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The Amazing Journey of Reason

from DNA to Artificial Intelligence

by Mario Alemi ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This Open Access book explores questions such as why and how did the first biological cells appear? And then complex organisms, brains, societies and –now– connected human societies? Physicists have good models for describing the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang, but can we apply the same concepts to the evolution of aggregated matter –living matter included? The Amazing Journey ... Read more

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This Open Access book explores questions such as why and how did the first biological cells appear? And then complex organisms, brains, societies and –now– connected human societies? Physicists have good models for describing the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang, but can we apply the same concepts to the evolution of aggregated matter –living matter included? The Amazing Journey
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Microsoft Word VBA Codes Are Easy to Learn Under an Hour for Some People

by Kenny L Keys ...

You can quickly learn what a comment, an array, a variable, a text string, a VBA loop Statement, a With Statement, a Set Statement, a Dim Statement and the basic functions of Microsoft Word 2010 VBA from the pages of this small book, but you must first have the desire to learn VBA; without the desire, you’ll only end up being disappointed in this book or any other book. When a person lacks an ... Read more

$5.14 CAD

You can quickly learn what a comment, an array, a variable, a text string, a VBA loop Statement, a With Statement, a Set Statement, a Dim Statement and the basic functions of Microsoft Word 2010 VBA from the pages of this small book, but you must first have the desire to learn VBA; without the desire, you’ll only end up being disappointed in this book or any other book. When a person lacks an
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Rage Inside the Machine

The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All

by Robert Elliott Smith ...

Shortlisted for the 2020 Business Book AwardsWe live in a world increasingly ruled by technology; we seem as governed by technology as we do by laws and regulations. Frighteningly often, the influence of technology in and on our lives goes completely unchallenged by citizens and governments. We comfort ourselves with the soothing refrain that technology has no morals and can display no prejudice, ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Shortlisted for the 2020 Business Book AwardsWe live in a world increasingly ruled by technology; we seem as governed by technology as we do by laws and regulations. Frighteningly often, the influence of technology in and on our lives goes completely unchallenged by citizens and governments. We comfort ourselves with the soothing refrain that technology has no morals and can display no prejudice,
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Designing Interfaces

Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

by Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer, Aynne Valencia ...

Designing good application interfaces isn’t easy now that companies need to create compelling, seamless user experiences across an exploding number of channels, screens, and contexts. In this updated third edition, you’ll learn how to navigate through the maze of design options. By capturing UI best practices as design patterns, this best-selling book provides solutions to common design problems ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Designing good application interfaces isn’t easy now that companies need to create compelling, seamless user experiences across an exploding number of channels, screens, and contexts. In this updated third edition, you’ll learn how to navigate through the maze of design options. By capturing UI best practices as design patterns, this best-selling book provides solutions to common design problems
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Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments: The Ultimate Security Guide

Learn to perform professional penetration testing for highly-secured environments with this intensive hands-on guide with this book and ebook.

by Lee Allen ...

An intensive hands-on guide to perform professional penetration testing for highly-secured environments from start to finish. You will learn to provide penetration testing services to clients with mature security infrastructure. Understand how to perform each stage of the penetration test by gaining hands-on experience in performing attacks that mimic those seen in the wild. In the end, take the ... Read more

$55.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An intensive hands-on guide to perform professional penetration testing for highly-secured environments from start to finish. You will learn to provide penetration testing services to clients with mature security infrastructure. Understand how to perform each stage of the penetration test by gaining hands-on experience in performing attacks that mimic those seen in the wild. In the end, take the
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Robotics, AI, and Humanity

Science, Ethics, and Policy

Edited by Joachim von Braun, Margaret S. Archer, Gregory M. Reichberg, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent technologies have for instance implications within medicine and health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted to robotics ... Read more

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This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent technologies have for instance implications within medicine and health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted to robotics
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The Software Engineer's Guidebook

Navigating senior, tech lead, and staff engineer positions at tech companies and startups

by Gergely Orosz ...

