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  The NASA Conspiracies - The...

  Nick Redfern

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  A journalist specializing in conspiracy theories examines the US government’s role in censoring information about the space program and alien lifeforms. 
   
  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration—NASA—was established on July 29, 1958. Ever since that day, NASA has been at the forefront of efforts to explore outer space, resulting in the Apollo missions to the moon, the Skylab space-station, and today’s space shuttle. But behind the open face of NASA, there is a much more mysterious world. NASA has been linked to a wealth of high-level cover-ups, including:Claims that the Apollo moon landings of 1969 to 1972 were faked as part of an effort to demonstrate military and technological superiority over the former Soviet Union.NASA’s role in hiding the truth about the controversial face on Mars—which many believe to be a carved structure, created in the remote past by long-extinct, indigenous Martians.NASA’s deep and longstanding involvement in the famous UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, in the summer of 1947.Deep Throat—like NASA sources that have attempted to blow the lid on NASA’s most guarded secrets concerning the U.S. Government’s interactions with aliens. 
   
  The NASA Conspiracies throws open all the doors that the Space Agency has kept closed for so long.

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  Vera Rubin - A Life

  Jacqueline Mitton, Simon Mitton,...

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  The first biography of a pioneering scientist who made significant contributions to our understanding of dark matter and championed the advancement of women in science.In Vera Rubin: A Life, prolific science writers Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton provide a detailed, accessible overview of Rubin's work, showing how she leveraged immense curiosity, profound intelligence, and novel technologies to help transform our understanding of the cosmos. But Rubin's impact was not limited to her contributions to scientific knowledge. She also helped to transform scientific practice by promoting the careers of women researchers. Not content to be an inspiration, Rubin was a mentor and a champion. She advocated for hiring women faculty, inviting women speakers to major conferences, and honoring women with awards that were historically the exclusive province of men.Rubin's papers and correspondence yield vivid insights into her life and work, as she faced down gender discrimination and met the demands of family and research throughout a long and influential career. Deftly written, with both scientific experts and general readers in mind, Vera Rubin is a portrait of a woman with insatiable curiosity about the universe who never stopped asking questions and encouraging other women to do the same.

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  Astrophysics and the Middle Way

  Vic Mansfield

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  The parallels between science and mysticism are explored as Mansfield, a professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University, speaks of how he as a physicist has been influenced by exposure to eastern philosophical systems, especially Buddhism.

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  The Ward - The Life and Loss of...

  John Lorinc, Michael McClelland,...

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  The story of the growth and destruction of Toronto's first 'priority neighbourhood.'
   
  From the 1840s until the Second World War, waves of newcomers who migrated to Toronto – Irish, Jewish, Italian, African American and Chinese, among others – landed in 'The Ward.' Crammed with rundown housing and immigrant-owned businesses, this area, bordered by College and Queen, University and Yonge streets, was home to bootleggers, Chinese bachelors, workers from the nearby Eaton';s garment factories and hard-working peddlers. But the City considered it a slum, and bulldozed the area in the late 1950s to make way for a new civic square.
   
  The Ward finally tells the diverse stories of this extraordinary and resilient neighbourhood through archival photos and contributions from a wide array of voices, including historians, politicians, architects, story-tellers, journalists and descendants of Ward residents. Their perspectives on playgrounds, tuberculosis, sex workers, newsies and even bathing bring The Ward to life and, in the process, raise important questions about how contemporary cities handle immigration, poverty and the geography of difference.
   
  ‘The Ward shines a light on one of Toronto's most historically significant and most forgotten neighbourhoods. Instead of a straight history, the book's editors opted to present the Ward through multiple short essays, each with its own unique point of view. The result is a fascinating and varied look at an area that once concurrently defined the city and acted as its biggest shame. As a result of the Ward's eventual razing, there are few artifacts left to teach newer generations about this important part of Toronto's history. This book helps correct that.’
   
  – 2016 Toronto Book Awards Jury Citation
   
  '[The Ward] should be of interest to Canadians anywhere, reminding us that we all came from some place else.'
   
