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  • How Smart Machines Think

    by Sean Gerrish ...
    Everything you want to know about the breakthroughs in AI technology, machine learning, and deep learning—as seen in self-driving cars, Netflix recommendations, and more.The future is here: Self-driving cars are on the streets, an algorithm gives you movie and TV recommendations, IBM’s Watson triumphed on Jeopardy over puny human brains, computer programs can be trained to play Atari games. But ... Read more

    Was $16.59 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • The Perfectionists

    How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

    by Simon Winchester ...
    “Another gem from one of the world’s justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people.” — Booklist (starred review)The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and ... Read more

    $17.39 USD

  • Inviting Disaster

    Lessons From the Edge of Technology: An Inside Look at Catastrophes and Why They Happen

    by James R. Chiles ...
    This "very absorbing look at technological catastrophes and why they happen"explores systemic breakdowns behind disasters from Chernobyl to the Challenger ( Booklist).Inviting Disaster delves into over fifty of history's worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly "smart" systems leave us wide open to human tragedy. Weaving a dramatic narrative that explains how breakdowns in these ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Bad Blood

    Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    by John Carreyrou ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword covering her trial and sentencing, bringing the story to a close.“Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • When We Are No More

    How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future

    by Abby Smith Rumsey ...
    "Excellent . . . especially good at charting the changing shape of the institutions to which we have entrusted (or outsourced) our collective memory." ―Wall Street JournalOur memory gives the human species a unique evolutionary advantage. Our stories and ideas—in a word, our "culture"—can be recorded and passed on to future generations. Today, we stand at the very edge of an uncharted digital ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Hidden Figures

    The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

    by Margot Lee Shetterly ...
    The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • A Brief History of Intelligence

    Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

    by Max S. Bennett ...
    “I found this book amazing. I read it through quickly because it was so interesting, then turned around and read much of it again.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow“I've been recommending A Brief History of Intelligence to everyone I know. A truly novel, beautifully crafted thesis on what intelligence is and how it has developed ... Read more

    $18.49 USD

  • Minute Six

    How High-Performance Teams Navigate the Unknown

    by Kevin Fong ...
    No plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for what follows?A unique survival guide for an uncertain world - from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and writer-presenter of the hit podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon'An invaluable guide' TIM PEAKE'Inspiring tales of people at their very best' OLIVIA CO... ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

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  • Un verdor terrible

    by Benjamín Labatut ...
    La aventura de la ciencia convertida en literatura. Un libro inclasificable y poderosamente seductor.Las narraciones incluidas en este libro singular y fascinante tienen un hilo conductor que las entrelaza: la ciencia, con sus búsquedas, tentativas, experimentos e hipótesis, y los cambios que –para bien y para mal– introduce en el mundo y en nuestra visión de él.Por estas páginas desfilan ... Read more

    $10.89 USD

  • The Gecko’s Foot

    How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book

    by Peter Forbes ...
    A cutting-edge science book in the style of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘Chaos’ from an exciting and accessible voice in popular science writing.Bio-inspiration is a form of engineering but not in the conventional sense. Extending beyond our established and preconceived notions, scientists, architects and engineers are looking at imitating nature by manufacturing 'wet' materials such as spider ... Read more

    $4.62 USD

  • 矽谷最夯‧產品專案管理全書

    專案管理大師教你用可實踐的流程打造人人都喜歡的產品

    by 馬提．凱根 ...
    ▄▄專案經理快來看最強專案經理怎麼做！！！▄▄產品怪獸公司Facebook、Google、Netflix、Apple、Adobe紛紛讚聲，專案管理大師教你─像矽谷最成功的產品經理一樣思考！★ 美國亞馬遜書店4.6顆星，2008年出版長銷至今 ★　　當傳統產品朝數位化邁進、科技產品不再完全數位化時，　　專案管理面臨更多元服務、線上與線下體驗……各種獨特議題，　　創新的思維、複雜的工作、人力的配置、工程的整合都是挑戰，　　唯有擁抱受歡迎的產品、持續為客戶創新才能脫引而出！**　　◤釐清觀念◢　　▎卓越的產品不是套公式來的！**　　Amazon、Google、Facebook、Netflix、Apple等企業，之所以成為現今最成功的產品怪獸公司，是因為他們知道如何定義、設計、開發出全球數十億人喜愛的產品。他們深知：專案是產出（output），但產品完全看結果（outcome） ... Read more

