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Each Problem Solver is an insightful and essential study and solution guide chock-full of clear, concise problem-solving gems. All your questions can be found in one convenient source from one of the most trusted names in reference solution guides. More useful, more practical, and more informative, these study aids are the best review books and textbook companions available. Nothing remotely as comprehensive or as helpful exists in their subject anywhere....
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This early collection on tractors contains articles that would be both expensive and hard to find in their first editions. It contains a wealth of information on the operation, maintenance and mechanics of tractors. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in farm machinery. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic...
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Did you know that many things in our world were designed using engineering? Engineers design things such as cars, alarm clocks, and pencils to make our lives safer and easier. Learn more in How Engineering Affects Our Everyday Lives, a title in the What Engineers Do series.
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Egg Incubation for the Poultry Keeper is a complete guide for poultry keepers, containing information on the methods, equipment, general management, housing, health and ailments, and much more. It is intended to illustrate the main aspects of egg incubation and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. With simple instructions and a wealth of invaluable information,...
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This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular installment, "Goat Farming" contains information on breeding, health, feeding and much more. It is intended to illustrate the main aspects of goat farming and serves...
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Machinerys Reference Series. Number 64- Gage Making And Lapping. In the following pages of this book are compiled a number of articles relating to gage making and lapping. These articles have been contributed from time to time to Machinery by various writers. In some cases the opinions expressed differ slightly as to the best practice, each writer describing the methods with which he personally has had most experience or best success.
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This book contains a selection of articles on the subject of hay-making collected from many rare and respected sources. Topics include - The Establishment and Maintenance of Hay Fields, Theory and Practice of Hay Making, Cutting and Curing Hay, and much more. Also includes a wealth of knowledge on preparing the meadow for the crop, time of mowing, and stacking.
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This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular installment, "Products of Goat Farming - With Information on Milk, Butter, Cheese, Meat and Skins" contains information on meat, butter, milk and more. It is intended...
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NPR was created in 1970, three years after Congress passed the Public Broadcasting Act and established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Signing the act into law, President Lyndon B. Johnson said, We in America have an appetite for excellence . . . we want most of all to enrich man's spirit. Today NPR produces and distributes programming that reaches more than 26 million listeners weekly. More than 900 stations nationwide broadcast NPR programming....
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This audiobook is the first to examine the history of imaginative thinking about intelligent machines. As real Artificial Intelligence (AI) begins to touch on all aspects of our lives, this long narrative history shapes how the technology is developed, deployed, and regulated. It is therefore a crucial social and ethical issue.
Part I of this audiobook provides a historical overview from ancient Greece to the start of modernity. These chapters explore...
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Nineteen leading literary writers from around the globe offer timely, haunting first-person reflections on how climate change has altered their lives
In this riveting anthology, leading literary writers reflect on how climate change has altered their lives, revealing the personal and haunting consequences of this global threat.
In the opening essay, National Book Award finalist Lydia Millet mourns the end of the Saguaro cacti in her Arizona backyard...
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Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts, and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate curiosity about our world and ourselves.
In the title story,...
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This report argues that development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society more readily tackle such challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change. Drawing from a wealth of research that suggests ways of diagnosing and solving the psychological and social constraints to development, the...
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Since 1996, the Teenage Diaries series has given tape recorders to young people around the country. They conduct interviews, keep audio journals, and record the sounds of daily life-usually collecting more than 30 hours of raw tape over the course of a year, edited into documentaries airing on NPR's All Things Considered. Whether it's the story of Amanda, a gay teen trying to understand her sexuality, or the story of Juan, who crossed the Rio Grande...
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From the competitive spirit ignited by Sputnik to the tragedies and triumphs of the Apollo missions, from the technological leap forward created by the Space Shuttle to the global cooperation forged by the International Space Station and beyond, NPR examines the inspirational story of modern space exploration and the extraordinary individuals who made it possible. Featuring in-depth profiles of landmark missions, along with interviews and commentary...
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From making faster, better decisions to automating rote work to enabling robots to respond to emotions, AI and machine learning are already reshaping business and society. What should you and your company be doing today to ensure that you're poised for success and keeping up with your competitors in the age of AI?
Artificial Intelligence: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review brings you today's most essential thinking on AI and explains...
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NPR explores the issues, struggles, and triumphs of the American women's movement, from early pioneers to modern groundbreakers and leaders of today who fight to preserve hard-won rights. Profiles of Victoria Woodhull, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony provide insights into the origins of the movement, while reflections from Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Geraldine Ferraro, and others reveal the passion and dedication required...
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This book is the first of its kind to examine the role of great powers in the international politics of climate change. It develops a novel analytical framework for studying environmental power in international relations, what counts as a great power in the environmental field, and what their special environmental responsibilities are. In doing so, the book connects International Relations (IR) debates on power inequality, great powers and great power...
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At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, time stood still throughout the world, as thousands converged on the Kennedy Space Center and millions tuned in on live television. At that instant, the first rumbles began to shake the ground, as a small spacecraft attached to the giant Saturn V rocket several hundred feet tall started lifting off. Quickly being propelled several thousand miles per hour, it takes just a few minutes to reach a speed of 15,000 miles per...
20) Future Morality
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The world is changing so fast that it's hard to know how to think about what we ought to do. We barely have time to reflect on how scientific advances will affect our lives before they're upon us. New kinds of dilemma are springing up. Can robots be held responsible for their actions? Will artificial intelligence be able to predict criminal activity? Is the future gender-fluid? Should we strive to become post-human? Should we use drugs to improve...
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