Böcker av Christopher Gardner

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUNThe world in which we live is full of technological marvels. Information is at your fingertips and as a species, we have reached a peak because of our creativity and inventiveness. What would happen to our society if this technological marvel was stripped away from us, and we were left to figure things out on our own. The Other Side of the Sun is a classic tale of survival where you are left trying to answer the question, will you survive or thrive?The Other Side of the Sun from debut author, Chris Gardner is a must read for everyone. Classic apocalyptic thriller that is well paced, thrilling and will leave you asking the question of whether or not you the reader would survive. Outstanding debut effort.

A unique window into the floral wonders of the Mediterranean world, featuring 600 stunning color photographs accompanied by descriptions of the species, plant families and their distribution. Travelling across five continents--Europe, North America, Africa, South America and Australia--the authors reveal the rich botanical profusion that makes up the flora of the Mediterranean regions of the world: a secret landscape populated by a dazzling variety of wild flowers and plants, from spectacular orchids and ancient olive trees to delicate snowdrops and hardy cacti. For each region, a succession of the most outstanding flowers is featured, from the spectacular and exotic to the beautiful yet familiar, with each plant presented in its natural habitat. Beginning with the countries of the Mediterranean Basin, the reader is taken along the rugged Atlas Mountains, through Andalucía and Italy, to arrive at the amazing botanical richness of Greece, southern Anatolia and Jordan. In California and Chile the journey is through flowering deserts, snow-capped peaks and towering forests of redwood and monkey puzzle trees, beside a coast lapped by the Pacific Ocean. The ancient landscapes of Southern Australia provide a truly remarkable assemblage of astonishing flora, while the Western Cape of South Africa is home to an unimaginable diversity of flora. The accompanying text provides descriptions of the species, plant families and their distribution, as well as offering guidance to those wishing to photograph plants in the wild. With 600 stunning color photographs, and presenting a breadth of flora never before brought together in a single volume, the authors offer a unique window on the floral wonders of the Mediterranean world.

Chapter by chapter this book gradually builds up a practical body of code that will serve as an extensible financial engineering system in python. The book uses the Black-Scholes example to begin the building of the python package that will house the code that will be presented as the book progresses.