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  Selenology - The Study of the...

  Mike Crawford

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  The Moon has captivated human curiosity for millennia, and its origin remains one of the most intriguing questions in planetary science. Various theories have been proposed to explain how Earth’s only natural satellite came into existence, each offering insights into the early history of the solar system. Through extensive research and lunar sample analysis, scientists have narrowed down the most plausible explanations, with the Giant Impact Hypothesis standing as the leading theory. 
  One of the earliest theories, the Fission Hypothesis, suggested that the Moon was once part of Earth and was flung into space due to the planet’s rapid rotation. This idea, proposed in the 19th century, attempted to explain similarities in composition between the Earth and Moon, but it failed to account for the Moon’s distinct isotopic ratios and angular momentum. Similarly, the Capture Hypothesis posited that the Moon was an independent celestial body that Earth’s gravity later captured. While this could explain some differences in composition, it does not align with the Moon’s nearly circular orbit or its close chemical resemblance to Earth’s mantle. The Co-formation Hypothesis, which argues that Earth and the Moon formed together from the same primordial disk of dust and gas, also struggles to explain the Moon’s unique density and lack of a substantial iron core.

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  How to create a REST API with...

  Ashlan Chidester

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  Want to build a blazing-fast REST API with Spring Boot? Start by using Spring Initializr to generate your project, then define your endpoints with @RestController, and test everything instantly with Postman.

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  Touchpad Play Ver 20 Class 5

  Team Orange

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  Computer Science Textbook | Windows 10 & MS Office 2016
  
  KEY FEATURES 
  - National Education Policy 2020
  - Tech Funda: This section provides a practical information or tip to the students.
  - Clickipedia: This section provides interesting computer facts. 
  - Hands-On: This section contains an activity for Home assignment.
  - QR Code: Scan the QR Code given on the first page of each chapter to start chapter animation.
  - Project Work: This is an assessment to challenge the students to apply the concepts learnt.
  - Digital Resources
  
  DESCRIPTION 
  In the modern era, we are dependent on technology for almost every aspect of our lives. Computers are a major part of this technology assisted life, as we have now developed ways to do most of the essential tasks on a computer. Computer science is no longer limited to theories and lectures, it has now become an important part of our lives. 
  
  Touchpad PLAY (Version 2.0) series, based on Windows 10 and MS Office 2016, is designed carefully keeping in mind the overall growth of the children. The simple and step-by-step approach used in this book makes the content very easy to understand for the students. 
  
  
  The students will face a global competition once they step out of the school so they should be updated with the latest technologies which holds a promising future in the times to come. The best way to learn is, to do it through fun filled activities. To make content interesting through the course of the book, we have included key features like Student Corner, Tech Funda, Clickipedia, Comp Caution, Exercise, In The Lab (Subject Enrichment), Teacher’s Corner, Worksheet, Test Sheet, Project Work, Explore More, Keyboard Shortcuts and Glossary. 
  
  Sample questions of Orange Global Olympiad (Cyber) have been included to promote awareness about the national level competition. 
  
  These features will ensure better learning, assessment, evaluation and enable children to take their knowledge beyond the classroom. 
  
  
  We hope that the book enables the children to learn the concepts with not only the purpose of gaining knowledge but also to be able to find its applications. We look forward to any suggestions for improving the book.
  
  WHAT WILL YOU LEARN 
  You will learn about:
  - Fundamentals of computers
  - ICT Tools 
  - Features of Computer
  - Parts and Uses of Computer
  - Tux Paint
  
  WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR 
  Grade 5 
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  1. Evolution of Computers
  2. Working with Windows 10
  3. Page Formatting and Mail Merge in Word 2016
  4. Enhancing a Presentation
  5. Introduction to Excel 2016
  6. Editing in Excel 2016
  7. Internet and E-Mail
  8. Creating Shapes in Scratch
  9. Creating a Game in Scratch
  The AI Corner! 
  Periodic Assessment 4
  Test Sheet 2
  Project Work 
  Explore More (Word 2019)
  Keyboard Shortcuts (Word 2016)
  OGO Cyber Sample Questions
  Glossary

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  Men From The West - Battle For...

