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  • Factfulness

    Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

    door Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund ...
    OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world' BILL GATESThe international bestseller, inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an ... Meer lezen

    2,99 €

  • Freakonomics

    A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    door Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...
    The legendary bestseller that encouraged millions of readers to look at the hidden side of everythingWhich is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common?These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar ... Meer lezen

    8,99 €

  • Calling Bullshit

    The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World

    door Jevin D. West, Carl T. Bergstrom ...
    'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel LaureateThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act.Based on a popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit gives us ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • The Art of Statistics

    Learning from Data

    door David Spiegelhalter ...
    Serie series Pelican Books
    'A statistical national treasure' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2'Required reading for all politicians, journalists, medics and anyone who tries to influence people (or is influenced) by statistics. A tour de force' Popular ScienceDo busier hospitals have higher survival rates? How many trees are there on the planet? Why do old men have big ears? David Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • The Tipping Point

    How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

    door Malcolm Gladwell ...
    From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • The Art of Uncertainty

    How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

    door David Spiegelhalter ...
    Serie series Pelican Books
    ‘Probably the UK’s greatest living statistician’ TelegraphFrom the UK’s ‘statistical national treasure’, a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertaintyWe live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable. How should we deal with what we don’t know? And what role do chance, luck and coincidence play in our lives?David Spiegelhalter has spent his career dissecting data in ... Meer lezen

    Was 14,99 € Nu 8,99 €

  • End Times

    Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration

    door Peter Turchin ...
    THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMESA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data' TLS'Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work' BloombergOne of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time offers a brilliant new theory of how society w... ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • How Migration Really Works

    A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics

    door Hein de Haas ...
    A VITALLY IMPORTANT BOOK CHALLENGING THE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING THE TOPIC OF IMMIGRATION.**'A book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions . . . an important book' The Telegraph‘A careful, balanced, and convincing take . . . challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration’ Ian Morris, author of Why The West Rules – For Now**-------------------------- ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • Freakonomics

    A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    door Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt ...
    'A sensation ... you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm GladwellWITH A NEW FOREWORD CELEBRATING 20 YEARS SINCE PUBLICATIONAssume nothing, question everything.This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers... ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • Progress

    Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future

    door Johan Norberg ...
    A Book of the Year for The Economist and the ObserverOur world seems to be collapsing. The daily news cycle reports the deterioration: divisive politics across the Western world, racism, poverty, war, inequality, hunger. While politicians, journalists and activists from all sides talk about the damage done, Johan Norberg offers an illuminating and heartening analysis of just how far we have come ... Meer lezen

    8,94 €

  • Factfulness

    Dieci ragioni per cui non capiamo il mondo. E perché le cose vanno meglio di come pensiamo.

    door Hans Rosling ...
    Quali strumenti possiamo lasciare ai nostri figli per interpretare il mondo in perenne mutamento in cui viviamo? Come possiamo far fronte alla valanga quotidiana di notizie deprimenti che ci arriva dai media, dai social e dalla politica? Perché prestiamo più attenzione alle notizie negative, quelle che ci danno l'impressione che tutto stia lentamente, ma inesorabilmente, andando a rotoli? Di quali ... Meer lezen

    7,99 €

  • The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus

    Rereading the Principle of Population

    door Alison Bashford, Joyce E. Chaplin ...
    An ambitious global history that fundamentally alters our understanding of MalthusThe New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be. Malthus's Essay is also persistently misunderstood. First published ... Meer lezen

    Was 44,30 € Nu 29,78 €

  • Dataclysm

    Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

    door Christian Rudder ...
    **A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making**Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today, ... Meer lezen

    6,99 €

  • Outgrowing Modernity

    Navigating Complexity, Complicity, and Collapse with Accountability and Compassion

    door Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, Keri Facer ...
    **The inevitable is coming fast. We know it in our bones—and it’s past time to face it.The highly anticipated follow-up to Hospicing Modernity: how we activate responsibility, nurture care, and grow up in the face of collapse—includes reflections, exercises, and prompts**Climate collapse, social crisis, the decline of modernity: colonialism, capitalism, and our full-faced denial have ushered in an ... Meer lezen