In my first few years as a developer I assumed that hard work was all I needed. Then I was passed over for a promotion and my manager couldn’t give me feedback on what areas to improve, so I could get to the senior engineer level. I was frustrated; even bitter: not as much about missing the promotion, but because of the lack of guidance.By the time I became a manager, I was determined to support ... Read more

$27.78 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In my first few years as a developer I assumed that hard work was all I needed. Then I was passed over for a promotion and my manager couldn’t give me feedback on what areas to improve, so I could get to the senior engineer level. I was frustrated; even bitter: not as much about missing the promotion, but because of the lack of guidance.By the time I became a manager, I was determined to support
... Read more
Master Builder Roblox

The Essential Guide

by Triumph Books ...

Driven by smart leadership and the constant evolution of computing hardware and software, Roblox has seen a surge in users over the past year. The company has shrewdly positioned itself as a powerful and flexible sandbox game, one which allows users to not only create their own structures, environments, and games, but also encourages them to come together socially and interact collectively. Roblox ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Driven by smart leadership and the constant evolution of computing hardware and software, Roblox has seen a surge in users over the past year. The company has shrewdly positioned itself as a powerful and flexible sandbox game, one which allows users to not only create their own structures, environments, and games, but also encourages them to come together socially and interact collectively. Roblox
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Effective Vulnerability Management

Managing Risk in the Vulnerable Digital Ecosystem

by Chris Hughes, Nikki Robinson ...

Infuse efficiency into risk mitigation practices by optimizing resource use with the latest best practices in vulnerability managementOrganizations spend tremendous time and resources addressing vulnerabilities to their technology, software, and organizations. But are those time and resources well spent? Often, the answer is no, because we rely on outdated practices and inefficient, scattershot ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Infuse efficiency into risk mitigation practices by optimizing resource use with the latest best practices in vulnerability managementOrganizations spend tremendous time and resources addressing vulnerabilities to their technology, software, and organizations. But are those time and resources well spent? Often, the answer is no, because we rely on outdated practices and inefficient, scattershot
... Read more
Computer Organization and Design

The Hardware/Software Interface

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy ...

Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design
Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition, has been updated with new exercises and improvements throughout suggested by instructors teaching from the book. It covers the revolutionary change from sequential to parallel computing, with a chapter on parallelism and sections in every chapter highlighting parallel hardware and software topics. It includes an appendix by the Chief Scientist and ... Read more

$79.19 CAD

Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition, has been updated with new exercises and improvements throughout suggested by instructors teaching from the book. It covers the revolutionary change from sequential to parallel computing, with a chapter on parallelism and sections in every chapter highlighting parallel hardware and software topics. It includes an appendix by the Chief Scientist and
... Read more
Learning R

A Step-by-Step Function Guide to Data Analysis

by Richard Cotton ...

Learn how to perform data analysis with the R language and software environment, even if you have little or no programming experience. With the tutorials in this hands-on guide, youâ??ll learn how to use the essential R tools you need to know to analyze data, including data types and programming concepts.The second half of Learning R shows you real data analysis in action by covering everything ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Learn how to perform data analysis with the R language and software environment, even if you have little or no programming experience. With the tutorials in this hands-on guide, youâ??ll learn how to use the essential R tools you need to know to analyze data, including data types and programming concepts.The second half of Learning R shows you real data analysis in action by covering everything
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The Fourth Revolution

How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality

by Luciano Floridi ...

Who are we, and how do we relate to each other? Luciano Floridi, one of the leading figures in contemporary philosophy, argues that the explosive developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is changing the answer to these fundamental human questions. As the boundaries between life online and offline break down, and we become seamlessly connected to each other and surrounded ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Who are we, and how do we relate to each other? Luciano Floridi, one of the leading figures in contemporary philosophy, argues that the explosive developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is changing the answer to these fundamental human questions. As the boundaries between life online and offline break down, and we become seamlessly connected to each other and surrounded
... Read more
Claude AI Mastery Blueprint: 300+ Professional Prompts for Elite Performance

by Abdelhalim Rekab ...

