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8. Sharing values
Barry Cunliffe
in The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
‘Sharing values’ asks whether there is such a thing as ‘Celtic culture’. In the fifth century, the emergence of La Tène ‘culture’ with its focus in the Marne–Moselle region, and the ...
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4. Heredity in the Enlightenment
John Waller
in Heredity: A Very Short Introduction
The concept of heredity came of age during the Enlightenment. Botanists and naturalists pioneered the systematic study of sex and inheritance; natural philosophers refined their ideas about ...
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4. A little more prehistory: the elites of middle Europe
Barry Cunliffe
in The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
‘A little more prehistory’ considers the background of eastern France and southern Germany — another area of Europe that can claim to be the homeland of the Celts. Here the great rivers of ...
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3. Heredity in the early modern world, 1450–1700
John Waller
in Heredity: A Very Short Introduction
‘Heredity in the early modern world, 1450–1700’ outlines several factors that gave the concept of inheritance a new salience during this period. First, a period of renewed excitement about ...
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2. New Spain
Alan Taylor
in Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Spanish raided the mainland for slaves to work thei mines, ranches, and plantations. The Spanish learned of the rich and populous Aztec empire ...
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1. The story according to the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Cycle
Eric H. Cline
in The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
‘The story according to the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the
Epic Cycle’ introduces the presentation of the story in the
earliest ...
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Introduction
Eric H. Cline
in The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
Was there a conflict sometime back in antiquity that gave rise to the legend
of the Trojan War? The Introduction offers an overview of its place in
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2. Modern
Mike Cronin
in Sport: A Very Short Introduction
The late 19th century was a period of huge innovation and social change across a range of areas. Sport was a by-product of the industrial, transport, and urbanizing revolutions of the ...
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5. The insecure computer
Darrel Ince
in The Computer: A Very Short Introduction
‘The insecure computer’ outlines the main threats to computer security, and gives advice on how they can be countered. Malware is software that is introduced to a system illegally and which ...
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The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
Eric H. Cline
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction investigates two major questions:
did the Trojan War take place and, if so, where? This VSI suggests that, although a
...
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The Computer: A Very Short Introduction
Darrel Ince
The Computer: A Very Short Introduction shows how computers have changed so much since the room–filling, bulky magnetic tape running monsters of the mid–20th century. They now ...
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1. The naked computer
Darrel Ince
in The Computer: A Very Short Introduction
‘The naked computer’ briefly describes the components of the computer and describes the relationship between the computer and the Internet. The main characteristic of the computer is its ...
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