Tag: Colossus

Free Download H. W. Brands, "American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900"
English | ISBN: 0307386775 | 2011 | 686 pages | PDF | 18 MB
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War: a "first-rate" narrative history (The New York Times)that brilliantly portrays the emergence, in a remarkably short time, of a recognizably modern America.

Free Download Straight Ahead Samples Tenor Colossus v1.1 KONTAKT | 5.6 GB
Based on the same sampling concepts as "Birth of the Trumpet" our tenor saxophone library marks the first truly realistic library of its kind. Dripping with vibe and personality, Tenor Colossus fills a much-needed gap in everyone’s sample arsenal.

Free Download Quantum Computing From Colossus to Qubits: The History, Theory, and Application of a Revolutionary Science, UK Edition by John Gribbin
English | August 3rd, 2023 | ISBN: 180499118X | 304 pages | True EPUB | 5.71 MB
The revolution is here. In breakthrough after breakthrough, pioneering physicists are unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense ever could. The birth of quantum computers – which, like Schrödinger’s famous dead-and-alive cat, rely on entities like electrons existing in a mixture of states – is starting to turn the computing world on its head.

Free Download Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael Hiltzik, Norman Dietz, Tantor Audio
English | 2010 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B003OXTOTS | MP3@96 kbps | 18 hrs 5 mins | 782 Mb
As breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America’s greatest achievements. The story of its conception, design, and construction is the story of the United States at a unique moment in history: when facing both a global economic crisis and the implacable elements of nature, we prevailed.
The United States after Hoover Dam was a different country from the one that began to build it, going from the glorification of individual effort to the value of shared enterprise and communal support. The dam became the physical embodiment of this change. A remote regional construction project was transformed from a Republican afterthought into a New Deal symbol of national pride. Hoover Dam went on to shape not only the American West but the American century.