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Nick Samoylov

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Nick Samoylov was born in Moscow, lived with his family inside the Arctic Circle before moving to the Southern Ukraine where he went to school. After graduation from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies, he worked as a theoretical physicist in Crimea and got involved in rock climbing and mountain rescue team.

In 1999, the family emigrated to the United States, where Nick and his wife Luda live now, working as programmers, often for the same company and on the same project. They have two grown-up daughters.

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	Learning RxJava: Build concurrent applications using reactive programming with the latest features of RxJava 3, 2nd Edition by Nick Samoylov (Goodreads Author), Thomas Nield 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn Java 17 Programming: Learn the fundamentals of Java Programming with this updated guide with the latest features, 2nd Edition 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introduction to Programming: Learn to program in Java with data structures, algorithms, and logic 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crater: Volume 1 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Java 11 Cookbook: A definitive guide to learning the key concepts of modern application development, 2nd Edition by Nick Samoylov (Goodreads Author), Mohamed Sanaulla (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn Java 12 Programming: A step-by-step guide to learning essential concepts in Java SE 10, 11, and 12 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Product of the Soviet System: Beginnings by Nick Samoylov (Goodreads Author), John Graham (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Кратер it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Center (Crater Book 2) by Nick Samoylov (Goodreads Author), Bill Sterling (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Don Lyman (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamonds (Crater, book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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