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  • And Finally

    Reflections on life from the subject of BBC2's Confessions of a Brain Surgeon

    door Henry Marsh ...
    **BBC DOCUMENTARY CONFESSIONS OF A BRAIN SURGEON IS OUT NOW**From the No.1 bestselling author of Do No Harm, an entrancing and uplifting meditation on the gift of life.‘A book to treasure and reread’ Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human BeingAs a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but even he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of ... ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • L'I.A. expliquée aux humains

    door Jean-Gabriel Ganascia ...
    Les prouesses de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) suscitent tour à tour enthousiasme, fascination et effroi. Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, spécialiste incontesté de la discipline, nous éclaire sur ce qui est devenu un véritable phénomène.Sans les premiers algorithmes imaginés à Babylone et la machine arithmétique de Blaise Pascal, l’IA n’existerait pas, mais sa naissance remonte au milieu du xxe siècle, ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • Optimal Design of Experiments

    A Case Study Approach

    door Peter Goos, Bradley Jones ...
    "This is an engaging and informative book on the modern practice of experimental design. The authors' writing style is entertaining, the consulting dialogs are extremely enjoyable, and the technical material is presented brilliantly but not overwhelmingly. The book is a joy to read. Everyone who practices or teaches DOE should read this book." - Douglas C. Montgomery, Regents Professor, Department ... Meer lezen

    70,99 €

  • A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0

    The bestselling popular science book of the 21st Century, now fully updated

    door Bill Bryson ...
    In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them.NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian<s... ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • The Technological Republic

    The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir

    door Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W.Zamiska ...
    The Sunday Times and #1 New York Times Bestseller‘The Technological Republic is far too important to ignore’ Times Literary SupplementSilicon Valley’s brightest minds once collaborated with governments to advance technologies, securing the West’s dominance on the global stage. But that relationship has corroded – with perilous repercussions for us all.Lifting the veil on tech giant Palantir and it ... Meer lezen

    Was 14,99 € Nu 10,99 €

  • The Body

    A Guide for Occupants - The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller

    door Bill Bryson ...
    #1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE_______'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson...an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times'It is a feat of narrat... ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • Horizontes de la civilización

    Una mirada optimista al futuro de nuestra especie

    door Héctor Socas ...
    Serie series No Ficción
    En un mundo que parece obsesionado con el apocalipsis, este libro es un antídoto contra el pesimismo.Héctor Socas es un astrofísico reconocido especialmente por su empeño en humanizar y divulgar la ciencia. Desde la solvencia científica de quien se ha pasado la vida estudiando el universo y nuestro lugar en él, Horizontes de la civilización es una invitación a levantar la mirada, ampliar nuestra ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • The Fabric of Reality

    door David Deutsch ...
    An extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal the fabric of realityin which human actions and ideas play essential roles. ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • Meaning of Life, Human Nature, and Delusions

    How Tales about Love, Sex, Races, Gods and Progress Affect Our Lives and Earth's Splendor

    door Rui Diogo ...
    Serie series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Whatever are your beliefs, background, education, political views or interests, one thing is sure: this book will engage you, teach you something new, and more importantly make you to re-think deeply about critical aspects of your daily-life, including sex, love, food, physical activities, diseases, work and stress, and how you see and deal with other people, other animals, and the planet in ... Meer lezen

    34,97 €

  • A Minimal Metaphysics for Scientific Practice

    door Andreas Hüttemann ...
    What are the metaphysical commitments which best 'make sense' of our scientific practice (rather than our scientific theories)? In this book, Andreas Hüttemann provides a minimal metaphysics for scientific practice, i.e. a metaphysics that refrains from postulating any structure that is explanatorily irrelevant. Hüttemann closely analyses paradigmatic aspects of scientific practice, such as ... Meer lezen

    32,16 €

  • Four Thousand Weeks

    Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count.

    door Oliver Burkeman ...
    A life-changing gift of a book: What if you tried to stop doing everything, so you could finally get round to what counts?**The instant Sunday Times bestseller**Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations.Drawing on the insights of both ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • Wisdom, Information and Wonder

    What is Knowledge For?

    door Mary Midgley ...
    In this book one of Britain's leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information is conveyed in the high-tech world, and criticizes conceptions of philosophy that support this mode of thinking. ... Meer lezen

    53,73 €

  • The Alignment Problem

    Machine Learning and Human Values

    door Brian Christian ...
    **"If you’re going to read one book on artificial intelligence, this is the one." —Stephen Marche, New York TimesA jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them.**Today’s “machine-learning” systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for us—and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ... Meer lezen

    8,79 €

  • Stefan Gates on E Numbers

    door Stefan Gates ...
    'Stefan Gates on E Numbers' is a myth-busting celebration of 'E's--the additives and preservatives that make up Britain's most feared ingredients. Most of the food we eat has them yet we are hugely suspicious of them and believe that they cause everything from twitchy eyelids to colon cancer. In this book Stefan discusses just how bad our food would taste, how wrong it would look and how ... Meer lezen

