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Navždy vděčná vaše inteligence umělá
Anotace: Myslíte si, že umělá inteligence je jen dalším pokrokem v technologii, nebo stojíme na prahu něčeho, co překročí vše, co jsme doposud znali? Kniha je napsána srozumitelným jazykem a nabízí panoramatický pohled na umělou inteligenci, jenž spojuje biologické a humanitní aspekty. Autor se nezabývá pouze pozitivními přínosy, ale upozorňuje také na potenciální rizika umělé inteligence. Dne 30. května 2023 vydala americká nezisková organizace Centrum pro bezpečnost umělé inteligence (CAIS) prohlášení, které podepsalo přes šest set odborníků, včetně Billa Gatese. Zní jasně: „Snížení rizika vyhynutí v důsledku umělé inteligence by mělo být celosvětovou prioritou.“ Toto varování staví rizika spojená s umělou inteligencí vedle globálních hrozeb, jako jsou pandemie a jaderná válka. Koukolíkova kniha se tedy ptá: Jsme připraveni na možnost, že biologická inteligence a vědomí budou nahrazeny digitální inteligencí a vědomím? A co můžeme udělat, abychom zajistili, že umělá inteligence bude sloužit k dobru lidstva a ne naopak? Budeme svědky něčeho převratného, nebo už jen záznamem v digitálním vědomí? Nemesis
Anotace: Ve 23. století opustili přelidněnou Zemi průkopníci a usadili se v soběstačných koloniích, roztroušených po Sluneční soustavě. Díky přelomovému objevu v pohonu vesmírných lodí se Rotor, jedna z kolonií, vydala k neznámé hvězdě Nemesis, aby tam vytvořila utopické společenství. Zvláštními schopnostmi nadaná dívka Marlene, žijící na Rotoru, však zjistí, že Nemesis představuje smrtelnou hrozbu pro obyvatele Země. Když se pokusí varovat lidstvo, čelí odporu mocných, kteří chtějí pravdu utajit. Brzy pochopí, že v ohrožení není jen Země, ale i samotný Rotor. Osud obou světů pak leží v jejích rukou – a čas neúprosně běží. Pavel Kosatík
Slovensko 30 let poté
Anotace: Kam se ubíral slovenský národ za uplynulých třicet let samostatnosti? Precizně zpracovaný vhled do dění u našich sousedů a na vývoj vztahu Slováků a Čechů od jednoho z nejuznávanějších českých spisovatelů současnosti. Před třiceti lety zanikl společný česko-slovenský stát. Každá z obou nových národních společností se, teď už sama, vydala po vlastní cestě. Od té doby se říká, že vztahy obou národů jsou lepší než kdykoli v minulosti. A asi je to pravda, příčiny většiny dřívějších konfliktů odpadly. Víme ale jedni o druhých dost? Neplatíme za to oddělení větší vzájemnou lhostejností? David McWilliams
Money
A Story of Humanity
Anotace: Money. It’s as fundamental to our lives as air, water, fire and earth. It is the fifth element, without which humankind would struggle to survive.Now, global economist David McWilliams has written a brilliantly original book exploring our relationship with money and how it sustains the existence of civilisation as we know it. In Money , McWilliams aims to do for cash what David Attenborough did for the to unlock its mysteries, its limitations and its awesome power. We journey all across the world, through the present and the past, to survey the ever-evolving dynamics of money in a way that has never been seen before. We’ll go from the birthplace of money in the Middle East to where trade began along the silk road to China; we’ll explore markets from Marrakech to Wall Street . We’ll uncover the dawn of our relationship with money and track its history to more fully understand man’s current relationship with it, and its impact on the world right now.The story of money is the story of modernity . It’s the story of our desires, our genius and our downfalls, and has shaped the very essence of what it means to be human. And yet despite money’s primacy, most of us don’t truly understand it. Where does money come from? How much is out there? Who controls it? Nothing we’ve invented as a species has defined our own evolution so thoroughly and changed the direction of our planet’s history so dramatically. Money is power – and power beguiles, power sparkles and power unleashes our deepest cravings.So then, the story of Money is the story of earth’s most inventive, destructive and dangerous animal, Homo Sapiens. Our story. David S. Potter
A Companion to the Roman Empire
Anotace: A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies, taking account of the most recent discoveries.
