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  Python Machine Learning for...

  Alex Campbell

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  Have you thought about a career in data science? It's where the money is right now, and it's only going to become more widespread as the world evolves. Machine learning is a big part of data science, and for those that already have experience in programming, it's the next logical step. 
  Machine learning is a subsection of AI, or Artificial Intelligence, and computer science, using data and algorithms to imitate human thinking and learning. Through constant learning, machine learning gradually improves its accuracy, eventually providing the optimal results for the problem it has been assigned to. 
  It is one of the most important parts of data science and, as big data continues to expand, so too will the need for machine learning and AI. 
  Here's what you will learn in this quick guide to machine learning with Python for beginners:What machine learning isWhy Python is the best computer programming language for machine learningThe different types of machine learningHow linear regression worksThe different types of classificationHow to use SVMs (Support Vector Machines) with Scikit-LearnHow Decision Trees work with ClassificationHow K-Nearest Neighbors worksHow to find patterns in data with unsupervised learning algorithms 
  You will also find plenty of code examples to help you understand how everything works. 
  If you are ready to take your programming further, scroll up, click Buy Now, and find out why machine learning is the next logical step.

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  Birthing a Movement - Midwives...

  Renee Ann Cramer

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  Midwives in the United States live and work in a complex regulatory environment that is a direct result of state and medical intervention into women's reproductive capacity. In Birthing a Movement, Renée Ann Cramer draws on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research to examine the interactions of law, politics, and activism surrounding midwifery care.Framed by gripping narratives from midwives across the country, she parses out the often-paradoxical priorities with which they must engage—seeking formal professionalization, advocating for reproductive justice, and resisting state-centered approaches. Currently, professional midwives are legal and regulated in their practice in thirty-two states and illegal in eight, where their practice could bring felony convictions and penalties that include imprisonment. In the remaining ten states, Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) are unregulated, but nominally legal. By studying states where CPMs have differing legal statuses, Cramer makes the case that midwives and their clients engage in various forms of mobilization—at times simultaneous, and at times inconsistent—to facilitate access to care, autonomy in childbirth, and the articulation of women's authority in reproduction.

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  Dynamic Reteaming Second Edition...

  Heidi Helfand

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  Your team will change whether you like it or not. People will come and go. Your company might double in size or even be acquired. In this practical book, author Heidi Helfand shares techniques for reteaming effectively. Engineering leaders will learn how to catalyze team change to reduce the risk of attrition, learning and career stagnation, and the development of knowledge silos.Based on research into well-known software companies, the patterns in this book help CTOs and team managers effectively integrate new hires into an existing team, manage a team that has lost members, or deal with unexpected change. You'll learn how to isolate teams for focused innovation, rotate team members for knowledge sharing, break through organizational apathy, and more.You'll explore:● Real-world examples that demonstrate why and how organizations reteam● Five reteaming patterns: One by One, Grow and Split, Isolation, Merging, and Switching● Tactics to help you master dynamic reteaming in your company● Stories that demonstrate problems caused by reteaming anti-patterns

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  In remote Kenyan villages solar...

  PBS NewsHour

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  Some 1.3 billion people around the globe don’t have access to an electric grid. But solar startup companies say harnessing an abundant resource -- the sun -- can light up some of the world’s most remote areas. In this Kenyan village, rooftop panels are becoming a cheap, popular and promising source of light. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

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  Virtual Reality

  IntroBooks Team

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  There is no common definition for virtual reality. However, scientists have been able to discover common characteristics for virtual reality. It is a field of science that attempts to mimic the real world and it takes the end user beyond the scope of the flat monitor and immerses them into 3D visual world. Virtual reality gives the end user an immersive experience and stereo display, involving depth perception and two miniature screens. Over the years, it has gained popularity and has been involved in various human fields.  
  This script is concerned with the different stages of development in virtual reality and takes a look at the historic aspect of things. We will also venture extensively into the various aspects of human lives that have been transformed via virtual reality, talking about the various applications of virtual reality in real life situation.

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  The Science of Liberty -...

  Timothy Ferris

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  In his most important book to date, award-winning author Timothy Ferris - "the best popular science writer in the English language today" (Christian Science Monitor) - makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. Ferris argues that just as the scientific revolution rescued billions from poverty, fear, hunger, and disease, the Enlightenment values it inspired has swelled the number of persons living in free and democratic societies from less than 1 percent of the world population four centuries ago to more than a third today. Ferris deftly investigates the evolution of these scientific and political revolutions, demonstrating that they are inextricably bound. He shows how science was integral to the American Revolution but misinterpreted in the French Revolution; reflects on the history of liberalism, stressing its widely underestimated and mutually beneficial relationship with science; and surveys the forces that have opposed science and liberalism - from communism and fascism to postmodernism and Islamic fundamentalism. A sweeping intellectual history, The Science of Liberty is a stunningly original work that transcends the antiquated concepts of left and right.

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