Stop Treating AI Like a Search Engine. Start Building the Partnership That Will Define Your Career.10X Your Productivity, Creativity & Strategic Thinking in 90 DaysWhile others type basic commands into ChatGPT, you could be orchestrating breakthrough innovations and solving complex problems through advanced AI collaboration. "Claude AI Mastery Blueprint: 300+ Professional Prompts for Elite ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Stop Treating AI Like a Search Engine. Start Building the Partnership That Will Define Your Career.10X Your Productivity, Creativity & Strategic Thinking in 90 DaysWhile others type basic commands into ChatGPT, you could be orchestrating breakthrough innovations and solving complex problems through advanced AI collaboration. "Claude AI Mastery Blueprint: 300+ Professional Prompts for Elite
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NFT Blueprint - Cryptocurrency Investing For Beginners

Non Fungible Tokens Explained, The Blockchain Technology Behind Them & How NFTs Work With Bitcoin, Ethereum & Altcoins

by Freedom Economics Publications ...

Discover Everything You Need To Know About This Emerging Asset That Is Revolutionizing The World Of Art & How You Can Profit From It...Ah, the world of Crypto, where as soon as you think you kind of understand Crypto a new term comes about just for you to feel as clueless as you did before.Don't worry, we felt exactly the same when NFTs came about.So, what is an NFT?NFT = Non-Fungible Token, which ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

Discover Everything You Need To Know About This Emerging Asset That Is Revolutionizing The World Of Art & How You Can Profit From It...Ah, the world of Crypto, where as soon as you think you kind of understand Crypto a new term comes about just for you to feel as clueless as you did before.Don't worry, we felt exactly the same when NFTs came about.So, what is an NFT?NFT = Non-Fungible Token, which
... Read more
The AI Revolution in Medicine

GPT-4 and Beyond

by Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg, Isaac Kohane ...

AI is about to transform medicine. Here's what you need to know right now.''The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the personal computer. It will change the way people work, learn, and communicate--and transform healthcare. But it must be managed carefully to ensure its benefits outweigh the risks. I'm encouraged to see this early exploration of the opportunities and ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

AI is about to transform medicine. Here's what you need to know right now.''The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the personal computer. It will change the way people work, learn, and communicate--and transform healthcare. But it must be managed carefully to ensure its benefits outweigh the risks. I'm encouraged to see this early exploration of the opportunities and
... Read more
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

A Comprehensive Introduction

by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder ...

An authoritative introduction to the exciting new technologies of digital moneyBitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative and self-contained book tells you ... Read more

$76.99 CAD

An authoritative introduction to the exciting new technologies of digital moneyBitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative and self-contained book tells you
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Building Applications with AI Agents

Designing and Implementing Multiagent Systems

by Michael Albada ...

Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. As the models become increasingly capable, we have witnessed a new design pattern emerge: AI agents. By combining tools, knowledge, memory, and learning with advanced foundation models, we can now sequence multiple model inferences together to solve ambiguous and ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. As the models become increasingly capable, we have witnessed a new design pattern emerge: AI agents. By combining tools, knowledge, memory, and learning with advanced foundation models, we can now sequence multiple model inferences together to solve ambiguous and
... Read more
The Jobs To Be Done Playbook

Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs

by Jim Kalbach ...

"Jobs To Be Done is key to building successful products, and this book masterfully gives a step–by–step guide on how to put it into practice."—Melissa Perri, author of Escaping the Build TrapThese days, consumers have real power: they can research companies, compare ratings, and find alternatives with a simple tap. Focusing on customer needs isn't a nice–to–have, it's a strategic imperative.The ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

"Jobs To Be Done is key to building successful products, and this book masterfully gives a step–by–step guide on how to put it into practice."—Melissa Perri, author of Escaping the Build TrapThese days, consumers have real power: they can research companies, compare ratings, and find alternatives with a simple tap. Focusing on customer needs isn't a nice–to–have, it's a strategic imperative.The
... Read more
Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization

With Python Codes for the Travelling Salesman Problem

by Éric D. Taillard ...

