Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major anniversary was published.Chapters reflect on SIU’s successful athletics program, the various colleges and departments within the university, the diverse holdings and collections of the libr...

Decode the hidden mathematics of digital technology and master information theory without ever touching a dense textbook. Perfect for your morning commute or focused learning sessions, this audio-first exploration translates complex computer science concepts into vivid verbal analogies. Satisfy your intellectual curiosity as you explore the invisible architecture powering our interconnected world.Whether you are upskilling for a tech career or simply crave a deeper understanding of...

” Try to imagine being dumped outside of time in a place where nothing resembles anything you´ve ever experienced before, and where the smells, the sounds, the lights, and the feelings are all different.” Thomas Weber Carlsen´s memoir This Side of Life covers an arduous journey over six decades through the first, the second and the third world, and explores the other side of life, where you are confronted with another you and where everything changes dramatically. From the point of view of...

Uniting Mississippi applies a new, philosophically informed theory of democratic leadership to Mississippi's challenges. Governor William F. Winter has written a foreword for the book, supporting its proposals.The book begins with an examination of Mississippi's apparent Catch-22, namely the difficulty of addressing problems of poverty without fixing issues in education first, and vice versa. These difficulties can be overcome if we look at their common roots, argues Eric ...

John Dewey was America’s greatest public philosopher. His work stands out for its remarkable breadth, and his deep commitment to democracy led him to courageous progressive stances on issues such as war, civil liberties, and racial, class, and gender inequalities. This book collects the clearest and most powerful of his public writings and shows how they continue to speak to the challenges we face today.An introductory essay and short introductions to each of the texts discuss the ...

John Dewey was America’s greatest public philosopher. His work stands out for its remarkable breadth, and his deep commitment to democracy led him to courageous progressive stances on issues such as war, civil liberties, and racial, class, and gender inequalities. This book collects the clearest and most powerful of his public writings and shows how they continue to speak to the challenges we face today.An introductory essay and short introductions to each of the texts discuss the ...

Based on empirical studies of European energy and environmental policies, this book suggests that, in combination, these two policy fields form a consensus in the EU which might also become the basis for a new European ideology, namely European ‘sustainabilism’.It asks why an environmental conscience has grown since the late 1960s in the industrialised world and shows that whilst there is undeniable environmental degradation during this time, and that a European environmental consc...

From multiple New York Times best selling author David Weber and #1 New York Times best selling author Timothy Zahn. NEW ENTRY IN BEST-SELLING SERIES. Book #2 in the Manticore Ascendant series, set in David Weber's Honorverse.Lieutenant Travis Long of the Royal Manticoran Navy is the sort of person who likes an orderly universe. One where people follow the rules.Unfortunately, he lives in the real universe.The good news is that Travis is o...

After the disastrous attack on the Manticoran home system by forces unknown, the Royal Manticoran Navy stands on the brink of collapse. A shadowy enemy with the resources to hurl warships across hundreds of light years seeks to conquer the Star Kingdom for reasons unknown, while forces from within Manticore’s own government seek to discredit and weaken the Navy for reasons very much known: their own political gain.It’s up to officers like Travis Long and Lisa Donnelly to defend the...

The application of contemporary and emerging operational research optimization methods in renewable energy is vital to creating and maintaining sustainable environments across the planet. More research is needed to understand how modern and innovative technological solutions can enhance accessible global energy. Operational Research for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environments is a critical scholarly resource that examines the efficient use of modern electrical technology and renewabl...

Advances of Artificial Intelligence in a Green Energy Environment reviews the new technologies in intelligent computing and AI that are reducing the dimension of data coverage worldwide. This handbook describes intelligent optimization algorithms that can be applied in various branches of energy engineering where uncertainty is a major concern. Including AI methodologies and applying advanced evolutionary algorithms to real-world application problems for everyday life applications, this bo...

Human-assisted computation also called humanized or human-based computing harnesses human intelligence to solve computational problems that are beyond the scope of existing Artificial Intelligence algorithms by outsourcing certain steps to humans. This approach exploits differences in abilities between humans and computer agents creating a symbiotic human-computer interaction and can be helpful in solving many AI-complete problems. This edited book focuses on well-known and new methodologi...