Tag: Scientists

The Last Winter The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World


Free Download Porter Fox, "The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0316460907, 0316460923 | 320 pages | AZW3 | 5.3 MB
One man’s "curiously thrilling joyride" of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation (Donovan Hohn).

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Inventors and Scientists (Women Who Made History)


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English | July 30, 2019 | ISBN: 1538243067 | 48 pages | EPUB | 14 Mb
Women have always made great contributions to science, and some of the greatest inventors in history were women, but for far too long many of these individuals weren’t recognized for their accomplishments. For example, even today, many people don’t know it was a woman, English mathematician Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first computer program. Readers of this accessible volume will learn about Lovelace and many other inspiring women who changed the course of history through their inventions and contributions to science.

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Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists Beyond Regulatory Compliance Ed 2


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English | ISBN: 1446207498 | 2014 | 264 pages | EPUB | 1485 KB
Ethics and integrity in researchare increasingly important for social scientists around the world. We are tackling more complex problems in the face of expanding and not always sympathetic regulation. This book surveys the recent developments and debates around researching ethically and with integrity and complying with ethical requirements. The new edition pushes beyond the work of the first edition through updated and extended coverage of issues relating to international, indigenous, interdisciplinary and internet research.

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Software Engineering for Data Scientists (2nd Early Release)


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781098136192 | 52 pages | EPUB | 2.4 MB
Data science happens in code. The ability to write reproducible, robust, scaleable code is key to a data science project’s success-and is absolutely essential for those working with production code. This practical book bridges the gap between data science and software engineering, clearly explaining how to apply the best practices from software engineering to data science.

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