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  Ruby on Rails for Agile Web...

  Sajjad Umar

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  Master the Art of Agile Development with Ruby on Rails
  Book Description
  Discover the power of Ruby on Rails web development framework, through the pages of "Ruby on Rails for Agile Web Development". This book combines the robustness of Rails with the agility of development methodologies like Scrum and Kanban to help you efficiently build high-performing web applications. 
  Starting with an overview of Ruby and Rails architecture, you will quickly grasp the fundamentals of agile development. You will explore methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban while gaining hands-on experience in key areas like CRUD operations, database management, styling, authentication, testing, RESTful APIs, deployment, and more. Each chapter concludes with a short quiz to reinforce your understanding and test your progress, ensuring you effectively grasp the concepts. 
  By the end of the book, you will emerge as a competent Ruby on Rails developer with a deep understanding of agile web development principles. With real-world examples and practical exercises, this book empowers you to tackle real-time challenges and build robust web applications. You will confidently implement features like social media integration, email functionality, payment gateways, and file uploads. 
  Table of Contents
  
  1. Introduction
  2. Agile Development Fundamentals
  3. Getting Started with Ruby on Rails
  4. CRUD Operations and Database Management
  5. Basics of Styling and Front-End Development
  6. Authentication and Authorization
  7. Testing and Test-Driven Development
  8. RESTful APIs and Web Services
  9. Deployment and Scaling
  10. Building A Real-World Rails Application
  11. Advanced Topics in Ruby on Rails
  12. Conclusion   
  Index

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  The Liver Doctor - Stories of...

  Cyriac Abby Philips

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  I did not become a doctor to help people cheat death, but to help them understand it. 
  In The Liver Doctor, Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, expert hepatologist and one of India's most vocal advocates of science-led medicine, tells us the fascinating story of the least understood, most indispensable and only self-regenerating organ in the human body-the liver.  
  With the searing precision of a scientist, the empathy of a doctor who witnesses the fragility of the human body every day and the dogged curiosity of a detective, Dr Philips dives into ancient myths and legends through various cultures, the annals of history as well as his own deeply personal encounters from his life as a doctor, taking his readers on a wondrous journey where belief collides with data and hope is tested against prognosis.  
  Along the way, he asks the uncomfortable questions that modern physicians often avoid: How much certainty should medicine promise? When does treatment become harm? And how do doctors and caregivers live with decisions that cannot be undone?  
  In the end, The Liver Doctor becomes a treatise on the history and evolution of medical science itself-one that will leave you informed and poignantly unsettled, long after the last page is turned.

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  Consciousness - How Our Brains...

  John Parrington

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  What is the material basis of the thoughts that occur inside our heads?
  
  Where do imaginative, creative, or spiritual thoughts come from - can these really be the product of nerve impulses in the brain? And is the human mind radically different from that of other species, or is our uniqueness more superficial than real?
  
  In this book, Oxford biologist John Parrington proposes a radical new theory of human consciousness, arguing that a qualitative leap in consciousness occurred during human evolution as language and tool use transformed our brains. Rejecting outdated views of the brain as a hard-wired circuit diagram, he draws on the latest insights from neuroscience to show that meaning is created within our heads through a dynamic interaction of oscillating brain waves.
  
  This new model of consciousness not only provides a material basis of our innermost thoughts but also explains why the mind can sometimes go wrong, causing deep mental distress.

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  Black Holes - The Key to...

  Professor Brian Cox, Professor...

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  By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.  
  At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes. 
  Today, across the universe, at the heart of every galaxy, and dotted throughout, mature black holes are creating chaos. And in a quiet part of the universe, the Swift satellite has picked up evidence of a gruesome death caused by one of these dark powers. High energy X-ray flares shooting out from deep within the Draco constellation are thought to be the dying cries of a white dwarf star being ripped apart by the intense tides of a supermassive black hole – heating it to millions of degrees as it is shredded at the event horizon. 
  They have the power to wipe out any of the universe’s other inhabitants, but no one has ever seen a black hole itself die. But 1.8 billion light years away, the LIGO instruments have recently detected something that could be the closest a black hole gets to death. Gravitational waves given off as two enormous black holes merge together. And now scientists think that these gravitational waves could be evidence of two black holes connecting to form a wormhole – a link through space and time. It seems outlandish, but today’s physicists are daring to think the unthinkable – that black holes could connect us to another universe. 
  At their very heart, black holes are also where Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity is stretched in almost unimaginable ways, revealing black holes as the key to our understanding of the fundamentals of our universe and perhaps all other universes. 
  Join Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw in exploring our universe’s most mysterious inhabitants, how they are formed, why they are essential components of every galaxy, including our own, and what secrets they still hold, waiting to be discovered. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  The AI Factor - How to Apply...

  Asha Saxena, Seth Dobrin

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  Have you heard about artificial intelligence (AI) and big data but felt they are technologies too big or too complicated for you or your business? Do you imagine AI as a Hollywood science fiction stereotype or something in the far and distant future? 
   
   
   
  Take heart. AI is none of those things. It's part of our everyday lives, and it has the power to transform your business. 
   
   
   
  This book will put AI, big data, the cloud, robotics, and smart devices in context. It will reveal how these technologies can dramatically multiply any businesses—including yours—by strategically using your data's latent, transformative potential. 
   
   
   
  Noted business leader, data consultant, and Columbia professor Asha Saxena has distilled her twenty-seven years of experience teaching Fortune 500 leaders in this powerful and insightful book. In The AI Factor, business leaders will learn how to understand the data they already have and how to use it innovatively to grow their businesses using Saxena's unique methodology.

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  Death Without Dignity? -...

  John Wyatt

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  In this engaging and timely book,  John Wyatt analyses the arguments in favour of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide and shows how unstable their foundations are. Instead, Wyatt suggests a more humane path forward: one that is both achievable and more honouring to the patient.

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