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  • What If We Got AI Right?

    How to stop catastrophising and build an ethical future

    by Eleanor Drage ...
    'Timely and much-needed' Carole Cadwalladr'A wise and purpose-driven book to steer us out of AI doom' Sandi ToksvigWe're confused about AI: what it is, and where it's leading us - whether into a utopia or an apocalypse. Yet these obsessions thwart efforts to make meaningful change in an industry with very real problems.Here, Dr Eleanor Drage, one of the world's leading AI ethicists, unpicks the ... Read more

    R261,50

  • The Entangled Brain

    How Perception, Cognition, and Emotion Are Woven Together

    by Luiz Pessoa ...
    What kind of object is the brain? And how does it really work? A neuroscientist offers a new vision of the brain as a fully integrated, networked organ.Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but The Entangled Brain tackles a much bigger question: What kind of object is the brain? Neuroscientist Luiz Pessoa describes the brain ... Read more

    R611,44

  • AI Morality

    Edited by David Edmonds ...
    A philosophical task force explores how AI is revolutionizing our lives - and what moral problems it might bring, showing us what to be wary of, and what to be hopeful for. There is no more important issue at present than artificial intelligence. AI has begun to penetrate almost every sphere of human activity. It will disrupt our lives entirely. David Edmonds brings together a team of leading ... Read more

    R194,80

  • Heretics Of Dune

    The inspiration for the blockbuster film

    by Frank Herbert ...
    Series series Gateway Essentials
    What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Heretics of Dune, the fifth book in one of the most influential series of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century, this is an awe-inspiring world, and a story of truly epic scope.From Dune to Rakis to Dune, the wheel turns full circle. From burning desert to green and fertile ... Read more

    R178,58

  • God Emperor Of Dune

    by Frank Herbert ...
    Series series Gateway Essentials
    What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting God Emperor of Dune, the fourth book in one of the most influential series of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century, this is an awe-inspiring world, and a story of truly epic scope.More than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in DUNE. Only one ... Read more

    R227,34

  • Generation Maybe

    Why We're Having Fewer Children, and What It Means for Us All

    by Camilla Cavendish ...
    The definitive investigation by an award-winning journalist into why – across continents, classes, cultures and religions – we’re having fewer children'Wise, compassionate and non-judgmental' EMILY MAITLIS**'A lively, deeply empathetic survey … it will make you want to revolt or go forth and multiply. Or both' Sunday Times'Fresh and fascinating' AMOL RAJAN'Drawing on a wealth ... ... Read more

    R473,90

  • The Emperor of All Maladies

    by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...
    WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011‘Profound, eloquent and searching’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Essential reading’ INDEPENDENT‘Masterly’ GUARDIAN‘Extraordinary’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FAR</p... ... Read more

    R144,43

  • The Proving Ground

    The Brand New Blockbuster Lincoln Lawyer Thriller

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Series Book 7 - Mickey Haller Series
    Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial.An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?To do so, he turns to Jack McEvoy - a journalist who knows how powerful the coming wave will be - and together ... Read more

    R227,34

  • The Art of Impossible

    A Peak Performance Primer

    by Steven Kotler ...
    New York Times BestsellerBestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, offering a blueprint based on neuroscience to teach us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us.What ... Read more

    Was R231,71 Now R91,76

  • Unearthing the Underworld

    A Natural History of Rocks

    by Ken McNamara ...
    Unearthing the Underworld is a history of the Earth as told through rocks – the secret-keepers of past environments, of changing climates and the pulse of life over billions of years. Even the most seemingly ordinary stone can tell us much about the history of this planet, opening vistas of ancient worlds of ice, raging floods, strange, unbreathable atmospheres and prehistoric worlds teeming with ... Read more

    R436,18

  • The Secret Tradition in Alchemy

    Its Development and Records

    by Arthur Edward Waite ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy
    A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism. It outlines some of the ‘secret’ inner meanings to alchemy - symbolism, metaphysics, and spirituality. This book contains a universe of information and is worthwhile ... Read more

    R1 590,43

  • Cringeworthy

    How to Make the Most of Uncomfortable Situations

    by Melissa Dahl ...
    Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a presentation? Or accidentally liked an old photo on someone's Instagram or Facebook, thus revealing yourself to be a creepy social media stalker?Melissa Dahl, New York magazine's "Science of Us" editor, has experienced all of ... Read more

    R227,46

  • The Shark Attack Files

    Investigating the World's Most Feared Predator

    by Jeff Klinkenberg, University of Florida ...
    The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.In 1958, a panel funded by the Office of Naval Research initiated the formation of the International Shark Attack File, the first comprehensive documentation ... Read more

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  • Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Bottom Trawling

    Edited by Charlotte Jarvis ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This open access book focuses on the destruction of our Ocean Heritage from bottom trawling. It brings together the natural and cultural sides of the marine environment to further our understanding of the importance of this heritage, how it is threatened by activities such as bottom trawling, and provides recommendations, such as a moratorium in particularly vulnerable areas that are currently ... Read more

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  • A Walk In the Park Guide About Parkinson's Disease

    by Dexter Neil Cunanan, RN, BSN, MN, Mary Joy Cunanan, RMT, BMLS ...
    This eBook is an easy-to-understand guide about Parkinson's Disease. It is a short but nonetheless comprehensive guide about the disease, its diagnosis, management, and treatment. ... Read more

    R31,57

  • The Coming Wave

    AI, Power and Our Future: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider

    by Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar ...
    *An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book of the Year*Shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the YearThis is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.'If you want to understand the rise of AI, ... ... Read more

    R208,48

  • Handbook of Plant Nutrition

    Edited by Allen V. Barker, David J. Pilbeam ...
    In 2007, the first edition of Handbook of Plant Nutrition presented a compendium of information on the mineral nutrition of plants available at that time-and became a bestseller and trusted resource. Updated to reflect recent advances in knowledge of plant nutrition, the second edition continues this tradition. With chapters written by a new team o ... Read more

    R1 385,18

  • Hallucinations

    From the acclaimed neurologist

    by Oliver Sacks ...
    Have you ever seen something that wasn’t really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of ... Read more

    R239,76

  • Better Than Yesterday

    by Jay Matthew ...
    This is a must for all doctors new to emergency medicine in South Africa. Written by a seasoned emergency medicine doctor, that has worked both in emergency departments and in the prehospital environment, it goes into detail about problems that doctors may encounter during daily practice. It offers quirky commentary and useful insights to help junior doctors cope in the field. Experienced doctors ... Read more

    R114,48 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mind's Eye

    A fascinating dive into the world of vision from the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

    by Oliver Sacks ...
    How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted?In The Mind’s Eye, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ... Read more

    R239,76

  • 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

    R246,43

  • The Power of Habit

    Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change from the Award-Winning Journalist

    by Charles Duhigg ...
    There's never been a better time to set new habits. This book will change your life.In The Power of Habit, award-winning journalist Charles Duhigg takes us into the thrilling and surprising world of the scientific study of habits.He examines why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. He visits laboratories where ... Read more

    R227,46

  • Sapiens

    A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack ObamaThis Christmas, find out what being human really means. The perfect gift for curious minds.One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?Earth is 4.5 ... Read more

    R246,43

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns

    by Khaled Hosseini ...
    Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most ... Read more

    R195,14