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Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics.  

En 2021, le site Ethnologue, le Centre de recherche sur l'intelligence linguistique, estimait à plus de 7000 le nombre de langues parlées dans le monde, auxquelles s'ajoutent des milliers de dialectes. La raison d'être fondamentale et l'origine exacte de cette ingénieuse invention demeurent sujet de controverse parmi les spécialistes. Par ailleurs, tous s'accordent sur le fait que les langues parlées s'accommodent d'adaptation, de nuances, d'emprunts et de transformations astucieuses, étonnantes, voire amusantes.

This audiobook describes the power and reach of the FAANG Group and why they are important to you. It explains why Microsoft replaces Netflix, how it is the third largest economy in the world, expanding in breadth and depth, and why they are important to you.

Learn what you need to succeed as a developer beyond the code. The lessons in this book will supercharge your career by sharing lessons and mistakes from real developers.  

Handing over the keys is a traumatic rite of passage for parents, and they will sleep better knowing that The Driving Book is in their teens' glove compartments. Covering virtually every scenario a new driver may face, from changing a tire to negotiating privileges with parents to handling a car in bad weather, Karen Gravelle helps teen drivers navigate through tricky new territory. This reissue features updated information for today's tech-savvy teen drivers.

What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix, and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation? Most people think it's because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible. But the real advantage these companies have is not so much who they hire, but rather how they enable their people to work together to solve hard problems and create extraordinary products. 

Esports has rewarded top gamers with prize money, glory, and even college scholarships. Want to get in on the action? This audiobook puts you on the path to get your share of the growing world of esports. It helps you figure out the gear you need to be competitive, the games that drive esports, how to break into competitive play, and how to use online platforms to get attention. Written by the esports program director at the first Division I university to field an esports team, this audiobook defines and demystifies the complex world of competitive video gaming.  

Bakterier. För många är det ett negativt laddat ord - synonymt med en smutsig invasion som måste bekämpas med rengöringsmedel. Sanningen är dock att du består av mer bakterier än kroppsceller, och mikroorganismer är den allra bästa medicinen mot många sjukdomar. Totalt väger bakterierna i tarmen ungefär lika mycket som en människas hjärna. Hjärnan och tarmen kommunicerar i sin tur med varandra, åt bägge hållen och forskare tror nu att tarmfloran kan påverka kroppen i mycket högre grad än vi tidigare trott. Men hur fungerar det egentligen?

The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the Earth's 10th-largest body of water. In this beautifully written volume, John S. Sledge explores the people, ships, and cities that have made the Gulf's human history and culture so rich. Many famous figures who sailed the Gulf's viridian waters are highlighted, including Ponce de Leon, Robert Cavelier de La Salle, Francis Drake, Elizabeth Agassiz, Ernest Hemingway, and Charles Dwight Sigsbee. Sledge also introduces a fascinating array of people connected to maritime life in the Gulf.

No data is completely safe. Cyberattacks on companies and individuals are on the rise and growing not only in number but also in ferocity. And while you may think your company has taken all the precautionary steps to prevent an attack, no individual, company, or country is safe. Cybersecurity can no longer be left exclusively to IT specialists. Improving and increasing data security practices and identifying suspicious activity is everyone's responsibility, from the boardroom to the break room.

I det første racerløb kørte bilerne 24 km/t. Det er mere end 100 år siden. I dag kører racerbiler 320 km/t. Det er spændende, men det er også farligt. Hør i bogen om Formel 1 og andre racerbiler, om hestekræfter, elektronik og meget mere. Jørgen Munck Rasmussen, født 1949, lærer og produktiv dansk forfatter til især historiske romaner. Hans store interesse er det antikke Rom og middelalderen, og han har da også flere studieophold i Italien bag sig, men det nordiske islæt i romanerne fornægter sig ikke.

Teorien om Big Bang er den bedste model, vi i øjeblikket har om universets skabelse; men det betyder ikke, at det er den endelige sandhed. Men hvorfor er der stort set enighed om, at universet for 13,7 milliarder år siden blev skabt af en tætpakket klump, der rummede al energi og alt stof? Og eksisterede der noget inden Big Bang? Astrofysikeren Anja C. Andersen formidler teorier og forskningsresultater udogmatisk og letforståeligt.

Mars lokker, pirrer og driller. Over 5000 års himmelstudier skulle der til, før mennesket nu er på nippet til at fravriste den Røde Planet svaret på en af Solsystemets største gåder: Er der - eller har der været - liv på Mars? Når planetprofessor Jens Martin Knudsen tager os med på en medrivende rejse til vor naboklode, er han på hjemmebane. Hver en sten bliver vendt om vor viden, forskning og fantasier om Mars før og nu.

Retsmedicin er om noget det medicinske område, der binder liv og død sammen. Retsmedicinere kommer under huden på danskernes hverdagsliv og får et barskt indblik i den menneskelige natur. Det kan vaere skraemmende, men er også frem for noget aerligt. Den døde krop er fredfyldt, al forstillelse og falskhed er forsvundet. Retsmedicineren står til hverdag over for det puslespil, det er at få drab og andre sager til at give mening. Det laegefaglige, kriminaltekniske puslespil skal gå op.

Superprofessor Holger Bech Nielsen bliver betragtet som et geni af sine fysikerkolleger verden over. Han er kendt for sine entusiastiske og underholdende foredrag om Big Bang. I denne lettilgængelige bog fortæller atomfysikeren i tre interviews om universet før, nu og i fremtiden, mens forfatter Jens Kerte tegner et portræt af Holger Bech Nielsen og beretter om himmelstudier til alle tider.

While still a young boy, Robb White built his first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an abandoned chicken coop in the backyard. Today, without any formal training, White constructs some of the most sought-after wooden boats around. In How to Build a Tin Canoe, this Southern raconteur and self-taught expert wooden-boat builder recounts tall tales of a life lived on the water, from his childhood exploring the Gulf of Mexico to growing up - or not really growing up - to share his accrued wisdom with others.

Will Castro, star of Velocity Channel's Unique Rides and one of the most popular car customizers in America, has achieved the American Dream, finding great success doing something he loves. He has worked with marquee names in entertainment, and Unique Hustle is packed with anecdotes of some of the biggest names in sports, music, film, and television.  

Agility is to enterprises what health is to humans. There are some foundational principles that can be broadly applied, but the definition of healthy is very specific to each individual. Enterprise Agility takes a similar approach with regard to agility: it suggests foundational practices to improve the overall health of the body culture, mindset, and leadership and the health of its various organs: people, process, governance, structure, technology, and customers. The book also suggests a practical framework to create a plan to enhance agility. 

The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and he went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey “Slicks” and Huey “Gunships”: the former on defense as he flew troops into battle, and the latter on offense as he took the battle to the enemy. Through this book, the author relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to his and other pilots’ day-to-day lives.

Mere end nogensinde før er der brug for viden om, hvad de massive digitale mængder information betyder for vores hjerne og krop. Og ikke mindst hvordan vi beskytter vores helbred i en digital brydningstid. Den danske læge Imran Rashid har undersøgt, hvad det betyder for den fysiske og mentale sundhed at leve livet online og filtrere massive mængder data gennem hjernen. I bogen giver Imran Rashid sit bud på, hvordan du genvinder kontrollen over dit digitale liv og bruger tid på det, der er vigtigt for din sundhed og livskvalitet.