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Chicago Review Press
Language
English
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Around Christmas of 1882, while peering through a microscope at starfish larvae in which he had inserted tiny thorns, Russian zoologist Elie Metchnikoff had a brilliant insight: what if the mobile cells he saw gathering around the thorns were nothing but a healing force in action? Metchnikoff's daring theory of immunity—that voracious cells he called phagocytes formed the first line of defense against invading bacteria—would eventually earn
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English
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Wildlife conservation has both monetary and non-monetary benefits, and the success of conservation projects depends on a mix of economic and biological factors. In Tanzania, the economic benefits of conservation projects have positively impacted the conservation attitudes of local people around the Selous Game Reserve. Option value is a useful tool to measure the potential benefits of wildlife conservation, and expressed preference or contingent valuation...
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The Questioneers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"When Rosie Revere's Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it's up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what's the best plan for getting him down?"--
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press (Ignition)
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer, and author, David Wootton places him at the center of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years; the beginnings of his scientific career constructing a "new physics"; his move to Florence seeking money, status, and greater freedom to attack intellectual orthodoxies; his trial for heresy and narrow escape from torture; and his house arrest and physical (though not intellectual)...
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English
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New edition of the bestselling guide to mastering Python Networking, updated to Python 3 and including the latest on network data analysis, Cloud Networking, Ansible 2.8, and new libraries
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Book Description
Networks in your infrastructure set the foundation for how your application can be deployed, maintained, and serviced. Python is the ideal language for network engineers to explore tools that were previously available to systems engineers...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The little-known, very eventful, and sometimes hilarious history surrounding the development of the ConcordeMuch has been written about the Concorde itself, but relatively little about the people who designed it. This book is partly an autobiography and encompasses some of the team, several technicalities, and a good measure of the lighter side of the job, especially during the period of actual design. Ted Talbot, who began his career at British Aircraft...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Caroline Herschel is best known as the less significant sister of the astronomer William Herschel. Yet the romantic notion of her tirelessly working for her brother while he made his studies of the heavens, documenting his discoveries so he could achieve greatness in the scientific world, couldn't be further from the truth. When Caroline wasn't working as her brother's assistant, she was sweeping the stars with her own small telescope given to her...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
R. J. Mitchell was virtually self-taught; surprisingly, almost all his other aircraft 24 aircraft were slow-flying seaplanes. How a lad from the land-locked Midlands, apprenticed to a locomotive works, came to be responsible for the Spitfire is a great tale in itself. This detailed book tells us how Mitchell learned his trade-from 1916, contributing to the production of the cumbersome Night Hawk, designed to combat the German Zeppelin threat, and...
Author
Publisher
Tarquin Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Inspiring Projects for EASY coding in Snap!, Scratch and Python Inspiring Projects for EASY coding in Snap!, Scratch and Python These are coding languages commonly used in schools across the world. This book is an introduction to computer programming using the most useful (and free) programs available, combined with the new inspiration and excitement of micro computing available right now! It is an introduction to more complex computing at grade...
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English
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"My Inventions" is a candid and illuminating autobiography of Nikola Tesla, one of the most important technological innovators of the modern industrial age. Famous for the radio, robotics, and wireless energy, Tesla quickly gained international notoriety for his pioneering inventions as much for his eccentric life. Perhaps no one in his day more thoroughly embodied the archetype of the "mad scientist". This firsthand account reveals the fascinating...
11) Click'd
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"After spending the summer at coding camp, Allie Navarro is excited to share the app she built with her friends, until it starts to cause problems between them"--
Author
Publisher
Radius Book Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The nuclear safety expert shares a gripping, blow-by-blow account of how he led the response to the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. On March 11, 2011, fifty minutes after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit eastern Japan, a forty-five-foot high tsunami engulfed the nuclear power plant known as Fukushima Daiichi, knocking out electrical power and all the reactors' safety systems. Three reactor cores experienced meltdowns in the first three days,...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Description
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. That morning at Cape Canaveral, a small-town boy from Ohio took his place atop a rocket and soared into orbit to score a victory in the heavily contested Cold War. The television images were blurry black-and-white phantoms. The cameras shook as the rocket moved, but by the end of the day, one thing was clear: a new hero rode that rocket and became the center of the world's attention for the...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An exciting insider's look at Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo ... NASA's internal politics, disasters, glitches and close calls" by a pioneering astronaut ( Publishers Weekly ). Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, pilot for Apollo X, head of flight crew operations for the United States' first orbiting space station, and the last American to venture into space alone. Stretching from the dawning days of NASA...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A dual biography of the father and son railroad engineers who revolutionized Victorian transportation and reshaped modern British life. Engineer and inventor George Stephenson is known as the Father of Railways. Together with his son Robert, he built the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public line. They also developed much of Britain's early railway map. In George and Robert Stephenson , industrial historian Anthony Burton examines...
16) Algoritmos
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Español
Description
¿Se ha preguntado alguna vez cómo un programador desarrolla juegos y escribe código sin tener que pensar demasiado? ¿Quiere saber qué hace que un programador esté seguro del código que escribe? ¿Quiere aprender cómo los programadores utilizan algoritmos para determinar cómo estructurar sus programas antes de desarrollarlos? Si es así, este es el libro para usted.
Un algoritmo es un conjunto de reglas o instrucciones que se proporcionan...
17) Machine Learning
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Language
English
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Do you have a clear understanding of the different types of machine learning algorithms?
Do you know what a neural network is and how you can build one?
If you have heard the second audiobook in the series, the answer to both questions is YES.
If you want to gather more information about machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, you have come to the right place.
Over the course of the audiobook, you will gather information on the following:
The...
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Language
English
Description
Learn all the Java and Android skills you need to start making powerful mobile applications with practical and actionable steps
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Are you trying to start a career in programming, but haven't found the right way in? Do you have a great idea for an app, but don't know how to make it a reality? Or maybe you're just frustrated that in order to learn Android, you must know Java. If so, then this book is for you.
This new and...
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Language
English
Description
Learn Python Programming is a quick, thorough, and practical introduction to Python - an extremely flexible and powerful programming language that can be applied to many disciplines. Unlike other books, it doesn't bore you with elaborate explanations of the basics but gets you up-and-running, using the language. You will begin by learning the fundamentals of Python so that you have a rock-solid foundation to build upon. You will explore the foundations...
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Language
English
Description
Applied machine learning with a solid foundation in theory. Revised and expanded for TensorFlow 2, GANs, and reinforcement learning.
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format.
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Python Machine Learning, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to machine learning and deep learning with Python. It acts as both a step-by-step tutorial, and a reference you'll keep coming back to as you build...
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