*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE**A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver. An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and technology are changing what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier. Harry Parker's life changed overnight, when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans becoming hybrids? . Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be.
Wellcome Collection
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9781788163118
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Hardcover
Kafka
By Shapira, Gwen
Every enterprise application creates data, whether it consists of log messages, metrics, user activity, or outgoing messages. Moving all this data is just as important as the data itself. With this updated edition, application architects, developers, and production engineers new to the Kafka streaming platform will learn how to handle data in motion. Additional chapters cover Kafka's AdminClient API, transactions, new security features, and tooling changes.Engineers from Confluent and LinkedIn responsible for developing Kafka explain how to deploy production Kafka clusters, write reliable event-driven microservices, and build scalable stream processing applications with this platform. Through detailed examples, you'll learn Kafka's design principles, reliability guarantees, key APIs, and architecture details, including the replication protocol, the controller, and the storage layer.
O'Reilly Media; 2nd edition
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9781492043089
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2nd Edition
Python for Devops
By Noah, Gift,
Python for DevOps shows you how to harness Python for everyday Linux systems administration tasks, as well as today's most useful devops tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Embrace automation and you'll never look at a boring task the same way again.
OREILLY MEDIA
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9781492057697
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Math Adventures with Python
By Farrell, Peter
Learn math by getting creative with code! Use the Python programming language to transform learning high school-level math topics like algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus!Math Adventures with Python will show you how to harness the power of programming to keep math relevant and fun. With the aid of the Python programming language, youll learn how to visualize solutions to a range of math problems as you use code to explore key mathematical concepts like algebra, trigonometry, matrices, and cellular automata.Once youve learned the programming basics like loops and variables, youll write your own programs to solve equations quickly, make cool things like an interactive rainbow grid, and automate tedious tasks like factoring numbers and finding square roots. Youll learn how to write functions to draw and manipulate shapes, create oscillating sine waves, and solve equations graphically. Youll also learn how to: - Draw and transform 2D and 3D graphics with matrices- Make colorful designs like the Mandelbrot and Julia sets with complex numbers- Use recursion to create fractals like the Koch snowflake and the Sierpinski triangle- Generate virtual sheep that graze on grass and multiply autonomously - Crack secret codes using genetic algorithms As you work through the books numerous examples and increasingly challenging exercises, youll code your own solutions, create beautiful visualizations, and see just how much more fun math can be!
No Starch Press
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9781593278670
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Paperback
PHP & MySQL in easy steps
By Mcgrath, Mike
PHP and MySQL in easy steps, 2nd edition teaches the user to write PHP server-side scripts and how to make MySQL database queries. It has an easy-to-follow style that will appeal to: anyone who wants to begin producing data-driven web pages. web developers wanting to add database interaction to their web sites. the programmer who quickly wants to add PHP and MySQL to their skills set. the hobbyist who wants to begin creating scripts for upload to their own ISP. the student, and to those seeking a career in computing, who need a fundamental understanding of server-side programming with PHP and MySQL. PHP and MySQL in easy steps, 2nd edition demonstrates by example how to produce data-driven web pages using the powerful PHP scripting language and the popular free MySQL database server.
In Easy Steps Limited
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9781840788273
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Paperback
Cloud Native Transformation
By Pini, Reznik,
OREILLY MEDIA
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9781492048909
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HTML and CSS
By Casabona, Joe
HTML and CSS remain the linchpin of the Web. Every beginning web developer needs to understand them thoroughly - including the latest advances in these standards, and the newest techniques based on them. For decades, web professionals have turned to HTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide as the fastest and most practical way to gain that understanding. Now, this full-color guide has been thoroughly updated by a new author who's taught thousands of beginning web developers. Joe Casabona combines expert introductions to the latest HTML and CSS technologies, new examples and projects, and extensive online video content for a true multi-modal learning experience. Combining definitive reference information with hands-on tutorials, Casabona helps aspiring and current web professionals gain deep mastery of HTML and CSS separately, together, and in the broader context of the overall web project and lifecycle.
