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  Pseudoscience - A Very Short...

  Michael D. Gordin

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  Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience," typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements—both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides—there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation. 
   
   
   
  Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. This book argues that by understanding doctrines that are often seen as antithetical to science, we can learn a great deal about how science operated in the past and does today. This exploration raises several questions: How is the status of science shaped by political or cultural contexts? How does pseudoscience differ from scientific fraud? 
   
   
   
  Michael D. Gordin both answers these questions and guides listeners along a bewildering array of marginalized doctrines, looking at parapsychology (ESP), Lysenkoism, scientific racism, and alchemy, among others, to better understand the struggle to define what science is and is not. Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction provides a historical tour through many of these fringe fields in order to provide tools to think deeply about scientific controversies.

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  Ultimate Big Data Analytics with...

  Simhadri Govindappa

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  Master the Hadoop Ecosystem and Build Scalable Analytics Systems
  Book Description
  In a rapidly evolving Big Data job market projected to grow by 28% through 2026 and with salaries reaching up to $150, 00 annually—mastering big data analytics with the Hadoop ecosystem is most sought after for career advancement. The Ultimate Big Data Analytics with Apache Hadoop is an indispensable companion offering in-depth knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in today's data-driven landscape. 
  The book begins laying a strong foundation with an overview of data lakes, data warehouses, and related concepts. It then delves into core Hadoop components such as HDFS, YARN, MapReduce, and Apache Tez, offering a blend of theory and practical exercises. 
  You will gain hands-on experience with query engines like Apache Hive and Apache Spark, as well as file and table formats such as ORC, Parquet, Avro, Iceberg, Hudi, and Delta. Detailed instructions on installing and configuring clusters with Docker are included, along with big data visualization and statistical analysis using Python. 
  Given the growing importance of scalable data pipelines, this book equips data engineers, analysts, and big data professionals with practical skills to set up, manage, and optimize data pipelines, and to apply machine learning techniques effectively. 
  Table of Contents
  
  1. Introduction to Hadoop and ASF
  2. Overview of Big Data Analytics
  3. Hadoop and YARN MapReduce and Tez
  4. Distributed Query Engines: Apache Hive
  5. Distributed Query Engines: Apache Spark
  6. File Formats and Table Formats (Apache Ice-berg, Hudi, and Delta)
  7. Python and the Hadoop Ecosystem for Big Data Analytics - BI
  8. Data Science and Machine Learning with Hadoop Ecosystem
  9. Introduction to Cloud Computing and Other Apache Projects  
  Index

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  Technologies of Human Rights...

  James Dawes, Alexandra S. Moore

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  The speed of technological development, from cell phones to artificial intelligence, opens up exciting new opportunities for promoting human flourishing. It also raises grave risks, threatening not only personal privacy and dignity but also our collective survival. Technologies of Human Rights Representation brings together three fields of research critical to securing our future: changing technologies, human rights, and representation. For each of these fields, this book asks key questions: How can we open the black box of technological advances so that we can more fully understand their effects upon our lives? What can we do to make sure that these effects align with the values of human rights? And how does the way we talk about technology and rights—from military reports and corporate marketing to human rights reports and poetry—amplify or diminish our capacity both to understand and to control what happens next? Contributors from anthropology, communications, criminology, global studies, law, literary and cultural studies, and women and gender studies bring diverse methodological approaches to these crucial questions.

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  GRE Secrets Uncovered for...

  Dexin Merriweather

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  GRE Secrets Uncovered for Effortless Success 
  ⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
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  Looking for a thorough guide that has all the essential tools to excel in the GRE? 
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  This guide acts as your ultimate resource for enhancing your comprehension, applying your skills, and engaging in practical exercises. With this, you’re set up for success. 
  Updated for the GRE 2025 Exam Structure. 
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  Our guide stands out due to its extensive coverage, vital for your exam triumph. Concepts are explored with precision rather than being superficially addressed. 
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  Why We Haven't Found Aliens Yet...

  John Harpoon

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  The question of why we have yet to discover extraterrestrial life remains one of the most profound mysteries in science. Despite decades of research, powerful telescopes, and countless efforts to detect signals from distant worlds, the universe has remained eerily silent. This paradox has led scientists and thinkers to develop a range of theories that attempt to explain why humanity appears to be alone in the cosmos.  
  One of the most well-known ideas is the Fermi Paradox, which questions why, given the vastness of the universe and the high probability of other life forms, we have yet to encounter any signs of intelligent beings. The paradox highlights a troubling disconnect between the presumed abundance of alien civilizations and our complete lack of evidence for their existence. This has spurred a wave of speculation, ranging from the possibility that advanced civilizations self-destruct before they can communicate, to the unsettling notion that extraterrestrials deliberately avoid contact with less advanced species.   
  Technological limitations may also play a role in this silence. While humanity has made significant strides in space exploration and communication technologies, our methods may be inadequate for detecting extraterrestrial signals. The vastness of space presents enormous challenges, with signals potentially becoming too weak or distorted to identify by the time they reach Earth. Furthermore, the technology alien civilizations may use to communicate could be entirely different from our own, rendering our search methods ineffective. 

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  Rethinking Intelligence - A...

  Rina Bliss

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  A genetics expert and professor challenges our understanding of intelligence, explaining what it truly means to be “smart,” why conventional assessments are misleading, and what everyone can do to optimize their potential. 
  Growing up in middle-class suburban Los Angeles in the 1980s, Rina Bliss saw intelligence as her ticket out. Like height and stature, intelligence was said to run in families. The prevailing idea was that mental capacity was determined by our DNA and could be measured; a simple IQ test could predict a child’s future. 
  Yet, once Dr. Bliss looked closer, first as a student, then as a scientist, and later as a mom of identical twins who share a genome, she began to challenge conventional wisdom about innate intelligence. In Rethinking Intelligence, she shares her findings, drawing on cutting-edge scientific research to offer a new model for how we understand, define, and assess intelligence, using a measurement that is far more flexible and expansive. 
  Intelligence has little to do with standardized test results or other conventional measures of intellect, Dr. Bliss argues. Intelligence is a process, a journey defined by change that cannot be scored or taken away. Intelligence is influenced by our surroundings in ways that are often overlooked—more than Baby Mozart or flash cards or superfoods, factors like stress, connection, and play actually sculpt young minds. 
  In Rethinking Intelligence, Dr. Bliss shares insights from the burgeoning science of epigenetics to help us harness our environments to empower our minds. If we truly want to nurture potential, we must eliminate toxic stress so that our genes can work optimally, in harmony with our environment. Dr. Bliss offers successful strategies we can use as individuals and a society, including embracing a growth mindset, prioritizing connection, becoming more mindful, and reforming systemic issues—poverty, racism, the lack of quality early childhood education—that have a negative and lasting neurobiological impact. 
  Joining acclaimed works by Carol Dweck, Amy Cuddy, and James Clear, Rethinking Intelligence reframes human behavior and intellect, offering a new perspective for understanding ourselves and our children, and the practical tools necessary to thrive.

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