Billions

Author : Carl Sagan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780345379184

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Billions & Billions by Carl Sagan Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century? Here, too, is a rare, private glimpse of Sagan’s thoughts about love, death, and God as he struggled with fatal disease. Ever forward-looking and vibrant with the sparkle of his unquenchable curiosity, Billions & Billions is a testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day. Praise for Billions & Billions “[Sagan’s] writing brims with optimism, clarity and compassion.”—Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel “Sagan used the spotlight of his fame to illuminate the abyss into which stupidity, greed, and the lust for power may yet dump us. All of those interests and causes are handsomely represented in Billions & Billions.”—The Washington Post Book World “Astronomer Carl Sagan didn’t live to see the millennium, but he probably has done more than any other popular scientist to prepare us for its arrival.”—Atlanta Journal & Constitution “Billions & Billions can be interpreted as the Silent Spring for the current generation. . . . Human history includes a number of leaders with great minds who gave us theories about our universe and origins that ran contrary to religious dogma. Galileo determined that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not the other way around. Darwin challenged Creationism with his Evolution of Species. And now, Sagan has given the world its latest challenge: Billions & Billions.”—San Antonio Express-News “[Sagan’s] inspiration and boundless curiosity live on in the gift of his work.”—Seattle Times & Post-Intelligencer “Couldn’t stay awake in your high school science classes? This book can help fill in the holes. Acclaimed scientist Carl Sagan combines his logic and knowledge with wit and humor to make a potentially dry subject enjoyable to read.”—The Dallas Morning News

Author : Larry Malcolm
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781669864257

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Billions of Good People Will Burn in Hell! by Larry Malcolm Pdf

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Author : Lynn Huggins-Cooper
Publisher : Qeb Publishing - Quarto Library
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781682974124

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Billions, Trillions, Quadrillions by Lynn Huggins-Cooper Pdf

Billions, Trillions, Quadrillions helps readers understand large numbers by relating them to everyday situations. It's hard to imagine what a crowd of one billion people would look like--but if one billion children stood on each other's shoulders, they would reach past the moon! Simple explanations, accompanied by amusing infographics, help readers to visualize large numbers and get a handle on math. So take a journey through the world of numbers--from zero to infinity--and find out how we use numbers and how math shapes our world.

Author : Simmons, Geoffrey
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780736931274

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Billions of Missing Links by Simmons, Geoffrey Pdf

Author : Arnold West
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781098021542

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Knowledge Worth Billions by Arnold West Pdf

I believe that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, of the living Creator God has kept me awake for many hours and many nights in the last few months. I will say He has been influencing me, leading me to write these things that He wants me to put in this book. When Jesus was resurrected from the dead and went back to heaven, He said, "I will not leave you comfortless, I will send you another comforter, and he will teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." This book will give believers and nonbelievers the knowledge that all need. Revelation 20:10 reads, "What Satan uses to deceive the nations numbered as the sands of the sea." It's here in this book.

Author : Steven J. Sebastian
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781437908800

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Tax Compliance: Businesses Owe Billions in Federal Taxes by Steven J. Sebastian Pdf

Federal contractors abuse the tax system with little consequence. Much of the tax abuse involved contractors not remitting to the government payroll taxes that were withheld from salaries. This report reviews the IRS¿s processes and procedures to prevent and collect unpaid payroll taxes and determines: (1) the magnitude of unpaid federal payroll tax debt; (2) the factors affecting IRS¿s ability to enforce compliance or pursue collections; and (3) whether some businesses with unpaid payroll taxes are engaged in abusive or potentially criminal activities with regard to the federal tax system. Charts and tables.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428935570

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DOD business systems modernization billions continue to be invested with inadequate management oversight and accountability : report to congressional requesters. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Janet A. St. Laurent
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437903669

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Force Structure: Restructuring and Rebuilding the Army Will Cost Billions of Dollars for Equipment But the Total Cost Is Uncertain by Janet A. St. Laurent Pdf

The high pace of overseas operations is taking a heavy toll on Army equip. Harsh combat and environmental conditions over sustained periods of time have exacerbated equip. repair, replacement, and recapitalization problems. To support ongoing operations and prepare for the future, the Army has embarked on 4 initiatives: (1) restructuring from a div.-based force to a modular brigade-based force; (2) expanding the Army by adding 74,000 people; (3) repairing, replacing, and recapitalizing new equip.; and (4) replacing equip. borrowed from its pre-positioned equip. sets. This statement addresses: the equip. related cost of Army initiatives, and the mgmt. challenges facing the Army and the actions needed to improve its implementation of these initiatives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437984491

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Information Technology: Continued Improvements in Investment Oversight and Management Can Yield Billions in Savings by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thor Bjorgolfsson
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782831167

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Billions to Bust and Back by Thor Bjorgolfsson Pdf

Thor Bjorgolfsson is a self-styled adventure capitalist with an addiction to debt and an insatiable appetite for business deals who became Iceland's first billionaire. After 10 years establishing his financial empire with alco-pops and beer in the lawless 'Wild East' of newly-capitalist Russia in the 1990s, he moved on to merging, floating, spinning off and privatising businesses from Finland to Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and the Czech Republic. On his 40th birthday, and worth $3.5 billion, he was sitting on top of the world; only 250 people in it were richer than him. His most spectacular triumph was the takeover of Iceland's second-largest bank, Landsbanki - he had expected his investment's value to double or treble in four years, and instead it rose ten-fold. But when financial meltdown hit Iceland in October 2008, Landsbanki crashed and burned, taking Bjorgolfsson with it. Within 12 months he had lost 3.3 billion euros - 98.5% of his wealth - and was treated as a scapegoat in his native country for supposedly bringing about the disaster. Faced with appalling debts, Bjorgolfsson has made good on his promises to repay his creditors, and at the age of 47 is now a billionaire once again.

