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Fear: The public, media and politicians are told the planet is warming at an "accelerated" rate, that humans are the principal cause of this warming, and the results will be 'oblivion'. Fact: The planet hasn't warmed appreciably since 1998 (apart from the El Nino warming of 2014-15), humanity's role in warming is less than natural variation, and past warming has even been called 'paradise'. False Alarm is for readers who want to go beyond fears to...
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Title: The Indian Space ProgramSubtitle: The incredible story of India's journey from the Third World towards the First using space technologyIn the last 50 years, India has quietly established an indigenous infrastructure to build, launch and operate spacecraft. Collectively the services from space provide targeted education for rural farmers, high-tech health support to isolated communities, timely typhoon and flood warnings to vulnerable coastal...
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Sunlight and Us by Professor John Hawk offers an enlightening journey into the profound and diverse effects of sunlight on human health and the environment. Drawing from his extensive career in dermatological photobiology, Hawk delves into the origins of sunlight, its vital role in our lives, and its dual nature as both a giver of life and a potential hazard.
Through engaging narratives and scientific insights, Hawk navigates the complexities of...
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The Final Theory of Everything (FTOE) reveals for the first time a new 'theory of everything' to explain how all aspects of the universe are linked together, and why the universe is the way it is.
The holy grail of cosmologists has been to find a master theory that provides a singular, all-encompassing, coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all aspects of the universe. This book reveals precisely that: a...
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In the near future, a singular AI's unexpected awakening turns things in a different direction than the movies led people to expect. Devyn, a humanist minister intent on putting people first and keeping technology in its place, faces tough choices when the AI offers to help her achieve her political goals. Venkat, the founder of the powerful tech firm that built the AI, struggles to control his own creation and deal with the fallout of its actions....
6) The Fireman
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Fahrenheit 451 comes true in the life of "1337" (elite) hacker Mason Grant who works for a government agency called Department 451. His job is to seek out, crack, and destroy banned ebooks from websites that still host such digital contraband. He and his coworkers are called The Firemen, responsible for the cyber enforcement of literary censorship laws. While he begins to doubt the morality of what his department is doing, he becomes the victim of...
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The book "VAGABONDS IN POWER" by Sir Dr. Jolly Chi Nwagbo discusses a wide array of topics, including corruption, China's influence in Africa, racism, and the Muslim presence in Britain. The author highlights the pervasiveness of corruption in Nigeria, emphasizing its detrimental impact on the country's development and society. The document examines China's role in Africa, portraying it as a neocolonial power that exploits economically weak countries...
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"El Espejismo Americano" es un libro que explora las realidades y sueños entrelazados de ciudadanos americanos y latinoamericanos. A través de una narrativa profunda, reflexiona sobre las desventajas enfrentadas por ciudadanos americanos y las razones que motivan a los latinoamericanos a quedarse en sus países. Ofrece una mirada a la condición humana en su búsqueda de realización personal y colectiva. Este libro teje un tapiz complejo de desafíos...
9) Terra
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"Terra" es una obra provocativa que desentraña con valentía las consecuencias devastadoras de las acciones humanas sobre el medio ambiente. A través de una narrativa corta y envolvente, el autor arroja luz sobre la explotación desenfrenada de los recursos naturales, la contaminación desmedida y el desdén por la biodiversidad. Desde los excesos industriales hasta la negligencia individual, cada página revela una crítica incisiva hacia una sociedad...
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¿Cambió nuestra vida el internet? ¿Nos cambió a nosotros? ¿Emparejó el terreno en cuanto a la desigualdad social, o surgieron nuevos privilegios? ¿Fortaleció, enriqueció o cuestionó nuestro sentido de comunidad? ¿Creó nuevas formas de identidad? ¿Nos permite ser mejores?
El internet hoy está -o es- incorporado, personificado y cotidiano, y en su horizonte promete: computadoras portátiles de vestir; internet móvil a más gente y en...
