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Black Male Success in Higher Education

How the Mathematical Brotherhood Empowers a Collegiate Community to Thrive

by Christopher C. Jett ...

For more than 175 years, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a significant role in educating Black students. This book examines the experiences of a cohort of 16 Black male math majors at Morehouse College referred to as “the mathematical brotherhood.” Through the lenses of Black masculinity and critical race theory, the author employs an asset-based approach to tell a ... Read more

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For more than 175 years, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a significant role in educating Black students. This book examines the experiences of a cohort of 16 Black male math majors at Morehouse College referred to as “the mathematical brotherhood.” Through the lenses of Black masculinity and critical race theory, the author employs an asset-based approach to tell a
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Hawker's Early Jets

Dawn of the Hunter

by Christopher Budgen ...

A study of the British manufacturer's efforts to get its Hunter aircraft into service following World War II.On September 2 1947, Hawker Aircraft Ltd figuratively and literally took to the air with their first jet design, the P.1040. Conceived in the latter days of the Second World War, and developed in the straitened times of post-war austerity, the aircraft allowed Hawker to explore the new ... Read more

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A study of the British manufacturer's efforts to get its Hunter aircraft into service following World War II.On September 2 1947, Hawker Aircraft Ltd figuratively and literally took to the air with their first jet design, the P.1040. Conceived in the latter days of the Second World War, and developed in the straitened times of post-war austerity, the aircraft allowed Hawker to explore the new
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TRUST MODE – The Jet That Could Say No

The Day Maverick Turned Back

by Christoph P. Wyss ...

Series Audiobook 1 - SCI-FACT-FI
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20 min

What happens when a fighter jet can say no? TRUST MODE – The Jet That Could Say No tells the true story of how Switzerland turned the F/A-18 Hornet into something far more than a standard combat aircraft. Behind the cockpit, speed and raw power lies another world: software, logic, national requirements and carefully defined limits. In this world, the aircraft does not simply obey. Under certain ... Read more

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What happens when a fighter jet can say no? TRUST MODE – The Jet That Could Say No tells the true story of how Switzerland turned the F/A-18 Hornet into something far more than a standard combat aircraft. Behind the cockpit, speed and raw power lies another world: software, logic, national requirements and carefully defined limits. In this world, the aircraft does not simply obey. Under certain
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Critical Race Theory in Mathematics Education

Edited by Julius Davis, Christopher Jett ...

Critical Race Theory in Mathematics Education brings together scholarship that uses critical race theory (CRT) to provide a comprehensive understanding of race, racism, social justice, and experiential knowledge of African Americans’ mathematics education. CRT has gained traction within the educational research sphere, and this book extends and applies this framework to chronicle the paths of ... Read more

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Critical Race Theory in Mathematics Education brings together scholarship that uses critical race theory (CRT) to provide a comprehensive understanding of race, racism, social justice, and experiential knowledge of African Americans’ mathematics education. CRT has gained traction within the educational research sphere, and this book extends and applies this framework to chronicle the paths of
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Jet Lag

by Dr. Christopher J. Lee ...

Series series Object Lessons
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. But more than that, it is a situation that explains time, technology, and the human body. Jet lag epitomizes the accelerated world we live in. ... Read more

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. But more than that, it is a situation that explains time, technology, and the human body. Jet lag epitomizes the accelerated world we live in.
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JET Simulations, Experiments, and Theory

Ten Years After JETSET. What Is Next?

Edited by Christophe Sauty ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
In 2008, the European FP6 JETSET project ended. JETSET, for Jet, Simulations, Experiments, and Theory, was a joint research network of European expert teams on protostellar jets. The present proceedings are a collection of contributions presenting new results obtained by those groups since the end of the JETSET program. This is also the occasion to celebrate Kanaris Tsinganos’ important ... Read more

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In 2008, the European FP6 JETSET project ended. JETSET, for Jet, Simulations, Experiments, and Theory, was a joint research network of European expert teams on protostellar jets. The present proceedings are a collection of contributions presenting new results obtained by those groups since the end of the JETSET program. This is also the occasion to celebrate Kanaris Tsinganos’ important
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Fighter Pilot: From Cold War Jets to Spitfires

The Extraordinary Memoirs of a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Pilot

by Christopher Coville ...