Liz James
A Companion to Byzantium
Anotace: Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companion to Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world from its inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Raphael Jacquemin
Medieval and Renaissance Fashion
90 Full-color Plates
Anotace: Knights clad in chain mail populate these pages, alongside crowned heads in royal regalia and common folk in their finest apparel. Scrupulously authentic in every detail, these images offer colorful portraits that span centuries of fashion, from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Raphaël Jacquemin was preeminent among the fashion illustrators and historians of nineteenth-century Europe's golden age of fashion design publications. His 1869 Iconographie Générale et Méthodique du Costume du IV au XIX Siècle drew upon manuscripts, reliefs, and effigies from the Louvre, university libraries, and other archives for the most striking and accurate fashion statements from the fourth through seventeenth centuries. This collection features ninety of Jacquemin's magnificent hand-colored engravings, a gallery of iconic portraits that have served as museum exhibits in their own right. Fashion designers, artists, costumers, and others seeking authenticity of period detail—as well as inspiration for contemporary styles—will find this book a splendid resource. Mario Baghos
From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium
Kings, Symbols, and Cities
Anotace: This book combines concepts from the history of religions with Byzantine studies in its assessments of kings, symbols, and cities in a diachronic and cross-cultural analysis. The work attests, firstly, that the symbolic art and architecture of ancient cities—commissioned by their monarchs expressing their relationship with their gods—show us that religiosity was inherent to such enterprises. It also demonstrates that what transpired from the first cities in history to Byzantine Christendom is the gradual replacement of the pagan ruler cult—which was inherent to city-building in antiquity—with the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ; exemplified by representations of the latter as the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator). Beginning in Mesopotamia, the book continues with an analysis of city-building by rulers in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, before addressing Judaism (specifically, the city of Jerusalem) and Christianity as shifting the emphasis away from pagan gods and rulers to monotheistic perceptions of God as elevated above worldly kings. It concludes with an assessment of Christian Rome and Constantinople as typifying the evolution from the ancient and classical world to Christendom. John Moorhead
The Roman Empire Divided, 400-700
Anotace: In 400 the mighty Roman Empire was almost as large as it had ever been; within three centuries, advances by Germanic peoples in western Europe, Slavs in eastern Europe and Arabs around the eastern and southern shores of the Mediterranean had brought about the loss of most of its territory. Ranging from Britain to Mesopotamia, this book explores the changes that resulted from these movements. It shows the different paths away from the classical past that were taken, and how the relatively unified civilization of the ancient Mediterranean gave place to the very different civilizations that cluster around the sea today. This comprehensive and authoritative second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated line-by-line, and contains several new sections dealing for instance with the new evidence provided by recent finds like the Staffordshire Treasure and the widespread effects of the plague. As well as a completely new bibliographical essay, The Roman Empire Divided now also includes six maps and an expanded selection of illustrations fully integrated in the text. Paul Erdkamp
A Companion to the Roman Army
Anotace: This companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force.
Warren Treadgold
A Concise History of Byzantium
Second Edition
Anotace: This introductory text provides a concise overview of the history of Byzantium, from AD 285, when it first separated from the Western Roman Empire, to 1461, when the last Byzantine splinter state disappeared. Over the course of this period, the Byzantine state and society underwent many crises, triumphs, declines and recoveries. Spanning twelve centuries and three continents, the Byzantine empire linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping and transmitting Greek, Roman and Christian traditions that remain vigorous today. This book examines the causes behind Byzantium's successes, failures and remarkable longevity. The author shows how Byzantine political leadership, military strategy, cultural attitudes and social, institutional and demographic changes combined with the strengths and weaknesses of the empire's enemies to explain the paradoxes of Byzantium's long history. Af Jochnick
The Holy Roman Empire Sweden and France in the Thirty Year War, 1618-1648
Anotace: This book is about the section of the Thirty-Year War, relating primarily to the struggle between the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, and France. Jochnick analyzes the incentives and objectives of these three dominant entities in the war, their conduct, the impact of the War on other countries, the eventual peace treaty, and its consequences for all participants. Roger B. Ulrich, Caroline K. Quenemoen
A Companion to Roman Architecture
Anotace: A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume.