    4,49 €

  • Evolution Evolving

    The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity

    door Kevin N. Lala, Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marcus W. Feldman, Scott F. Gilbert ...
    A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolutionA new scientific view of evolution is emerging—one that challenges and expands our understanding of how evolution works. Recent research demonstrates that organisms differ greatly in how effective they are at evolving. Whether and how each organism adapts and diversifies depends critically on the mechanistic details of how ... Meer lezen

    34,33 €

  • Newton à la plage

    Les grandes idées de la physique dans un transat

    door Yann Mambrini ...
    Pourquoi une pomme tombe-t-elle de l’arbre ? Comment prévoir la trajectoire d’une balle de tennis ou celle d’une planète ? Qu’est-ce qu'une force ? Quelle est la nature de la lumière?Génie de la science, Isaac Newton est connu pour avoir fondé la mécanique classique ainsi que pour sa théorie de la gravitation. En optique, il a observé la décomposition de la lumière. Ses découvertes sont au cœur de ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • Der stärkste Stoff

    Psychedelische Drogen: Waffe, Rauschmittel, Medikament

    door Norman Ohler ...
    LSD: Wie alles begann und was in der Gegenwart daraus wurdeWie Norman Ohler in seinem internationalen Bestseller »Der totale Rausch« am Beispiel der NS-Zeit gezeigt hat, spielen Drogen und Drogenpolitik eine dramatische, immer noch unterschätzte Rolle in der Geschichte der Menschheit. In seinem neuen Buch nimmt der Autor diesen Faden wieder auf und untersucht, wie Entwicklung, Produktion und ... Meer lezen

    19,99 €

  • De wereld die we delen

    door Tine Hens ...
    Een verhaal over de oudste en minder oude levensvormen op aarde en omdat alles met alles verbonden is, ook een verhaal over de mens en zijn relatie met de rest van de wereld. Onder een microscoop lijkt de huid van een mens op een koraalrif. Driehonderd jaar nadat de eerste mens oog in oog stond met een microbe is naar schatting een procent van hun wereld beschreven. We weten meer over de sterren ... Meer lezen

    12,25 €

  • The Sun

    A Biography

    door Dr David Whitehouse ...
    In The Sun, David Whitehouse takes us on a journey to the heart of our local star and beyond, relating how it was born, the many ways it influences life on Earth and how it will die. He recounts the many myths surrounding the Sun and the fascinating stories of scientists throughout history who have attempted to discover its secrets - occasionally at the price of their lives.The Sun explores the ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

  • The Quantum Moment

    How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty

    door Robert P. Crease, Alfred Scharff Goldhaber ...
    "A very fun way to learn about where quantum physics comes from and the strange, even astonishing places it has gone." —Peter Galison, Harvard University, author of Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s MapsFrom multiverses and quantum leaps to Schrödinger’s cat and time travel, quantum mechanics has irreversibly shaped the popular imagination. Entertainers and writers from Lady Gaga to David Foster ... Meer lezen

    17,59 €

  • The Joy of Secularism

    11 Essays for How We Live Now

    Bewerkt door George Levine ...
    The case for a thoughtful secularism from some of today's most distinguished scientists, philosophers, and writersCan secularism offer us moral, aesthetic, and spiritual satisfaction? Or does the secular view simply affirm a dog-eat-dog universe? At a time when the issues of religion, evolution, atheism, fundamentalism, Darwin, and science fill headlines and invoke controversy, The Joy of ... Meer lezen

    25,22 €

  • Inteligencia artificial y desarrollo tecnológico al servicio de la enseñanza virtual

    door Rocío Yuste Tosina, Víctor López Ramos, Sixto Cubo Delgado ...
    Serie series Psicología
    Este libro es producto de la sinergia originada entre la iniciativa empresarial y la investigación universitaria y pretende servir de consulta cotidiana para profesionales de la enseñanza virtual, formal y no formal, en todos los niveles educativos. La obra ofrece al lector rigor científico y pragmatismo para el impulso de herramientas educativas en el actual escenario de la inteligencia ... Meer lezen

    7,49 €

  • Trous blancs

    door Carlo Rovelli ...
    Vertaald door Matteo Smerlak ...
    « Depuis quelques années, ma recherche s’est concentrée sur les trous blancs, les petits frères des trous noirs que nous voyons par centaines dans le ciel. Je vais parler de ce qui se passe sur le bord de ces trous noirs, cette surface que l’on appelle l’horizon, où le temps semble s’arrêter et l’espace se déchirer. Puis de leurs profondeurs, où le temps et l’espace se dissolvent. Jusqu’au point ... Meer lezen

    8,49 €

  • The Hype Machine

    How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy and Our Health – and How We Must Adapt

    door Sinan Aral ...
    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIREDIn this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how ‘hyper-socialization’ has profoundly changed us.Why does fake news spread faster than the truth?Do products and ideas become popular because they are good or because they are rated highly online?How does influence actually work and what ... Meer lezen

    Was 7,63 € Nu 4,69 €