The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters (Audiobook) By Mark Henderson, read by Tom Lawrence
Unabridged edition 2012 | 10 hours and 22 | ISBN: n/a , ASIN: B0081X5MX8 | MP3 128 kbps | 499 MB
We live in a country where:
Only one of our 650 MPs has worked as a research scientist.
The Government's drugs adviser was sacked for making a decision based on scientific fact rather than public opinion.
A writer can be forced into court for telling the scientific truth.
PIXELPLAN Flow Architect Studio 3D is a software package that enables a simple and easy way to create interactive 3D visualization - virtual walks. Created visualizations are like a computer program, located in one file and are suitable for further distribution and publication on the website.
Nero 11 empowers you to create and share your photos, music and videos like never before. The complete 360-degree experience offers easy-to-advanced video editing, innovative video file conversion technology for viewing movies on any device, plus burning and backup to support your complete digital life style.
Stephen Blair-Chappell, Andrew Stokes "Parallel Programming with Intel Parallel Studio XE"
552 pages | 2012 | ISBN: 0470891653 | EPUB, PDF | 82 MB
Optimize code for multi-core processors with Intel's Parallel Studio
Parallel programming is rapidly becoming a "must-know" skill for developers. Yet, where to start? This teach-yourself tutorial is an ideal starting point for developers who already know Windows C and C++ and are eager to add parallelism to their code. With a focus on applying tools, techniques, and language extensions to implement parallelism, this essential resource teaches you how to write programs for multicore and leverage the power of multicore in your programs.
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Audiobook) By David Deutsch, read by Walter Dixon
Unabridged edition 2011 | 20 hours and 6 mins | ISBN: n/a , ASIN: B005HTYBCM | MP3 64 kbps | 545 MB
A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe.
nCode, the leading brand of durability, test and analysis products offered by HBM, announce the release of ANSYS nCode DesignLife in the latest version of ANSYS 14.0 Workbench, providing an unparalleled combination of ease of use and powerful fatigue analysis for ANSYS users.
National Geographic - Wild America The Wild Grand Canyon Safari (2012) 720p HDTV x264-SYA
English | 00:44:56 | H264 | 1280x720 | 25.00fps 4131 Kbps | AC3 128 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.3 GiB Genre: Documentary
Naturalist Casey Anderson heads deep into the Grand Canyon on an epic quest to profile the rare and endangered wildlife living on the edge of the abyss.
Three extraordinary mysteries from the natural world: Exploding toads in Hamburg; 13 Fairy Penguins found dead in Manly; and the erosion of Cornwall’s endangered corals.
Long before she set foot on stage in England, Felicity Kendal launched her acting career in India, where her parents ran a theatre company called Shakespeareana. Here she returns to the land of her childhood to discover the full story of India's enduring love-affair with Shakespeare - from the first days of Empire to Bollywood and beyond. Shaped by her enthusiasm to discover more about a drama in which her own family played a role, Felicity's journey takes her to India's iconic cities and to places far off the beaten track. Along the way she meets film stars and prisoners, kings and market traders, schoolchildren, historians and her own relatives, and sees how Shakespeare's plays are inspiring a new generation of artists and film-makers in modern India.
National Geographic - Wild America The Wild Grand Canyon Safari (2012) HDTV XviD-AFG
English | 00:44:56 | XviD | 640x360 | 25.00fps 1174 Kbps | MP3 56 Kbps 48.0khz | 377MB Genre: Documentary
Naturalist Casey Anderson heads deep into the Grand Canyon on an epic quest to profile the rare and endangered wildlife living on the edge of the abyss.
National Geographic - The Pack Lions (2012) HDTV XviD-AFG
English | 00:46:59 | XviD | 640x360 | 25.00fps 1169 Kbps | MP3 56 Kbps 48.0khz | 392MB Genre: Documentary
From the air, ground, and trees, National Geographic investigates the hunting tactics within elite predatory units–wild dog and lion packs. Featuring amazing cinematography and innovative CGI techniques, The Pack reveals fascinating details of the hunt–starting with the first trigger to the climactic feeding frenzy, the battle with scavengers...and the hungry individuals left only with scraps.
Narrated by Geoffrey Holden and filmed in Australia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, and Malaysia. The film captures the incredible diversity of species which have evolved throughout the long history of tropical biology-insects, gaudy frogs, exotic plants and flowers. Species have formed interdependent relationships, all of which are dependent on the trees. With the loss of the forests, thousands of these species will become extinct before they can be discovered.
I was angry at renting this movie and then watching from a distance in the lab as the female biologist picked up and handled the specimens gathered from 3,000 feet below the surface of the ocean. She looks into the glass basins containing specimens and laughs as though they're funny but she makes no attempt to tell us what they are, and the camera makes no attempt to let us look at them.