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Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super
Par Heather Camlot, Victor Wong. 2023
The Probability of Everything
Par Sarah Everett. 2023
“One of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever).” —Colby Sharp, Nerdy Book ClubNPR Books We Love…
2023 | Publishers Weekly Best of 2023 | Winner of the Governor General's Literary Awards for Young People's LiteratureA heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and facts, as she navigates grief and loss at a moment when life as she knows it changes forever.Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out.But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of colliding with earth in four days, and with that collision, Kemi’s life as she knows it will end.But over the course of the four days, even facts don’t feel true to Kemi anymore. The new town she moved to that was supposed to be “better for her family” isn’t very welcoming. And Amplus-68 is taking over her life, but others are still going to school and eating at their favorite diner like nothing has changed. Is Kemi the only one who feels like the world is ending?With the days numbered, Kemi decides to put together a time capsule that will capture her family’s truth: how creative her mother is, how inquisitive her little sister can be, and how much Kemi's whole world revolves around her father. But no time capsule can change the truth behind all of it, that Kemi must face the most inevitable and hardest part of life: saying goodbye."My heart hurt as I raced through the last chapters of this unique book that shines a light on family, friends, grief, and love." —Lisa Yee, author of Maizy Chen's Last ChanceGeneral Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum (The Theoretical Minimum)
Par Leonard Susskind, André Cabannes. 2023
The latest volume in the New York Times–bestselling physics series explains Einstein&’s masterpiece: the general theory of relativity He taught us…
classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, André Cabannes, returns to tackle Einstein&’s general theory of relativity. Starting from the equivalence principle and covering the necessary mathematics of Riemannian spaces and tensor calculus, Susskind and Cabannes explain the link between gravity and geometry. They delve into black holes, establish Einstein field equations, and solve them to describe gravity waves. The authors provide vivid explanations that, to borrow a phrase from Einstein himself, are as simple as possible (but no simpler). An approachable yet rigorous introduction to one of the most important topics in physics, General Relativity is a must-read for anyone who wants a deeper knowledge of the universe&’s real structure.Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
Par Oliver Franklin-Wallis. 2023
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER, THE GUARDIAN, and KIRKUS REVIEWS An award-winning investigative…
journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy—and finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away? In Wasteland, journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on a shocking journey inside the waste industry—the secretive multi-billion dollar world that underpins the modern economy, quietly profiting from what we leave behind. In India, he meets the waste-pickers on the front line of the plastic crisis. In the UK, he journeys down sewers to confront our oldest—and newest—waste crisis, and comes face-to-face with nuclear waste. In Ghana, he follows the after-life of our technology and explores the global export network that results in goodwill donations clogging African landfills. From an incinerator to an Oklahoma ghost-town, Franklin-Wallis travels in search of the people and companies that really handle waste—and on the way, meets the innovators and campaigners pushing for a cleaner and less wasteful future. With this mesmerizing, thought-provoking, and occasionally terrifying investigation, Oliver Franklin-Wallis tells a new story of humanity based on what we leave behind, and along the way, he shares a blueprint for building a healthier, more sustainable world—before we&’re all buried in trash.Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living…
thing—its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance, cleared arteries, and new ways to combat cancer. You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome: the bacterial fauna that populate our gut and can so profoundly affect our health. In We Are Electric we cross into new scientific understanding: discovering your body's electrome. Every cell in our bodies—bones, skin, nerves, muscle—has a voltage, like a tiny battery. It is the reason our brain can send signals to the rest of our body, how we develop in the womb, and why our body knows to heal itself from injury. When bioelectricity goes awry, illness, deformity, and cancer can result. But if we can control or correct this bioelectricity, the implications for our health are remarkable: an undo switch for cancer that could flip malignant cells back into healthy ones; the ability to regenerate cells, organs, even limbs; to slow aging and so much more. The next scientific frontier might be decrypting the bioelectric code, much the way we did the genetic code. Yet the field is still emerging from two centuries of skepticism and entanglement with medical quackery, all stemming from an 18th-century scientific war about the nature of electricity between Luigi Galvani (father of bioelectricity, famous for shocking frogs) and Alessandro Volta (inventor of the battery). In We Are Electric, award-winning science writer Sally Adee takes readers through the thrilling history of bioelectricity and into the future: from the Victorian medical charlatans claiming to use electricity to cure everything from paralysis to diarrhea, to the advances helped along by the giant axons of squids, and finally to the brain implants and electric drugs that await us—and the moral implications therein. The bioelectric revolution starts here.As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
