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  Oil Beach - How Toxic...

  Christina Dunbar-Hester

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  Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade? 
    
  San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s Port. It is also ecologically rich. Built atop a land- and waterscape of vital importance to wildlife, the heavily industrialized Los Angeles Harbor contains estuarial wetlands, the LA River mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. In this compelling interdisciplinary investigation, award-winning author Christina Dunbar-Hester explores the complex relationships among commerce, empire, environment, and the nonhuman life forms of San Pedro Bay over the last fifty years—a period coinciding with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. The LA port complex is not simply a local site, Dunbar-Hester argues, but a node in a network that enables the continued expansion of capitalism, propelling trade as it drives the extraction of natural resources, labor violations, pollution, and other harms. Focusing specifically on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Oil Beach reveals how logistics infrastructure threatens ecologies as it circulates goods and capital—and helps us to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension.

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  Kickstart Quantum Computing and...

  Paras Barwal

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  Unlock tomorrow's tech revolution with quantum computing and communication.
  Book Description
  As quantum computing continues to reshape industries, learning its nuances is crucial for staying ahead in fields like cryptography, computing, and communication. Kickstart Quantum Computing and Communication Fundamentals is an essential guide for anyone eager to explore quantum technology. Designed for readers at all levels, especially academia, it starts with an accessible introduction to quantum computing and communication, explaining key concepts like superposition, entanglement, and measurement.
  The book covers quantum algorithms, including Shor’s and Grover’s algorithms, and dives into quantum circuits, gates, and the technologies behind quantum hardware like superconducting qubits and trapped ions. It also explores secure quantum communication protocols such as quantum key distribution and teleportation, providing hands-on examples with tools like Qiskit.
  Table of Contents
  1. Introduction to Quantum Computing
  2. Quantum Bits, Quantum States, and Quantum Gates
  3. Quantum Circuits and Quantum Algorithms
  4. Quantum Error Detection and Correction
  5. Quantum Hardware and Quantum Complexity Theory
  6. Introduction to Quantum Communication
  7. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
  8. Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Teleportation
  9. Quantum Cryptography and Secure Communication
  10. Quantum Channels, Protocols, and Communication Technologies
  11. Quantum Authentication and Quantum Cryptanalysis in Practice
  12. Ethical-Legal Considerations and Quantum Communication Challenges      
  
  Index

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  COMPTIA NETWORK+ - Simple and...

  Walker Schmidt

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  The CompTIA Network+ certification has become a mainstay staple of the IT world. It is proof that an IT professional is capable of designing, implementing, and configuring functional networks. 
  Despite this, there’s a dreadful lack of quality guides made by people with actual experience on the subject. 
  Do you want to finish the CompTIA Network+ certification without a hitch? 
  Do you want to learn all the knowledge you’ll need to know to maintain, design, and implement your own functional networks? 
  Do you want to understand how to troubleshoot your network problems? 
  Then this is the guide for you! 
  In this 3rd installment of the CompTIA Network+ guides, we’ll be bringing all of the knowledge you gained from the first two full circle and tie everything together for you. Furthermore, we’ll take some of the subjects that we haven’t quite explored entirely and go in even more depth. 
  By the end of this book, you’ll be able to walk into any test and pass it with flying colors. 
  If you want to be able to confidently not only say that you passed the CompTIA Network+ certification exam, but that you are a true IT professional, then this is the right series for you.

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  Introduction to Data...

  Jose Berengueres, Marybeth Sandell

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  Adopted by universities and business schools in Finland, Barcelona, USA, South Korea, Canada, and the Middle East; and used in training at companies like Halliburton TX, Agilent technologies, and PropertyFinder, this book will help you not only to transform data into information but show you with real examples how to story tell it. The authors (a Kaggle master and a Bloomberg former bureau chief), bring together concepts fromData ScienceDesign Thinking, andStorytelling 
  to take you on a journey where the destination is nothing less than great visual storytelling.AudienceMBA candidates, instructors, consultantsUsers of Excel, PowerBI, or TableauNo data skills or special math skills are requiredWhat will you learn?to identify the role of a narrative in a storyto transform data into informationto synthesize knowledgeto apply visual thinking tools to the decision-making processto select visual communication techniques to persuadeto detect bias in charts

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  Sleep Yourself Smart And Wakeup...

  Byron Caldwell

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  Absorb the mysteries of modern physics and cosmology through a meditative narrative designed to lull you into deep rest.
   
  Transform your nightly bedtime routine into an intellectual escape that quiets the mind. As you lie in the dark, let the soothing cadence of scientific storytelling replace daily stress with cosmic wonder. This experience is the ideal companion for unwinding, turning the onset of sleep into a gateway for learning about the deepest structures of reality.
   
  Travel from the familiar flow of time to the abstract edge of the quantum vacuum. The journey navigates the hidden grammar of the universe, blending precise science with a gentle, poetic delivery. Explore the strange relationship between entropy and the fourth dimension without the mental strain of a classroom setting.
   
  Drift through the cosmos and discover:
  
  The geometry of spacetime and the heavy silence of black holes.
  The shimmering Higgs field and the fundamental building blocks of matter.
  The mathematics of the multiverse and string theory as you drift off.
  The laws of thermodynamics and the dark matter binding galaxies together.
  
   
  Embrace a unique form of relaxation where intellect meets tranquility. By drifting on the currents of entangled particles and event horizons, you engage with existence's biggest questions before fading into dreams. Awake with a sharper mind and a profound sense of connection to the universe.

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  The Adventure Gap - Changing the...

  James Edward Mills, Shelton Johnson

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  Features a new "where are they now" section, with updates about lives of expedition's original climbers and updated resources based on the "Anti-Racism in the Outdoors" (ARITO) guide. 
   
   
   
  Outdoor journalist James Edward Mills's book, The Adventure Gap, is a groundbreaking volume that is equal parts adventure story, history, and inspiration as it chronicles the first American all-Black summit attempt on Denali in 2013. Mills uses this momentous expedition as a jumping-off point to explore diversity in the outdoors, from Mathew Henson who stood at the North Pole in 1909 to contemporary adventurers such as polar explorer Barbara Hillary and rock climber Kai Lightner. 
   
   
   
  This tenth anniversary edition once again shares the compelling events that unfolded during Expedition Denali's summit bid. But it also provides fresh context: A new thought-provoking afterword by Mills examines what has evolved in and around the outdoor community since that effort. He highlights progress and inspiring stories, such as Full Circle Everest, an expedition led by Phillip Henderson that put an all-Black team on top of the world's highest peak. And he points to places where we can and should all strive for higher achievement. The Adventure Gap has become an essential text in outdoor education and inspiration—a story of our times, now more relevant than ever.

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