A young boy sits in the back of a Chipmunk aircraft at RAF Woodvale, near Liverpool. He has never flown in anything before. As the power goes on and the little aeroplane soars into a clear blue sky, he decides at once that this is the only thing he wants to do in life: to be an RAF pilot. Fighter Pilot: From Cold War Jets to Spitfires tells the riveting story of how a boy from Liverpool, at the ... Read more

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A young boy sits in the back of a Chipmunk aircraft at RAF Woodvale, near Liverpool. He has never flown in anything before. As the power goes on and the little aeroplane soars into a clear blue sky, he decides at once that this is the only thing he wants to do in life: to be an RAF pilot. Fighter Pilot: From Cold War Jets to Spitfires tells the riveting story of how a boy from Liverpool, at the
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Steeped in a Culture of Violence

Murder, Racial Injustice, and Other Violent Crimes in Texas, 1965–2020

by Dr. Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Ashley Baggett, Christopher Haight, Betsy Friauf, Michael Phillips, Mike Tapia, Mitchel P. Roth ...

Series series Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest
The Texas shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018, which killed ten and injured thirteen, prompted public debate over the causes and potential solutions to this type of violent episode. On May 21, 2018, National Rifle Association president Oliver North declared that a culture of violence is largely responsible for these killings. “The problem that we’ve got is we’re trying like the ... Read more

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The Texas shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018, which killed ten and injured thirteen, prompted public debate over the causes and potential solutions to this type of violent episode. On May 21, 2018, National Rifle Association president Oliver North declared that a culture of violence is largely responsible for these killings. “The problem that we’ve got is we’re trying like the
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TRUST MODE – The Jet That Could Say No

The Day Maverick Turned Back

by Christoph P. Wyss ...

Narrated by Christoph P. Wyss ...

Unabridged

20 min

Genre: Tech documentary essay / AI ethics / speculative nonfictionTRUST MODE is a cinematic nonfiction audiobook exploring one of the defining questions of the AI age: what happens when intelligent systems gain not only the ability to act, but the judgment to refuse?Built around the real-world Swiss F/A-18 Hornet system and projected through the lens of 2030, the audiobook combines documented ... Read more

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Genre: Tech documentary essay / AI ethics / speculative nonfictionTRUST MODE is a cinematic nonfiction audiobook exploring one of the defining questions of the AI age: what happens when intelligent systems gain not only the ability to act, but the judgment to refuse?Built around the real-world Swiss F/A-18 Hornet system and projected through the lens of 2030, the audiobook combines documented
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Diversifying STEM

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Race and Gender

by Ebony O. McGee, William H. Robinson, Lorenzo DuBois Baber, Robbin Chapman, Monica F Cox, Krystal Madden, Priscila Pereira, Sara Rezvi, Victoria F Trinder0, Danny Bernard Martin1, Jomo W Mutegi2, Dorinda J. Carter Andrews3, Dara Naphan-Kingery4, Stacey Houston5, Gabriela León-Pérez6, H. Richard Milner7, Abiola Farinde-Wu8, Christopher C. Jett9, Julius Davis0, Lindsay Brown1, Alissa M Manolescu2, Laura Provolt3, Aspen Robinson4, Kecia M. Thomas5 ...

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleResearch frequently neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying STEM fills this void, bringing together a wide array of perspectives and the voices of a number of multidisciplinary scholars. The essays cover three main areas: the widely-held ideology that science and mathematics are ... Read more

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2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleResearch frequently neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying STEM fills this void, bringing together a wide array of perspectives and the voices of a number of multidisciplinary scholars. The essays cover three main areas: the widely-held ideology that science and mathematics are
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EMI the Seagull

Discover the Mysterious Key of Big Ben

by Ramón Hernández ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Gigi - Cute, Peppy, Energetic E, Digital Voice Deep & Engaging Storyteller - Ethan E, Digital Voice Christopher - Smooth, calm and very English E, Digital Voice Jett - Gritty, Spunky Young Hero E ...

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14 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A mysterious adventure through the heart of London!When Emi the Seagull travels to London with her friends Toby the cat and Monty the young swan, they expect to discover a wonderful new city.But London has a secret waiting for them…Strange clues, mysterious times and an unexpected key lead Emi and her friends on an exciting adventure around some ... ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A mysterious adventure through the heart of London!When Emi the Seagull travels to London with her friends Toby the cat and Monty the young swan, they expect to discover a wonderful new city.But London has a secret waiting for them…Strange clues, mysterious times and an unexpected key lead Emi and her friends on an exciting adventure around some ...
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Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

by James Hamilton-Paterson ...

In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft -- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which ... Read more

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In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft -- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which
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