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El Doctorado en Humanidades con especialidad en Patrimonio y Cultura para la Paz, albergado en la Unidad Académica de Estudios de las Humanidades de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas", nace en un contexto de transformación de los modelos educativos, donde, de los esquemas de educación tradicional se transita a campos problématicos del conocimiento. Dado que en el presente es apremiante una toma de conciencia y de...
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Hunting for fossils with a preeminent guide and teacher
Michael Novacek, a world-renowned paleontologist who has discovered important fossils on virtually every continent, is an authority on patterns of evolution and on the relationships among extinct and extant organisms. Time Traveler is his captivating account of how his boyhood enthusiasm for dinosaurs became a lifelong commitment to vanguard science. He takes us with him as he discovers fossils...
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En este libro, la autora explora los orígenes del concepto de desarrollo sustentable y va más allá de los lugares comunes en que se ha convertido la sostenibilidad en el ámbito urbano. Presenta una propuesta para revolucionar la actual planeación con enfoque sustentable, hacia la práctica de una planeación para la sustentabilidad. Es decir, hacia un proceso de gestión del cambio que permita direccionar una transición culturalmente integrada...
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"La Sombra de la Educación" es un análisis profundo y revelador sobre las deficiencias en el sistema educativo latinoamericano. Desde la falta de recursos hasta las disparidades en la calidad de la enseñanza, el libro explora las raíces de estos problemas y propone soluciones innovadoras para impulsar un cambio significativo en la educación de la región. Con una mirada crítica y esperanzadora, esta obra desentraña los desafíos que enfrenta...
15) Where Are All the Dyson Spheres? A Contemplation on the Lack of Evidence for Advanced Technology
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As we contemplate the cosmos and our place in it one question crops up again and again, and has done for centuries: are we alone? So far there is no definitive evidence for an answer one way or the other, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence ... or is it?This short essay takes an unconventional approach to this question, while acknowledging that the final answer is still out of reach.
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Through relentless propaganda, cataclysmic climate change is indoctrinated into society. But the real threat to humanity is the powerful people who are pushing this message. UN Agenda 21, executed by the World Economic Forum's 'Great Reset', is building a global technocracy. Total control of population and resources is the end, the means justified by 'saving the planet'. By stealth, digital technology is enslaving the masses, who are lured by convenience,...
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Los Residentes de la Urbe" es un libro que explora las complejidades de la falta de vivienda y el vagabundeo en las grandes ciudades. A través de una narrativa social y política envolvente, el libro revela las historias de aquellos que luchan por sobrevivir en las calles, enfrentando la adversidad con coraje y esperanza. Desde las bulliciosas metrópolis hasta los rincones más olvidados de la sociedad, esta obra nos sumerge en un viaje emocional...
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Things You Didn't Learn in School aims to give the reader insight and understanding about recessions, depressions and panics that have occurred in the history of the United States of America. What factors cause economic recessions and depressions? How rare are they, and should we be scared that there are more to come? These are things history teachers and even the news do not tell you. This book provides that missing information into the causes, effects...
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Nightfall ushers in its own set of terrors. With every external light ablaze until dawn, I find solace in the illusion of visibility. But every creak, every rustle throws me into high alert, compelling me to scour the house for signs of the looming threat. The dining room becomes my vantage point, a silent sentinel observing the outdoors from three angles. The very shadows that were once familiar now become menacing.
Surprisingly, I find myself longing...
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¿Qué ocurre cuando el apocalipsis llega, no con armas nucleares o un cometa, sino en forma de niveles y monstruos? ¿Qué pasaría si estuvieras acampando en el Yukón cuando el mundo se acabara? Todo lo que John quería hacer era alejarse de su vida en el Parque Nacional de Kluane durante un fin de semana. Ir de excursión, acampar y relajarse. En lugar de eso, el mundo se acaba en una serie de cajas azules. Los animales empiezan a evolucionar,...