'Gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action-packed, warm, witty and thought-provoking' Madeline Miller, author of Circe'One of my favourite books of all time' - Mark Lawrence, author of Prince of Thorns'I'm wildly in love with this book' - Pierce Brown, author of Red RisingDISCOVER THE EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT THAT HAS GOT EVERYONE TALKINGMild-mannered headmast...

La Torre di Babele è la più grande meraviglia del mondo conosciuto. Grande come una montagna, l'immensa Torre ospita innumerevoli Regni Circolari, alcuni pacifici, altri bellicosi, appoggiati l'uno sull'altro come gli strati di una torta. È un mondo popolato di geni e tiranni, aeronavi e motori a vapore, animali insoliti e macchine misteriose.Attirato dalla curiosità scientifica e dalle mirabolanti promesse di una guida turistica, Thomas Senlin, mite preside di una scuola di provin...

'Gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action-packed, warm, witty and thought-provoking' Madeline Miller, author of Circe'One of my favourite books of all time' - Mark Lawrence, author of Prince of Thorns'I'm wildly in love with this book' - Pierce Brown, author of Red RisingDISCOVER THE EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT THAT HAS GOT EVERYONE TALKINGMild-mannered headmast...

This book systematically and comprehensively explores and discusses the theory and technology of big data analysis. The main topics include the basic concept of big data analytics, its core architecture, the calculation model used, the clash between big data and information security, big data and natural language processing, and big data and biological information processing.Given its scope, the book can meet the long-term training needs of diverse talents at colleges and universit...

After so many years of separation, Zhang Kuochuo had returned from overseas. He was no longer that poor student from the unknown higher vocational school that day. He found his birth parents and had a rich family background, so the man that came back was now a rich and handsome man. However, he had come back to make a blind date and then suddenly got married. Who would have thought that she would be the lucky woman? In the face of the proposal from her old classmate, Luo Qingli had conceal...

This book highlights the latest advances and trends in information perception and processing of underwater sensor networks (USNs). Underwater sensor networks are networks of autonomous sensor nodes distributed over a given region of water to collaboratively perform a given task. Nearly 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, mainly oceans, and more than 80% of the ocean remains unexplored. The emergence of USNs is a new direction in ocean exploration and data collection. USNs offer...

This book is the result of a decade of rigorous study on the interplay between the Chinese railway system and national social progress. It examines the reform, opening up, innovation, and development of Chinese railways over the past 40 years.This book traces the evolution of the role played by the Chinese railway sector initially as a “bottleneck” in the national economy to the present vital “engine” of growth, highlighting its journey of restructure and transformation. The target...