Peachpit Press
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9780136702566
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Paperback
Digital Justice
By Katsh, M Ethan
Improving access to justice has been an ongoing process, and on-demand justice should be a natural part of our increasingly on-demand society. What can we do for example when Facebook blocks our account, we're harassed on Twitter, discover that our credit report contains errors, or receive a negative review on Airbnb? How do we effectively resolve these and other such issues?Digital Justice introduces the reader to new technological tools to resolve and prevent disputes bringing dispute resolution to cyberspace, where those who would never look to a court for assistance can find help for instance via a smartphone. The authors focus particular attention on five areas that have seen great innovation as well as large volumes of disputes: ecommerce, healthcare, social media, labor, and the courts.
Oxford University Press
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9780190464585
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Hardcover
Becoming an Ethical Hacker
By Rivlin, Gary
An acclaimed investigative journalist explores ethical hacking and presents a reader-friendly, informative guide to everything there is to know about entering the field of cybersecurity.It's impossible to ignore the critical role cybersecurity plays within our society, politics, and the global order. In Becoming an Ethical Hacker, investigative reporter Gary Rivlin offers an easy-to-digest primer on what white hat hacking is, how it began, and where it's going, while providing vivid case studies illustrating how to become one of these "white hats" who specializes in ensuring the security of an organization's information systems. He shows how companies pay these specialists to break into their protected systems and networks to test and assess their security. Readers will learn how these white hats use their skills to improve security by exposing vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can detect and exploit them. Weaving practical how-to advice with inspiring case studies, Rivlin provides concrete, practical steps anyone can take to pursue a career in the growing field of cybersecurity.
Simon & Schuster
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9781501167911
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Hardcover
The Missing Cryptoqueen
By Bartlett, Jamie
175 countries, four billion dollars, one scam: the thrilling rise and fall of the biggest cryptocurrency con in history and the woman behind it allIn 2016, on stage at Wembley Arena in front of thousands of adoring fans, Dr. Ruja Ignatova promised her followers a financial revolution. The future, she said, belonged to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. And the Oxford-educated, self-styled cryptoqueen vowed that she had invented the Bitcoin Killer. OneCoin would not only earn its investors untold fortunes; it would change the world. By March 2017, more than $4 billion had been invested in OneCoin in countries all around the world. But by October 2017, Ruja Ignatova had disappeared, and it slowly became clear that her revolutionary cryptocurrency was not all it seemed.
Hybrid Humans
By Parker, Harry
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE**A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver. An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and technology are changing what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier. Harry Parker's life changed overnight, when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans becoming hybrids? . Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be.
Kafka
By Shapira, Gwen
Every enterprise application creates data, whether it consists of log messages, metrics, user activity, or outgoing messages. Moving all this data is just as important as the data itself. With this updated edition, application architects, developers, and production engineers new to the Kafka streaming platform will learn how to handle data in motion. Additional chapters cover Kafka's AdminClient API, transactions, new security features, and tooling changes.Engineers from Confluent and LinkedIn responsible for developing Kafka explain how to deploy production Kafka clusters, write reliable event-driven microservices, and build scalable stream processing applications with this platform. Through detailed examples, you'll learn Kafka's design principles, reliability guarantees, key APIs, and architecture details, including the replication protocol, the controller, and the storage layer.
Python for Devops
By Noah, Gift,
Python for DevOps shows you how to harness Python for everyday Linux systems administration tasks, as well as today's most useful devops tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Embrace automation and you'll never look at a boring task the same way again.
Math Adventures with Python
By Farrell, Peter
Learn math by getting creative with code! Use the Python programming language to transform learning high school-level math topics like algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus!Math Adventures with Python will show you how to harness the power of programming to keep math relevant and fun. With the aid of the Python programming language, youll learn how to visualize solutions to a range of math problems as you use code to explore key mathematical concepts like algebra, trigonometry, matrices, and cellular automata.Once youve learned the programming basics like loops and variables, youll write your own programs to solve equations quickly, make cool things like an interactive rainbow grid, and automate tedious tasks like factoring numbers and finding square roots. Youll learn how to write functions to draw and manipulate shapes, create oscillating sine waves, and solve equations graphically. Youll also learn how to: - Draw and transform 2D and 3D graphics with matrices- Make colorful designs like the Mandelbrot and Julia sets with complex numbers- Use recursion to create fractals like the Koch snowflake and the Sierpinski triangle- Generate virtual sheep that graze on grass and multiply autonomously - Crack secret codes using genetic algorithms As you work through the books numerous examples and increasingly challenging exercises, youll code your own solutions, create beautiful visualizations, and see just how much more fun math can be!
