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  The Moral Circle - Who Matters...

  Jeff Sebo

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  Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we prioritize humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. As a result, we use hundreds of billions of vertebrates and trillions of invertebrates every year for a variety of purposes, often unnecessarily. We also plan to use animals, AI systems, and other nonhumans at even higher levels in the future. Yet as the dominant species, humanity has a responsibility to ask: Which nonhumans matter, how much do they matter, and what do we owe them in a world reshaped by human activity and technology? 
   
   
   
  In The Moral Circle, philosopher Jeff Sebo challenges us to include all potentially significant beings in our moral community, with transformative implications for our lives and societies. 
   
   
   
  This book explores provocative case studies such as lawsuits over captive elephants and debates over factory-farmed insects, and compels us to consider future ethical quandaries, such as whether to send microbes to new planets, and whether to create virtual worlds filled with digital minds. Taking an expansive view of human responsibility, Sebo argues that building a positive future requires the shedding of human exceptionalism and radically rethinking our place in the world.

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  Plastics: Just a Load of...

  Alicia Chrysostomou

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  A decade to save the planet. 
  That's the current call to arms. Targets are set, governments vow to do their bit and on a societal level we are encouraged to do ours by choosing to forego all things plastic. The question is whether this is the right decision or are we inadvertently at risk of doing more harm than good? Are there other factors in play needing equal consideration? 
  The book will follow the story of plastic, and to an extent rubber (known collectively as polymers), and all with an eye to the overarching theme of the environment. It will ask some challenging questions but also sets out to inform. It begins by building a picture. Just what exactly is a plastic, how did it gain such a dominant role in our lives? Are recent denouncements fully justified? 
  By better understanding plastics, a clearer opinion can be formed of their usefulness and their potential to alleviate serious environmental concerns.

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  The New World on Mars - What We...

  Robert Zubrin

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  When Robert Zubrin published his classic book The Case for Mars a quarter century ago, setting foot on the Red Planet seemed a fantasy. Today, manned exploration is certain, and as Zubrin affirms in The New World on Mars, so too is colonization. 
   
   
   
  We will settle on Mars, and with our knowledge of the planet, analyzed in depth by Dr. Zubrin, we will utilize the resources and tackle the challenges that await us. What we will we build? Populous Martian city-states producing air, water, food, power, and more. Zubrin's Martian economy will pay for necessary imports and generate income from varied enterprises, such as real estate sales—homes that are airtight and protect against cosmic space radiation, with fish-farm aquariums positioned overhead, letting in sunlight and blocking cosmic rays while providing fascinating views. Zubrin even predicts the Red Planet customs, social relations, and government that will overcome traditional forms of oppression to draw Earth immigrants. 
   
    
   
  With all of this in place, Zubrin's Red Planet will become a pressure cooker for invention, benefiting humans on Earth, Mars, and beyond. We can create this magnificent future, making life better, less fatalistic. The New World on Mars proves that there is no point killing each other over provinces and limited resources when, together, we can create planets.

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  Mathematical Finance

  Introbooks Team

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  To Take good decisions to not to face uncertainty, mathematical finance, helps quite a lot. Building on the mathematical models of bonds and the stocks prices, simulation theories for mathematical financing vary with leads in different directions: Black–Scholes arbitrage pricing of options is one of the significant revealing theories used extensively in mathematical financing research and studies. Markowitz portfolio optimization for a Capital Asset Pricing modeling is another crucial research target. 
  Interest rates and the terms structure can be best understood with the principle of no arbitrage. Mathematical finance is best studied with all these three essentials explained. The modern financial markets are operating this way. There is enormous impact, of mathematical finance modeling in the business management and business economics. 

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  The Dolphin Who Saved Me - How...

  Melody Horrill

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  "An inspiring book about love in its purest form."—JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace 
   
   
   
  When Melody Horrill arrived at university she was a troubled and lost young woman, hiding behind a carefully crafted exterior. She had experienced a childhood of emotional and physical trauma mainly at the hands of her violent father that was as damaging as it was brutal. 
   
   
   
  One day Melody volunteered to help her lecturer monitor pods of river dolphins nearby. There for the first time she encountered Jock, a solitary dolphin with a maimed fin, who lived apart from the highly social pods. Melody was to form a bond with Jock that gave her the key to freeing herself from the demons of her own past, and their extraordinary friendship was the start of a long-term mission to try to save the river dolphins. 
   
   
   
  Beautifully written and filled with insight and compassion, Melody's memoir details her life-changing friendship with the river dolphins, and how Jock helped her to heal.

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  What is the Dark Web? - The...

  Evan J. Rodgers

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  Discover the truth about the Dark Web! Is it really what we were made to believe? 
  Are you feeling watched every time you go online? Is privacy in a digital world still possible? In this modern era, where our personal information is treated as a currency, privacy has become a luxury. If we are not careful, someday we might end up having to fight for our own privacy. 
  The Dark Web carries many controversies regarding anonymity, its benefits but also its downside. Still, with that many information out there, it's difficult to know which side is right. However, what if you were given the objective truth and had the chance to form your own opinion? This book gives you essential information about a highly complex topic. You can discover the facts and get to choose which side you are on. 
  Some of the main points you can find in this book include:The importance of privacy in our daily lives.How the Dark Web actually came to be.What the Dark Web really is now.Infamous websites operating on the Dark Web and what we can learn from them.How the Dark Web influenced the rise of cryptocurrencies.How our society can benefit from such a revolutionary technology. 
  Rumors about the dark web are starting to surface more and more. Still, the negativity surrounding it seems to overshadow any potential upside. In a world dominated by distractions and manipulation, this book offers meaningful insight into how our future might actually look like...privacy is something we can't take for granted anymore. 
  If you want to finally become enlightened and see both sides of the dark web, then scroll up and get your copy now! 

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