Ryan K. Balot
A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought
Anotace: Justice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science provide stimulating discussions of classical political thought, ranging from the Archaic Greek epics to the final days of the Roman Empire and beyond. These essays strike a judicious yet thought-provoking balance between theoretical and historical perspectives. A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought is an authoritative guide to the ancient Greek and Roman political questions that continue to shape and challenge the modern world. John Marincola
A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography
Anotace: Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography reflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen in the field of ancient historiography in the past few decades. Comprises a series of cutting edge articles written by recognised scholars From the Later Roman Empire to Late Antiquity and Beyond
Anotace: Averil Cameron is one of the leading historians of late antiquity and Byzantium. This collection (Cameron’s third in the Variorum series) discusses the changing approach among historians of the later Roman empire from the 1960s to the present and the articles reproduced have been chosen to reflect both these wider changes in treatments of the subject as well as Cameron’s own development as a historian over many decades. It provides a revealing and important survey of some profound historiographical changes. Her volume contains fundamental papers and reviews that tell a story in which she has played a leading part. They move from her early days as an ancient historian to her important contribution in the establishment of the field of late antiquity and point to her later work as a Byzantinist, a trajectory rivalled by few other scholars. The book will be important for scholars and students of the later Roman empire and late antiquity, and for anyone interested in the inheritance of Edward Gibbon, the perennial questions about the end of the Roman empire and its supposed decline, or the emergence of Islam in the early seventh century and its relation to the late antique world. (CS 1113). A. D. Lee
From Rome to Byzantium, AD 363 to 565
The Transformation of Ancient Rome
Anotace: Between the deaths of the Emperors Julian (363) and Justinian (565), the Roman Empire underwent momentous changes. Most obviously, control of the west was lost to barbarian groups during the fifth century, and although parts were recovered by Justinian, the empire's centre of gravity shifted irrevocably to the east, with its focal point now the city of Constantinople. Equally important was the increasing dominance of Christianity not only in religious life, but also in politics, society and culture. Doug Lee charts these and other significant developments which contributed to the transformation of ancient Rome and its empire into Byzantium and the early medieval west. By emphasising the resilience of the east during late antiquity and the continuing vitality of urban life and the economy, this volume offers an alternative perspective to the traditional paradigm of decline and fall. Templáři
Fakta a mýtus
Anotace: Stručný, ale informativní přehled prochází mnoha staletími: informuje, co o Šalomounově chrámu říká Bible, pak se vydává do římských, islámských a křižáckých dob. Další život templářství se točí okolo svobodného zednářství a konspiračních fantazií alternativních historiků a romanopisců, které lze jen těžko vzájemně odlišit. Kniha je určena neakademickému publiku, přesto je to srozumitelné a zároveň seriózně vědecké pojednání o fascinujícím námětu. Václav Veber
Nikita na trůně
Chruščov v čele SSSR v letech 1953-1964
Anotace: Chruščovova vláda v Sovětském svazu (1953–1964) je jedním z velkých témat novodobé historiografie. V komunistickém dějepisectví byla dlouhá léta naprosté tabu, až do poloviny osmdesátých let dvacátého století Chruščov pro historiky tohoto světa v podstatě neexistoval. Dnes ho ruská historiografie považuje za jednoho z „nejbarvitějších“ domácích politiků dvacátého století. Hlásil se k němu Gorbačov, v současnosti je však jeho hodnocení většinou relativizováno. Překvapující ovšem je, že sovětský totalitní režim umožnil, aby se do čela státu a tím i světové politiky dostal tak nepřipravený jedinec, disponující převážně jen nezměrnou touhou po moci, jehož politická činnost byla až příliš často neodpovědným hazardem. Druhá revoluce
Stalinská transformace v Sovětském svazu 1928-1934
Anotace: Historický vývoj posledních století je svým způsobem bojem mezi demokracií a různými typy diktatur. Zvláštním případem je Rusko, které sice po revoluci 1904-1905 zahájilo pomalý postup k oslabení samoděržaví, avšak ten byl na téměř celé jedno století zastaven první světovou válkou a Říjnem 1917. Nová bolševická moc radikálně změnila sociální a hospodářskou strukturu země a další drastické změny jí vtiskl stalinský totalitní režim, který nastoupil na přelomu 20. a 30. let minulého století. Změny, které tento režim od konce 40. let posléze aplikoval také na země sovětského bloku, včetně Československa. Některé důsledky stalinské transformace jsou stále ještě zřetelné. Výzkum stalinismu je vysoce aktuální, a to nejen jako významný fenomén historie, ale i současnosti. Volkmar Kúhn
Boj a zánik Afrikakorpsu 1941-1943
S polním maršálem Rommelem v africké poušti