  – Michael Enright, CBC Sunday Edition
   
  Contents & Contributors
   
  Introduction – John Lorinc
   
  Searching for the Old Ward – Shawn Micallef
   
  No Place Like Home – Howard Akler
   
  Beforethe Ward: Macauleytown – Stephen A. Otto
   
  My Grandmother the Bootlegger – Howard Moscoe
   
  Against All Odds: The Chinese Laundry – Arlene Chan
   
  VJ Day – Arlene Chan
   
  Merle Foster's Studio: 'A Spot Of Enchantment' – Terry Murray
   
  Missionary Work: The Fight for Jewish Souls – Ellen Scheinberg
   
  King of the Ward – Myer Siemiatycki
   
  Where the Rich Went for Vice – Michael Redhill
   
  A Fresh Start: Black Toronto in the 19th Century – Karolyn Smardz Frost
   
  Policing the Lord’s Day – Mariana Valverde
   
  'The Maniac Chinaman' – Edward Keenan
   
  Elsie's Story – Patte Roseban
   
  Lawren Harris's Ward Period – Jim Burant
   
  'Fool's Paradise': Hastings' Anti-Slum Crusade – John Lorinc
   
  Strange Brew: The Underground Economy of Blind Pigs – Ellen Scheinberg
   
  The Consulate, the Padroni and the Labourers – Andrea Addario
   
  Excerpt: The Italians in Toronto – Emily P. Weaver
   
  Arthur Goss: Documenting Hardship– Stephen Bulger
   
  Fresh Air: The Fight Against TB – Cathy Crowe
   
  The Stone Yard – Gaetan Heroux
   
  William James: Toronto's First Photojournalist – Vincenzo Pietropaolo
   
  The Avenue Not Taken – Michael McClelland
   
  Timothy Eaton’s Stern Fortifications – Michael Valpy
   
  Settling In: Central Neighbourhood House – Ratna Omidvar & Ranjit Bhaskar
   
  Toronto’s Girl with the Curls – Ellen Scheinberg
   
  Chinese Caf̩s: Survival and Danger РEllen Scheinberg & Paul Yee
   
  Defiance and Divisions: The Great Eaton's Strike – Ruth A. Frager
   
  Elizabeth Street: What the City Directories Reveal – Denise Balkissoon
   
  Growing Up on Walton Street – Cynthia MacDougall
   
  Revitalizing George Street: The Ward's Lessons – Alina Chatterjee & Derek Ballantyne
   
  Taking Care of Business in the Ward &ndash Ellen Scheinberg
   
  'A Magnificent Dome': The Great University Avenue Synagogue – Jack Lipinsky
   
  Reading the Ward: The Inevitability of Loss – Kim Storey & James Brown
   
  Toronto’s First Little Italy – John Lorinc
   
  The Elizabeth Street Playground, Revisited – Bruce Kidd
   
  Divided Loyalties – Sandra Shaul
   
  Crowded by Any Measure – John Lorinc
   
  A Peddler and His Cart: TheWard’s Rag Trade – Deena Nathanson
   
  Toronto's Original Tenement: Wineberg Apartments – Richard Dennis
   
  Excerpt: Tom Thomson's Diary – Tom Thomson
   
  An Untimely Death – Brian Banks
   
  Paper Pushers – Ellen Scheinberg 
   
  The BMR's Wake-Up Call – Laurie Monsebraaten
   
  Excerpt: Report of the Medical Health Officer … – Charles J. Hastings
   
  Dr. Clarke's Clinic – Thelma Wheatley
   
  Slum-Free: The Suburban Ideal – Richard Harris
   
  The Glionna Clan and Toronto's First Little Italy – John E. Zucchi
   
  'The Hipp' – Michael Posner
   
  Before Yorkville– John Lorinc
   
  Sex Work and the Ward’s Bachelor Society – Elise Chenier
   
  Public Baths: Schvitzing on Centre Avenue – Ellen Scheinberg
   
  The Health Advocates: McKeown on Hastings – John Lorinc
   
  Remembering Toronto's First Chinatown – Kristyn Wong-Tam
   
  Tabula Rasa – Mark Kingwell
   
  Unrealized Renewal  – J. David Hulchanski
   
  A Short History of the 'Civic Square' Expropriation – John Lorinc
   
  Storytelling is Part of the Story – Tatum Taylor
   
  How We Think About What (Little) Survives – Patrick Cummins
   
  Institutional Memory – Scott James & Victor Russell
   
  Alternative Histories – MichaelMcClelland

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  Data Visualization Guide - Clear...

  Alex Campbell

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  Have you ever wondered how you can work with large volumes of data sets? 
  Do you ever think about how you can use these data sets to identify hidden patterns and make an informed decision? 
  Do you know where you can collect this information? 
  Have you ever questioned what you can do with incomplete or incorrect data sets? 
  If you said yes to any of these questions, then you have come to the right place. 
  Most businesses collect information from various sources. This information can be in different formats and needs to be collected, processed, and improved upon if you want to interpret it. You can use various data mining tools to source the information from different places. These tools can also help with the cleaning and processing techniques. 
  You can use this information to make informed decisions and improve the efficiency and methods in your business. Every business needs to find a way to interpret and analyze large data sets. To do this, you will need to learn more about the different libraries and functions used to improve data sets. Since most data professionals use Python as the base programming language to develop models, this book uses some common libraries and functions from Python to give you a brief introduction to the language. 
  If you are a budding analyst or want to freshen up on your concepts, this book is for you. It has all the basic information you need to help you become a data analyst or scientist.

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  Summary of Florence Williams’s...

  Falcon Press

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  Summary of Florence Williams’s The Nature Fix explores emerging scientific research into how outdoor excursions benefit the brain and body. Although Romantic and Transcendentalist writers in the nineteenth century extolled the virtues of spending time in nature, scientists and psychologists in most countries failed to study the subject until the late 1990s and early 2000s…

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