history

Presents volume one of a three-volume set of an alphabetically-arranged encyclopedia depicting genocide and war crimes from ancient history through the twenty-first century and covers A through H on the various individuals and groups that have been targeted, courts and tribunals, and various sorts of reparations.

Traces the history and development of probability and statistics from its origins in the Renaissance to its twenty-first-century applications, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Examines the post-World War Two history and culture of Latin America with an emphasis on how their music, religious practices, sports, films, and literature have helped to define them as a people.

Traces the history of mathematics, focusing on the concept of numbers, their properties and uses.

Traces the history of mathematics, focusing on the role of so-called pure math in the applied sciences, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Presents the stories of some of the industries that sparked the Industrial Revolution in America, including iron and steel, railroads, and steam shipping, and discusses how the emerging technologies affected U.S. society, and the country's standing in the global community.

Traces the history and development of geometry from its origins in ancient Egypt to its twenty-first-century applications, specifically in computer graphics, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Traces the history and development of all major cultures outside of the Americas during medieval times, highlighting key events and figures that shaped the world.

Traces the history and development of algebra over the course of four thousand years, from its foundations in Mesopotamia to its twenty-first-century applications in science and society, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Examines the life and achievements of Frederick Douglass, a man who escaped from slavery and went on to work as an abolitionist fighting for an end to slavery, and later for African-American civil rights.