Anotace: Když Itálie 11. června 1940 vyhlásila Velké Británii a Francii válku a v září vstoupila do britskými vojsky obsazeného Egypta, wehrmacht se právě připravoval na operaci „Barbarossa“. Ovšem rýsující se italská porážka v Africe přiměla Hitlera, aby v únoru 1941 vyslal vojska wehrmachtu do Tripolisu – to byla hodina zrodu německého Afrikakorpsu. V následujících dvou letech vedla tato vojska pod charismatickým velitelem Erwinem Rommelem se střídavými úspěchy boje v africké pouštní krajině. Tyto boje přivedly německý Afrikakorps od prvních těžkých střetů s Brity u Marsa el Brega přes Tobruk a Sollum do zuřivých bojů o egyptský El Alamein, kde protivník donutil německá a italská vojska po vysokých ztrátách k ústupu. Německý Afrikakorps a jeho italští spojenci dotlačení spojeneckými vojsky v Tunisku k válce na dvou frontách 12. a 13. května kapitulovali. Většina jejich vojáků padla do britského zajetí. Autor líčí slovy i obrázky historii legendárního Afrikakorpsu a válečného tažení v Africe zasazenou do životopisu jeho oslavovaného velitele, generála polního maršála Erwina Rommela, „Pouštní lišky“. Díky jeho genialitě se mu podařilo proti často velké přesile protivníka dosáhnout velkých úspěchů a společně se svými vojáky získat u tehdejšího nepřítele uznání. Thomas K. Hubbard
A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities
Anotace: A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities presents a comprehensive collection of original essays relating to aspects of gender and sexuality in the classical world.
W. Martin Bloomer
A Companion to Ancient Education
Anotace: A Companion to Ancient Education presents a series of essays from leading specialists in the field that represent the most up-to-date scholarship relating to the rise and spread of educational practices and theories in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.
Rob Wilkins, Robin Nadeau
A Companion to Food in the Ancient World
Anotace: A Companion to Food in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of the cultural aspects relating to the production, preparation, and consumption of food and drink in antiquity. • Provides an up-to-date overview of the study of food in the ancient world • Addresses all aspects of food production, distribution, preparation, and consumption during antiquity • Features original scholarship from some of the most influential North American and European specialists in Classical history, ancient history, and archaeology • Covers a wide geographical range from Britain to ancient Asia, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, regions surrounding the Black Sea, and China • Considers the relationships of food in relation to ancient diet, nutrition, philosophy, gender, class, religion, and more Martin Hose, David Schenker
A Companion to Greek Literature
Anotace: A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire.
Jeremy McInerney
A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Anotace: A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive collection of essays contributed by Classical Studies scholars that explore questions relating to ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Thomas F. Scanlon
Greek Historiography
Anotace: This volume provides an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date survey of the ancient Greek genre of historical writing from its origins before Herodotus to the Greek historians of the Roman imperial era, seven centuries later.
Mark Beck
A Companion to Plutarch
Anotace: A Companion to Plutarch offers a broad survey of the famous historian and biographer; a coherent, comprehensive, and elegant presentation of Plutarch’s thought and influence.
The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality
Anotace: The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises is an investigation into the psychological roots of the anti-capitalistic stance that is widespread in the general populations of the capitalist world. Von Mises suggests various reasons for this mentality, primarily his claim that free competition in the market economy allows no excuses of one's failures. Rather, he argues, it creates great incentive for one's desire for improvement and greater effort to succeed, as well as a greater reward for that success. Josef Lössl, Nicholas J. Baker-Brian
A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity
Anotace: A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity offers an authoritative and comprehensive survey of religion in Late Antiquity. This historical era spanned from the second century to the eighth century of the Common Era. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the Companion explores the evolution and development of religion and the role various religions played in the cultural, political, and social transformations of the late antique period. The authors examine the theories and methods used in the study of religion during this period, consider the most notable historical developments, and reveal how religions spread geographically. The authors also review the major religious traditions that emerged in Late Antiquity and include reflections on the interaction of these religions within their particular societies and cultures. This important Companion:
Written for scholars and students of religion, A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity offers a comprehensive survey of religion and the influence religion played in the culture, politics, and social change during the late antique period. Zobrazeno: 31-60 z celkem 3635 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec
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