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As AI becomes smarter and more humanlike, our societies, our economies, and our humanity will undergo the most dramatic changes we've seen since the Agricultural Revolution. Some of these changes will enhance our species. Others may dehumanize us and make us more machinelike in our interactions with others. It's up to us to adapt and determine how we want to live and work. Are you ready? In I, Human psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic offers a guide for reclaiming ourselves in a world in which most of our decisions will be made for us.

She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor.

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.

En av dina viktigaste organ är hjärnan. I hela ditt liv förändras den. Allt du tar dig för förändrar din hjärnas struktur. Just därför har vi också förmågan att påverka den. Mer än vad vi tror! Det är därför inte omöjligt för någon att börja tänka på ett helt nytt sätt. Med andra ord: bli en banbrytare. Förändra världen genom tankarna.

Lo que más ha envidiado el hombre es la capacidad de vuelo de determinados animales, especialmente las aves. Leonardo Da Vinci: prototipos de máquinas voladoras. Hoy en día: el avión, medio de transporte moderno y rápido. Las alas: elementos esenciales en el vuelo.

A sudden transition from the mirthfulness of college life to the workplace often appears daunting and hard to acclimatise to. Time spent with friends, college festivities, overlooking the trials of life, and dreams of achieving big things abruptly transform into long office hours, stringent...

With wit and sharp insight, former Traffic Commissioner of New York City, Sam Schwartz a.k.a. "Gridlock Sam", one of the most respected transportation engineers in the world and consummate insider in NYC political circles, uncovers how American cities became so beholden to cars and why the current shift away from that trend will forever alter America's urban landscapes, marking nothing short of a revolution in how we get from place to place.

On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage had to be secret, since the British government dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold. Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant was the most qualified officer to head the risky mission.

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.

The country's leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous than...

Ti sei mai chiesto quanto può essere invasivo, fastidioso e penetrante un rumore protratto nel tempo? La sensazione che si prova è un misto di rabbia, amarezza e malessere. Pensa che qualche volta sembra di sentirlo anche quando non c'è e la cosa peggiore è che non si riesce ad averne il controllo. Magari non ci hai mai pensato prima, ma questa esposizione continua a danneggiare l'equilibrio degli individui e li porta dritti all'ansia. La soluzione? È senza dubbio l'insonorizzazione, a patto però di trovare qualcuno di esperienza a cui affidarsi totalmente.

USS Nevada (BB-36) was America's first modern battleship. When its keel was laid in 1912, kings and emperors still ruled much of the world. When it finally slipped beneath the waves in 1948, America was the undisputed global superpower.

Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of air warfare, introducing the major battles, crises, and controversies where air power has taken center stage and exploring the changes in technology and air power capabilities over time. Considering whether bombing has ever been truly effective, he discusses whether wars can be won from the air and concludes by analyzing whether there is a future for manned air power, or if it is inevitable that drones will dominate 21st-century war in the air.

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.