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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

by 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 ... Read more

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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
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Hello World

The essential book for understanding AI - from the prizewinning mathematician and The Rest is Science host

by Hannah Fry ...

From the host of The Rest is Science podcast and star of The Celebrity Traitors Season 2. Hannah Fry takes us on a tour of the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us._______________'Stylish, thoughtful . . . One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms' The TimesYou are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate - a hu... ... Read more

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From the host of The Rest is Science podcast and star of The Celebrity Traitors Season 2. Hannah Fry takes us on a tour of the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us._______________'Stylish, thoughtful . . . One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms' The TimesYou are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate - a hu...
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Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics

The bestselling guide to our universe

by Frank Verstraete, Céline Broeckaert ...

The international bestseller‘Ambitious . . . pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics’ – New ScientistQuantum physics is the cornerstone of our world. Yet, at the same time, it’s one of the hardest subjects for ordinary mortals to grasp.In Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics, a husband-and-wife duo – renowned physicist Frank Verstraete and writer Céline Broeckaert – demystifies the essential ... Read more

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The international bestseller‘Ambitious . . . pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics’ – New ScientistQuantum physics is the cornerstone of our world. Yet, at the same time, it’s one of the hardest subjects for ordinary mortals to grasp.In Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics, a husband-and-wife duo – renowned physicist Frank Verstraete and writer Céline Broeckaert – demystifies the essential
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An Ordinary Man

The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

by Richard Norton Smith ...

Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Books of 2023“Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential president—Gerald R. Ford. Ford’s is a very American life, and Smith has charted its vicissitudes and import with great grace and illuminating perspective. A marvelous achievement!” — Jon MeachamFrom the preeminent presidential scholar ... Read more

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Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Books of 2023“Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential president—Gerald R. Ford. Ford’s is a very American life, and Smith has charted its vicissitudes and import with great grace and illuminating perspective. A marvelous achievement!” — Jon MeachamFrom the preeminent presidential scholar
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Climate Chaos

Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors

by Brian Fagan, Nadia Durrani ...

A thirty-thousand-year history of the relationship between climate and civilization that teaches powerful lessons about how humankind can survive.**“A rich survey of the past.” ―**NatureHuman-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the ... Read more

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A thirty-thousand-year history of the relationship between climate and civilization that teaches powerful lessons about how humankind can survive.**“A rich survey of the past.” ―**NatureHuman-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the
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The Seven Measures of the World

by Piero Martin ...

The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical worldFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure the world to know our past, comprehend the present, and plan the future.Renowned physicist Piero ... Read more

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The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical worldFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure the world to know our past, comprehend the present, and plan the future.Renowned physicist Piero
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

As we enter the age of AI, we are in danger of being reduced to what Cory Doctorow dubs the 'reverse centaur'. With that term he conjures a human being conscripted as the assistant to a dominant machine. It could be a driver made to deliver nonstop, all day long; a warehouse worker packing shelves without bathroom or food breaks; or a programmer reviewing impossible amounts of AI-produced code.Don ... Read more

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As we enter the age of AI, we are in danger of being reduced to what Cory Doctorow dubs the 'reverse centaur'. With that term he conjures a human being conscripted as the assistant to a dominant machine. It could be a driver made to deliver nonstop, all day long; a warehouse worker packing shelves without bathroom or food breaks; or a programmer reviewing impossible amounts of AI-produced code.Don
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Filterworld

How Algorithms Make Everything the Same

by Kyle Chayka ...

'The story told here is instrumental to your own' - Jared Lanier'Timely, erudite, important' - Ayad AkhtarWhat happens when our cultural and artistic lives are dictated to us by an algorithm? What does it mean when shareability supersedes innovation? How can we make a choice when the options have been so carefully arranged for us?From coffee shops to city grids to TikTok feeds and Netflix ... Read more

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'The story told here is instrumental to your own' - Jared Lanier'Timely, erudite, important' - Ayad AkhtarWhat happens when our cultural and artistic lives are dictated to us by an algorithm? What does it mean when shareability supersedes innovation? How can we make a choice when the options have been so carefully arranged for us?From coffee shops to city grids to TikTok feeds and Netflix
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This Book May Cause Side Effects

Why Our Minds Are Making Us Sick

by Helen Pilcher ...

