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  The Frontier Below

  Jeff Maynard

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  Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea 
  This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. 
  We do not see the ocean when we look at the water that blankets more than two thirds of our planet. We only see the entrance to it. Beyond that entrance is a world hostile to humans, yet critical to our survival. The first divers to enter that world held their breath and splashed beneath the surface, often clutching rocks to pull them down. Over centuries, they invented wooden diving bells, clumsy diving suits, and unwieldy contraptions in attempts to go deeper and stay longer. But each advance was fraught with danger, as the intruders had to survive the crushing weight of water, or the deadly physiological effects of breathing compressed air. The vertical odyssey continued when explorers squeezed into heavy steel balls dangling on cables, or slung beneath floats filled with flammable gasoline. Plunging into the narrow trenches between the tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust, they eventually reached the bottom of the ocean in the same decade that men first walked on the moon. 
  Today, as nations scramble to exploit the resources of the ocean floor, The Frontier Below recalls a story of human endeavour that took 2,000 years to travel seven miles, then investigates how we will explore the ocean in the future. 
  Meticulously researched and drawing extensively on unpublished sources and personal interviews, The Frontier Below is the untold story of the pioneers who had the right stuff, but were forgotten because they went in the wrong direction. 
  The Frontier Below by Jeff Maynard is a captivating journey through the history of maritime expeditions, the science of physiology, and the economics of resource extraction. It is a testament to human endeavour and the indomitable spirit of exploration, offering a glimpse into the future of our oceans. 
  For fans of Julian Sancton (Madhouse at the End of the Earth), Buddy Levy (Empire of Ice and Stone), Rachel Lance (In the Waves), James Bradley (Ghost Species), and Helen Czerski (Blue Machine). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  The Creation of Nuclear Weapons...

  Cristian Tyler

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  The atomic bomb ended World War II, but its creation was one of the most secretive and controversial projects in human history. Behind closed doors, the world’s greatest scientists—including Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Enrico Fermi—raced to develop nuclear weapons before Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan. But what really happened in the laboratories and desert testing sites of the Manhattan Project? 
  This audiobook takes you deep into the story of nuclear weapons, uncovering the secrets, breakthroughs, and moral dilemmas behind their creation. Discover: 
  ✅ How Einstein’s warning letter to FDR ignited a nuclear arms race 
  ✅ The top-secret laboratories and brilliant minds that built the first atomic bomb 
  ✅ The intense ethical debates among scientists about using nuclear weapons 
  ✅ How the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed warfare forever 
  The Creation of Nuclear Weapons – The Manhattan Project is a must-listen for history lovers, science enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by the power and consequences of human innovation.

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  Ultimate Unity for Multiplayer...

  Niraj Vishwakarma

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  Create Cutting-Edge Multiplayer VR in Unity with XR Toolkit & Photon Fusion
  Book Description
  Virtual Reality (VR) and Extended Reality (XR) are revolutionizing industries, from gaming to healthcare. As immersive experiences become mainstream, mastering VR and XR development is a must-have skill.
  Ultimate Unity for Multiplayer VR Development is your hands-on guide to building interactive, multiplayer VR applications using Unity and Photon Fusion, covering everything from XR fundamentals to advanced networking techniques. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you’ll gain the expertise to create high-performance XR solutions.
  Structured into three key sections—Fundamentals, Development, and Practical Project—this book takes you on a step-by-step journey. You’ll explore XR fundamentals, hardware, and software tools before diving into VR development and multiplayer networking. Through a hands-on project, you'll build a fully functional multiplayer VR environment, integrating networked avatars, voice chat, and interactive mechanics. The book also covers essential optimization strategies and deployment best practices to ensure your XR applications run smoothly across platforms.
  Table of Contents
  1. Introduction to XR Development
  2. Understanding XR Hardware
  3. XR Software and Tools
  4. Building Your First XR Project
  5. Developing VR Experiences
  6. Networking and Multiplayer Fundamentals
  7. Photon Fusion for Unity (The Essentials)
  8. Outlining and Detailing the Project Scope
  9. Building the VR Environment
  10. Configuring Networked Player Avatar
  11. Creating Multiplayer Sessions (Rooms)
  12. Enabling Avatars with Voice Chat
  13. Implementing XR Interactions
  14. Completing Multiplayer Logic and Testing Build
  15. Performance Check and Optimization Practices for VR
  16. XR for Industry and Enterprise       
  
  Index

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  Good Grief - On Loving Pets Here...

  E.B. Bartels

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  An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they’ve passed. 
  E.B. Bartels has had a lot of pets—dogs, birds, fish, tortoises. As varied a bunch as they are, they’ve taught her one universal truth: to own a pet is to love a pet, and to own a pet is also—with rare exception—to lose that pet in time. 
  But while we have codified traditions to mark the passing of our fellow humans, most cultures don’t have the same for pets. Bartels takes us from Massachusetts to Japan, from ancient Egypt to the modern era, in search of the good pet death. We meet veterinarians, archaeologists, ministers, and more, offering an idiosyncratic, inspiring array of rituals—from the traditional (scattering ashes, commissioning a portrait), to the grand (funereal processions, mausoleums), to the unexpected (taxidermy, cloning). The central lesson: there is no best practice when it comes to mourning your pet, except to care for them in death as you did in life, and find the space to participate in their end as fully as you can. 
  Punctuated by wry, bighearted accounts of Bartels’s own pets and their deaths, Good Grief is a cathartic companion through loving and losing our animal family. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  Life's Rich Mix

  Vinson Chard

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  Working in industry as a Chemical Engineer boring ... who says it is? Most people consider working in the Industrial world to be fairly mundane and boring. Well I am able to contradict that erroneous belief. My forty years in industry have been far from ordinary and unexciting. In fact those years have been so eventful and exhilarating, I felt compelled to put events, incidents and a plethora of eclectic, fascinating characters into print and write about my career as a Chemical Engineer from the late sixties to the beginning of the eighties. While I typed away, it occurred to me, these stories are so way out, fantastic and implausible, no-one will believe a word of it. Using that old cliché, fact is often stranger than fiction. Read more and make your own mind up, as it is indeed Life‛s Rich Mix.

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  War in the Smartphone Age -...

  Matthew Ford

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  Thanks to smartphones, war is everywhere, all the time. Anyone can view, analyze, and comment on photos, videos, or other warzone media. Where did this technology come from? And what does it mean for the future of war?This book explains why you see what you do on your phone, and how these devices shape our knowledge, conduct, and representation of war in the 2020s. It shows why smartphones are indispensable in peace and wartime: every device is a potential weapon, lines blur between war and daily life, and conflict becomes a shared digital experience. Social media platforms displace state-controlled narratives, amplifying violence and shaping war's legitimacy. Apps democratize conflict, enabling anyone to identify and attack perceived enemies. As the Ukraine war has shown, this new reality involves complex, unevenly distributed infrastructures, merging civilian communication with military targeting.With war accelerating beyond our comprehension, militaries have raced to benefit from and adapt to the smartphone age. Matthew Ford explores critical questions about today's hyper-connected battlefield.

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