A revealing account of the first time computer modeling met City Hall -- and the disaster that ensued In 1968, New York City struck a deal with the RAND Corporation to use their computer models to establish more efficient public services and save millions of dollars, beginning their first civilian effort with the FDNY. Over the next decade a series of fires swept through New York, displacing more than 600,000 people, all thanks to the intentional withdrawal of fire protection from the city's poorest neighborhoods -- and all based on RAND's computer modeling systems. In The...
A revealing account of the first time computer modeling met City Hall -- and the disaster that ensued In 1968, New York City struck a deal ...
When the world's most famous explorer is murdered at the Smithsonian, it's up to a cynical Washington detective to solve the case. Bob Fundwell dies in the Smithsonian's Ocean Hall when the life-size replica of a whale falls from the ceiling and crushes him. A veteran black investigator, Detective Thomas, is assigned the case. He's witnessed two decades of bloody mayhem on the streets of the nation's capital. The list of suspects is long, for the victim was arrogant and reviled. Fundwell discovered the Gigantic, a legendary ocean liner that sank in the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. He...
When the world's most famous explorer is murdered at the Smithsonian, it's up to a cynical Washington detective to solve the case. Bob Fundwell dies i...
Has Washington, DC, changed from its days as the Murder Capital of America? Joe Flood takes on this question in his new mystery novel Murder on U Street. Someone is murdering artists and hipsters in Washington, DC. And they're blogging about it in this social-media soaked book. It's up to a cynical DC detective to stop a killer against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying city. From parties full of bright young things to forgotten housing projects, Murder on U Street depicts life beyond the monuments for a rich cast of characters in Washington, DC. It's a city that few tourists get to see...
Has Washington, DC, changed from its days as the Murder Capital of America? Joe Flood takes on this question in his new mystery novel Murder on U Stre...
Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you
This volume: in Dinosaurs, learn all about the history of paleontology This fascinating look at dinosaur science covers the last 150 years of dinosaur hunting,...
Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, fly...
Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you
This volume: in Dinosaurs, learn all about the history of paleontology This fascinating look at dinosaur science covers the last 150 years of dinosaur hunting,...
Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, fly...
Candid interviews with sixteen entrepreneurs from diverse fields let you into their personal journeys creating and building startups.
How do people decide to start a company or help grow one in its infancy? How do they build those companies? There are plenty of stories about people on the other side of the journey, who have already achieved great success. But what about people in middle of the process, for whom outcomes are still uncertain? That's what entrepreneur Renny McPherson and reporter Joe Flood--the hosts of the Numbers & Narrative podcast--set out to...
Candid interviews with sixteen entrepreneurs from diverse fields let you into their personal journeys creating and building startups.
