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  The Conscience of Care -...

  Dov Fox

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  Pitched battles over abortion, puberty blockers, and assisted suicide have turned American healthcare into a legal minefield. Faced with mounting restrictions on medical practice, doctors and nurses who follow their conscience to provide standard treatments risk being fined, fired, or even imprisoned, while clinicians who conscientiously deny evidence-based care are shielded without condition from any such consequences. Dov Fox argues that by ceding the moral vocabulary of conscience to refusers alone, the lopsided law of medical conscience selectively burdens providers, drives vulnerable patients underground, and impoverishes the dynamic pluralism of medicine.The Conscience of Care lays bare the broken system of medical conscience and sets out to fix it. Fox canvases a landscape of contested services that include IVF, IUDs, opioids, psychedelics, organ transplants, and advance directives. He develops practical reforms that rebalance conscience protection by introducing measured safeguards for providers and scaling back the categorical refuge afforded to refusers. The Conscience of Care articulates a bold vision of medicine that reclaims the lost promise of conscience to bridge social divides on matters of life and death, impairment and identity.

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  Electron The: A Biography

  Brian Clegg

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  As a fundamental particle, the electron is central to an understanding of the nature of matter. 
   
  All of chemistry is dependent on the interaction of electrons on the outside of atoms. But the electron has also become increasingly central to our lives, first through the deployment of electricity and then as the essential driving force of electronics, with all its quantum subtlety. We spend our entire lives now bathed in the electron's output, whether we are simply turning on a light, looking at a phone or working on a computer. And with the move away from fossil fuels, the electron becomes ever more our most important servant. 
   
  In this fascinating book, Brian Clegg reveals a remarkable story of scientific wonder and innovation, and paints a compelling picture of one of the most essential components of life itself.

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  Creative Evolution

  Henri Bergson

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  Henri Bergson’s highly influential book, ‘Creative Evolution’ (‘Evolution Creatrice’, 1907) established a theory of evolution - called ‘Creative Evolution Theory’ - which gained a considerable following in the first half of the 20th Century. It also helped the author to win the Nobel Prize in 1927 for his work investigating the origins of biological information and divergence in the evolutionary process.  
   
  In this work, Bergson seeks an alternative explanation as to how new forms of life emerge compared to those prevailing at the time. This included both the ‘mechanistic’ or deterministic explanations of biological science on the one hand, and on the other the ‘finalist’ or strictly teleological explanation of those who believed in the hand of a ‘Creator’ or God, coordinating life in a divine plan. 
   
  Creative Evolution proposes a third explanation in what Bergson calls élan vital’ or ‘vital impetus’, a force that infuses all matter and drives it forward into an ever-changing and infinite variety of living forms. This appears as a vital impetus that can also be related to humanity’s own creative life force. Bergson’s book builds on his ‘Theory of Time’ as set forth in works such as ‘Matter and Memory’ and ‘Time and Free Will’.  In these works, and in the present volume, Bergson sees continuous ‘duration’ as real time, as opposed to the way in which time is divided up into measured units by the ‘organising’ mind of science. 
   
  Life, as we really experience it, is subject to constant change and our tendency to explain evolutionary change by looking only at ‘ends’ achieved rather than the processes by which they emerge, divorces us from the life force itself.  
   
  Instead, Bergson feels we need to reengage with our instincts as well as with our intelligence in order to understand the evolutionary process, as both co-exist to some extent within us, all forms of life having a common origin in that instinctual, innate knowledge of simpler life forms. Though these may be unconscious or semi-conscious, they are, in Bergson’s view, much more in touch with the ever-changing nature of real time than the analytical and rational knowledge of our species 
   
  As he writes:  “Our thought, in its purely logical form, is incapable of presenting the true nature of life, the full meaning of the evolutionary movement. Created by life, in definite circumstances, to act on definite things, how can it embrace life, of which it is only an emanation or an aspect?”  
   
  It is to attempt an answer to this question that ‘Creative Evolution’ directs its attention.

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  Transforming Healthcare - The AI...

  Chuck Sherman

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  In "Transforming Healthcare: The AI Revolution in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment," delve into the cutting-edge realm where artificial intelligence and medicine intersect to reshape the very foundations of healthcare. This enlightening book takes readers on an immersive journey through the dynamic landscape of medical advancements fueled by AI, uncovering a future where diagnosis and treatment have reached unparalleled levels of precision and innovation. 
  As the world faces increasingly complex medical challenges, AI emerges as a beacon of hope, offering unprecedented capabilities to decode intricate patterns, predict diseases with uncanny accuracy, and revolutionize patient care. Through a meticulous exploration of AI's role in medical imaging, from deciphering intricate radiology scans to enhancing pathology, you'll witness how AI transforms mere images into diagnostic powerhouses that enable early detection and personalized treatment plans. 
  Step into the realm of virtual health assistants and telemedicine, where AI-powered chatbots and virtual nurses provide not only medical guidance but also crucial emotional support. Witness how telehealth, bolstered by AI, transcends geographical barriers, bridging the gap between patients and healthcare providers like never before. 
  "Transforming Healthcare: The AI Revolution in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment" is a roadmap to a future where AI-driven innovations don't just augment medical practices—they redefine them. As you traverse the pages of this book, you'll gain a profound understanding of how AI is reshaping healthcare, fostering a world where accurate diagnoses, personalized treatments, and compassionate care converge to create a healthier, brighter tomorrow. 
   

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  How Antigravity Built the...

  Nick Redfern

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  Discover the Lost Secrets of the Ancients and the Time When Stones Floated High over Egypt   Throughout history, folklore, and mystery, tales have circulated of massive stones being moved through the air effortlessly by sound. Bizarre? Well, yes, it is. That doesn’t take away the fact that sound was, and still remains, the key to the construction of the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge, the stone figures of Easter Island, and the massive stones at Baalbek, Lebanon. Were they the work of ancient humans or of equally ancient extraterrestrials?How Antigravity Built the Pyramids delves into specific stories and theories: A 9th-century story of a mysterious papyrus with the power to move large stones at the Giza Necropolis  The Mayan story of the construction of the Pyramid of the Magician said to be overseen by a small humanoid who could whistle large stones into place  Native American stories of ancient priests being able to make stones light to move easily    Author Nick Redfern argues it was not literally music and whistling that somehow raised large stones, but both have one thing in common: sound. Acoustics. Almost certainly, acoustic levitation was at the heart of these incredible feats. The truth of the science behind acoustic levitation was lost and forgotten for ages with little more left than fanciful tales of music, whistles, a curious papyrus, and strange metal rods that could achieve incredible feats in the air. Today, we are finally starting to get a grasp on this incredible technology, a technology that may have been the work of ancient humans, aliens from faraway worlds—or, perhaps, a combination of the two.

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  The Rise of Generalist - Unlock...

  Aarav Khadka

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  Discover the hidden power of being a generalist in today’s fast-changing world. In The Rise of the Generalist, Aarav Khadka explores how curiosity, adaptability, and the ability to connect skills across fields can unlock creativity, innovation, and personal growth. Perfect for lifelong learners, tech enthusiasts, and future-focused professionals, this audiobook reveals why being good at many things isn’t a weakness—it’s your ultimate advantage.

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