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The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by 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 ... Read more

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The Golden Geometry of the Interior Design of the Great Pyramid

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A golden-ratio-based geometric model unveils the Great Pyramid’s sophisticated design and accounts with astonishing accuracy for all details of its internal and external architecture. The model values match the measurements of W.F. Petrie or G. Dormion within 1 cm or 5', respectively for the lengths and angles, and in multiple cases exactly (within 1 mm or 1'). The model yields mathematical ... Read more

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A golden-ratio-based geometric model unveils the Great Pyramid’s sophisticated design and accounts with astonishing accuracy for all details of its internal and external architecture. The model values match the measurements of W.F. Petrie or G. Dormion within 1 cm or 5', respectively for the lengths and angles, and in multiple cases exactly (within 1 mm or 1'). The model yields mathematical
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Fooled by Randomness

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'One of the smartest books of all time' Fortune'The hottest thinker in the world' Sunday TimesEveryone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable?This book is the bestselling sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. It is... ... Read more

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Il Sapere degli Antichi Greci

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This Explains Everything

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Skin in the Game

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Learning Analytics Methods and Tutorials

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Wildland Fire Behaviour

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Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and grasslands. They can be used as controlled burns or occur as free-burning wildfires, and can sometimes be dangerous and destructive to fauna, human communities and natural resources. Through scientific understanding of their behaviour, we can develop the tools to reliably use and manage fires across ... Read more

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How to Solve It

A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

by G. Polya ...

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A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight.In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out--from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have ... Read more

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The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

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by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff ...

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Series series Collins International Primary Maths
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by Belle Cottingham, Alastair Duncombe, Alastair Duncombe, Rob Ellis, Amanda George, Claire Powis, Brian Speed ...

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The Selfish Gene

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by Richard Dawkins ...

Series series Oxford Landmark Science
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen ... Read more

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The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen
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The Signal and the Noise

The Art and Science of Prediction

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The International Bestseller by 'The Galileo of number crunchers' (Independent)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 financial crisis to ecological disasters, we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events, often at great cost to society. The rise of 'big
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Nudge

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Sample EBOOK - SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS - SAMPLES FROM EACH BOOK IN MR W'S MATH STUDY GUIDE SERIES

INCLUDING MR W'S EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP SOLUTIONS

by Dennis Weichman ...

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WHO IS MR.W?Dennis Irwin Weichman (MR. W) holds a Bachelors degree and Masters degree in mathematics from the University of Western Ontario. His series of Math Study Guides capture his teaching methodology best practices from 30 years as a high school teacher and 20 years as a private math tutor.It all started with the idea of simplifying the process of teaching math using a step by step approach. ... Read more

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WHO IS MR.W?Dennis Irwin Weichman (MR. W) holds a Bachelors degree and Masters degree in mathematics from the University of Western Ontario. His series of Math Study Guides capture his teaching methodology best practices from 30 years as a high school teacher and 20 years as a private math tutor.It all started with the idea of simplifying the process of teaching math using a step by step approach.
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KS3 Maths Pupil Book 1.3 (Maths Frameworking)

by Kevin Evans, Trevor Senior, Brian Speed, Chris Pearce, Keith Gordon ...

Series Book 1.3 - Maths Frameworking
Ensure progress at the right pace with Pupil Book 1.3, the higher tier for the first year of teaching KS3. With fluency, mathematical reasoning and problem solving integrated throughout you can be confident you’re covering the main aims of the new curriculum and preparing students for revised GCSEs ahead.Bring awe and wonder with a chapter opener that puts the maths in contextAccess the right ... Read more

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Ensure progress at the right pace with Pupil Book 1.3, the higher tier for the first year of teaching KS3. With fluency, mathematical reasoning and problem solving integrated throughout you can be confident you’re covering the main aims of the new curriculum and preparing students for revised GCSEs ahead.Bring awe and wonder with a chapter opener that puts the maths in contextAccess the right
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Linked

How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

by Albert-László Barabási ...

The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social lifeA cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked, Albert-László Barabási, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us ... Read more

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The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social lifeA cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked, Albert-László Barabási, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us
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Logos: Logical Religion Unleashed

by Steve Madison ...

Wouldn’t you want a religion that every logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist on earth could embrace, a religion fully consistent with all the points made by Kurt Gödel when he listed the 14 key religious principles he accepted? That religion already exists. It’s called ontological mathematics, predicated on the principle of sufficient reason and Occam’s razor, and constitutes an a ... Read more

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Wouldn’t you want a religion that every logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist on earth could embrace, a religion fully consistent with all the points made by Kurt Gödel when he listed the 14 key religious principles he accepted? That religion already exists. It’s called ontological mathematics, predicated on the principle of sufficient reason and Occam’s razor, and constitutes an a
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Without the Mob, There Is No Circus

by David Sinclair ...

A "UXB" is an unexploded bomb. What happens when it goes off? All those who know about the Armageddon Conspiracy were aware that detonation was coming. Now it has. In this epic, we describe something of what the AC was all about, and why it had to perish. Nietzsche said, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an ... Read more

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A "UXB" is an unexploded bomb. What happens when it goes off? All those who know about the Armageddon Conspiracy were aware that detonation was coming. Now it has. In this epic, we describe something of what the AC was all about, and why it had to perish. Nietzsche said, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an
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The Known Unknowns

The Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos

by Lawrence M. Krauss ...

Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest unanswered questions.Three of the most important words in science are 'I don't know'. Not knowing implies a universe of opportunities – the possibility of discovery and surprise. Our understanding of cosmology has advanced immeasurably over the last five hundred years of ... Read more

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Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest unanswered questions.Three of the most important words in science are 'I don't know'. Not knowing implies a universe of opportunities – the possibility of discovery and surprise. Our understanding of cosmology has advanced immeasurably over the last five hundred years of
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The Black Swan

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Skin in the Game

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International Primary Maths Workbook: Stage 5

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Six Easy Pieces

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The Selfish Gene

The Signal and the Noise

Nudge

Sample EBOOK - SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS - SAMPLES FROM EACH BOOK IN MR W'S MATH STUDY GUIDE SERIES

KS3 Maths Pupil Book 1.3 (Maths Frameworking)

Linked

Logos: Logical Religion Unleashed

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