An ideal first step for learning about ham radio Beyond operating wirelessly, today’s ham radio operators can transmit data and pictures; use the Internet, laser, and microwave transmitters; and travel to places high and low to make contact. This hands-on beginner guide reflects the operational and technical changes to amateur radio over the past decade and provides you …
Technician Class 2014-18 FCC Element 2 Radio License Preparation
FCC radio license exam preparation book for the 2014-2018 Element 2 Technician Class question pool. Contains all 426 Q&A reorganized into logical topic groups. Education, fun answer explanations have key words highlighted to help you learn and remember important aspects of ham radio. Fully illustrated with photos and diagrams to aid learning. Includes bonus “On the Air” audio …
Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real
How can you make dreams come true? Or transform a fantasy into a colorful, exciting world that visitors can move through, touch, and enjoy? Such fabulous work is the daily business of Walt Disney’s Imagineers, a core group of creative and highly skilled professional wizards who combine imagination with engineering to create the reality of behind the dreams …
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America’s first celebrity scientists, enjoying the …
The Art of War enjoys enduring popularity among readers. It is a classic study of strategy and how to shape your tactics to cope with an ever-evolving situation in some cases how to fight without actually committing yourself to …
Featuring the coolest looking paper airplane from the movie, “Paper Planes”. The Star Fighter, in the lower right corner of the cover, plays a starring role in the movie. It’s the wind tunnel tested, super plane that wins contest after contest for the villain. It’s easily the most dangerous looking plane in the movie. A collection of easy-to-fold …
When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in 1643 and wrote The Book of Five Rings, a manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy, and winning for his students and generations of samurai to come, he created one of the most perceptive and incisive texts on strategic thinking ever to come from Asia. Musashi gives timeless advice …
The Worst of Times: How Life on Earth Survived Eighty Million Years of Extinctions
Two hundred and sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst–the end-Permian extinction–wiping out nearly every species on the planet. The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent, known as Pangea, may have played in causing …
Programming the Raspberry Pi, Second Edition: Getting Started with Python
An updated guide to programming your own Raspberry Pi projectsLearn to create inventive programs and fun games on your powerful Raspberry Pi―with no programming experience required. This practical book has been revised to fully cover the new Raspberry Pi 2, including upgrades to the Raspbian operating system. Discover how to configure hardware and software, write Python scripts, create …
From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Abundance comes their much anticipated follow-up: Bold—a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.Bold unfolds in three parts. Part One focuses on the exponential technologies that are disrupting today’s Fortune 500 companies …