PHP & MySQL in easy steps
By Mcgrath, Mike
PHP and MySQL in easy steps, 2nd edition teaches the user to write PHP server-side scripts and how to make MySQL database queries. It has an easy-to-follow style that will appeal to: anyone who wants to begin producing data-driven web pages. web developers wanting to add database interaction to their web sites. the programmer who quickly wants to add PHP and MySQL to their skills set. the hobbyist who wants to begin creating scripts for upload to their own ISP. the student, and to those seeking a career in computing, who need a fundamental understanding of server-side programming with PHP and MySQL. PHP and MySQL in easy steps, 2nd edition demonstrates by example how to produce data-driven web pages using the powerful PHP scripting language and the popular free MySQL database server.
Cloud Native Transformation
By Pini, Reznik,
HTML and CSS
By Casabona, Joe
HTML and CSS remain the linchpin of the Web. Every beginning web developer needs to understand them thoroughly - including the latest advances in these standards, and the newest techniques based on them. For decades, web professionals have turned to HTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide as the fastest and most practical way to gain that understanding. Now, this full-color guide has been thoroughly updated by a new author who's taught thousands of beginning web developers. Joe Casabona combines expert introductions to the latest HTML and CSS technologies, new examples and projects, and extensive online video content for a true multi-modal learning experience. Combining definitive reference information with hands-on tutorials, Casabona helps aspiring and current web professionals gain deep mastery of HTML and CSS separately, together, and in the broader context of the overall web project and lifecycle.
Digital Justice
By Katsh, M Ethan
Improving access to justice has been an ongoing process, and on-demand justice should be a natural part of our increasingly on-demand society. What can we do for example when Facebook blocks our account, we're harassed on Twitter, discover that our credit report contains errors, or receive a negative review on Airbnb? How do we effectively resolve these and other such issues?Digital Justice introduces the reader to new technological tools to resolve and prevent disputes bringing dispute resolution to cyberspace, where those who would never look to a court for assistance can find help for instance via a smartphone. The authors focus particular attention on five areas that have seen great innovation as well as large volumes of disputes: ecommerce, healthcare, social media, labor, and the courts.
Becoming an Ethical Hacker
By Rivlin, Gary
An acclaimed investigative journalist explores ethical hacking and presents a reader-friendly, informative guide to everything there is to know about entering the field of cybersecurity.It's impossible to ignore the critical role cybersecurity plays within our society, politics, and the global order. In Becoming an Ethical Hacker, investigative reporter Gary Rivlin offers an easy-to-digest primer on what white hat hacking is, how it began, and where it's going, while providing vivid case studies illustrating how to become one of these "white hats" who specializes in ensuring the security of an organization's information systems. He shows how companies pay these specialists to break into their protected systems and networks to test and assess their security. Readers will learn how these white hats use their skills to improve security by exposing vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can detect and exploit them. Weaving practical how-to advice with inspiring case studies, Rivlin provides concrete, practical steps anyone can take to pursue a career in the growing field of cybersecurity.
The Missing Cryptoqueen
By Bartlett, Jamie
175 countries, four billion dollars, one scam: the thrilling rise and fall of the biggest cryptocurrency con in history and the woman behind it allIn 2016, on stage at Wembley Arena in front of thousands of adoring fans, Dr. Ruja Ignatova promised her followers a financial revolution. The future, she said, belonged to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. And the Oxford-educated, self-styled cryptoqueen vowed that she had invented the Bitcoin Killer. OneCoin would not only earn its investors untold fortunes; it would change the world. By March 2017, more than $4 billion had been invested in OneCoin in countries all around the world. But by October 2017, Ruja Ignatova had disappeared, and it slowly became clear that her revolutionary cryptocurrency was not all it seemed.