspective of building intelligent agents, which the authors define as "anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon the environment through effectors." This textbook is up-to-date and is organized using the latest principles of good textbook design. It includes historical notes at the end of every chapter, exercises, margin notes, a bibliography, and a competent index. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach covers a wide array of material, including first-order logic, game playing, knowledge representation, planning, and reinforcement learning.

 
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Earth's Core v1.0
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Earth's Core v1.0 Earth's Core v1.0
Earth's Core provides a wealth of information for those people interested in Rocks, Gems and Minerals. it contains detailed information on hundreds of gems and minerals as well as a detail glossary of terms.
Designed to be used on desktops set to 1024x768 or better, it requires 70MB of disk space.
Features include:
Information on 600 minerals
Information on 300 gems
Information on 200 rocks
900 glossary items
2100 pictures
Fully searchable content.
As well as all of that, it also contains most of the features of the Periodic Table software:
Detailed information on each element
Details of isotopes and allotropes
Details of important compounds
Details of reactions with water, air, halogens and acids
Images for each element (126 images in total)
Biographies for the important scientists and element discoverers
Search through all of the element, biography, isotope and glossary pages.

Screenshots: http://freshney.org/education/ec/screenshots.htm

 
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Translation and Translating - Theory and Practice by Roger T. Bell
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Translation and Translating - Theory and Practice by Roger T. BellTranslation and Translating - Theory and Practice by Roger T. Bell
This book argues that the subjective evaluation of the product must give way to a descriptive and objective attempt to reveal the workings of the process (ie translating). Without such a shift, translation theory will continue outside the mainstream of intellectual activity in human sciences and fail to take its rightful place as a major field in applied Linguistics.
Features
focuses on the construction and justification of an integrated model of the process of translation

 
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Cliffs Quick Review Algebra II
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Cliffs Quick Review Algebra IICliffs Quick Review Algebra II
CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions.

Whether you're looking for an in-depth treatment of the entire subject matter or occasional reinforcement of key algebra concepts, this is the place to find it.. CliffsQuickReview Algebra II is a comprehensive study guide to the many topics of a second course in algebra, including information on linear equations, complex numbers, and conic sections.

 
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