'A wild and sometimes shocking ride ... Doctors, take note' Telegraph'Ambitious and fascinating' Book of the Day, Guardian'Absolutely fascinating' Dr Julie Smith'Entrancing' David RobsonA groundbreaking investigation into the nocebo effect - the placebo's evil twin - urging us to rethink the mind-body connection.Illness is not simply a matter of biology. Our thoughts, ... ... Read more

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'A wild and sometimes shocking ride ... Doctors, take note' Telegraph'Ambitious and fascinating' Book of the Day, Guardian'Absolutely fascinating' Dr Julie Smith'Entrancing' David RobsonA groundbreaking investigation into the nocebo effect - the placebo's evil twin - urging us to rethink the mind-body connection.Illness is not simply a matter of biology. Our thoughts, ...
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Magnifica Humanitas

What It Means to Be Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV's opening statement to the world, offering a bold and urgent vision of what it means to be human in modern times and the coming age of artificial intelligence.‘The strongest way of looking at AI I've seen’ RORY STEWART‘A remarkable case for placing moral concerns at the centre of any discussion of AI’ THE NEW YORKER‘Beautifully written, hugely significant, speaks truth to power’< ... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV's opening statement to the world, offering a bold and urgent vision of what it means to be human in modern times and the coming age of artificial intelligence.‘The strongest way of looking at AI I've seen’ RORY STEWART‘A remarkable case for placing moral concerns at the centre of any discussion of AI’ THE NEW YORKER‘Beautifully written, hugely significant, speaks truth to power’<
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Blowout

Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth

by Rachel Maddow ...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A ground-breaking investigation into the oil and gas industry, international corruption and world politics.Oil.Corrupt? Yes.Unimaginably lucrative? Of course.But, the enemy of democracy?Blowout is the oil and gas industry as we've never seen it before, as told by America's m... ... Read more

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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A ground-breaking investigation into the oil and gas industry, international corruption and world politics.Oil.Corrupt? Yes.Unimaginably lucrative? Of course.But, the enemy of democracy?Blowout is the oil and gas industry as we've never seen it before, as told by America's m...
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Wild Signs and Star Paths

A must-have for all nature lovers - perfect reading for your autumn walks

by Tristan Gooley ...

Learn how to read the clues and signs of nature with this eye-opening and enthralling guide from Sunday Times-bestselling author Tristan Gooley, pioneer in the art of natural navigationTristan Gooley shows how it is possible to achieve a level of outdoors awareness that will enable you to sense direction from stars and plants, forecast weather from woodland sounds and predict the next action of an ... Read more

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Learn how to read the clues and signs of nature with this eye-opening and enthralling guide from Sunday Times-bestselling author Tristan Gooley, pioneer in the art of natural navigationTristan Gooley shows how it is possible to achieve a level of outdoors awareness that will enable you to sense direction from stars and plants, forecast weather from woodland sounds and predict the next action of an
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Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 1

The Physical World

by His Holiness the Dalai Lama ...

Translated by Ian Coghlan ...

Series series Science and Philosophy in the Indian Bud
Explore the nature of our material world in a unique sourcebook, conceived by the Dalai Lama, collecting the scientific observations found in classical Buddhist treatises.Under the visionary supervision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics brings together classical Buddhist explorations of the nature of our material world and the human mind and ... Read more

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Explore the nature of our material world in a unique sourcebook, conceived by the Dalai Lama, collecting the scientific observations found in classical Buddhist treatises.Under the visionary supervision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics brings together classical Buddhist explorations of the nature of our material world and the human mind and
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Screen People

How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency 'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation' SOPHIE GILBERT, author of GIRL ON GIRL

by Megan Garber ...

'Incisive'PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity'SOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL_______From an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape conditions us to see everyone as char... ... Read more

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'Incisive'PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity'SOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL_______From an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape conditions us to see everyone as char...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

A True Story of Scientific Discovery, Questionable Ethics, and a Family's Fight for Truth

by Rebecca Skloot ...