    12,50 €

  • Bad Data

    How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers

    door Georgina Sturge ...
    'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford'[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a penetrating analysis of why statistical literacy matters to our politics and our daily lives' Professor Jonathan PortesOur politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted?In BAD ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

  • Big data

    door Bart van der Sloot ...
    Serie Boek 62 - Elementaire Deeltjes
    Big data worden steeds vaker en door steeds meer partijen gebruikt: van adverteerders tot inlichtingendiensten, van de gezondheidszorg tot de belastingdienst. De wereld is data-gedreven en big data ontketenen volgens velen een revolutie die onze samenleving fundamenteel zal veranderen. Toch is er nog veel onduidelijk. Wat zijn big data bijvoorbeeld precies en hoe effectief zijn de toepassingen ... Meer lezen

    7,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • You are Not So Smart

    Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

    door David McRaney ...
    Think you’re rational? Think again...‘Want to get smarter quickly? Read this book.’ David Eagleman, author of The Brain: The Story of YouHow many of your Facebook friends do you think you know? Would you help a stranger in need? Do you know why you’re so in love with your new smartphone? The truth is: you’re probably wrong. You are not so smart.In this international bestseller, award-winning ... Meer lezen

    8,94 €

  • The Hot Hand

    The Mystery and Science of Winning Streaks

    door Ben Cohen ...
    For fans of Charles Duhigg and Nate Silver, a brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at the Wall Street Journal.For decades, psychologists and economists have studied the science of streaks to determine whether the ‘hot hand’ exists. Is there such a thing as being in the zone? Or it simply a case of seeing patterns in randomness? Genius ... Meer lezen

    10,39 €

  • I numeri non mentono

    Brevi storie per capire il mondo

    door Vaclav Smil ...
    Vertaald door Giacomo Manconi ...
    Quanto e perché è cresciuta l'altezza media della popolazione? Perché le auto elettriche non sono cosí risolutive quanto supponiamo? Mangiamo piú pollo o piú maiale, e perché? Che cos'è che rende felice la gente? Perché i vaccini sono il miglior investimento possibile? L'aspettativa di vita è arrivata al suo apice? Utilizzando dati, statistiche, studi scientifici internazionali, e spaziando tra i ... Meer lezen

    7,99 €

  • The Model Thinker

    What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

    door Scott E. Page ...
    Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, ... Meer lezen

    11,99 €

  • Superfreakonomics

    Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

    door Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...
    Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have spent four years uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from terrorism to shark attacks, cable TV to hurricanes. The result is Superfreakonomics. It reveals, among other things:- Why you are more likely to be killed walking drunk than driving drunk- How a prostitute is more likely to sleep with a ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • Covid By Numbers

    Making Sense of the Pandemic with Data

    door David Spiegelhalter, Anthony Masters ...
    Serie series Pelican Books
    'I couldn't imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane' Tim HarfordHow many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus? What are the benefits and harms of different vaccines? How does COVID-19 compare to the Spanish flu? How ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • Risk

    The Science and Politics of Fear

    door Dan Gardner ...
    We are the safest humans who ever lived - the statistics prove it. And yet the media tells a different story with its warnings and scare stories. How is it possible that anxiety has become the stuff of daily life?In this ground-breaking, compulsively readable book, Dan Gardner shows how our flawed strategies for perceiving risk influence our lives, often with unforeseen and sometimes-tragic ... Meer lezen

    12,99 €

  • The Art of Statistical Thinking

    door Albert Rutherford, Jae H. Kim PhD ...
    Not knowing statistics can lead to a loss of money, time, and accurate information.What am I looking at? What do these numbers mean? Why? These are frequent thoughts of those who don't know much about statistics."I'm not a number's person" is not a good excuse to avoid learning the basics of this essential skill. Are you a person who earns money? Do you shop at the supermarket? Do you vote? Do you ... Meer lezen

    4,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus