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  Paging God - Religion in the...

  Wendy Cadge

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  While the modern science of medicine often seems nothing short of miraculous, religion still plays an important role in the past and present of many hospitals. When three-quarters of Americans believe that God can cure people who have been given little or no chance of survival by their doctors, how do today’s technologically sophisticated health care organizations address spirituality and faith? 
    
  Through a combination of interviews with nurses, doctors, and chaplains across the United States and close observation of their daily routines, Wendy Cadge takes readers inside major academic medical institutions to explore how today’s doctors and hospitals address prayer and other forms of religion and spirituality. From chapels to intensive care units to the morgue, hospital caregivers speak directly in these pages about how religion is part of their daily work in visible and invisible ways. In Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine, Cadge shifts attention away from the ongoing controversy about whether faith and spirituality should play a role in health care and back to the many ways that these powerful forces already function in healthcare today.

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  Stargazing: Beginner’s guide to...

  Royal Observatory Greenwich,...

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  An ideal introduction for beginner and seasoned stargazers alike from the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. 
  Astronomy expert Tom Kerss offers complete advice from the ground up, introducing the world of telescopes, planets, stars, dark skies and celestial maps, explaining the best ways to plan your stargazing experience and the key things to look out for on specific dates throughout the year. 
  Bridging the gap between human curiosity and the need for scientific expertise, Stargazing allows a complete novice to understand our place in the cosmos and enjoy the beautiful and extraordinary wonders of the night sky. 
  The accompanying short further resources booklet allows you to follow the star charts explanations on the audiobook. This booklet is also available from http://collins.co.uk/stargazing-booklet

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  Ultimate Rust for Systems...

  Mahmoud Harmouch

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  Building Tomorrow's Systems Today the Rust Way
  Key Features
  -  Learn how to use Rust libraries effectively for various applications and projects.
  -  Go from basics to advanced system-building skills for stronger and reliable outcomes.
  -  Secure your Rust applications confidently with expert tips for enhanced protection.
  
  Book Description
  This book is your guide to mastering Rust programming; equipping you with essential skills and insights for efficient system programming. It starts by introducing Rust's significance in the system programming domain and highlighting its advantages over traditional languages like C/C++. You'll then embark on a practical journey; setting up Rust on various platforms and configuring the development environment. From writing your first "Hello; World!" program to harness the power of Rust's package manager; Cargo; the book ensures a smooth initiation into the language.
  Delving deeper; the book covers foundational concepts; including variables; data types; control flow; functions; closures; and crucial memory management aspects like ownership; borrowing; and lifetimes. Special attention is given to Rust's strict memory safety guarantees; guiding you in writing secure code with the assistance of the borrow checker.
  The book extends its reach to Rust collections; error-handling techniques; and the complexities of concurrency management. From threads and synchronization primitives like Mutex and RwLock to asynchronous programming with async/await and the Tokio library; you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of Rust's capabilities. This book covers it all.
  What you will learn
  -  Learn how to set up the Rust environment effortlessly; ensuring a streamlined development process.
  -  Explore advanced concepts in Rust; including traits; generics; and various collection types; expanding your programming expertise.
  -  Master effective error-handling techniques; empowering you to create custom error types for enhanced code robustness.
  -  Tackle the complexities of memory management; and smart pointers; and delve into the complexities of concurrency in Rust.
  -  Gain hands-on experience by building command-line utilities; sharpening your practical skills in real-world scenarios.
  -  Master the use of iterators and closures; ensuring code reliability through comprehensive unit testing practices.
  
  Who is this book for?
  This book is tailored for aspiring programmers; software developers; system engineers; and computer scientists looking to dive into system programming with Rust. It caters to a broad spectrum of individuals and professionals interested in leveraging Rust's power to build robust and efficient applications. While no prior experience with Rust is necessary; a basic understanding of programming concepts and familiarity with at least one programming language would be beneficial.
  
  Table of Contents
  1. Systems Programming with Rust
  2. Basics of Rust
  3. Traits and Generics
  4. Rust Built-In Data Structures
  5. Error Handling and Recovery
  6. Memory Management and Pointers
  7. Managing Concurrency
  8. Command Line Programs
  9. Working with Devices I/O in Rust
  10. Iterators and Closures
  11. Unit Testing in Rust
  12. Network Programming
  13. Unsafe Coding in Rust
  14. Asynchronous Programming
  15. Web Assembly with Rust      
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  The Story Within - Personal...

  Amy Boesky

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  “A compelling collection of essays that address the experiences of many who have genetically based illnesses.” —Library Journal 
   
  The contributors to The Story Within share powerful experiences of living with genetic disorders. Their stories illustrate the complexities involved in making decisions about genetic diseases: whether to be tested, who to tell, whether to have children, and whether and how to treat children medically, if treatment is available. More broadly, they consider how genetic information shapes the ways we see ourselves, the world, and our actions within it. 
   
  People affected by genetic disease respond to such choices in varied ways. These writers reflect that breadth of response, yet they share the desire to challenge a restricted sense of what “health” is or whose life has value. They write hoping to expand conversations about genetics and identity—to deepen debate and generate questions. They or their families are affected by Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, genetic deafness or blindness, schizophrenia, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, fragile X, or Fanconi anemia. All of their stories remind us that genetic health is complicated, dynamic, and above all, deeply personal. 
   
  Contributors include: Misha Angrist, Amy Boesky, Kelly Cupo, Michael Downing, Clare Dunsford, Mara Faulkner, Christine Kehl O’Hagan, Charlie Pierce, Kate Preskenis, Emily Rapp, Jennifer Rosner, Joanna Rudnick, Anabel Stenzel, Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, Laurie Strongin, Patrick Tracey, Alice Wexler

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  On Rumours - How Falsehoods...

  Cass R. Sunstein

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  Rumours are as old as human history, but with the rise of the internet, it's now possible to spread stories about anyone, anywhere, instantly.In the 2008 US election, many Americans believed Barack Obama was a Muslim. The conspiracy theory book 9/11: The Big Lie has become a best seller. Hearsay has fuelled economic boom and bust — so much so that in many places it's now a crime to circulate false rumours about banks. Why do ordinary people accept rumours, even untrue, bizarre or damaging ones? Does it matter? And, if so, what should we do about it?As Cass Sunstein shows in his brilliant analysis of the phenomenon, there are many different ways in which rumours are dispersed. He reveals how some people have pre-existing prejudices that make them particularly susceptible to certain falsehoods but also why all of us (even the most sceptical) have a tipping point at which we will come to accept a rumour as true. He looks at why some groups, even different nations, believe different things (for example, many Germans think that drinking water after eating cherries is deadly), and he shows why some rumours spread faster than others. Even if we don't realize it, the most open-minded among us are subject to extraordinary biases.This groundbreaking audiobook will make us think harder about the information we are given and could help us move towards a more open-minded and fair culture.

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  Small Data Big Disruptions - How...

  Martin Schwirn

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  A method to find and connect the small data clues that show what the future’s big picture will look like. “Strategy decisions are like playing high-stakes blackjack, and scanning is the technique for counting cards. Martin Schwirn isn’t a pro gambler, but an expert in scanning.” —Bill Ralston, cofounder of Strategic Business Insights and author of Scenario Planning Handbook An organization’s future success depends on their decision makers’ ability to anticipate changes and disruptions in the marketplace. But how do you get information about tomorrow today? How can your decisions today account for tomorrow’s uncertainties? Small Data, Big Disruptions presents a tool kit to foresee coming changes: Understand why big data will not help you with understanding tomorrow’s disruptions. The future starts with small data—first.Learn the proven 4-step process to capture small data that help envision the future. See examples of how the process anticipated major disruptions.Implement the process in your organization and learn how to initiate meaningful actions. Small Data, Big Disruptions provides the information you need to anticipate the future, understand tomorrow’s market dynamics, and make the necessary decisions to meet the future on your terms. Small Data, Big Disruptions lets you exploit the period between the moment you could know about emerging disruptions and the moment most everybody will know about it. It’s the difference between being ahead of the curve and struggling to catch up.

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