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We’ve all read the cybersecurity horror stories: a prominent company exposes the private information of their customers only to scramble after the fact to apologize and safeguard the data. Cybersecurity is often an afterthought, a much lower priority than profit—until a data breach threatens the bottom line anyway. In The Cyber-Elephant in the Boardroom, data security expert and CEO Mathieu Gorge, along with a host of guests, shows why protecting a company’s data should be top of mind for C-suites and corporate boards.

A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nation In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with...

Lene Beier elsker sin vilde have. Her er plads til både pindsvin, insekter, fugle og ukrudt. Alligevel er hun i tvivl om, hun gør det rigtigt og hvad man som haveejer skal gøre, hvis man gerne vil gøre noget godt for naturen. Aldrig før har der været så meget snak om vilde haver og biodiversitet. Men hvad er egentlig op ned, når det kommer til hjemmehørende arter og vild natur? I VILDERE HAVE får du historien om tilblivelsen af Lene Beiers egen have og masser af inspiration til, hvordan du selv kommer i gang.

Hoe komt het dat uit de oerknal een heelal is ontstaan waarin als bij wonder leven mogelijk is? Dit is misschien wel de grootste vraag waarover Stephen Hawking zich het hoofd heeft gebogen tijdens zijn buitengewone leven. Twintig jaar lang werkten Hawking en Thomas Hertog zij aan zij aan een nieuwe theorie van de oerknal die dit raadselachtig leefbare karakter van het heelal kon verklaren. Zij ontdekten een diepere laag van evolutie, verscholen in de prille beginfase van het universum, waarin de natuurwetten zelf leken te veranderen. Materie, krachten en de tijd verdwijnen bij de oerknal.

ZIMBARDOS FÆNGSELSEKSPERIMENT handler om det berygtede forsøg, hvor psykologen Phillip Zimbardo i 1973 påbegyndte et eksperiment, der havde til formål at undersøge årsagen til den voldsomme brutalitet blandt fængselsbetjente - skyldtes det sadistiske personligheder eller miljøet i fængslerne? For at undersøge dette byggede han et fængsel i kælderen på Stanford University og screenede 24 frivillige, unge mænd til at deltage i forsøget. Forsøget blev dog brat afbrudt. På bare seks dage fik de indsatte mentale sammenbrud, blev udsat for både psykisk og fysisk afstraffelse, og der opstod et fangeoprør.

DE ADSKILTE TRILLINGER handler om Eddy, Bobby og David, som i starten af 1980'erne er overalt i medierne med deres utrolige og meget betagende historie: som 19-årige finder de hinanden ved et rent tilfælde - uden nogensinde at have kendt til hinandens eksistens. Men bag solstrålehistorien gemmer der sig en anden overraskende og dyster fortælling. Trillingerne har været forsøgspersoner i et hemmeligt videnskabeligt eksperiment, som startede den dag, de blev født.

Griffith paints an inspiring yet practical picture of empowered local communities acting collectively when it comes to renewable energy, and benefiting financially. He considers both equity and security – an end to dependence on foreign oil, for instance. He explores the rejuvenation of regional Australia, as well as the rise of a new populist movement driven by Australian women. And he explodes once and for all the trees v. jobs binary. This is an electrifying essay about building a better world, one community at a time.

To compete internationally, electrical installations and equipment must demonstrably comply with modern electrical safety structures required by international legislation governing the supply chain, as well as observing local regulations. The purpose of this book is both to describe the management of electrical safety, i.e. the chief responsible electrical specialist’s role including its various aspects and implications, and to provide guidance for creation of an adequate structure. It does not make reference to individual standards or to laws, which are typically national.

Ride along with author Tom Cotter and photographer Michael Alan Ross as they pilot their Ford Bronco/Airstream Basecamp combination 8,881 miles along the lower 48’s back roads and byways. Tom Cotter has spent decades ferreting out lost “barn find” collector cars. The process has made him...

