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  Underworld The: Book Summary &...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of The Underworld , by Susan Casey.
   
  It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Susan Casey.
   
  Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
  
   
  The Underworld takes readers on an exhilarating exploration of the mysterious and often dangerous world beneath the surface of the ocean. The book delves into the lives of marine creatures, underwater explorers, and scientists who study the deep sea, shedding light on the wonders and perils of this largely unexplored realm. Through vivid storytelling and scientific insights, it highlights the significance of the ocean's depths in shaping life on Earth.

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  OCN Study Guide 2024-2025 -...

  Shawn Blake

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  The critical mistake that sabotages OCN exam scores (and how you can avoid it). 
  Passing the OCN exam isn’t a matter of memorizing information or knowing everything there is to know. 
    
  It’s about knowing what specifically is covered on the exam itself and having a personalized plan for filling in any knowledge gaps. 
    
  That’s what makes this OCN Exam guide different. Rather than leaving you to figure out how to schedule your study sessions, this book provides a 14-week preparation roadmap along with key concepts to know for each section of the exam. It specifies particular topics you’ll most likely be tested on and even shows you the percentage breakdown of all the questions by each section. 
    
  Inside, you’ll discover: 
   2 full-length exams (330 questions) to practice with, along with detailed answer explanations for each to help you spot any areas of knowledge to focus onA special study “hack” that makes it easier to stay focused and prevent information overloadThe vital pre-practice step that helps you get the most out of any OCN practice test you take (don’t attempt a single practice question until you’ve done this)Detailed profiles of the 18 cancer care symptoms to know about (including etiology, frequency, and treatment options)Which oncological emergencies are you tested on, and important facts to remember for each one 
    
  And much more! 
    
  So whether you’re an experienced oncology nurse or still fairly new to nursing, this guide can not only help you focus on the right topics but also keep you on the path toward earning your certification. 
    
  Dominate the OCN exam and take your career to the next level.

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  The Illusionist Brain - The...

  Jordi Cami, Luis M. Martinez

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  How do magicians make us see the impossible? The Illusionist Brain takes you on an unforgettable journey through the inner workings of the human mind, revealing how magicians achieve their spectacular and seemingly impossible effects by interfering with your cognitive processes. Along the way, this lively and informative book provides a guided tour of modern neuroscience, using magic as a lens for understanding the unconscious and automatic functioning of our brains. 
   
   
   
  We construct reality from the information stored in our memories and received through our senses, and our brains are remarkably adept at tricking us into believing that our experience is continuous. In fact, our minds create our perception of reality by elaborating meanings and continuities from incomplete information, and while this strategy carries clear benefits for survival, it comes with blind spots that magicians know how to exploit. Jordi Camí and Luis Martínez explore the many different ways illusionists manipulate our attention and take advantage of our individual predispositions and fragile memories. 
   
   
   
  The Illusionist Brain draws on the latest findings in neuroscience to explain how magic deceives us, surprises us, and amazes us, and demonstrates how illusionists skillfully "hack" our brains to alter how we perceive things and influence what we imagine.

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  Immortality Inc - The Science...

  Arlo Voss

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  Immortality Inc: The Science and Business of Living Forever delves into humanity's quest to conquer death through science and entrepreneurship. This book explores groundbreaking advancements in technology, such as cellular regeneration and genetic engineering, which aim to reverse aging and extend life indefinitely. Discover how AI innovations are transforming health monitoring, and the roles tech giants and startups play in shaping human longevity. 
   
  The book also tackles ethical dilemmas and economic shifts prompted by the promise of eternal life. It raises questions about societal impacts and how diverse cultures, religions, and legal systems handle the concept of immortality. Through stories of successful human trials and insights from nature’s resilient life forms, readers are invited to question not just how but why we strive for everlasting life. 
   
  Are you ready to reshape your understanding of life's potential length? "Immortality Inc." offers a captivating exploration for scientists, entrepreneurs, and curious minds, promising to alter your perspective on the future of human existence. Embark on this thought-provoking journey into humanity's timeless pursuit of eternal life.

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  Dogopolis - How Dogs and Humans...

  Chris Pearson

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  Dogopolis presents a surprising source for urban innovation in the history of three major cities: human-canine relationships. 
    
  Stroll through any American or European city today and you probably won’t get far before seeing a dog being taken for a walk. It’s expected that these domesticated animals can easily navigate sidewalks, streets, and other foundational elements of our built environment. But what if our cities were actually shaped in response to dogs more than we ever realized? 
   
  Chris Pearson’s Dogopolis boldly and convincingly asserts that human-canine relations were a crucial factor in the formation of modern urban living. Focusing on New York, London, and Paris from the early nineteenth century into the 1930s, Pearson shows that human reactions to dogs significantly remolded them and other contemporary western cities. It’s an unalterable fact that dogs—often filthy, bellicose, and sometimes off-putting—run away, spread rabies, defecate, and breed wherever they like, so as dogs became a more and more common in nineteenth-century middle-class life, cities had to respond to people’s fear of them and revulsion at their least desirable traits. The gradual integration of dogs into city life centered on disgust at dirt, fear of crime and vagrancy, and the promotion of humanitarian sentiments. On the other hand, dogs are some people’s most beloved animal companions, and human compassion and affection for pets and strays were equally powerful forces in shaping urban modernity. Dogopolis details the complex interrelations among emotions, sentiment, and the ways we manifest our feelings toward what we love—showing that together they can actually reshape society.

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  Majestic 12: The History and...

  Editors Charles River

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  When people think about unidentified flying objects (UFOs), they tend to think of flying discs piloted by gray beings with large heads and enormous eyes. They tend to think that these sightings only started relatively recently and that belief in UFOs is some sort of modern religion brought on, perhaps, by the very justifiable fears of a nuclear age. But a study of the phenomenon quickly reveals that people have been seeing UFOs since the beginning of recorded history and perhaps a lot longer than that. 
  	Naturally, as technological advances and the creation of flying aircraft became realities, the sighting of UFOs increased, as did the interest in potential contact with aliens.  Some of the American investigations of UFOs from the 1940s and 1950s were documented, but nothing exemplifies the debate between those who believe that extraterrestrials visit the Earth and skeptics than the top secret papers that emerged in the 1980s and seemed to prove the existence of a shadowy secret organization known as MJ-12 or Majestic 12. To believers, these papers proved beyond a doubt not only that UFOs were real and of extraterrestrial origin, but also that the federal government had been aware of this since the 1940s and had even managed to recover one or more crashed alien spacecrafts. To skeptics, this notion simply proved how gullible UFO believers were. There was no middle ground - people either believed in the MJ-12 papers completely or laughed at them. 
  	Decades later, it’s finally possible to take a more balanced view of the history of the MJ-12 papers, including where these documents originated from and who created them. It now seems virtually certain that there never was an organization called Majestic 12 and that the papers describing it were faked, but what makes the story truly fascinating is that it now also appears likely that these papers were faked by people actually working within the Air Force or another government agency.

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