The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
By: Kit Yates
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From birthdays to birth rates to how we perceive the passing of time, mathematical patterns shape o…
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1. Hjernen er stjernen
By: Kaja Nordengen
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Hjernen er stjernen. Ditt eneste uerstattelige organ Alt du ikke vet om din fantastiske hjerne! K… read more
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2. Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind
By: David J. Linden
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author examines how our sense of touch and emotion are interconnecte… read more
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3. A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
By: Max Solomon Bennett
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts Sapiens , Behave, and Superintelligence , but wholly original in scope, A Brief History… read more
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4. The World According to Physics
By: Jim Al-Khalili
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinat… read more
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"The true beauty of physics, for me, is found not only in abstract equations or in surprising experimental results, but in the deep underlying principles that govern the way the world is."-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
"By thinking about what we don't yet know, we can think about how we can best find out. It is the many questions we have asked over the course of our human history that have given us an ever-more-accu…"-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
"Let me first make two important assumptions, which I will discuss in more detail later on, but will now just say that they are both supported strongly by observational evidence: (1) that the laws of …"-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
"The trustworthiness of science comes not from certainty, but from its very openness about its uncertainty, always calling into question what we currently understand and being prepared to replace that…"-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
5. Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
By: Michael Shermer
3.76
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Best-selling author Michael Shermer presents an overarching review of conspiracy theories―who belie… read more
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6. Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices
By: Noah Whiteman
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—… read more
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7. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
By: Dan Ariely
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and profession… read more
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"A higher level of income inequality in our community can fray our sense of social trust."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"How can science - which is slow and methodical, providing only an occasional breakthrough - compete with creative minds unfettered by facts?"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"Would you enthusiastically recommend that a friend purchase something you'd never tested yourself? Probably not. But you may be unwittingly doing this with information every day."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels…"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
8. The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table
By: Anja Røyne
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An around-the-world journey to discover where in the wild we can find the elements of life and the … read more
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9. Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
By: Niall Ferguson
3.65
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE 2022Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when cata… read more
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10. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
By: Kai-Fu Lee
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a le… read more
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"Many people think smartphones and apps already know too much about us, but XR will take things to a whole new level."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"Imagine, a $1,000 political assassin! And this is not a far-fetched danger for the future, but a clear and present danger."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"autonomous weapons are already a clear and present danger, and will become more intelligent, nimble, lethal, and accessible at an unprecedented speed."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"More data leads to better AI (artificial intelligence), more automation leads to greater efficiency, more usage leads to reduced cost, and more free time leads to greater productivity. All of these w…"-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
11. How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
By: Chris Wiggins
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world. From … read more
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12. Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
By: Hannah Carlson
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising a… read more
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13. The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
By: Andrew McAfee
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this "handbook for disruptors" (Eric Schmidt), The Geek Way reveals a new way to get big thing… read more
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14. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
By: Stanislas Dehaene
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and … read more
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"Yann LeCun's strategy provides a good example of a much more general notion: the exploitation of innate knowledge. Convolutional neural networks learn better and faster than other types of neural net…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
"Our brain is therefore not simply passively subjected to sensory inputs. From the get-go, it already possesses a set of abstract hypotheses, an accumulated wisdom that emerged through the sift of Dar…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
"The moral here is that nature and nurture should not be opposed. Pure learning, in the absence of any innate constraints, simply does not exist. Any learning algorithm contains, in one way or another…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
15. Maskiner som tenker
By: Inga Strümke
4.27
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
«AI – teknologien som vil revolusjonere vår hverdag.» Hvor raskt går utviklingen av kunstig intelli… read more
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16. Bailaréis sobre mi tumba
By: Alba Carballal
3.29
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
Tres barcos hundidos. Tres naufragios personales. Una sola costa inundada de fuel. Bailaréis sobre … read more
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17. Jegerånden. Å lede i fred, krise og krig
By: Eirik Johan Kristoffersen
3.80
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Hva skal til for å bli best? I Jegerånden tar Eirik Kristoffersen oss med på innsiden av Norges fre… read more
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18. Privirea urangutanului: sau Despre animalul din noi
By: Alexandru N. Stermin
4.47
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Această carte, ca și celelalte scrise de Alexandru Stermin, este povestea unei călătorii. Pornind, … read more
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19. Past Crimes
By: Jason Pinter
3.61
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When death becomes entertainment, every life has a price. And Cassie West is about to find out how … read more
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20. The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
By: Suzie Sheehy
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An accelerator physicist's fascinating journey through the experiments that uncovered the nature of… read more
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21. The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
By: Kit Yates
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From birthdays to birth rates to how we perceive the passing of time, mathematical patterns shape o… read more
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