Par Matthew Cobb. 2022
The thrilling and terrifying history of genetic engineering In 2018, scientists manipulated the DNA of human babies for the first…
time. As biologist and historian Matthew Cobb shows in As Gods, this achievement was one many scientists have feared from the start of the genetic age. Four times in the last fifty years, geneticists, frightened by their own technology, have called a temporary halt to their experiments. They ought to be frightened: Now we have powers that can target the extinction of pests, change our own genes, or create dangerous new versions of diseases in an attempt to prevent future pandemics. Both awe-inspiring and chilling, As Gods traces the history of genetic engineering, showing that this revolutionary technology is far too important to be left to the scientists. They have the power to change life itself, but should we trust them to keep their ingenuity from producing a hellish reality?Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It
Par Tobias Rose-Stockwell. 2023
Amazon's Best History Book of the Month for July 2023An invaluable guide to understanding how the internet has broken our…
brains—and what we can do to fix it. The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features were quietly launched at social media companies with little fanfare. Together, they triggered a cascading set of dramatic changes to how media, politics, and society itself operate—inadvertently creating an Outrage Machine we cannot ignore. Author, designer, and media researcher Tobias Rose-Stockwell shares the defining shifts caused by these technologies, and how they have ignited a society-wide crisis of trust. Drawing from cutting-edge research and vivid personal anecdotes, Rose-Stockwell illustrates how social media has bound us to an unprecedented system of public performance, training us to react rather than reflect, and attack rather than debate.Outrage Machine reveals the triggers and tactics used to exploit our anger, unpacking how these tools hack our deep tribal instincts and psychological vulnerabilities, and how they have become opportunistic platforms for authoritarians and a threat to democratic norms everywhere. But this book is not just about the problem. In a story spanning continents and generations, Rose-Stockwell explores how every new media technology disrupts our ability to make sense of the world, from the printing press to the telegraph, from radio to television. Outrage Machine situates social media within a historical cycle of confusion, violence, and emerging tolerance. Using clear language and powerful illustrations, this book reveals the magnitude of the challenges we face, while offering realistic solutions and a promising pathway out.TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOR THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY The book comprises 56 peer-reviewed chapters comprehensively covering in-depth areas of circular economy design,…
planning, business models, and enabling technologies. Some of the greatest opportunities for innovation in the circular economy are in remanufacturing, refurbishment, reuse, and recycling. Critical to its growth, however, are developments in product design approaches and the manufacturing business model that are often met with challenges in the current, largely linear economies of today’s global manufacturing chains. The conference hosted by the REMADE Institute in Rochester, NY, brought together U.S. and international researchers, industry engineers, technologists, and policymakers, to discuss the myriad intertwining issues relating to the circular economy. This book consists of 56 chapters in 10 distinct parts covering broad areas of research and applications in the circular economy area. The first four parts explore the system level work related to circular economy approaches, models and advancements including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to guide implementation, as well as design for circularity approaches. Mechanical and chemical recycling technologies follow, highlighting some of the most advanced research in those areas. Next, innovation in remanufacturing is addressed with descriptions of some of the most advanced work in this field. This is followed by tire remanufacturing and recycling, highlighting innovative technologies in addressing the volume of end-of-use tires. Pathways to net-zero emissions in manufacturing of materials concludes the book, with a focus on industrial decarbonization. Audience This book has a wide audience in academic institutes, business professionals and engineers in a variety of manufacturing industries. It will also appeal to economists and policymakers working on the circular economy, clean tech investors, industrial decision-makers, and environmental professionals.Mauerwerk-Kalender 2024: Schwerpunkte (Mauerwerk-Kalender)
Par Detleff Schermer, Eric Brehm. 2024
In seinem 49. Jahrgang begleitet der Mauerwerk-Kalender die erfolgreiche Bauart als verlässliches Nachschlagewerk mit den Eigenschaftswerten von Mauersteinen, Mauermörtel, Mauerwerk…
