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A Brief History of Everything Wireless

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Name: A Brief History of Everything Wireless
Format: pdf
Size: 2.47 MB

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Title: 461117_Print.indd
Author: Petri Launiainen
Language: angielski
Year: 2018
Subjects: Computer Technology, Technology, Nonfiction
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 9783319789095
Total pages: 211

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Since the discovery of electromagnetic waves less than 150 years ago, the application of wireless communications technology has not only revolutionized our daily lives, but also fundamentally changed the course of world history.
A Brief History of Everything Wireless charts the fascinating story of wireless communications. The book leads the reader on an intriguing journey of personal triumphs and stinging defeats, relating the prominent events, individuals and companies involved in each progressive leap in technology, with a particular focus on the phenomenal impact of each new invention on society. Beginning at the early days of spark-gap transmitters, this tale touches on the emergence of radio and television broadcasting, as well as radio navigation and radar, before moving on to the rise of satellite, near-field and light-based communications. Finally, the development of wireless home networks and the explosive growth of modern cellular technologies are revealed, complete with a captivating account of their corresponding company histories and behind-the-scenes battles over standards.

For those wishing to peek behind the magic curtain of friendly user interfaces and clever engineering, and delve further into various processes underlying the ubiquitous technology we depend upon yet take for granted, the book also contains special "TechTalk" chapters that explain the theoretical basics in an intuitive way.

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A Brief History of Egypt

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Name: A Brief History of Egypt
Format: pdf
Size: 6.15 MB

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Title: Brief History of Egypt
Author: HPS_G5
Language: angielski
Year: 2025
Subjects: History, Nonfiction
Publisher: Ashleigh Robertson
ISBN: 9781489018878
Total pages: 305

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

A Brief History of Egypt
A Brief History of Egypt takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey through the history of one of the world’s most influential and ancient civilizations. From the rise of the Pharaonic dynasties and the construction of the Great Pyramids to its pivotal role in the development of art, science, and politics, this book explores the rich cultural heritage of Egypt and its enduring impact on human history.
The narrative traces Egypt’s journey through millennia of dynastic rule, the flourishing of its remarkable civilization along the Nile River, the spread of its influence across the ancient world, and the transformative invasions by foreign powers-from the Persians to the Greeks, Romans, and Arabs. The book also examines Egypt’s evolution under Islamic rule, its vibrant modern era, and its key role in the Arab world, highlighting its complex relationship with both the past and the future.
Alongside its rich history, readers will discover Egypt’s incredible contributions to literature, architecture, philosophy, and religion. With a focus on the challenges Egypt has faced in the modern era-political change, economic development, and the preservation of its cultural legacy-this book tells the story of a nation whose influence reverberates across the globe, continuing to shape the course of history today.

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A Brief History of Economics – Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science

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Name: A Brief History of Economics – Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science
Format: pdf
Size: 25.51 MB

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Title: A Brief History of Economics
Author: sabine
Language: angielski
Year: 2001
Subjects: Business, Nonfiction
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN: 9789810238483
Total pages: 501

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Blending past and present, this brief history of economics is the perfect book for introducing students to the field.A Brief History of Economics illustrates how the ideas of the great economists not only influenced societies but were themselves shaped by their cultural milieu. Understanding the economists’ visions – lucidly and vividly unveiled by Canterbery – allows readers to place economics within a broader community of ideas. Magically, the author links Adam Smith to Isaac Newton’s idea of an orderly universe, F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to Thorstein Veblen, John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath to the Great Depression, and Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities to Reaganomics.Often humorous, Canterbery’s easy style will make the student’s first foray into economics lively and relevant. Readers will dismiss “dismal” from the science.

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A Brief History of Economic Thought

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Name: A Brief History of Economic Thought
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Size: 2.64 MB

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Title: Economic Thought
Author: Heinz Kurz
Language: polski
Year: 2016
Subjects: Business, Politics, Nonfiction
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231172585
Total pages: 320

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In this concise yet comprehensive history, Heinz D. Kurz traces the long arc of economic thought from its emergence in ancient Greece to its systematic presentation among the classical thinkers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to the influential work of scholars such as Paul Samuelson and Kenneth J. Arrow. With a keen eye for how economic insights are acquired, lost, and reborn, Kurz focuses on the dynamic individuals who give old ideas new life and the historical events that provoke different approaches and theories.
Over the course of this journey, Kurz explains what Adam Smith meant by the "invisible hand"; how Karl Marx’s "law of motion" works in capitalist economies; the roots of the Austrian economists’ emphasis on the problems of information, incomplete knowledge, and uncertainty; John Maynard Keynes’s principle of effective demand and economic stabilization; and the insights and challenges offered by growth theory, welfare economics, game theory, and more. He concludes with a deft summation of world economists’ major concerns today and their critical relation to world events.

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A Brief History of Doom – Two Hundred Years of Financial Crises

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Name: A Brief History of Doom – Two Hundred Years of Financial Crises
Format: epub
Size: 3.44 MB

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Title: A Brief History of Doom
Author: Richard Vague
Language: English
Year: 2019
Subjects: Business, History, Nonfiction
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9780812251777
Total pages: 688 str.