Series series Graduate Texts in Operations Research
This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a ... Read more

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This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a
... Read more
The Atomic Human

What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI

by Neil D. Lawrence ...

From a renowned computer scientist, this book seeks the distinctive human quality that will prevail against artificial intelligence.If artificial intelligence takes over decision-making what, then, is unique and irreplaceable about human intelligence? The Atomic Human is a journey of discovery to the core of what it is to be human, in search of the qualities that cannot be replaced by the machine. ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

From a renowned computer scientist, this book seeks the distinctive human quality that will prevail against artificial intelligence.If artificial intelligence takes over decision-making what, then, is unique and irreplaceable about human intelligence? The Atomic Human is a journey of discovery to the core of what it is to be human, in search of the qualities that cannot be replaced by the machine.
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OCEB Certification Guide

Business Process Management - Fundamental Level

by Tim Weilkiens, Christian Weiss, Andrea Grass ...

OCEB Certification Guide delivers expert insight into BPM from one of the developers of the OCEB Fundamental exam, offering full coverage of the exam material for both the business and technical tracks. The first study guide to prepare candidates to take and pass the OCEB Fundamental exam, it explains and builds on basic concepts, focusing on key areas and testing knowledge of all critical topics ... Read more

$50.39 CAD

OCEB Certification Guide delivers expert insight into BPM from one of the developers of the OCEB Fundamental exam, offering full coverage of the exam material for both the business and technical tracks. The first study guide to prepare candidates to take and pass the OCEB Fundamental exam, it explains and builds on basic concepts, focusing on key areas and testing knowledge of all critical topics
... Read more
The New Tech Titans of China

How China's Tech Sector is Challenging the World by Innovating Faster, Working Harder & Going Global

by Rebecca Fannin ...

Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China's grab for superpower status, and forward-looking insights into the next decade of China's evolving tech dominance-including breakthroughs in AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.The rise of China's tech giants and the intensifying global competition from this sector is far from over ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China's grab for superpower status, and forward-looking insights into the next decade of China's evolving tech dominance-including breakthroughs in AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.The rise of China's tech giants and the intensifying global competition from this sector is far from over
... Read more
A First Course in Statistical Programming with R

by W. John Braun, Duncan J. Murdoch ...

This new color edition of Braun and Murdoch's bestselling textbook integrates use of the RStudio platform and adds discussion of newer graphics systems, extensive exploration of Markov chain Monte Carlo, expert advice on common error messages, motivating applications of matrix decompositions, and numerous new examples and exercises. This is the only introduction needed to start programming in R, ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

This new color edition of Braun and Murdoch's bestselling textbook integrates use of the RStudio platform and adds discussion of newer graphics systems, extensive exploration of Markov chain Monte Carlo, expert advice on common error messages, motivating applications of matrix decompositions, and numerous new examples and exercises. This is the only introduction needed to start programming in R,
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Seeking SRE

Conversations About Running Production Systems at Scale

by David N. Blank-Edelman ...

Organizations big and small have started to realize just how crucial system and application reliability is to their business. Theyâ??ve also learned just how difficult it is to maintain that reliability while iterating at the speed demanded by the marketplace. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a proven approach to this challenge.SRE is a large and rich topic to discuss. Google led the way with ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Organizations big and small have started to realize just how crucial system and application reliability is to their business. Theyâ??ve also learned just how difficult it is to maintain that reliability while iterating at the speed demanded by the marketplace. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a proven approach to this challenge.SRE is a large and rich topic to discuss. Google led the way with
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The Amazing Journey of Reason

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Robotics, AI, and Humanity

The Software Engineer's Guidebook

Master Builder Roblox

Effective Vulnerability Management

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Learning R

The Fourth Revolution

Claude AI Mastery Blueprint: 300+ Professional Prompts for Elite Performance

NFT Blueprint - Cryptocurrency Investing For Beginners

The AI Revolution in Medicine

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

Building Applications with AI Agents

The Jobs To Be Done Playbook

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