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Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier
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A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large. Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the... (read more)

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Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health (Vintage)
Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health (Vintage)
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
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In the spring of 2005, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was called to consult on an unusual patient: an Emperor tamarin at the Los Angeles Zoo. While examining the tiny monkey’s sick heart, she learned that wild animals can die of a form of... (read more)

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Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy
Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy
by Robert W. Mcchesney
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Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internets effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, these arguments are deeply flawed, since they fail to... (read more)

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Why Knot?: How to Tie More Than Sixty Ingenious, Useful, Beautiful, Lifesaving, and Secure Knots! [With Rope]
Why Knot?: How to Tie More Than Sixty Ingenious, Useful, Beautiful, Lifesaving, and Secure Knots! [With Rope]
by Philippe Petit
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On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Centers twin towers, where he performed for nearly an hour. During this history-making walk, and many others throughout his celebrated career, knots... (read more)

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Swordfish: A Biography of the Ocean Gladiator
Swordfish: A Biography of the Ocean Gladiator
by Richard Ellis
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A perfect fish in the evolutionary sense, the broadbill swordfish derives its name from its distinctive bill—much longer and wider than the bill of any other billfish—which is flattened into the sword we all recognize. And though the majesty... (read more)

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Penguins: Natural History and Conservation (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)
Penguins: Natural History and Conservation (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)
by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu
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Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled condition of the southern oceans, as well as larger marine conservation problems... (read more)

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Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter
Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter
by Terrence W. Deacon
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As scientists study the minutiae of subatomic particles, neural connections, and molecular compounds, their attempts at a "theory of everything" harbor a glaring omission: they still cannot explain us, the thoughts and perceptions that truly make us what... (read more)

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A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us about Ourselves
A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us about Ourselves
by Robert A. Burton, M.d.
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What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control? Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the worlds greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a... (read more)

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Introduction to Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
Introduction to Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
by John Chiasson
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A unique approach to stochastic processes that connects the mathematical formulation of random processes to their use in applications This book presents an innovative approach to teaching probability theory and stochastic processes based on the binary... (read more)

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Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture
by Ross Conrad
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Today's beekeepers face unprecedented challenges, a fact that is now front-page news with the spread of "colony collapse disorder." Newly introduced pests like varroa and tracheal mites have made chemical treatment of hives standard practice, but pest... (read more)

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The Unpredictable Species: What Makes Humans Unique
The Unpredictable Species: What Makes Humans Unique
by Philip Lieberman
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"In this wonderfully readable book, Lieberman argues that evolution has equipped humans with the most marvelous gift in the animal kingdom--the freedom to be unpredictable. The Unpredictable Species is educational, entertaining, challenging, aggravating,... (read more)

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Harvest the Wind: America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability
Harvest the Wind: America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability
by Philip Warburg
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Winds sweeping through the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central... (read more)

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Mathematical Methods in the Theory of Queuing (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Mathematical Methods in the Theory of Queuing (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by A. Y. Khinchin
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Written by a prominent Russian mathematician, this concise monograph examines aspects of queuing theory as an application of probability. Prerequisites include a familiarity with the theory of probability and mathematical analysis. Students and... (read more)

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Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks
Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks
by Michael Lanza
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A longtime backpacker, climber, and skier, Michael Lanza knows our national parks like the back of his hand. As a father, he hopes to share these special places with his two young children. But he has seen firsthand the changes wrought by the warming... (read more)

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LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless: Design and Measurement Challenges
LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless: Design and Measurement Challenges
by Moray Rumney
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A practical guide to LTE design, test and measurement, this new edition has been updated to include the latest developments This book presents the latest details on LTE from a practical and technical perspective. Written by Agilent’s measurement... (read more)

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Optimal Resource Allocation: With Practical Statistical Applications and Theory
Optimal Resource Allocation: With Practical Statistical Applications and Theory
by Igor A. Ushakov
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A UNIQUE ENGINEERING AND STATISTICAL APPROACH TO OPTIMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION Optimal Resource Allocation: With Practical Statistical Applications and Theory features the application of probabilistic and statistical methods used in reliability engineering... (read more)

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Electrical Drives for Direct Drive Renewable Energy Systems (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy)
Electrical Drives for Direct Drive Renewable Energy Systems (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy)
by Markus Mueller
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Wind turbine gearboxes are one of the major reliability problems for wind energy operators and cause expensive maintenance and repair jobs when failures occur, particularly in offshore wind farms. Gearless direct drive wind energy systems present a... (read more)

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Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell about Our Pasts
Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell about Our Pasts
by Charles Fernyhough
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How is it possible to have vivid memories of something that never happened? How can siblings remember the same event from their childhoods so differently? Do the selections and distortions of memory reveal a truth about the self? Why are certain memories... (read more)

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Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development
Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development
by Steven Kay
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The Complete, Modern Guide to Developing Well-Performing Signal Processing Algorithms   In Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Volume III: Practical Algorithm Development, author Steven M. Kay shows how to convert theories of statistical... (read more)

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Explaining the Computational Mind
Explaining the Computational Mind
by Marcin Milkowski
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andlt;Pandgt;In this book, Marcin Milkowski argues that the mind can be explained computationally because it is itself computational -- whether it engages in mental arithmetic, parses natural language, or processes the auditory signals that allow us to... (read more)

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