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  The Year in Tech 2025 - The...

  Harvard Business Review

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  A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place. 
   
   
   
  Generative AI, biometrics, spatial computing, electric vehicles—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid falling victim to disruption? 
   
   
   
  The Year in Tech 2025: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you understand what the latest and most important tech innovations mean for your organization and how you can use them to compete and win in today's turbulent business environment. 
   
   
   
  Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind? 
   
   
   
  Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues—blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more—each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow.

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  High Energy Physics - Exploring...

  Mark Hedges

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  High Energy Physics (HEP), also known as particle physics, is the branch of physics that explores the fundamental building blocks of nature and the forces that govern their interactions. It seeks to answer fundamental questions about the universe, such as the nature of matter, the origins of mass, and the unification of forces. By studying subatomic particles at extremely high energies, physicists gain insights into the fundamental laws of nature, often pushing the boundaries of human knowledge. 
  The origins of high energy physics trace back to the early 20th century with the development of quantum mechanics and special relativity. The discovery of the electron, proton, and neutron laid the foundation for the understanding of atomic structure. However, as experimental techniques improved, scientists found that protons and neutrons were not fundamental particles but were composed of even smaller constituents called quarks. This led to the formulation of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, which describes the known fundamental particles and the forces that act between them. 
  High energy physics relies on particle accelerators, which propel charged particles to nearly the speed of light before colliding them. These high-energy collisions create conditions similar to those present in the early universe, allowing scientists to observe rare and exotic particles. The most famous accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, has been instrumental in discoveries such as the Higgs boson, a particle responsible for giving mass to elementary particles.

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  Ocean Waves - Calming Sound Of...

  Calming Nature Sounds

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  The sound of the ocean: A hammock for the soul. Ocean sounds (without music) for relaxation of both body and mind. 
   
  With this XXL audiobook, experience the ocean like on a starry holiday night. The sound of the ocean - with 480 minutes of ocean sounds, recorded in the bay of Cala Pi (Mallorca), with state-of-the-art recording technology. Gentle to powerful ocean sounds, perfect for use in wellness and meditation, for radio/film/television, or soft background noise. 
   
  Listening to this recording instantly ensures considerable inner peace and can also have a very helpful effect on tinnitus. The feeling of endlessness and the power of the waves have always fascinated mankind. Immerse yourself in a world of limitless relaxation.

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  Bioknowledgy of the Ecuadorian...

  Hyun Jeong Kim, Omar Vacas Cruz,...

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   Medicinal plants  in Ecuador add up to 3118 species, 75% being native, of these, 80 were investigated by the PUCE-KRIBB project, finally 30 species were collected in this publication for being the most promising. We hope that this book contributes to new research on active ingredients that at some point will be used for the preparation of phytopharmaceuticals, for the benefit of society in general.

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  Bend or Break: From Empires to...

  Boyson Sante

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  Why do some societies crumble under pressure while others rise stronger? 
  What can the past teach us about surviving the shocks of the future? 
  And how can humanity adapt in the age of AI? 
  From the fall of empires to the dawn of algorithms, "Bend or Break" reveals the hidden patterns that determine whether societies endure or collapse. Boyson Sante takes readers across centuries of upheaval—wars, migrations, pandemics, financial crashes—to uncover the forces that shape resilience. At the heart of the book lies the Adaptation Equation, a framework showing how accountable institutions, trustworthy information, and shared progress make the difference between renewal and ruin.

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  Relativity and Cosmology -...

  Mark Hedges

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  Relativity is one of the most profound and influential theories in modern physics, fundamentally altering our understanding of space, time, and gravity. Developed by Albert Einstein in the early 20th century, the theory of relativity consists of two main parts: special relativity and general relativity. Special relativity, formulated in 1905, addresses the behavior of objects moving at constant velocity in the absence of gravitational fields, while general relativity, introduced in 1915, extends the principles of special relativity to include the effects of gravity, describing it as a consequence of the curvature of space-time. Together, these theories provide a unified framework for understanding the large-scale structure of the universe, the motion of celestial bodies, and the nature of gravity itself. 
  The foundation of special relativity rests on two key postulates: (1) the laws of physics are the same in all inertial reference frames, and (2) the speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all observers, regardless of their relative motion. These postulates lead to several counterintuitive but experimentally verified consequences, such as time dilation, length contraction, and the relativity of simultaneity. Time dilation implies that a moving clock runs slower relative to a stationary observer, while length contraction means that an object moving at high velocity appears shorter along the direction of motion. The relativity of simultaneity states that two events that are simultaneous in one reference frame may not be simultaneous in another frame moving relative to the first. These effects become significant at velocities approaching the speed of light, where classical mechanics fails to provide accurate predictions.

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