und Putzen, mit der aktuellen Übersicht über die Allgemeinen Bauaufsichtlichen Zulassungen bzw. Allgemeinen Bauartgenehmigungen dieses Fachgebietes und mit der Zusammenstellung der geltenden technischen Regeln für den Mauerwerksbau. Ein Schwerpunkt des diesjährigen Kalenders ist das klimaeffiziente und nachhaltige Bauen mit Mauerwerk. In mehreren Beiträgen wird ausführlich auf Methoden zur Erreichung von Klimaneutralität in den Baustoffen eingegangen. Zusätzlich werden die Ergebnisse der Meta-Studie zusammengefasst und die Ansätze zur Berücksichtigung der Recarbonatisierung von zement- und kalkgebundenen Mauersteinen erläutert. Im Rahmen der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte spielt auch die Kosteneffizienz eine maßgebende Rolle. Wie kostenoptimiertes Bauen funktionieren kann, wird ebenfalls in einem umfassenden Beitrag erläutert. Den wesentlichen Schwerpunkt in dieser Ausgabe bildet die Befestigungstechnik. In zwei ausführlichen Beiträgen wird nicht nur der Stand der Technik wiedergegeben, sondern sich auch dem komplexen Thema der Befestigung von absturzsichernden Fenstern angenommen. Weitere Beiträge beschäftigen sich mit der Bestandsanalyse und Sanierungskonzepten für bestehende Konstruktionen. Abgerundet wird dieser Teil durch ein hochaktuelles Projektbeispiel. Das abschließende Kapitel gibt eine Übersicht zu laufenden Forschungsvorhaben im Mauerwerksbau.Computational Drug Discovery: Methods and Applications
Par Vasanthanathan Poongavanam, Vijayan Ramaswamy. 2024
Computational Drug Discovery A comprehensive resource that explains a wide array of computational technologies and methods driving innovation in drug…
discovery Computational Drug Discovery: Methods and Applications (2 volume set) covers a wide range of cutting-edge computational technologies and computational chemistry methods that are transforming drug discovery. The book delves into recent advances, particularly focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) and its application for protein structure prediction, AI-enabled virtual screening, and generative modeling for compound design. Additionally, it covers key technological advancements in computing such as quantum and cloud computing that are driving innovations in drug discovery. Furthermore, dedicated chapters that addresses the recent trends in the field of computer aided drug design, including ultra-large-scale virtual screening for hit identification, computational strategies for designing new therapeutic modalities like PROTACs and covalent inhibitors that target residues beyond cysteine are also presented. To offer the most up-to-date information on computational methods utilized in computational drug discovery, it covers chapters highlighting the use of molecular dynamics and other related methods, application of QM and QM/MM methods in computational drug design, and techniques for navigating and visualizing the chemical space, as well as leveraging big data to drive drug discovery efforts. The book is thoughtfully organized into eight thematic sections, each focusing on a specific computational method or technology applied to drug discovery. Authored by renowned experts from academia, pharmaceutical industry, and major drug discovery software providers, it offers an overview of the latest advances in computational drug discovery. Key topics covered in the book include: Application of molecular dynamics simulations and related approaches in drug discovery The application of QM, hybrid approaches such as QM/MM, and fragment molecular orbital framework for understanding protein-ligand interactions Adoption of artificial intelligence in pre-clinical drug discovery, encompassing protein structure prediction, generative modeling for de novo design, and virtual screening. Techniques for navigating and visualizing the chemical space, along with harnessing big data to drive drug discovery efforts. Methods for performing ultra-large-scale virtual screening for hit identification. Computational strategies for designing new therapeutic models, including PROTACs and molecular glues. In silico ADMET approaches for predicting a variety of pharmacokinetic and physicochemical endpoints. The role of computing technologies like quantum computing and cloud computing in accelerating drug discovery This book will provide readers an overview of the latest advancements in computational drug discovery and serve as a valuable resource for professionals engaged in drug discovery.The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age (The Plant Paradox #4)
Par Dr Steven R Gundry. 2019
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plant Paradox comes a groundbreaking plan for living a long,…
healthy, happy life.From the moment we are born, our cells begin to age. But aging does not have to mean decline. World-renowned surgeon Dr. Steven Gundry has been treating mature patients for most of his career. He knows that everyone thinks they want to live forever, until they hit middle age and witness the suffering of their parents and even their peers. So how do we solve the paradox of wanting to live to a ripe old age—but enjoy the benefits of youth?This groundbreaking book holds the answer. Working with thousands of patients, Dr. Gundry has discovered that the “diseases of aging” we most fear are not simply a function of age; rather, they are a byproduct of the way we have lived over the decades. In The Longevity Paradox, he maps out a new approach to aging well—one that is based on supporting the health of the “oldest” parts of us: the microorganisms that live within our bodies.Our gut bugs—the bacteria that make up the microbiome—largely determine our health over the years. From diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s to common ailments like arthritis to our weight and the appearance of our skin, these bugs are in the driver’s seat, controlling our quality of life as we age.The good news is, it’s never too late to support these microbes and give them what they need to help them—and you—thrive. In The Longevity Paradox, Dr. Gundry outlines a nutrition and lifestyle plan to support gut health and live well for decades to come. A progressive take on the new science of aging, The Longevity Paradox offers an action plan to prevent and reverse disease as well as simple hacks to help anyone look and feel younger and more vital.This book presents a comprehensive framework for developing Industry 4.0 and 5.0 solutions through the use of ontology modeling and…
