Systems Science

Fight, survive, adapt, and rely only on yourself. That is Derek’s creed and what's got him through the System Integration on Earth. Everything changed when the System came. Cute bunnies and beautiful butterflies became savage killing machines. Then the Invaders arrived with a single goal: to obtain ownership of this new habitable planet. War has raged ever since. None of this mattered much to Derek, aside from making living a little more perilous.

After a successful auction, the young Prince Edgar requested Derek’s help on an issue that concerned the safety of the entire Kingdom of Cydaria. A new, level 250 raid dungeon appeared, and Edgar needed the kingdom’s elite to help clear it before the unstable dungeon overflowed, or even worse, broke. Leaving his shop in the trusting hands of Malorie, and with everyone’s insistence that he go, Derek agreed to the prince’s request and joined him and the others on the raid. However, the dungeon wasn’t what anyone was expecting, and when they went inside, they found that it was a trial dungeon.

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

In preparation for things to come, Derek spent most of his time in Cydaria making it safe for all of his friends and companions. He saw Thomas off to the Academy, helped Brandi with materials for crafting, and more. Once he had Savanna to his liking, he chose to adventure with Alanah. They traveled to the other continent and explored different kingdoms before ending up in Linderis—Alanah’s birthplace. Alanah had no good memories of there, save for her mother.

Dans cet ouvrage de synthèse, fruit de toute une vie de recherche aux confins de la psychologie et de l’économie, le prix Nobel Daniel Kahneman nous emmène à la rencontre des deux "personnages" qui se partagent notre esprit, régissant notre façon de penser et de prendre des décisions. Le "Système 1" est rapide, intuitif et émotionnel ; le "Système 2" est plus lent, plus réfléchi, plus contrôlé et plus logique.

All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.

A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system–the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind book, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning...

What if humanity’s next stage of evolution wasn’t discovered…But engineered? Elliot Voss spent decades pursuing a singular vision. Until he found a way to rewrite the rules of life itself.

Indigenous Justice is Book 10 in the Durvile True Cases series. In the spirit of truth and reconciliation and respectful of Indigenous cultural integrity, judges, lawyers, and law enforcement officers write about working with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples through their trials and tribulations with the criminal justice system. The stories are a mix of previously published essays from the True Cases anthologies with an equal number of new chapters by legal and law enforcement professionals.

Sept épreuves. Un boss final à éliminer. Pour Derek Hunt, le donjon de raid ne devait être qu'une formalité. Mais les anomalies se multiplient. Des notifications qu'il est le seul à recevoir. Des récompenses qui disparaissent sans explication. Des mécaniques qui échappent à toute logique. Derek a toujours joué selon ses propres règles, mais un nouveau système s'immisce dans la partie.

Dive into a mesmerizing science journey through hidden marine ecosystems and the wondrous biology of our blue planet. Whether you are unwinding after a long commute or seeking a relaxing escape before sleep, this immersive nature exploration transforms your listening experience into a tranquil...

Melvin Murphy is your average everyday teen... until he finds the System. Melvin has normal problems. High School. Tests. Trying to find a girlfriend (and failing... miserably). But one day he awakens with access to a System that governs all magic. In his attempt to summon a teacher to show him the ropes, he botches the ritual and accidentally summons a magic-wielding girl named Kalliphae. Sure, she's powerful and deadly. A femme fatale who's more intimidating than even the most popular girls at school.

It's been over a year since the System came to Earth, bringing blood and monsters in equal measure. Having left Whitehorse, John and his team travel down to British Columbia, running into new dangers from aliens and humans alike. Faced with new challenges and new enemies, John and his friends seek to free human settlements from Galactic control in North America.

From the author of, The Anatomy of Awakening, this bestselling revolutionary, and accessible seven-step guide—grounded in energy medicine, neurobiology, and quantum physics— will help you transform your life by allowing you to awaken your true health and potential through energy healing...

Luke was an ordinary Earth gamer until he woke up in the body of a fallen noble, surrounded by traitors and facing a blade to his throat. With his father murdered and his birthright stolen, he has only two things left: a lethally loyal butler and the Sovereign System. This isn't a typical RPG cheat code. The System is cold, demanding, and carries a brutal ultimatum: achieve dominance, or face immediate removal and certain death.

Overcome high-functioning burnout and chronic shutdown by rewiring your nervous system for true somatic healing. You look successful on the outside—going to work, caring for others, and keeping life running—but inside, you feel completely numb and disconnected. This grounding audio...

Tout sourit à Derek Hunt. Son pire ennemi a été mis hors d'état de nuire, et la vente aux enchères de Savannah promet de faire exploser ses profits. Jamais il ne s'est senti aussi puissant. Quand le prince Edgar lui propose de prendre part à une mystérieuse mission, il y voit l'occasion de se couvrir de gloire et de soigner ses statistiques : une étape de plus dans son irrésistible ascension. Mais a-t-il bien mesuré les risques encourus ? A-t-il la moindre idée de ce qui l'attend au bout de l'aventure et des dangers qui pèsent sur le royaume de Cydaria ?

She designed the perfect code. Now it's calculating her expiration date. In the world of The Algorithm Knows You, privacy is a relic of the past and your next move has already been mapped. Maya Chen, a brilliant data scientist, believed she was building a tool for human optimization—until the system she created began predicting "anomalies" that weren't glitches, but deaths.

What if the most fascinating subject you have never fully studied is yourself? Why do we feel what we feel? Why do we react the way we react? Why do the people around us do the things they do—and why do we keep being surprised by them, and by ourselves? The Manual is a window into the extraordinary system running quietly beneath the surface of every thought, every feeling, every decision, and every relationship you have ever had.

My life took a turn I never expected on the day the world ended. Suddenly forced to fight in a bloody arena by a faceless System, I find the only way to survive is to win. I’m told that ten victories in the arena will give me my freedom, but if I’m going to get there, I’ll need a crack team of hardened allies to fight with me. What I got instead was a bratty college girl with a jealousy streak, a momma’s boy roommate who now inhabits the body of a piglet, and a devastatingly gorgeous teacher whose sword is as sharp as her tongue.