Author : Kurt Cyrus
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250138248

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Billions of Bricks by Kurt Cyrus Pdf

Two, four, six. Look at all the bricks! Grab a hard hat and all your tools, and get ready for a construction adventure in counting! This clever, rhyming picture book leads readers through a day in the life of a construction crew building with bricks. A brick may seem like just a simple block, but in groupings of ten, twenty, and more, it can create many impressive structures, from hotels to schools to skyscrapers. Billions of Bricks from Kurt Cyrus is a terrific introduction to counting in quantities for children. A Christy Ottaviano Book

Author : David Roy Newby
Publisher : Straight Arrow Press LLC
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692061606

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Beyond Billions by David Roy Newby Pdf

Discover How to Make an Impact With Your Life and Legacy That Goes BEYOND Billions As impressive as billionaires' business successes are, there is a higher level of success available to you. How? By applying King Solomon's ancient trillionaire wisdom to your family and your business. "Beyond Billions" will show you how.

Author : Brian Kernighan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691209098

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Millions, Billions, Zillions by Brian Kernighan Pdf

"Numbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptive--especially when they are really big. The media loves to report on millions, billions, and trillions, but frequently makes basic mistakes or presents such numbers in misleading ways. And misunderstanding numbers can have serious consequences, since they can deceive us in many of our most important decisions, including how to vote, what to buy, and whether to make a financial investment. In this short, accessible, enlightening, and entertaining book, leading computer scientist Brian Kernighan teaches anyone--even diehard math-phobes--how to demystify the numbers that assault us every day. With examples drawn from a rich variety of sources, including journalism, advertising, and politics, Kernighan demonstrates how numbers can mislead and misrepresent. In chapters covering big numbers, units, dimensions, and more, he lays bare everything from deceptive graphs to speciously precise numbers. And he shows how anyone--using a few basic ideas and lots of shortcuts--can easily learn to recognize common mistakes, determine whether numbers are credible, and make their own sensible estimates when needed. Giving you the simple tools you need to avoid being fooled by dubious numbers, Millions, Billions, Zillions is an essential survival guide for a world drowning in big--and often bad--data"--Jacket

Author : Jason Kersten
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781101060162

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The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten Pdf

Read Jason Kersten's posts on the Penguin Blog. The true story of a brilliant counterfeiter who "made" millions, outwitted the Secret Service, and was finally undone when he went in search of the one thing his forged money couldn't buy him: family. Art Williams spent his boyhood in a comfortable middle-class existence in 1970s Chicago, but his idyll was shattered when, in short order, his father abandoned the family, his bipolar mother lost her wits, and Williams found himself living in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. He took to crime almost immediately, starting with petty theft before graduating to robbing drug dealers. Eventually a man nicknamed "DaVinci" taught him the centuries-old art of counterfeiting. After a stint in jail, Williams emerged to discover that the Treasury Department had issued the most secure hundred-dollar bill ever created: the 1996 New Note. Williams spent months trying to defeat various security features before arriving at a bill so perfect that even law enforcement had difficulty distinguishing it from the real thing. Williams went on to print millions in counterfeit bills, selling them to criminal organizations and using them to fund cross-country spending sprees. Still unsatisfied, he went off in search of his long-lost father, setting in motion a chain of betrayals that would be his undoing. In The Art of Making Money, journalist Jason Kersten details how Williams painstakingly defeated the anti-forging features of the New Note, how Williams and his partner-in-crime wife converted fake bills into legitimate tender at shopping malls all over America, and how they stayed one step ahead of the Secret Service until trusting the wrong person brought them all down. A compulsively readable story of how having it all is never enough, The Art of Making Money is a stirring portrait of the rise and inevitable fall of a modern-day criminal mastermind. Watch a Video

Author : Edith Cohn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781547607822

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Birdie's Billions by Edith Cohn Pdf

A savvy young girl finds half a million dollars and wonders if she can keep it in this charming middle grade mystery that asks big questions about right, wrong, and what you'd do for family. For as long as eleven-year-old Birdie can remember, it's always been just her and her mom, which means there's not a lot of extra money to spend on things like new clothes and batons from the fancy gymnastics store. Still, they always find a way to make ends meet. Then Birdie makes one silly mistake that has a big consequence: Mom loses her job. Now things are more dire than ever, and Birdie knows it's up to her to fix it. When Birdie discovers a huge stash of cash in an abandoned house, she just knows it must be the answer to their problems. But the people who left that money behind aren't willing to give it up so easily. Does “finders, keepers” count when it's half a million dollars? In this heartfelt small-town story from beloved author Edith Cohn, Birdie learns how to balance what's right for her family-and herself-with what's the right thing to do.