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1) Blockchain for everyone: how I learned the secrets of the new millionaire class (and you can, too)
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Mind Hacking and founder of Bitcoin Market Journal comes the first book to explain the money-making secrets behind bitcoin and blockchain in a user-friendly format. When John Hargrave first invested in cryptocurrency, the price of a single bitcoin was about $125; a few years later, that same bitcoin was worth $20,000. He wasn't alone: this flood of new money is like the early days of the Internet, creating a new breed of "blockchain...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Begins by explaining large data sets and data formats, including sample Python code for manipulating data. The book explains how to work with relational databases and unstructured data, including NoSQL. The book then moves into preparing data for analysis by cleaning it up or "munging" it. From there the book explains data visualization techniques and types of data sets. Part II of the book is all about supervised machine learning, including regression...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Learn about cryptocurrency (decentralized cash systems) and blockchain (the encryption to protect transactions). They are only a decade old, but are quickly becoming a key part of the future of finance"-- provided by publisher.
4) Blockchain
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Blockchain technology has come a long way since its introduction in 2009 thanks to technology. This technology has the potential to disrupt many industries--and has already--from banks to law to even healthcare. In Blockchain in the Disruptors in Tech series, readers will discover how blockchain technology can solve many of today's digital problems, including digital ownership.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peasrons Education Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours helps you use SQL to build effective databases, efficently retrieve data, and manage everything from performance to security. This book's straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to work with database structures, objects, queries, tables, and more. In just hours, you will be applying advanced techniques, including views, transactions, web connections, and powerful...
Author
Series
Publisher
In Easy Steps Limited
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
SQL (Structured Query Language) is THE standard language used world-wide for database communication on all popular database software. It allows the storage and manipulation of data both on Windows platforms and on Unix-based platforms, such as Linux. SQL in easy steps, 4th edition begins by explaining how to download and install the free MySQL database server on both Windows and Linux platforms. This allows you to establish an environment in which...
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An updated edition of this authoritative and accessible guide shows you the many advantages of using document-oriented databases, including how this secure, high-performance system enables flexible data models, high availability and horizontal scalability. --Publisher
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Blockchain is about to upend the world of data analytics just as it did financial record-keeping. Here's what you need to become an early adopted of blockchain as a big-data tool! Explore how blockchains store data and learn how this rich new source of data can enhance predictive analytics and real-time data analysis. You'll also find out how blockchains can help you manage your data and keep shared data more secure. Learn to implement blockchain...
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Tech innovators strike a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF Ventures embraces it to help refugee children? Award-winning filmmaker Alex Winter reveals that proponents of blockchain are already using the technology to change the world, fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis, and world hunger.
Author
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey demystify the Internet's next big thing - the Blockchain - and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities and shift the balance of power to revive society's faith in itself. They reveal the disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech, legal, and shipping. This book reveals the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of...
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces you to R, RStudio, and the tidyverse, a collection of R packages designed to work together to make data science fast, fluent, and fun. Suitable for readers with no previous programming experience"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Age of Google, built on big data and machine intelligence, has been an awesome era. But it's coming to an end. In Life after Google, George Gilder--the peerless visionary of technology and culture--explains why Silicon Valley is suffering a nervous breakdown and what to expect as the post-Google age dawns. Google's astonishing ability to 'search and sort' attracts the entire world to its search engine and countless other goodies--videos, maps,...
14) The intern
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a retired man takes on an internship at a growing company, he becomes a mentor for the female founder of the company.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of creativity and innovation. In the past decade, the Internet has fallen under the control of a tiny group of massive companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon argues that the dream of an open network for fostering creativity and entrepreneurship doesn't have to die, and that in fact it can, and must, be...
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An essential introduction and guide to navigating the next Internet revolution--everything from the metaverse and NFTs to DAOs, decentralized finance, and self-sovereign identity--from the co-author of the international bestseller Blockchain Revolution. The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new age. We've moved from the "Read-only Web," which had little functionality for interacting with content, to the "Read-Write Web," which offered...
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