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  How the World Flows -...

  Albert Folch

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  How the World Flows acts like a microscope that pulls the listener into the barely noticeable, Lilliputian world of fluids at small scales—the microfluidic world—and answers the question "What is microfluidics?" in non-technical language.Microfluidics is the field of science that studies fluids constrained to spaces that are smaller than one millimeter wide, and by extension, the engineering field which builds devices that exploit the unique properties of fluids at these scales. Author Albert Folch explores this micro science which has inspired engineers to build devices such as engines, spray cans, ballpoint pens, inkjet and 3D printers, pregnancy and Covid tests, glucometers, asthma nebulizers, kidney dialysis machines, and DNA analyzers.This book also shows that many processes essential to life on Earth—such as the formation of raindrops, the rise of sap in plants, and the percolation of water through soil—are all microfluidic marvels. It examines how our cells breathe, feed, and fight diseases through small capillaries. Through engaging and digestible stories, Folch takes a lens to this tiny science and demonstrates how big a role microfluidics play in life as we know it.

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  Leapfrog - What It Will Take to...

  Josh Zoffer

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  A Washington and tech insider rings the alarm about America's misguided approach to reindustrialization and calls for a new solution: "leapfrog innovation." 
  The United States once defined the future of technology and manufacturing. Today, we have been leapfrogged by China. Our response has been to pour billions into mature industries where it's too late to lead: EVs instead of AVs, solar instead of advanced nuclear technology. 
  This approach is doomed to fail. The only way to win is to leapfrog back. We need to invent our way to the front of the pack and nurture the technologies of the future that will define the twenty-first century. 
  Josh Zoffer shows how Washington got technology wrong and what it will take to get America on the right track, taking listeners on a tour from the White House to the companies building tomorrow's technologies, including synthetic biology, nuclear fusion, and quantum computing. With illuminating diagnoses and provocative prescriptions for policymakers, businesses, and innovators, Leapfrog makes the urgent case for rediscovering America's techno-industrial dynamism.

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  Gunpowder and the Printing...

  Editors Charles River

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  In addition to the wheelbarrow, the seismograph, the waterwheel, deep drilling, suspension bridges, and ship rudders, among countless other life-changing contraptions, the Chinese developed what were later dubbed the “Four Great Inventions of China.” Two of those were gunpowder and printing, which both spread through South Asia and the Middle East before making it to Europe.  
  For a time, gunpowder was a mere curiosity, but its destructive power and military potential would be realized quickly. The first record of a cannon in Europe comes from a manuscript written in 1326, which has an illustration showing an armored man with what looks like a slow match lighting a vase-shaped object. This crude cannon was called a pot de fer in French and vasi in Italian. While medieval engineers developed new types of cannons and explosives capable of destroying walls and castles, others were making the first handguns possible. European sources first mentioned the widespread use of handgonnes, as they were often called, in the late 14th century, precisely the time when gunpowder became cheaper.  
  	The history of printing was for ancient Asia an advancement in culture and communication, but for Europe in the 15th century, it was much more, plunging the continent into a new paradigm and aligning it for the modern world. Its importance is often overlooked, but the timeliness of the printing machine was equivalent to the invention of alphabets in antiquity and ranks up there with the digital revolution and the introduction of the internet. Put simply, it made the Renaissance possible and led to the modernization of Europe. Based on earlier Asian principles, Johannes Gutenberg’s movable type printing press propelled an industry that led to the education of the West and ultimately removed the tight grip of the Vatican from daily European life. 

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  The meditation The Universe's...

  Max Topoff

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  This meditation will help you to meet your inner child again, to feel his power, tenderness and love.

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  River Notes - Drought and the...

  Wade Davis

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  From bestselling author, long-time former National Geographic Explorer, and anthropologist Wade Davis comes the story of America's Nile: how it once flowed freely and how human intervention has left it near exhaustion, altering the water temperature, volume, local species, and shoreline of the river Theodore Roosevelt once urged us to "leave it as it is." 
   
   
   
  Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world's most regulated river drainage, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucson, and San Diego, and much of the power and water of Los Angeles and Phoenix, cities that are home to more than 25 million people. For the entire American Southwest, the Colorado is indeed the river of life, which makes it all the more tragic and ironic that by the time it approaches its final destination, it has been reduced to a shadow upon the sand, its delta dry and deserted, its flow a toxic trickle seeping into the sea. 
   
   
   
  Yet despite more than a century of human interference, Davis writes, the splendor of the Colorado lives on in the river's remaining wild rapids, quiet pools, and sweeping canyons. The story of the Colorado River is the human quest for progress and its inevitable effects—and an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and foster the rebirth of America's most iconic waterway.

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  The Digital Revolution –...

  M. Weber

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 
  Imagine a wave rolling toward us – it can carry us to unimagined heights or hit us with full force. That is the digital revolution. It is changing our society, our economy, our lives. But who is shaping it? We are. 
   
  This audiobook takes you on a journey through digital transformation – exciting, vivid, with real-life stories. From the beginnings of the internet to the power of AI to the risks of data protection and the digital divide. 
   
  An experienced narrator guides you – factual, captivating, with a focus on opportunities and the responsibility of each individual. 
   
  What awaits you: 
  • The history of the digital revolution – milestones, innovations, pioneers 
  • Opportunities: innovation, education, economic growth 
  • Risks: data protection, security, digital divide, job loss 
  • Artificial intelligence and automation – ethics, work, future 
  • Digital sovereignty, ethics, and personal responsibility 
  • Digital education and lifelong learning 
  • Future visions: 5G, blockchain, AI, sustainability 
   
  For everyone who doesn't just want to experience the digital world, but to understand and shape it. For technology enthusiasts, skeptics, and anyone who knows: The future is digital – and it belongs to us.

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