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Financial crises happen time and again in post-industrial economies-and they are extraordinarily damaging. Building on insights gleaned from many years of work in the banking industry and drawing on a vast trove of data, Richard Vague argues that such crises follow a pattern that makes them both predictable and avoidable.
A Brief History of Doom examines a series of major crises over the past 200 years in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, and China-including the Great Depression and the economic meltdown of 2008. Vague demonstrates that the over-accumulation of private debt does a better job than any other variable of explaining and predicting financial crises. In a series of clear and gripping chapters, he shows that in each case the rapid growth of loans produced widespread overcapacity, which then led to the spread of bad loans and bank failures. This cycle, according to Vague, is the essence of financial crises and the script…

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A Brief History of Disease, Science and Medicine

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Name: A Brief History of Disease, Science and Medicine
Format: pdf
Size: 42.71 MB

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Title: Leaving Dirty Jersey
Author: James Salant
Language: angielski
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Sociology, Nonfiction
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
ISBN: 9780091920340
Total pages: 530

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Leaving Dirty Jersey is the compellingly crafted tale of James Salant’s descent into crystal meth addiction. Written at the age of only twenty-two, this memoir chronicles his year-long addiction with complete honesty and heartbreaking candour.
Brought up in a stable, middle-class family, the second son of two therapists, he was introduced to heroin at seventeen by his brother Joe. This resulted in a spell in rehab where he met a bunch of ex-convicts, and he soon fell into the thuggish, drifting lifestyle of meth addiction. It was to take a near-psychotic event to finally get him to clean up.
With graphic descriptions of life on crystal meth – the insatiable sex drive, the paranoia, the desperate need for more drugs to sustain the high – James’ writing mimics the emotional detachment of the drug and the wired yet aimless life it induces. His voice is so open and authentic, it is hard to believe he is still so young.
Given the nickname Dirty Jersey, while living as a tough guy-junkie in California, James had it tattooed on the inside of his left arm. There it remains as a graphic and permanent reminder of his past life as a junkie.

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A Brief History of Cuba

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Name: A Brief History of Cuba
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Size: 3.58 MB

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Title: A Brief History of Cuba
Author: Rose Ana Berbeo
Language: angielski
Year: 2023
Subjects: History, Nonfiction
Publisher: Prints Publications Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9788119972609
Total pages: 112

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Trying to cover the history of Cuba in just a few pages is not only a fanciful notion but a futile exercise. Our history is so rich that some periods have yet to be sufficiently explored, much less addressed with the objectivity that the passing of the years provides to specialists devoted to these matters. With this brief look at the main events, divided into three periods – colonial, neocolonial and revolutionary – we shall attempt to familiarize our reader in a very general way with the long process of the formation of our nationality. Here, too, you will find the main geographical characteristics of the island, its 15 provinces, and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud.

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A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms

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Name: A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms
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Size: 2.59 MB

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Title: A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms
Author: John F. Dooley
Language: polski
Year: 2013
Subjects: Computer Technology, Technology, Engineering, Nonfiction
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 9783319016276
Total pages: 104

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The science of cryptology is made up of two halves. Cryptography is the study of how to create secure systems for communications. Cryptanalysis is the study of how to break those systems. The conflict between these two halves of cryptology is the story of secret writing. For over 2,000 years, the desire to communicate securely and secretly has resulted in the creation of numerous and increasingly complicated systems to protect one’s messages. Yet for every system there is a cryptanalyst creating a new technique to break that system. With the advent of computers the cryptographer seems to finally have the upper hand. New mathematically based cryptographic algorithms that use computers for encryption and decryption are so secure that brute-force techniques seem to be the only way to break them – so far. This work traces the history of the conflict between cryptographer and cryptanalyst, explores in some depth the algorithms created to protect messages, and suggests where the field is going in the future.

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A Brief History of Computing

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Name: A Brief History of Computing
Format: pdf
Size: 4.62 MB

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Title: A Brief History of Computing
Author: Gerard O’Regan
Language: angielski
Year: 2012
Subjects: Computer Technology, Science, Technology, Nonfiction
Publisher: Springer London
ISBN: 9781447123583
Total pages: 283

Description:

This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation – from 3000 B.C. to the present day – in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. Topics and features: ideal for self-study, offering many pedagogical features such as chapter-opening key topics, chapter introductions and summaries, exercises, and a glossary; presents detailed information on major figures in computing, such as Boole, Babbage, Shannon, Turing, Zuse and Von Neumann; reviews the history of software engineering and of programming languages, including syntax and semantics; discusses the progress of artificial intelligence, with extension to such key disciplines as philosophy, psychology, linguistics, neural networks and cybernetics; examines the impact on society of the introduction of the personal computer, the World Wide Web, and the development of mobile phone technology; follows the evolution of a number of major technology companies, including IBM, Microsoft and Apple.

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A Brief History of Comic Book Movies

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Name: A Brief History of Comic Book Movies
Format: pdf
Size: 5.59 MB

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Title: A Brief History of Comic Book Movies
Author: Wheeler Winston Dixon
Language: angielski
Year: 2017
Subjects: Art, Performing Arts, Nonfiction
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 9783319471839
Total pages: 103

Description:

A Brief History of Comic Book Movies traces the meteoric rise of the hybrid art form of the comic book film. These films trace their origins back to the early 1940s, when the first Batman and Superman serials were made. The serials, and later television shows in the 1950s and 60s, were for the most part designed for children. But today, with the continuing rise of Comic-Con, they seem to be more a part of the mainstream than ever, appealing to adults as well as younger fans. This book examines comic book movies from the past and present, exploring how these films shaped American culture from the post-World War II era to the present day, and how they adapted to the changing tastes and mores of succeeding generations.

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