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  Collected Writings of Edward...

  Edward Leedskalnin

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  The Collected Writings of Edward Leedskalnin is a compilation of two of Leedskalnin's works, Magnetic Current and A Book in Every Home. This eccentric sculptor and amateur scientist devoted most of his life to creating a large complex of megalithic stones that he quarried and carved himself. Edward Leedskalnin was born in Latvia in 1887. Although he only received formal education up to the fourth grade, he was very inquisitive and spent a large part of his youth reading. He was said to be a sickly boy and grew into a small man-reportedly measuring just 5 feet tall and weighing 100 lbs. At age 26, he was engaged to marry a 16-year-old girl named Agnes Skuvst, but the wedding was called off. Accounts differ, some claiming the wedding was canceled the day before it was scheduled and others saying that Leedskalnin was jilted at the altar. Regardless, he was heartbroken and shortly after emigrated to America. After reaching New York in 1912, he continued on to Oregon where he worked for an ax-handle manufacturer. By 1923, he had contracted tuberculosis. The illness prompted him to move to a warmer climate for his health. He chose Florida, where he purchased an undeveloped acre of land in Florida City. It was on this modest plot that he began Rock Gate (later renamed Coral Castle). This ambitious project involved extracting enormous pieces of oolite stone from his land, moving them into position, and carving them-entirely alone. The pieces include sculptures and carved stone furniture, as well as a two-story tower that served as his living quarters. The project was devoted to his "Sweet Sixteen," the woman who had rejected him many years earlier.Due to the scale of the project, some have dubbed it "Florida's Stonehenge." While it's unclear how Leedskalnin was able to complete it, it is all the more impressive considering his small stature and questionable health. When he wasn't hewing or carving stone, Leedskalnin was also conducting experiments and writing.

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  Quantum Mechanics – explained...

  Orhan Schoewe

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  Quantum Mechanics – Explained Simply 
  How the Invisible World Shapes Our Reality 
  An Audiobook by Orhan Schöwe 
  Quantum mechanics is not secret knowledge reserved for physicists — it is the foundation of the modern world. 
  Yet the moment we enter the realm of the very small, our familiar understanding of reality begins to dissolve. Particles behave like waves. States exist simultaneously. Observation changes what is observed. And everywhere, a principle emerges that challenges classical order: probability. 
  This audiobook gently and clearly guides you, step by step, into a world that affects us all — whether we can see it or not. 
  You will discover:how Planck, Einstein, and Schrödinger reimagined the laws of naturewhy an electron is never simply “there”what superposition and entanglement truly meanwhy Heisenberg’s uncertainty is not a limitation, but a possibilityhow lasers, computers, and modern technologies are rooted in quantum principlesand why quantum mechanics forces us to rethink what reality actually is 
  Without mathematical barriers or unnecessary complexity — but with respect for depth — Orhan Schöwe leads you through the key experiments, ideas, and philosophical questions of the quantum world. Accessible, precise, and quietly poetic. 
  For everyone who wants to truly understand physics. 
  For everyone who wants to experience wonder. 
  For everyone who wants to know how the invisible order of the world works. 
  Enter a science that does more than explain how the universe is structured at its core — 
  it reveals how much mystery is present in every single moment of our lives.

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  Plastics: Just a Load of...

  Alicia Chrysostomou

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  A decade to save the planet. 
  That's the current call to arms. Targets are set, governments vow to do their bit and on a societal level we are encouraged to do ours by choosing to forego all things plastic. The question is whether this is the right decision or are we inadvertently at risk of doing more harm than good? Are there other factors in play needing equal consideration? 
  The book will follow the story of plastic, and to an extent rubber (known collectively as polymers), and all with an eye to the overarching theme of the environment. It will ask some challenging questions but also sets out to inform. It begins by building a picture. Just what exactly is a plastic, how did it gain such a dominant role in our lives? Are recent denouncements fully justified? 
  By better understanding plastics, a clearer opinion can be formed of their usefulness and their potential to alleviate serious environmental concerns.

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  Identity Security for Software...

  Matt Barker, Uzi Ailon, John Walsh

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  Maintaining secrets, credentials, and machine identities in secure ways is an important, though often overlooked, aspect of secure software development. DevOps security often addresses vulnerabilities, but it neglects broader discussions like authentication, authorization, and access control, potentially leaving the door open for breaches. That's where an identity security strategy integrated in your code, infrastructure, and environments from day one can help. 
   
   
   
  In this practical book, authors John Walsh, Uzi Ailon, and Matt Barker provide conceptual frameworks, technology overviews, and useful code snippets to bridge the gap between development, IT, and security to integrate robust identity security across apps, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes and cloud native, hybrid and multicloud, process automation, IoT, and more. You'll learn: 
   
   
   
  ● What developers need to know about managing secrets and identity to build safer apps 
   
   
   
  ● What machine identities, secrets, and credentials are—and how to secure them 
   
   
   
  ● How to secure the software supply chain to build safer apps 
   
   
   
  ● How identity security fits into modern software development practices

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  The Youngest Science - Notes of...

  Lewis Thomas

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  In this partially autobiographical work, best-selling author Lewis Thomas offers insights on subjects as wide-ranging as gender differences, how it feels to be a patient, human vs. computer intelligence, the future of cancer research, and the longevity of the planet-interspersing all with charming anecdotes about his family, his colleagues and himself.

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  How to Lose the Hounds - Maroon...

  Celeste Winston

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  In How to Lose the Hounds Celeste Winston explores marronage—the practice of flight from and placemaking beyond slavery—as a guide to police abolition. She examines historically Black maroon communities in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, that have been subjected to violent excesses of police power from slavery until the present day. Tracing the long and ongoing historical geography of Black freedom struggles in the face of anti-Black police violence in these communities, Winston shows how marronage provides critical lessons for reimagining public safety and community well-being. These freedom struggles take place in what Winston calls maroon geographies—sites of flight from slavery and the spaces of freedom produced in multigenerational Black communities. Maroon geographies constitute part of a Black placemaking tradition that asserts life-affirming forms of community. Winston contends that maroon geographies operate as a central method of Black flight, holding ground, and constructing places of freedom in ways that imagine and plan a world beyond policing.

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