graph-based optimization techniques. With effective information management being critical to successful manufacturing processes, this book emphasizes the importance of adequate modeling and systematic analysis of interacting elements in the era of smart manufacturing. The book provides an extensive overview of semantic technologies and their potential to integrate with existing industrial standards, planning, and execution systems to provide efficient data processing and analysis. It also investigates the design of Industry 5.0 solutions and the need for problem-specific descriptions of production processes, operator skills and states, and sensor monitoring in intelligent spaces. The book proposes that ontology-based data can efficiently represent enterprise and manufacturing datasets. The book is divided into two parts: modeling and optimization. The semantic modeling part provides an overview of ontologies and knowledge graphs that can be used to create Industry 4.0 and 5.0 applications, with two detailed applications presented on a reproducible industrial case study. The optimization part of the book focuses on network science-based process optimization and presents various detailed applications, such as graph-based analytics, assembly line balancing, and community detection. The book is based on six key points: the need for horizontal and vertical integration in modern industry; the potential benefits of integrating semantic technologies into ERP and MES systems; the importance of optimization methods in Industry 4.0 and 5.0 concepts; the need to process large amounts of data while ensuring interoperability and re-usability factors; the potential for digital twin models to model smart factories, including big data access; and the need to integrate human factors in CPSs and provide adequate methods to facilitate collaboration and support shop floor workers.13th International Conference on Compressors and Their Systems: Conference Proceedings (Springer Proceedings in Energy)
Par Matthew Read, Sham Rane, Ivona Ivkovic-Kihic, Ahmed Kovacevic. 2024
This new proceedings discusses developments in air, gas and refrigeration compressors, vacuum pumps, and expanders. It is the 13th edition…
of the International Conference on Compressors and their Systems, a three-day conference organised by the Centre for Compressors Technology at City, University of London in collaboration with, among other, the MEchE, IIR, and IOR.The conference offers a platform to identify current challenges in the field and provide the essential content and direction to shape future research. The International Conference on Compressors and their Systems series began in 1999 as a result of industrial consultation and a need for academic collaboration. Initially, the conference was organised by the Fluid Machinery Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) with the support of Holroyd. From 2009, the Centre for Compressor Technology at City, University of London took over its management and the conference is now one of the main conventions, taking place biennially in the UK, becoming world-renowned for its place in industry and academia to gather and discuss a broad range of topical issues related to compressors and compression systems.This year's conference has the theme "Compressors and Expanders in Future Energy Systems” and will be of interest to researchers and engineers in industry.Fractal Patterns with MATLAB (SpringerBriefs in Complexity)
Par Santo Banerjee, A. Gowrisankar, Komandla Mahipal Reddy. 2023
This book presents the iterative beauty of fractals and fractal functions graphically with the aid of MATLAB programming. The fractal…
images generated using the MATLAB codes provide visual delight and highly encourage the fractal lovers for creative thinking. The book compiles five cutting-edge research chapters, each with state-of-the art fractal illustrations. It starts with the fundamental theory for the construction of fractal sets via the deterministic iteration algorithm. Incorporating the theoretical base, fractal illustrations of elementary fractal sets are provided with the explicit MATLAB code. The book gives examples of MATLAB codes to present the fractal surfaces. This book is contributed to all the research beginners as well as the professionals on the field of fractal analysis. As it covers basic fractals like Sierpinski triangle to advanced fractal functions with explicit MATLAB code, the presented fractal illustrations hopefully benefit even the non-field readers. The book is a useful course to all the research beginners on the fractal and fractal-related fields.Molecular Dynamics
Par Ruben Santamaria. 2023
This molecular dynamics textbook takes the reader from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics and vice versa, and from few-body systems…
to many-body systems. It is self-contained, comprehensive, and builds the theory of molecular dynamics from basic principles to applications, allowing the subject to be appreciated by readers from physics, chemistry, and biology backgrounds while maintaining mathematical rigor. The book is enhanced with illustrations, problems and solutions, and suggested reading, making it ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses or self-study. With coverage of recent developments, the book is essential reading for students who explore and characterize phenomena at the atomic level. It is a useful reference for researchers in physics and chemistry, and can act as an entry point for researchers in nanoscience, materials engineering, genetics, and related fields who are seeking a deeper understanding of nature.Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Diagnosis: Proceedings of 2022 International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (MICAD 2022) (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #810)
