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  Future Crimes   By   Marc  Goodman     Preview  Technology is the lynchpin of our modern way of life. It has become so enmeshed with our social, financial, and personal lives that the world would come to a grinding halt without it. We increasingly rely on the internet, smartphones, and other intelligent machines to navigate our daily lives. This book provides a chilling and detailed account of how our technological marvels can also be our enemy.  About the Author   Marc Goodman is a veteran law enforcement officer and futurist who specialises in cybercrime and threat assessment. He had his first brush with cybercrime in 1995 while working for the LAPD and has since worked with the FBI, Interpol, and the Secret Service. He is one of the most respected experts in his field and is the head of the Future Crimes Institute, a think tank.     Understand why data is the new oil and learn about the mad scramble to collect and exploit it At no point in human history have we produced so much in

  Energy: A Beginner's Guide  By Vaclav Smil    Preview  Our continuous need for energy has the potential to bankrupt the planet and threaten our very existence. Vaclav Smil helps us discover what Energy is, and how it shapes us and everything around us.  About the Author  Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian academic and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is considered to be one of the foremost minds on the issue of energy and its implication in public policy. He has written several books including Energy and Civilization: A History, and Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century.   The Big Idea: Discover the science behind Energy, and learn why we must reduce our reliance on conventional energy sources to save our planet  The Greek philosopher Aristotle coined the term Energeia in his philosophical work: Metaphysics. While the word Energeia was adopted by the English-speaking world and modified to "Energy," the true meaning of it was not worked on for nearly

  Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind By  Dr.  Yuval Noah Harari.   Preview   Dr. Yuval Harari, in his book, Sapiens, digs into the history of the present, modern day human the Homo sapiens while discussing what the future holds for our species as well. In four parts, Dr. Harari takes the readers on a journey through the history of mankind and its future, from the time of the Australopithecines to the modern-day Homo S apien  Sapiens (literally translating to Man wise wise) as we have very modestly labeled ourselves as.   The  A uthor and  his  style   The author of the book is Dr. Yuval Noah Harari. He is a historian and a professor working for the Department of History at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He specializes in world history and macro-historical processes. Sapiens was published in 2011, initially in Hebrew and quickly became a bestseller in Israel. In 2014, it was published in English, and since then it has been translated into over 30 languages. Dr. Harari’s writing s