The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science-fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, about a lunar colony‘s revolt against rule from Earth. The novel expresses and discusses libertarian ideals. It is respected for its credible presentation of a comprehensively imagined future human society on both the Earth and the moon.[1]

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress cover

Cover of the first edition

Author Robert A. Heinlein
Cover artist Irv Docktor
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher G. P. Putnam’s Sons

Publication date

1966
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 382 (1997 Orb books softcover ed.)
ISBN 0-312-86355-1 (1997 Orb books softcover ed.)
OCLC 37336037
Preceded by The Rolling Stones (shared character)

Originally serialized in Worlds of If (December 1965, January, February, March, April 1966), the book was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1966.[2] It received the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel in 1967.[3]

Contents

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A Short History of Nearly Everything – Wikipedia

A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science, using easily accessible language that appeals more so to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject. It was one of the bestselling popular science books of 2005 in the United Kingdom, selling over 300,000 copies.[1]

A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Author Bill Bryson
Language English
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Black Swan (UK)
Broadway Books (US)

Publication date

2003
Media type Print (HardcoverPaperbackE-Book)
ISBN 0-7679-0817-1
OCLC 51900381

Dewey Decimal

500 21
LC Class Q162 .B88 2003

A Short History deviates from Bryson’s popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistrypaleontologyastronomy, and particle physics. In it, he explores time from the Big Bang to the discovery of quantum mechanics, via evolution and geology.

Contents

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Everything

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Miscellaneous acronyms 5G

E2E – End-to-end (e.g. E2E latency)

D2D – Direct device-to device

MMC – Massive machine communication

UDN – Ultra-dense networks

URC – Ultra-reliable communication

MN – Moving Networks

RRM – Radio Resource Management

FTN – Faster than Nyquist

V2X – Vehicle-to-anything

LPWA – Low-power, wide-area wireless technology

NB-IoT – Narrowband IoT

FMS – Fixed to Mobile Substitution

SC-FDMA – Single-carrier FDMA

LP-OFDMA: Linearly precoded OFDMA

EPC – Evolved Packet Network

CN – Core Network

5G NR – 5G New Radio

eLTE – Enhanced LTE (Huawei)

eMBB – Enhanced Mobile BroadBand

RRH – remote radio head

BBU – BaseBand unit

RRU – Remote Radio Unit

AAU – Active Antenna Unit 

OBSAI – Open Base Station Architecture Initiative

CPRI – Common Public Radio Interface standard.

CoMP – Coordinated MultiPoint

WTTH – Wireless To The Home

MTC – Machine Type communications

UE – User Equipment

NSA- Non-StandAlone

SA – StandAlone

PCC – Primary Component Carrier

RRC – Radio Resource Control

CIF – Carrier Indicator Field

RNC – Radio Network Controller

ALCAP – Access Link Control Application Protocol

RSRP – Reference Signals Received Power

RSCP – received signal code power

TCO – Total Cost of Ownership

mMTC – massive Machine Type Communications

uRLLC – Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications

MCC – Mobile Competence Centre (ETSI unit supporting 3GPP)

EARFCN – Evolved-UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel.

E-UTRA – Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access

SAE – System Architecture Evolution

PDN – Public Data Network

NAS – Non Access Stratum

RSRP – Reference Signal Received Power

RSSI – Received Signal Strength Indicator

RSRQ – Reference Signal Received Quality

RMC – Reference Measurement Channel

xRAN – software based extendable RAN

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CPS

Cyber-Physical-Systems

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