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  • Le nouvel âge des ténèbres. Ce que la fin de la lecture nous réserve

    door James Marriott ...
    Vertaald door Paul Matthieu ...
    De la télévision aux smartphones en passant par l’essor des réseaux sociaux et l’avènement de l’intelligence artificielle, l’influence délétère des écrans et leur usage anarchique monopolisent notre attention et flattent notre oisiveté. Face à ce constat alarmant, un remède existe pourtant : la lecture. Dans Le Nouvel Âge des ténèbres, James Marriott montre comment la diffusion à grande échelle de ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • The Black Swan

    The Impact of the Highly Improbable

    door Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...
    The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertaintyWhat have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper?This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology

    A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice

    door Chris Chambers, Chris Chambers ...
    Why psychology is in peril as a scientific discipline—and how to save itPsychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us? In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that a lot of research in psychology is based on weak evidence, questionable practices, and sometimes even fraud. The Seven Deadly ... Meer lezen

    18,33 €

  • Science in the 20th Century and Beyond

    door Jon Agar ...
    Serie series History of Science
    A compelling history of science from 1900 to the present day, this is the first book to survey modern developments in science during a century of unprecedented change, conflict and uncertainty. The scope is global.Science's claim to access universal truths about the natural world made it an irresistible resource for industrial empires, ideological programs, and environmental campaigners during ... Meer lezen

    27,99 €

  • The Proving Ground

    The Brand New Blockbuster Lincoln Lawyer Thriller

    door Michael Connelly ...
    Serie Boek 7 - Mickey Haller Series
    Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial.An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?To do so, he turns to Jack McEvoy - a journalist who knows how powerful the coming wave will be - and together ... Meer lezen

    6,99 €

  • 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 €

  • Sleeping Beauties

    Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up

    door David Byrne ...
    **An Instant New York Times Bestseller"Byrne guides us on a captivating quest to understand how we come to remember forgotten ideas, inventions and technologies . . . Sleeping Beauties belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who cares about creativity or culture." —Adam Grant, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom incomparable creative force David Byrne, a brilliant and inspiring reckoning with how ... Meer lezen

    11,54 €

  • Iedereen liegt!

    Hoe leugens werken en hoe je ze kan achterhalen

    door Yann Van den Branden ...
    Politici, bankiers, autoverkopers, vrienden, uw kinderen en uzelf: iedereen liegt! Zo'n zes keer per dag. Grote leugens of leugentjes om bestwil: liegen is zo oud als de mens. Dit boek neemt u mee op een fascinerende ontdekkingstocht en beantwoordt vragen als: Waaraan kan ik zien of iemand liegt? Hoe kan ik mezelf beter wapenen tegen leugenachtig gedrag van anderen? Is het altijd verkeerd, of zijn ... Meer lezen

    12,50 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Everything Is Tuberculosis

    The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

    door John Green ...
    Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and ... Meer lezen

    Was 9,99 € Nu 1,49 €

  • The Beauty of Falling

    A Life in Pursuit of Gravity

    door Claudia de Rham ...
    A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity’s true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her lifeClaudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with her body’s buoyancy in the Indian Ocean. As a pilot, soaring over Canadian waterfalls on dark mornings before beginning her daily scientific research. As an astronaut candidate, dreaming of the ... Meer lezen

    Was 22,89 € Nu 13,77 €

  • Het geheim van de pratende machine

    door Antal van den Bosch ...
    Chatbots lijken te denken. Ze schrijven essays, beantwoorden vragen, voeren gesprekken die verbluffend menselijk klinken. Maar schijn bedriegt. Kunstmatige-intelligentieonderzoeker en taalmodelspecialist Antal van den Bosch laat zien wat er werkelijk gebeurt als je met een chatbot praat: je praat niet met een meedenkend anoniem mens maar met een systeem dat woord voor woord voorspelt wat er zou ... Meer lezen

    12,99 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • Numbers Don't Lie

    71 Things You Need to Know About the World

    door Vaclav Smil ...
    Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From Earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • 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 €

  • The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries

    The Evidence and the People Who Found It

    door Donald R. Prothero ...
    The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity’s place in the universe into necessary perspective. Despite a history of controversy, the evidence for evolution continues to accumulate as a result of many separate strands of amazing scientific sleuthing.In The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries, Donald R. Prothero explores the most fascinating ... Meer lezen

    19,71 €

  • The Kindness of Strangers

    How a Selfish Ape Invented a New Moral Code

    door Michael E. McCullough ...
    "A fine achievement."--Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save and The Most Good You Can DoA sweeping psychological history of human goodness -- from the foundations of evolution to the modern political and social challenges humanity is now facing.How did humans, a species of self-centered apes, come to care about others? Since Darwin, scientists have tried to answer this question using ... Meer lezen

    Was 14,99 € Nu 1,49 €

  • Bullshit Jobs

    A Theory

    door David Graeber ...
    'Spectacular and terrifyingly true' Owen Jones'Explosive' John McDonnell, New Statesman, Books of the Year'Thought-provoking and funny' The TimesFT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 and CITY AM BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why n... ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • 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 €

  • Hoop voor de aarde

    Hoe we samen het klimaat kunnen redden

    door Katharine Hayhoe ...
    Vertaald door Martine Krabbendam ...
    Niemand kan het probleem van de klimaatverandering zo goed onder woorden brengen als Katharine Hayhoe in haar boek Hoop voor de aarde: hoe we samen het klimaat kunnen redden. De klimaatverandering is even urgent als complex. We benoemen het en zuchten erover, maar het lukt ons moeilijk om samen tot concrete actie te komen. Katharine Hayhoe legt daar de vinger bij en geeft aan hoe we vanuit een ... Meer lezen

    13,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • 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 €