  Anonymous

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  Audiobook Description  
  The sky came down like a knife and took everything Jack Steele loved. 
  Jack is a man of the West  steady, hard-handed, and honest. When the Black Sky opens and ships pour fire on his town, Jack’s quiet life is ripped apart. His wife Emily is taken. His son is gone. The town is ash and smoke. What remains are people who must learn to fight. 
  This audiobook is a fast, hard ride. Expect non-stop action raids at dawn, desperate night escapes, small teams sneaking into alien strongholds, and big set-piece fights where bullets and courage meet strange, unstoppable weapons. You’ll meet tough allies (Lila, Mateo, Sheriff Cole, Mayor Evelyn Harper) and enemies who think like machines. You’ll see rescue missions that cost everything, plans hatched in smoky rooms, and the price of hope when hope looks foolish. 
  Simple language, sharp scenes, and steady emotion drive the pages. You’ll feel the dust in Jack’s boots, the heat of the alien beams, and the cost of each choice. This is not a clean war  it is ugly, brave, and human. 
  What to expect  gritty Western grit fused with hard sci-fi threat; fierce small-group tactics; emotional losses that shape the fight; a slow, terrible enemy plan that will force Jack and the survivors to change the rules of war. 
  Coming: audiobook Two of the Black Sky War  coming Winter. 
  If you loved the first battle, ready your pack. The war climbs higher. The choices get darker. The dawn will be earned.

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  Reaching the Moon: The History...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Apollo Program is the most famous and celebrated in American history, but the first successful landing of men on the Moon during Apollo 11 had complicated roots dating back over a decade, and it also involved one of NASA’s most infamous tragedies. From 1959-1963, the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program, but Eisenhower’s administration was already designing plans for the Apollo program by 1960, a year before the first Russian orbited the Earth and two years before John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 
  At the same time, America would begin missions to the Moon as early as 1958. On March 27, 1958, Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy announced a lunar project for the International Geophysical Year, consisting of three Air Force launches followed by two Army launches of a JPL-designed lunar probe. ARPA directed the Air Force to launch its probes "as soon as possible consistent with the requirement that a minimal amount of useful data concerning the Moon be obtained." 
  Throughout the 1960s, NASA would spend tens of billions on missions to the Moon, the most expensive peacetime program in American history to that point, and Apollo was only made possible by the tests conducted through earlier missions, including the historic Ranger Program. Conceived as an early part of the attempt to land a man on the Moon, Ranger was designed to photograph the lunar surface in preparation for future landings. Until Ranger, images of the Moon were only available through Earth-based telescopes, which lacked the detail necessary to determine safe sites for landing a spacecraft. Ranger aimed to fill in that gap of knowledge, and like many of NASA’s missions during the 1960s, the program exemplified both the successes and the failures of the agency’s early years.

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  Empower Your Nonprofit - Simple...

  Amy Neumann

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  Empower Your Nonprofit is a comprehensive, accessible, and highly practical guide to harnessing the power of emerging AI technologies in the nonprofit sector. This book delivers strategic research, tools, case studies, and advice to help nonprofits advance their missions through AI, with interviews, outlooks, testimonials, and quotes from nonprofit leaders and influencers in the AI industry delivering key insight to all listeners regardless of technical expertise. 
   
   
   
  Listeners will learn how to practically resolve the top ten most common nonprofit pain points through the utilization of AI, backed by current case studies of AI implementation for core nonprofit functions like fundraising, grants, marketing, and initiative event optimization. In this book, listeners will find information on the nonprofit sector's critical missions, success factors, challenges, and needs of today; AI as a way to automate inefficient internal processes, freeing talent to work on more inspired projects; and tools, tips, and tricks to get started with AI as soon as today. 
   
   
   
  Empower Your Nonprofit earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all nonprofit leaders and involved donors seeking a comprehensive step-by-step guidebook on how this exciting new technology can be leveraged for greater nonprofit success.

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