    $9.53 USD

  • Kobuk the Destroyer

    And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering

    by Alex Davies ...
    An exuberant exploration of why the stuff we use (mostly) works—and a celebration of the unsung engineers who ensure it does.When a manufacturer offers a 10,000-mile warranty on a car or slaps a “bear-resistant” label on a camping cooler, what do we know about how trustworthy that promise is, and how it’s backed up? For the cooler, it’s Kobuk the Destroyer, the fiercest member of the Interagency ... Read more

    $20.59 USD

  • Stuff Matters

    Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

    by Mark Miodownik ...
    In this New York Times Notable Book, "Mark Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind things such as paper, glass, chocolate, and concrete with an infectious enthusiasm."—Scientific AmericanWinner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science BooksWhy is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    An Inquiry Into Values

    by Robert M. Pirsig ...
    A man and his young son embark on a summer motorcycle road trip across America’s Northwest, seeking to reconnect and explore the open country.But this is no ordinary vacation. As the miles unspool, the journey transforms into a profound philosophical inquiry, a rolling Chautauqua that seeks to answer one of life’s most essential questions: What is best?On a vintage motorcycle, the narrator ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Thunderstruck

    by Erik Larson ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “irresistible” (The Washington Post) true story of love, murder, and the last moments of the “great hush” before wireless radio connected the world, from the renowned author of The Devil in the White City and The Demon of Unrest“Gripping . . . an edge-of-the-seat read.”—PeopleIn Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Cripp... ... Read more

    $8.79 USD

  • Energy and Civilization

    A History

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    **A BILL GATES “BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR”A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped 10,000 years of human history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today’s fossil fuel–driven civilization.**Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Elon Musk

    Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

    by Ashlee Vance ...
    A New York Times BestsellerIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark—and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new “makers.”Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Invention and Innovation

    A Brief History of Hype and Failure

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Tour the history of human invention—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts—in this history book from the New York Times-bestselling author of How the World Really Works.A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: “Every Smil book that I own is marked up with lots of notes that I take while reading. Invention and Innovation is no exception.”The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil, author of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • How to Invent Everything

    A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

    by Ryan North ...
    An NPR Best Book of 2018"How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It's essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times-bestselling author of What If?The only book you need if you're going back in timeWhat would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then br... ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Capsule Calculus

    by Ira Ritow ...
    Series series Dover Books on Engineering
    This brief introductory text presents the basic principles of calculus from the engineering viewpoint. Excellent either as a refresher or as an introductory course, it focuses on developing familiarity with the basic principles rather than presenting detailed proofs.Topics include differential calculus, in terms of differentiation and elementary differential equations; integral calculus, in simple ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Impact-first Product Teams

    Define Success. Do Work That Matters. Be Indispensable.

    by Matt LeMay ...
    Around the world, product teams are waking up to the same uncomfortable truth: doing things "the right way" doesn't matter if your team loses its funding or your company goes out of business.Simply put, product teams can no longer afford to be disconnected from the business impact of their work. And well-trodden "best practices" from Silicon Valley behemoths can only provide so much guidance for ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Where the Water Goes

    Life and Death Along the Colorado River

    by David Owen ...
    **“Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems.” —Wall Street JournalAn eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes.**The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the ... Read more

    $5.29 USD

  • The Lever of Riches

    Technological Creativity and Economic Progress

    by Joel Mokyr ...
    In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are some nations more creative than others, and why do some highly innovative societies--such as ancient China, or Britain in the industrial revolution--pass into stagnation? Beginning with a fascinating, concise history of technological progress, Mokyr ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Transformation of the World

    A Global History of the Nineteenth Century

    by Jürgen Osterhammel ...
    Translated by Patrick Camiller ...
    Series series America in the World
    A panoramic global history of the nineteenth centuryA monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a ... Read more

    $26.69 USD