**A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a true story of race, class, injustice and exploitation.‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, GuardianWith an introduction Sarah Moss, author of by author of ... Read more

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**A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a true story of race, class, injustice and exploitation.‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, GuardianWith an introduction Sarah Moss, author of by author of
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The Other Pandemic

How QAnon Contaminated the World

by James Ball ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world's first digital pandemic.Imagine a deadly pathogen that, once created, could infect any person in any part of the globe within seconds. No need to wait for travellers, ... Read more

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Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world's first digital pandemic.Imagine a deadly pathogen that, once created, could infect any person in any part of the globe within seconds. No need to wait for travellers,
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Co-Intelligence

The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

The New York Times BestsellerThe urgent and definitive guide to working, learning, and living in the new age of artificial intelligence from the acclaimed Wharton Professor of Management and author of the One Useful Thing Substack.'The very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit ... Read more

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The New York Times BestsellerThe urgent and definitive guide to working, learning, and living in the new age of artificial intelligence from the acclaimed Wharton Professor of Management and author of the One Useful Thing Substack.'The very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit
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Four Thousand Weeks

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

by 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 ... Read more

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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
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Why Machines Learn

The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI

by Anil Ananthaswamy ...

'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie MitchellA rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour ... Read more

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'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie MitchellA rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour
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Technofeudalism

What Killed Capitalism

by Yanis Varoufakis ...

Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.Visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to ... Read more

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Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.Visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to
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On the Equality of All Things

Physics and Philosophy

by Carlo Rovelli ...

Translated by Simon Carnell ...

The Sunday Times bestseller'A marvellous, insouciant and liberating book' John Banville, Irish TimesThe global superstar ‘poet of physics’ returns with a dazzling philosophical exploration of our place in the universeWhat can we really know about the world around us? Is there beauty in daring not to know?With clarity and lightness, acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli takes us on a journey of ... ... Read more

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The Sunday Times bestseller'A marvellous, insouciant and liberating book' John Banville, Irish TimesThe global superstar ‘poet of physics’ returns with a dazzling philosophical exploration of our place in the universeWhat can we really know about the world around us? Is there beauty in daring not to know?With clarity and lightness, acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli takes us on a journey of ...
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The Ecology of Commerce Revised Edition

A Declaration of Sustainability

by Paul Hawken ...

The world has changed in the seventeen years since the controversial initial publication of Paul Hawken's Ecology of Commerce, a stirring treatise about the perceived antagonism between ecology and business. Yet Hawken's impassioned argument—that business both causes the most egregious abuses of the environment and, crucially, holds the most potential for solving our sustainability problems—is ... Read more

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The world has changed in the seventeen years since the controversial initial publication of Paul Hawken's Ecology of Commerce, a stirring treatise about the perceived antagonism between ecology and business. Yet Hawken's impassioned argument—that business both causes the most egregious abuses of the environment and, crucially, holds the most potential for solving our sustainability problems—is
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The Great Math War

How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics

by Jason Socrates Bardi ...

A stirring account of the mathematicians who went looking for the bedrock philosophical foundations of their field and witnessed a house of cards collapse instead“A fascinating romp through one of the most consequential conflicts of the early 20th century.”—Johnjoe McFadden, author of Life on the EdgeAs the nineteenth century ended, mathematicians were celebrating a century of triumphs that ... Read more

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A stirring account of the mathematicians who went looking for the bedrock philosophical foundations of their field and witnessed a house of cards collapse instead“A fascinating romp through one of the most consequential conflicts of the early 20th century.”—Johnjoe McFadden, author of Life on the EdgeAs the nineteenth century ended, mathematicians were celebrating a century of triumphs that
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A (little) Space for Everyone

An Astronaut's Thoughts on Robots, Exploration and the Meaning of It All

by Rabea Rogge ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Curiosity drives us and has fueled unlikely expeditions: across the ice, into the deep oceans, and to the moon. The Fram2 mission was one such expedition, during which, for the first time, a spacecraft with a human crew travelled across both polar regions of Earth.My name is Rabea Rogge. I am an adventurer, researcher, and astronaut of the Fram2 mission. In this book, I'll take you on a brief ... Read more

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Curiosity drives us and has fueled unlikely expeditions: across the ice, into the deep oceans, and to the moon. The Fram2 mission was one such expedition, during which, for the first time, a spacecraft with a human crew travelled across both polar regions of Earth.My name is Rabea Rogge. I am an adventurer, researcher, and astronaut of the Fram2 mission. In this book, I'll take you on a brief
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