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    Shape

    The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse

    door Jordan Ellenberg ...
    Verteld door Jordan Ellenberg ...

    Niet ingekort

    14 uur 23 min

    **From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong—himself a world-class geometer—a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everythingHow should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play Go, and why is learning Go so much easier for ... Meer lezen

    20,07 €

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    Something Doesn't Add Up

    Surviving Statistics in a Post-Truth World

    door Paul Goodwin ...
    Verteld door Roger Davis ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 44 min

    Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear and mistrust them. Something Doesn't Add Up is a tour of the stupidest, self-defeating, self-blinding ways supposedly clever people use maths in ... Meer lezen

    28,54 €

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    Shape

    The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

    door Jordan Ellenberg ...
    Verteld door Jordan Ellenberg ...

    Niet ingekort

    14 uur 23 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry.Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important ... Meer lezen

    14,93 €

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    Love Triangle

    The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

    door Matt Parker ...
    Verteld door Matt Parker ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 56 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle.Humans have been using triangles for thousands of years to build structures, measure ... Meer lezen

    16,08 €

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    The Signal and the Noise

    The Art and Science of Prediction

    door Nate Silver ...
    Verteld door Mike Chamberlain ...

    Niet ingekort

    16 uur 21 min

    Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the global financial crisis to 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, we often fail to foresee hugely significant events. In The Signal and the Noise, the New York Times' political forecaster and statistics guru Nate Silver explores the art ... Meer lezen

    18,38 €

  • Audioboek

    Quantum Computing for Everyone (MIT Press)

    door Chris Bernhardt ...
    Verteld door Jeffrey Machado ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 37 min

    FOR NON-EXPERTS: Get an accessible introduction to quantum computing as a mathematician explains quantum algorithms, quantum entanglement, and more.Quantum computing is a beautiful fusion of quantum physics and computer science!Quantum computing incorporates some of the most stunning ideas from 20th-century physics into an entirely new way of thinking about computation. Here,Chris Bernhardt offers ... Meer lezen

    27,55 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

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    The Ancient Egyptian Metaphysical Architecture

    door Moustafa Gadalla ...
    Verteld door Susie Hennessy ...

    Niet ingekort

    6 uur 50 min

    SHORT DESCRIPTIONThis new expanded edition reveals the Ancient Egyptian knowledge of harmonic proportion, sacred geometry, and number mysticism as manifested in their texts, temples, tombs, art, hieroglyphs, etc., throughout their known history. It shows how the Egyptians designed their buildings to generate cosmic energy; and the mystical application of numbers in Egyptian works. The book ... Meer lezen

    14,00 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

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    Size

    How It Explains the World

    door Vaclav Smil ...
    Verteld door Stephen Perring ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 42 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.100 words: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant ... Meer lezen

    14,93 €

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    Dark Psychology 101

    Learn The Secrets Of Covert Emotional Manipulation, Dark Persuasion, Undetected Mind Control, Mind Games, Deception, Hypnotism, Brainwashing And Other Tricks Of The Trade

    door Michael Pace ...
    Verteld door Jim D. Johnston ...

    Niet ingekort

    3 uur 41 min

    Dark Psychology is one of the most powerful forces at work in the world today. It is used by the most powerful influencers the world has ever known. Those who are unaware of it risk having it used against them. Don’t run that risk!In his book entitled Dark Psychology 101 author Michael Pace offers a cutting-edge distillation of some of the most powerful principles in the world of dark psychology. ... Meer lezen

    13,34 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

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    The Primacy of Doubt

    From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic World

    door Tim Palmer ...
    Verteld door Tim Palmer ...

    Niet ingekort

    9 uur 41 min

    Why does your weather app say “there’s a 10 percent chance of rain” instead of “it will be sunny”? In large part, this is due to the insight of award-winning physicist Tim Palmer, who pioneered the introduction of uncertainty into weather and climate prediction.Now, he wants to apply it to how we study everything else.In The Primacy of Doubt, Palmer gives us a revolutionary vision of mathematical ... Meer lezen

    17,83 €

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    Pluses and Minuses

    How Maths Makes the World More Manageable

    door Stefan Buijsman ...
    Verteld door Gavin Osborn ...

    Niet ingekort

    5 uur 1 min

    Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life?Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human ... Meer lezen

    22,29 €

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    Randomness Explained

    door Introbooks Team ...
    Verteld door Tracy Tupman ...

    Niet ingekort

    45 min

    Randomness is a concept used (and less formally) in mathematics to imply that there is no way to accurately predict an event (to know what will happen before it takes place) or to sense a trend. Anything that is randomly selected for no conscious purpose can be assumed to be simply by chance factor. An illustration of an occurrence random event is a financial windfall, a lottery win. A computer ... Meer lezen

    4,45 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

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    The Ten Equations that Rule the World

    And How You Can Use Them Too

    door David Sumpter ...
    Verteld door Sam Woolf ...

    Niet ingekort

    9 uur 21 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can ... Meer lezen

    14,93 €

  • Audioboek

    Hidden Figures

    The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

    Verteld door Robin Miles ...

