Black holes entered the world of science fiction and films in the 1960s, and their popularity in our culture remains today. The buzz surrounding black holes was and is due, in large part, to their speculative nature. It is still difficult for the general public to determine fact versus fiction as it pertains to this terrifying idea: something big enough to swallow anything and everything in close proximity, with a gravitational force so strong that nothing, including light, can escape.
In the fall of 2015, scientists at the Laser Interferometry Gravitational-Wave Observatory detected the first sounds from black holes, brought to earth by the gravitational waves that emitted from the merging of two black holes 1.4 billion light years away in space. In the spring of 2017, physicists and astronomers who were working on the Event Horizon Telescope project captured the first image of a black hole. This was the supermassive black hole hosted by the galaxy M87 in the constellation Virgo, 53 million light years away, and the image shows the shadow the black hole casts upon the bright light surrounding it.
In this book, John Moffat shares the history of black holes and presents the latest research into these mysterious celestial objects, including the astounding results from gravitational wave detection and the shadow of the black hole.
The true story of a little street dog who learned to love again.
Beaten, tortured and shot 17 times, Maggie the little street dog should have given up on the world. But the world didn't give up on her. With the help of her human friends, Maggie begins her long road to recovery and starts to spread joy everywhere she goes. This is the inspirational true story of a little dog who learned to be loved just as she is.
"If ever a dog's story is guaranteed to touch hearts, then Maggie's is." - YOUR DOG MAGAZINE
From the lifelong devotion of the American crow to the dalliances of the eastern bluebird, from the bald eagle’s dazzling aerial display to the male ruby-throated hummingbird’s reputation as a “deadbeat dad” — courtship, mating, and parenting differ dramatically among birds. Ornithologist and author Laura Erickson takes listeners on a romance-fueled romp through the love lives of 35 species, exploring the diversity of avian approaches to pairing up. Each species spotlight pairs Erickson’s remarkable depth of scientific knowledge with her talent for drawing humorous and insightful parallels between human and bird. The result is a riveting listen for bird-watchers and nature lovers alike.
Si la curiosidad te mata pero las enciclopedias te
aburren, ¡este libro es para ti!
Si de hacer preguntas raras se trata... ¡yo tengo el récord!
Por suerte mi papá es científico y me las responde todas, todas, todas... Para este episodio, mi selección será:
-¿Se tiraban peos los dinosaurios?
-¿¡Qué hago para que se me pase el hipo!?
-¿Envejezco cuando me baño?
-¿Por qué la gente tiene distinto color de piel?
-Y por supuesto: ¿¡qué son los mocos!?
Entre muchas otras... ¡No cambien de canal!
When does a harmless habit become an addition? Why do only some of us get addicted? What can make recovery possible?
The Psychology of Addiction is a fascinating introduction to the psychological issues surrounding addiction and the impact they have on social policy, recovery and an addict's everyday life. The book focuses on drug and alcohol addiction and tackles topics such as whether drug use always leads to addiction and the importance of social networks to recovery. It also looks at how people can become addicted to activities like gambling, gaming and sex.
In a society that still stigmatises addiction The Psychology of Addiction emphasises the importance of compassion, and provides a sensitive insight to anyone with experience of addiction
Sometimes All You Need Is Love; sometimes Love Is a Battlefield. Whether Love Hurts, Bites, Will Keep Us Together, Will Tear Us Apart, or Is a Four-Letter Word, it seems we Want To Know What Love Is.
Love-in both the abstract and the up-close-and-personal-has always provided limitless inspiration for artists, writers, and musicians, but scientists are just as fascinated by these affairs of the heart, though they seldom sing about it. In Love, Sex, and Science, our editors take a step back, analyzing romance using tools like fMRI studies instead of a paint brush or guitar. The writers examine a variety of topics, starting with the perceived sex differences between men and women discussed in Section 1-are we really as different as Mars and Venus?
We also don't shy away from darker aspects of love, such as the psychology of prostitution and sex appeal of narcissists, because to ignore these aspects of love is to trivialize it. Besides, love's paradoxes are one of the reasons why it is the topic for cultural discourse. As Pascal said, "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing." Hopefully this audiobook will change the "nothing" to "at least something."?
Have you ever wondered where we come from—like where we really come from and what we are made of?
Have you ever wondered if, let’s say, teleportation is possible, or if we will ever learn more about the Universe than we already do?
Have you ever asked yourself what was Albert Einstein’s true contribution to the science of the 20th century and whether or not there were other scientists just as smart as him, but less frequently mentioned in frequent discussions?
Quantum mechanics and the history of quantum theory might have all these answers for you and much, much more than you can even imagine.
Download Quantum Physics for Beginners Who Flunked Math and Science today and learn more about:
● Waves and particles and why they are much more important than we think
● Neutrinos and why, although incredibly small, they are essential for our knowledge-seeking endeavors
● Quantum entanglement and how it might make teleportation possible
● Why Albert Einstein opposed quantum theory as it is generally accepted today
● What quantum physicists are attempting to do these days
Step into a fascinating world that might not have ALL the answers just yet, but might as well be on its way to finding them!
In this audiobook, you are going to learn what it takes to manage risk in your organization specifically risk that has to do with information with information systems, with data, and so on. You are going to learn about a wide variety of topics. You are going to learn about assets and what they are, what are the elements of risks, risk analysis, risk assessments, managing and monitoring risk and more.
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You will learn:
•How to Understand Asset Value
•How to place Value on the Company’s Information Assets
•How to Classify Information Assets
•Information Asset and Risk Ownership
•Understanding Information Asset and Risk Ownership
•Assigning Information Asset Value
•How to Assign Value to our company’s Assets
•How to Determine Legal Requirements and Risk
•Understanding FISMA, NIST, HIPAA and PCI-DSS
•How to Describe Risk
•Risk Management Scenario
•Risk Scenarios
•Risk Assessments
•How to Reassess Risk
•Risk Assessments Scenario
•How to Implement Risk Response
•Risk Response Option Basics
•How to Analyse Cost & Benefit
•How to Prioritize Risk Response Options
•How to Respond to Risk
•Introduction to Control Types
•Control Function Basics
•Understanding Security Controls
•Control Standards Assessment, and Analysis
•Understanding Risk Factors and Risk Metrics
•How to Develop and Use KPIs
•How to Monitor Risk Factors
•Understanding Risk Indicators
•Reporting Compliance Basics
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Blockchain and crypto currency mining as received a lot of attention in the past few decade, subsequently it is therefore understandable that so many books (Hardcopies and E-books), articles and publishing have been released for public information in the past few years about the subject matter of “blockchain”. A major loophole in recent publications is that they haven’t specifically described the working process of blockchain in ways that a non-specialist can understand; this book, however, breaks down the working process of blockchain to details that anyone can read up on. if you are interested in learning the intricate working processes of blockchain or you’re just looking to gather more general information, then this book is for you. Instead of searching through a plethora of books online without valuable information and getting yourself sunken into the vast abyss of nonsensical books that are sometimes too brief or too advance, this book breaks it down from the ground up. The technicality of crypto books might also cause you to lose interest totally, something which could be avoided if you found yourself a good book that discusses everything in a way that both beginners and experts can understand.
IN THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
UNDERSTANDING THE BLOCKCHAIN
What is blockchain?
What is a block?
Applications of Blockchain?
What is a smart contract?
How is mining done?
What is centralization and decentralization?
What is the difference between centralized and decentralized coins?
How to use Bitcoin, ethereum, ripple, litecoin and other altcoins
And much more
