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Book interview: Fusion’s Promise

E&T

In the preface to their book – wonderfully subtitled ‘How Technology Breakthroughs in Nuclear Fusion Can Conquer Climate Change on Earth (And Carry Humans to Mars, Too)’ – we’re told that Moynihan answered Bortz’s question in the negative, insisting that the technology was within reach. Nuclear technology also has a positive side.

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Book review: ‘Switched On’ by Albert Glinsky

E&T

Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution' by Albert Glinsky (Oxford University Press, £25.99, ISBN 9780197642078) - aka simply 'Switched On', as per the book's stylishly minimalist spine - delves deeper into Bob's life than anyone has gone before. Image credit: Oxford University Press. Bob Moog died in 2005.

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Book review: ‘Age of the City’ by Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin

E&T

There are just two points I’d like to take issue with the authors and editors of this topical and otherwise beautifully written book about. The book is “A compelling, holistic and well-balanced narrative on the critical role of cities in an age of global warming – full of insights based on hard data. Let me explain. Nice and clear!

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Book review: ‘All the Knowledge in the World’ by Simon Garfield

E&T

The enclosed instruction requested that all the Beria pages be cut out of the book and the new ones, including a disproportionately lengthy article on the Bering Strait, inserted instead. That is from one of the final pages of Garfield’s magnificent book, which is a mini encyclopaedia in itself.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Book interview: How AI can be a force for ‘not bad’

E&T

In other words, even if you find the whole idea ‘squishy’ (a concept Blackman introduces in the first line of his book) you must surely recognise its potential for keeping you out of the law courts. Here are the sources of all that risk, and here are the kinds of things that you can do to mitigate those risks.”

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Industry braces for the future: Surge in bookings for EuroBLECH 2024

Dinesh Mishra

Pre-bookings have substantially increased, and the show is now open to new exhibitor enquiries. Exhibitor information, stand bookings and package offers Companies interested in exhibiting at EuroBLECH 2024 can request the new exhibitor brochure or find all relevant information online at www.euroblech.com.

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