    Niet ingekort

    10 uur 47 min

    The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating ... Meer lezen

    22,99 €

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    Visualize Data Like a Pro: Captivating Stories Await

    Unleash your data visualization prowess: Dive into compelling audio stories for transformative learning!

    Verteld door Nick Porter ...

    Niet ingekort

    2 uur 25 min

    Here is the revised audiobook description for 'Visualize Data Like a Pro: Captivating Stories Await'⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Seeking to advance your career and deepen your understanding of transforming data into compelling narratives for impactful insights?Looking for an all-encompassing resource that offers every essential element to master the skill of transforming data into compelling ... Meer lezen

    3,66 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Audioboek

    The Genius in my Basement

    Verteld door Jot Davies ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 14 min

    An intimate portrait of an everyday genius.Alexander Master’s landlord, Simon, lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps and slagheaps of plastic bags, Simon eats endless meals of tinned kippers and plans trips on the Cambridge public transport system.But Simon was one of the greatest mathematical prodigies of the twentieth century. He spends his ... Meer lezen

    20,99 €

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    The Ten Equations That Rule the World

    And How You Can Use Them Too

    door David Sumpter ...
    Verteld door Sean Runnette ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 54 min

    Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success, ... Meer lezen

    17,84 €

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    Six Maths Essentials

    How to Model the World

    door Terence Tao ...

    Niet ingekort

    Brought to you by Penguin.The ‘Mozart of mathematics’ (New York Times) takes us on a tour of the core ideas of mathematical thinkingIn Six Maths Essentials, the renowned mathematician Terence Tao shows how mathematics has evolved from counting and geometry into a flexible set of tools for understanding an increasingly complex world. He moves effortlessly from children discovering infinity through ... Meer lezen

    16,08 €

    VOORAF BESTELLEN

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    Once Upon a Prime

    The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

    door Sarah Hart ...
    Verteld door Sarah Hart ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 42 min

    ‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didn’t know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums.’ – Alex Bellos‘This exuberant book will educate, amuse and surprise. It might even add ... Meer lezen

    20,99 €

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    從理財到科技,數學的超徹底日常應用!高利貸暴利、單雙眼皮遺傳、打彈珠遊戲、雞兔同籠問題……從日常理財到推理邏輯,帶你看數學在生活中搞出多少噱頭!

    door 楊峰,吳波 ...

    Niet ingekort

    44 min

    QR Code的排列組合有用完的一天嗎?抽籤順序會影響結果嗎?先搶先贏還是公平競爭?小機率事件×二進制編碼×搜尋檢索模型……從經濟到博弈論,用「數學思維」開啟你的日常生活!▎顛覆你的認知,數學「好玩」在哪?  本書旨在向讀者展示數學在日常生活中的無處不在和趣味性。書籍以「數學好玩」的概念為起點,強調數學不僅是科學技術的基礎工具,更是融入我們生活每個角落的實用學問。透過這本書,作者希望打破傳統數學課本的枯燥乏味,讓讀者體驗到數學的智慧和靈感,並且從中獲得實際的應用技巧和知識。▎生活中談數學:高利貸、中獎機率、雞兔同籠、QR Code  書中內容分為五大章節,每一章節都涵蓋多種與我們生活息息相關的數學問題。第一章〈生活中美麗的數學〉探討了從儲蓄、房貸、交易陷阱到黃金分割等日常經濟活動中的數學應用。第二章〈上帝的骰子——排列組合與機率〉則深入機率統計,從中獎率、賭博問題到基因密碼 ... Meer lezen

    2,10 €

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    How Not to Be Wrong

    The Power of Mathematical Thinking

    door Jordan Ellenberg ...
    Verteld door Jordan Ellenberg ...

    Niet ingekort

    13 uur 29 min

    The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life ... Meer lezen

    15,61 €

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    Escape from Model Land

    How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It

    door Erica Thompson ...
    Verteld door Kirsty Dillon ...

    Niet ingekort

    9 uur 38 min

    How do mathematical models shape our world - and how can we harness their power for good?Models are at the centre of everything we do. Whether we use them or are simply affected by them, they act as metaphors that help us better understand the increasingly complex problems facing us in the modern world. Without models, we couldn't begin to tackle three of the major challenges facing modern society ... Meer lezen

    24,97 €

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    Counting

    How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters

    door Deborah Stone ...
    Verteld door Donna Postel ...

    Niet ingekort

    7 uur 27 min

    What do people do when they count? What do numbers really mean? We all know that people can lie with statistics, but in this groundbreaking work, eminent political scientist Deborah Stone uncovers a much deeper problem. With help from Dr. Seuss and Cookie Monster, she explains why numbers can't be objective: in order to count, one must first decide what counts. Every number is the ending to a ... Meer lezen

    17,83 €

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    Four Ways of Thinking

    Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex

    door David Sumpter ...
    Verteld door Sam Woolf ...

    Niet ingekort

    8 uur 45 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shows how we can deal with the chaos and complexity of our lives**What is the best way to think about the world? How often do we consider how our own thinking might impact the way we approach our daily decisions? Could it help or hinder our relationships, our careers, or even our health?Thinking about thinking is something we rarely ... Meer lezen

    16,08 €