Par Ruidan Su, Yudong Zhang, Han Liu, Alejandro F Frangi. 2023
This book covers virtually all aspects of image formation in medical imaging, including systems based on ionizing radiation (x-rays, gamma…
rays) and non-ionizing techniques (ultrasound, optical, thermal, magnetic resonance, and magnetic particle imaging) alike. In addition, it discusses the development and application of computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) systems in medical imaging. Given its coverage, the book provides both a forum and valuable resource for researchers involved in image formation, experimental methods, image performance, segmentation, pattern recognition, feature extraction, classifier design, machine learning / deep learning, radiomics, CAD workstation design, human–computer interaction, databases, and performance evaluation.Epigenetics in Oncology (Cancer Treatment and Research #190)
Par Jianjun Chen, G. Greg Wang, Jun Lu. 2023
This book addresses Epigenetics in Cancer and covers the most recent advances in RNA/histone/DNA epigenetics in Oncology. RNA/histone/DNA epigenetics have…
been shown to play pivotal roles in cancer initiation, progression, maintenance and drug response/resistance, tumor microenvironment, cancer stem cell self-renewal, cancer metabolism, and tumor immune evasion. In particular, research in RNA cancer epigenetics has made impressive progress in the last few years.Individual chapters in Part I (focusing on RNA epigenetics) are devoted to RNA modifications in Cancer Metabolism and Microenvironment, Cancer Stem Cell Biology, Immune Surveillance, Solid Tumors and Tumor Immunity, and Hematopoietic Malignancies, as well as to RNA editing in Cancer. Chapters in Part II and III of the book focus on histone epigenetics and DNA epigenetics, respectively.By familiarizing readers with the latest developments in this complex and challenging field, the book offers a valuable resource for scientists, graduate students and clinicians alike.Dieses Buch stellt interdisziplinäre Forschung im Bereich Software-Engineering von Anwendungen für den sozialen Sektor vor. Der Autor konzentriert sich auf…
Softwareanwendungen, die für soziale Zwecke eingesetzt werden und den Bedürfnissen der Gesellschaft dienen. Der Autor möchte die Wissenslücke zwischen den Requirements Engineers, der Industrie und den Nutzern schließen, um dazu beizutragen, ein breites Spektrum an Bedürfnissen im sozialen Sektor zu identifizieren (unter Berücksichtigung der Vielfalt der Nutzergruppen in Bezug auf technologische Kompetenzen, Geografie, Demografie sowie verhaltensbezogene und psychografische Aspekte). Das Buch bietet rigorose empirische Studien und validierte Lösungen, die als Leitfaden für die Software-Engineering-Gemeinschaft sowie Forscher, Doktoranden und Lehrer dienen. - Bietet interdisziplinäre Forschung im Bereich Software-Engineering sowie den Bedürfnissen des sozialen Sektors und trägt dazu bei, die Erfolgsquote von auf die Gesellschaft ausgerichteten Startups und Anwendungen zu erhöhen- Ideal für soziale Unternehmer, um das Buch für die Kundenentwicklung mit verschiedenen Nutzern nutzen zu können - Etabliert eine neue Forschungslinie für die Entwicklung von Anforderungen im sozialen Sektor, die Alter, Sprache, Fähigkeiten und Zugang der Nutzer berücksichtigt.Progress in Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition: 8th International Congress on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, IWAIPR 2023, Varadero, Cuba, September 27–29, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14335)
Par Yanio Hernández Heredia, Vladimir Milián Núñez, José Ruiz Shulcloper. 2024
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, IWAIPR 2023, held…
in Varadero, Cuba, in October 2023. The 68 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The IWAIPR conference aims to provide a leading international forum to promote and disseminate ongoing research into mathematical methods of computing techniques for Artifical Intelligence and Pattern Recognition.Genetically Engineered Organisms in Bioremediation
Par Inamuddin, Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Tariq Altalhi. 2024
Genetically Engineered Organisms in Bioremediation provides comprehensive coverage of biotechnological applications of genetically engineered microorganisms for the bioremediation of polluted environments.…
Chapters are contributed by international scientists with in-depth knowledge, expertise, vision and commitment in their scientific profession. They detail several genetically engineered microorganisms and their enzymes that could be applied to biologically break down persistent organic pollutants and recombinant DNA technologies which entail development of "suicidal-GEMs" for effective and safe remediation of heavily polluted sites. FEATURES: • Highlights genes that encode catabolic enzymes involved in the biodegradation of pollutants. • Explores combining genetically engineered microorganisms with bioaugmentation, biostimulation and bioattenuation strategies. • Details the application of genetic engineering of bacteria for managing aromatic organic compounds under hypoxic conditions. • Discusses tracking techniques and suppression strategies of genetically modified microorganisms. Written for researchers, engineers and academics working in bioremediation, microbiology and biotechnology, this book is both timely and important.