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  The Secret of Scent - Adventures...

  Luca Turin

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  “A rich sensory trip . . . this indispensable guide to all things smelly is as good as it gets.” —Sunday Telegraph 
   
  One man's passion for perfume leads him to explore one of the most intriguing scientific mysteries: What makes one molecule smell of garlic while another smells of rose? 
   
  In this witty, engrossing, and wildly original volume, author Luca Turin explores the two competing theories of smell. Is scent determined by molecular shape or molecular vibrations? Turin describes in fascinating detail the science, the evidence, and the often contentious debate—from the beginnings of organic chemistry to the present day—and pays homage to the scientists who went before. With its uniquely accessible and captivating approach to science via art, The Secret of Scent will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered about the most mysterious of the five senses. 
   
  PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 
   
  This audiobook is expertly read by John Malone, with audio engineering by Katie Jackson. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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  Deep Learning with Python -...

  Simon Winston

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  Deep learning has revolutionized the field of artificial intelligence, enabling computers to perform complex tasks that were once thought to be exclusive to human intelligence. Python, with its rich ecosystem of libraries and frameworks, has emerged as the language of choice for implementing deep learning algorithms. 
  "Deep Learning with Python: Bridging the Gap for Advanced AI" is a comprehensive guide that takes readers on a journey through the world of deep learning, equipping them with the knowledge and skills necessary to bridge the gap between basic understanding and advanced applications. 
  This book begins with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of deep learning, covering neural networks, deep architectures, and optimization techniques. Readers will explore the building blocks of deep learning with Python, including data preparation and preprocessing, model selection and evaluation, and an in-depth look at popular deep learning libraries and tools like TensorFlow, Keras, and PyTorch. 
  Moving beyond the basics, the book dives into advanced techniques such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for image classification and object detection, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for sequence modeling and language generation, and generative adversarial networks (GANs) for image generation and style transfer. 
  The book also delves into deep learning for natural language processing, covering word embeddings, language modeling, and text classification. It explores transfer learning and deep reinforcement learning, providing insights into how pre-trained models can be leveraged and how deep learning can be applied to solve complex problems in reinforcement learning domains.

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  Systemic - How Racism Is Making...

  Layal Liverpool

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  Layal Liverpool spent years bouncing from doctor to doctor, each one failing to diagnose her dermatological complaint. Just when she'd grown used to the idea that she had an extremely rare and untreatable skin condition, one dermatologist, after a quick exam, told her that she had a classic (and common) case of eczema and explained that it often appears differently on darker skin. Her experience stuck with her, making her wonder whether other medical conditions might be going undiagnosed in darker-skinned people and whether racism could, in fact, make people sick. 
   
   
   
  The pandemic taught us that diseases like Covid disproportionately affect people of color. Here, Liverpool goes a step further to show that this disparity exists for all types of illness and that it is caused by racism. In Systemic, she shares her journey to show how racism, woven into our societies, as well as into the structures of medicine and science, is harmful to our health. Refuting the false belief that there are biological differences between races, she goes on to show that racism-related stress and trauma can however, lead to biological changes that make people of color more vulnerable to illness, debunking the myth of illness as the great equalizer. Liverpool reveals the fatal stereotypes that keep people of color undiagnosed, untreated, and unsafe, and tells us what we can do about it.

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  Minds I've Met - From Denying to...

  Frans de Waal

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  New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal traces the dramatic changes in humanity’s perception of animals over the past half-century. 
  How humans think about animals―and our place among them―has undergone a seismic change. Breaking old scientific taboos and never shying away from controversial topics, renowned primatologist Frans de Waal was at the forefront of this revolution, fighting against claims of human exceptionalism. From de Waal’s early studies in the Netherlands through his five-decade professional career in the United States, Minds I’ve Met follows this radical shift in how science perceives animals. De Waal’s pioneering work challenged the traditional view of animals as living machines and contributed to a new image of animals as intentional agents with minds of their own, capable of remarkable cognitive feats, demonstrating empathy and self-awareness, showing emotions and consciousness. His final published work, Minds I’ve Met celebrates animals’ awe-inspiring abilities and traces the complete turnaround in one of the fiercest scientific debates of our time, bringing humans ever closer to the rest of the animal world and animals closer to us.

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  Homewaters - A Human and Natural...

  David B. Williams

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  Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region's ecological complexities. 
   
   
   
  Focusing on the area south of Port Townsend and between the Cascade and Olympic mountains, Williams uncovers human and natural histories in, on, and around the Sound. In conversations with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, Williams traces how generations of humans have interacted with such species as geoducks, salmon, orcas, rockfish, and herring. He sheds light on how warfare shaped development and how people have moved across this maritime highway, in canoes, the mosquito fleet, and today's ferry system. The book also takes an unflinching look at how the Sound's ecosystems have suffered from human behavior, including pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change.

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  Dreaming the Universe -...

  Ylia Callan

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  What if dreams are more than fleeting visions of the night? What if they are windows into hidden dimensions of the mind, time, and the universe itself? 
   
  Dreaming the Universe – Exploring the Hidden Secrets of Sleep is a journey into the mysteries of the dreamworld - an unseen landscape where science, spirituality, and the subconscious converge. From the forgotten third of our lives spent asleep, to the ancient cultures that revered dreams as gateways to wisdom, this audiobook unveils the extraordinary patterns behind our nightly visions. 
   
  Discover how the architecture of sleep shapes our consciousness, why dreams often mirror waking life, and how symbols and archetypes form a secret language of the inner world. Explore the mysteries of prophetic dreams, déjà vu, lucid dreaming, and the possibility that the universe itself dreams through us. 
   
  Blending neuroscience, psychology, mythology, and metaphysics, this thought-provoking exploration reveals how dreams connect us to deeper layers of reality - sometimes even bending time, guiding synchronicities, and offering glimpses of futures yet to unfold. 
   
  Whether you are a lucid dreamer, a seeker of hidden knowledge, or simply curious about the vast untapped realm within, Dreaming the Universe will open your mind to the profound power of sleep and the dreaming self. 
   
  Step into the night. Enter the dream. And awaken to the universe within.

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