Cyril Tarquinio propose une nouvelle manière d’appréhender les souffrances chroniques, comme étant issues de souffrances psychiques plus anciennes. Avec bienveillance, il guide l’audiolecteur sur le chemin de la résilience.

On February 22, 1978, a devastating freight train derailment drastically altered Waverly, Tennessee, and its place in history. This was one of the worst train explosions of the twentieth century, killing sixteen people, injuring hundreds more, and causing millions of dollars in damage. What could have been dismissed as a single community's terrible misfortune instead became the catalyst for radical change, including the formation of FEMA, much-needed reforms in emergency response training, and the creation and enforcement of national and state safety regulations.

The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a meter or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due to climate change. Large parts of our coastal cities will be flooded, the basic outline of our world will be changed, and torrential rains will present their own challenges. But this is not the first time that people have had to cope with threatening waters, because sea levels have been rising for thousands of years, ever since the end of the last Ice Age.

Mal angenommen es war nicht früher alles besser – sondern wird es erst in der Zukunft: Wie würde die ideale Welt 2040 in Bezug auf fossile Brennstoffe, Mobilität und Ernährung aussehen? Und wäre sie auch praktisch umsetzbar? Jan Hegenberg zeigt in seinem Buch faktenbasiert, aber trotzdem mit einer ordentlichen Prise Humor, wie wir die Energiewende angehen können und wie Städte ohne Autos aussehen und funktionieren würden. Dabei seziert er genussvoll und unterhaltsam die Fehlinformationen, denen wir zu dem Thema Klimawende aufgesessen sind, und zeigt, wie gut wir 2040 klimaneutral leben können.

At udforske hjernen er det samme som at udforske hvad mennesket er. Lone Franks Den femte revolution er en guide rundt i hjernen og i frontforskningen i hjernen, men først og fremmest er Den femte revolution en opdagelsesrejse i hjernens krinkelkroge, fuld af sjove, bizarre og oplysende eksempler.

Real applications of crypto technology are growing exponentially: cryptocurrency payments are moving frictionlessly across borders; NFTs are generating real value for creators and consumers alike; and new blockchain-enabled business models are being built around decentralized finance and Web3. What do you and your company need to know and do today to create new opportunities and avoid disruption?

No mundo, a incidência e regularidade de fenômenos climáticos como inundações aumentam em frequência e magnitude, provocando efeitos impactantes nas instalações de saúde. Os ambientes de saúde podem ter os impactos na edificação amplificados em função das soluções arquitetônicas, quando os espaços de arquitetura são projetados distanciados da percepção dos riscos e dos efeitos que poderão incidir nos ambientes.

A presente obra é o resultado de mais de dois anos de pesquisas realizadas no âmbito do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Marítimos da Escola de Guerra Naval (EGN) acerca dos desenvolvimentos de navios mercantes autônomos, parcialmente autônomos e remotamente controlados. Adaptação de dissertação defendida em 2019, o livro mapeia as pesquisas realizadas sobre o tema e apresenta, de maneira exploratória, a relação entre essa emergente tecnologia e os aspectos operacionais, ambientais e econômicos do transporte marítimo.

What is it that fascinates so many people about Ronnie Biggs and makes him a household name sixty years on from the crime that made his name? Is it the man or the myth that makes Ron a latter-day Robin Hood, and the odd man out who is best remembered from a gang of sixteen who held up a mail train in August 1963? This book covers Ron's entire life including the Great Train Robbery, his conviction and subsequent escape from HMP Wandsworth. Ron tells how he managed to outrun and outthink the posse of law enforcement officers and the media that chased him around the world.

Why voice technology is the next big thing in technology, as big as mobile a decade ago and the internet in the late 90s, fundamentally altering the way companies do business. Voice is the next technology – remarkably similar in potential impact to the internet and mobile computing - poised to...

Guido Tonelli nous plonge dans une véritable odyssée spatio-temporelle, remarquablement documentée et alimentée par les travaux des grands chercheurs à l’origine des avancées majeures en physique théorique.