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How to Alleviate Digital Transformation Debt Post-COVID-19

by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian

We are amid a digital revolution with unprecedented innovations. The pandemic has accelerated the requirements for "Digital Transformation." Organizations need to adopt and transform to survive and hopefully thrive.

At the core of digitization there is very much an underlying principle of "debt." It comes originally from what Is called "technical debt." Simply, technical debt "reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using... more

Fixing Food: An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and the Solutions

by Richard Williams

FIXING FOOD tells the stories of what really happens inside the FDA. Through these stories, I explain why one out of every six Americans gets food poisoning every year (CDC). In fact, every year, at least for the last decade, FDA cites this same number to justify their budget request to Congress. It also discusses why two thirds of us are overweight or obese and why, by 2030, despite FDA’s nutrition labeling, one out of every two Americans is expected to be obese.[1] To solve these problems, ... more

Our National Monuments: America's Hidden Gems

by QT Luong

With the stroke of a pen, the president of the United States can proclaim a national monument. The Antiquities Act of 1906 was enacted to provide an expedited means to protect areas of natural or cultural significance. Since then, 16 presidents have used the Act to preserve some of America' most treasured public lands and waters. In 2017, an unprecedented executive order was issued questioning these designations by calling for the review of 27 national monuments across 11 states and two o... more

The Simulated Multiverse

by Rizwan Virk

Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines?

In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory. If we are living in a digital universe, then many of the complexities and baffling characteristics of our reality start to make more sense. Quantum computing l... more

IMPRESSIONS

by AMEYA PANDIT

The book is a collection of Short letters/essays on Childhood, Nature and Arts. Each letter is fewer than 12 sentences long, and is separated by a section mark. The letters are grouped into the aforesaid chapters. They are truths from my personal experiences, some I have lived, while others I have imagined. They do not follow any particular order, like a book of poems, you can pick anyone and meditate or reflect on it. A slow, deliberate read with a reading of the introductions will prepare a... more

Creating with Code

by Dr. J. J. Weiler

Creating with Code: A Fun Exploration of Computer-Generated Images and Machine Learning provides a comprehensive introduction to generating artistic images using the latest computer programming techniques. Presented in a fun and informative comic book style, this work explores the mechanisms, advantages, and limitations of emerging technology.

Fly Agaric: A Compendium of History, Pharmacology, Mythology, & Exploration

by Kevin M. Feeney

With more than two-dozen contributors and over 450-pages of content Fly Agaric is the most comprehensive book on the iconic red and white-spotted mushroom ever assembled. In the 29 chapters contained herein the reader is taken on a journey through history, folklore, and the magical landscapes experienced under the influence of the Fly Agaric, and its many close relatives. The reader of this book will learn:

How to recognize and identify over a dozen types of psychoactive Amanita sp... more

It's Really About Time: The Science of Time Travel

by John Ryan

It's Really About Time provides a clear and complete explanation of why it will someday be possible to travel years, decades or even centuries into the future, a direct consequence of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. The book is aimed at intellectually curious people and requires no previous science or mathematics training.

The Infinite Tree & The Rivers of Time: Time, Experience, & The Foundations of Reality

by Marc Garner

An exploration of the human implications of relativity, and the philosophical questions raised by the discovery that time's passage is an illusion.

As we peel back the layers in an attempt to sneak a glimpse into eternity, we find a light shining not only upon the nature of reality, but on the nature of ourselves...

A Simple Guide To Popular Physics

by tony harris

This simple guide does exactly what it promises: It offers even the most reluctant scientist a fascinating and user friendly introduction to the wonderful world of physics

AMANDA, TOY ENGINEER

by Aubre Andrus

The Look Up Series is a nonfiction biography series inviting 8 to 12-year-old girls into the world of S.T.E.A.M. while celebrating diverse female role models in S.T.E.A.M. careers today. In the first book in the series, AMANDA, TOY ENGINEER, you'll meet Amanda, a mechanical engineer and marathon runner who makes the impossible possible every day. As a kid, Amanda liked both science and art— but, most of all, she loved solving problems. In this book, you'll... * learn how engineers like Ama... more

Ryan

by Eoin

Seaside Countdown is a delightful counting book packed with charming illustrations of real sea creatures. What does Ann find Early in the day? Ten Purple Sea Urchins At the bottom of the bay Ten purple sea urchins, nine black eels, eight green crabs.. Can you count them all? Each page draws you further into a fun colourful world of wriggly eels, cheeky scallops and pretty sea horses. Your child will search, count and observe different types of sea creatures, learn about common colour... more

What Is Ethics?

by John Christopher Schoales

This is a book on moral philosophy and practical ethics. It draws on insights of eminent philosophers and develops an explanation of ethics that can be applied to each person's life and to major social issues.

How Big Is The Universe?

by Michael E. Baron

"How Big Is The Universe?" is an entertaining and educational journey through space that helps young and older readers alike understand the immense size of the universe in which we live. Traveling aboard an imaginary spaceship, the reader blasts off from Earth, through our solar system, the Milky Way Galaxy, and beyond.

Welcome to Our Real Matrix

by Tom Arant

Did you know that we (and all life) are unknowingly imprisoned? That what you think is Reality has little to do with the truth? In these ways, our existence is like the virtual reality in the movie, The Matrix. The differences are more overwhelming, including that our Real Matrix emerged through biological processes without any intention nor direction (i.e., no sentient machines), and that there is no escape through taking a Red Pill. Welcome to Our Real Matrix proves all this using accept... more

The Anarchist Notebook

by S.A Schussler

Poetic maybe

Hopefully

Sometimes

Philosophical - everyone will hate this book (the few who read it will, at first)

Interesting - I know what a synopsis is

Five years of my life poured into it; to no avail, I know

Onward

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