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An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the ... En savoir plus

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Freakonomics

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par Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...

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Big data

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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 ... En savoir plus

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End Times

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**Brought to you by Penguin.A brilliant new theory of how society works from one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time**What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do elites maintain their dominant position? And why do ruling classes sometimes suddenly lose their grip on power?For decades, complexity scientist Peter Turchin has been studying world history like no one else. ... En savoir plus

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The Hot Hand

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The Macat Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population

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Every 90 seconds a woman is sexually assaulted. In that same minute and a half, another is a victim of domestic violence at the hands of a current or former intimate partner. Every sixteen hours, one of those intimate partners shoots and kills a woman. Nearly two in tenwomen are stalked, while one in sixteen is raped during her first sexual experience. Despite these jaw-dropping statistics, ... En savoir plus

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How Migration Really Works

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**Brought to you by Penguin.An authoritative analysis that busts 22 deep-rooted myths about migration - and sets out a new way to think about it**Global migration is not at an all-time high.Climate change will not lead to mass migration.Immigration mainly benefits the wealthy, not workers.Border restrictions have paradoxically produced more migration.</... ... En savoir plus

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Statistics for Beginners: How easy it is to lie with statistics in business, social science, politics, criminology and law

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Big Brother is watching you. Discover how statistics can be used to control our society.Have you ever wondered what your neighbor does every morning at 8:35 am, when you hear weird sounds coming from his balcony?Did you ever realize that the “likes“ you put on other people´s Instagram account will influence the next summer collection of Zara, H&M, and Nike?Are you aware that whenever you swipe ... En savoir plus

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Calling Bullshit

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The Black Swan: Second Edition

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After the Spike

par Michael Geruso, Dean Spears ...

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a ... En savoir plus

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Making Numbers Count

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Open Socrates

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Foolproof

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The Tipping Point

How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

par Malcolm Gladwell ...

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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 ... En savoir plus

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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
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The Art of Statistics

Learning from Data

par David Spiegelhalter ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.Do 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 other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all ... En savoir plus

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Numbers Tell Stories

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par Vaclav Smil ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover the hidden forces shaping our worldWhat do marriage, milk and the black market tell us about the state of humanity? Most people would say, not much at all. But the numbers reveal startling truths about who we are, how we live and where we’re headed. For centuries we’ve ... En savoir plus

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The Nature of the Beast

par David J. Anderson ...

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The Art of Uncertainty

How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

par David Spiegelhalter ...

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Tomorrow's People

The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers

par Paul Morland ...

Lu par Richard Trinder ...

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9 heure 8 min

‘Morland predicts the future of humanity in 10 illuminating statistics (could the Japanese and Italians now go the way of the dodo?) and looks back to how ebbs and flows of population have shaped history’ - The Daily Telegraph ‘The Best Books for Summer 2022’The great forces of population change – the balance of births, deaths and migrations – have made the world what it is today. They have ... En savoir plus

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The Theory That Would Not Die

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par Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ...

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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial ... En savoir plus

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