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  Alien Oceans - The Search for...

  Kevin Hand

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  This audiobook narrated by pioneering NASA scientist Kevin Peter Hand takes you inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system
  
  Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may actually lie farther away. Beneath the frozen crusts of several of the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn lurk vast oceans that may have been in existence for as long as Earth, and together may contain more than fifty times its total volume of liquid water. Could there be organisms living in their depths? Alien Oceans reveals the science behind the thrilling quest to find out.
  
  Kevin Peter Hand is one of today's leading NASA scientists, and his pioneering research has taken him on expeditions around the world. In this captivating account of scientific discovery, he brings together insights from planetary science, biology, and the adventures of scientists like himself to explain how we know that oceans exist within moons of the outer solar system, like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. He shows how the exploration of Earth's oceans is informing our understanding of the potential habitability of these icy moons, and draws lessons from what we have learned about the origins of life on our own planet to consider how life could arise on these distant worlds.
  Alien Oceans describes what lies ahead in our search for life in our solar system and beyond, setting the stage for the transformative discoveries that may await us.

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  Blockchain Fundamentals -...

  Virversity Online Courses

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  This course provides a comprehensive introduction to blockchain technology, guiding learners from foundational principles to advanced applications. Students will develop a solid understanding of decentralized systems and digital assets by exploring how blockchain works and its diverse use cases.Begin by mastering core concepts such as distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms, and cryptography. Learn about different blockchain types—including public, private, and consortium models—and discover how smart contracts automate agreements. The course examines real-world applications across industries, mining and validation processes, and the mechanisms securing blockchain networks.Gain insight into tokens, cryptocurrencies, and digital asset management while addressing challenges like scalability and emerging solutions. Explore decentralized applications (DApps), advanced security, and privacy concepts, preparing you to protect blockchain data and users effectively.Finally, investigate future trends and innovations shaping blockchain’s evolution. By course completion, you will have a strong grasp of both fundamentals and advanced topics, empowering you to engage confidently with blockchain projects or specialize further in this rapidly growing field.

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  Quantum Mechanics – explained...

  Orhan Schoewe

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  Quantum Mechanics – Explained Simply 
  How the Invisible World Shapes Our Reality 
  An Audiobook by Orhan Schöwe 
  Quantum mechanics is not secret knowledge reserved for physicists — it is the foundation of the modern world. 
  Yet the moment we enter the realm of the very small, our familiar understanding of reality begins to dissolve. Particles behave like waves. States exist simultaneously. Observation changes what is observed. And everywhere, a principle emerges that challenges classical order: probability. 
  This audiobook gently and clearly guides you, step by step, into a world that affects us all — whether we can see it or not. 
  You will discover:how Planck, Einstein, and Schrödinger reimagined the laws of naturewhy an electron is never simply “there”what superposition and entanglement truly meanwhy Heisenberg’s uncertainty is not a limitation, but a possibilityhow lasers, computers, and modern technologies are rooted in quantum principlesand why quantum mechanics forces us to rethink what reality actually is 
  Without mathematical barriers or unnecessary complexity — but with respect for depth — Orhan Schöwe leads you through the key experiments, ideas, and philosophical questions of the quantum world. Accessible, precise, and quietly poetic. 
  For everyone who wants to truly understand physics. 
  For everyone who wants to experience wonder. 
  For everyone who wants to know how the invisible order of the world works. 
  Enter a science that does more than explain how the universe is structured at its core — 
  it reveals how much mystery is present in every single moment of our lives.

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  The Anatomy of Deception -...

  Sara E. Gorman

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  In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in the healthcare system seems to be at an all-time low. Conspiracy theories are now mainstream, and distrust of government health agencies is common among private citizens. Yet many of those same individuals still profess trust in their doctors. What, then, is driving the general mistrust in medicine, and how can the public's faith be restored? 
   
   
   
  The Anatomy of Deception investigates the cause behind this seeming uptick in distrust by tracing the unexpected connection between medical mistrust and the move toward far right ideology in the United States. Drawing on personal qualitative research and interviews, health writer and expert Sara Gorman challenges traditional concepts of medical mistrust and argues that the loss of institutional trust in American health care signals a larger breakdown in democracy as a whole. In six short chapters, Gorman advances the idea of medical mistrust not as a byproduct of personal or historical abuses but as a direct result of bias, miscommunication, and lack of access that has slowly eroded trust in the public health system over time. She argues that we can build back trust in medicine through investments in health equity as a first step towards healing the schisms present in modern American society.

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  Killer Looks - The Forgotten...

  Zara Stone

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  Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast implants, and other physical alterations to prisoners, the idea being that by remodeling the face you remake the man. From the 1920s up to the mid-1990s, half a million prison inmates across America, Canada, and the UK willingly went under the knife, their tab picked up by the government. 
  In the beginning, this was a haphazard affair—applied inconsistently and unfairly to inmates, but entering the 1960s, a movement to scientifically quantify the long-term effect of such programs took hold. And, strange as it may sound, the criminologists were right: recidivism rates plummeted. 
  In 1967, a three-year cosmetic surgery program set on Rikers Island saw recidivism rates drop 36% for surgically altered offenders. The program, funded by a $240,000 grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, was led by Dr. Michael Lewin, who ran a similar program at Sing-Sing prison in 1953. 
  Killer Looks draws on the intersectionality of socioeconomic success, racial bias, the prison industry complex and the fallacy of attractiveness to get to the heart of how appearance and societal approval creates self-worth, and uncovers deeper truths of beauty bias, inherited racism, effective recidivism programs, and inequality.

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  Doing the Right Thing - Ethics...

  Scientific American

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  Making ethical decisions involves more than listening to an inner moral compass, a feeling in the gut of what’s right and wrong. Questions of ethics in science are becoming increasingly complex, especially as technology encroaches upon even our most private cellular spaces. In Doing the Right Thing: Ethics in Science, we cover a wide range of areas in science and medicine where complicated ethical questions come to bear, including genomics and research where informed—and ethically sound—choices are the basis of many scientific studies.

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