Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
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A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives. In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions ...Show more
The Planets by Professor Brian Cox; Andrew Cohen
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Category: Science & Nature
Jupiter: The Ruthless One - Mars: The Doomed One - Sun: The Fiery One - Saturn: The Beautiful One - Pluto: The Mysterious One Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our solar system as we've never seen it before. We're living thro ...Show more
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
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This young man's days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he is unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for ma ...Show more
Four-legged Therapy How Fur, scales and feathers Can Make Life Worth Living by DEPARTMENT STORE FOR THE MIND
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A WORDLESS LISTENER, A REASON TO GO OUTSIDE, AN INTENSE SURGE OF JOY... What healthy habits can we learn from our fluffy, scaly and, let's face it, stinky companions? Is it just the companionship and love or is there more to it? Discover the myriad ways in which our pets and other animals can help us ...Show more
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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# 1 New York Times BestsellerLibraryReads PickSMLWhat is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? Today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. Now Neil deGrasse Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, within sp ...Show more
Be the Person Your Dog Thinks you Are by C.J Frick
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For dog owners and dog lovers everywhere, a humorous, fully illustrated book that shows us that even when we feel at our worst, our dogs still think we?re the best - so start acting like it! With more than forty full-colour illustrations from The New Yorker?s Liza Donnelly, Be the Person Your Dog Thinks ...Show more
Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History by Lewis Dartnell
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The Sunday Timesbestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilizations.'Stands comparison with Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens... A thrilling piece of Big History'Sunday Times'A sweeping, brilliant overview of the history not only of our species but of the world' Peter Franko ...Show more
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World by Laura Spinney
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With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was the greatest human disaster, not only of the twentieth century, but possibly in all of recorded history. And yet, in our popular conception it exists largely as a footnote to World War I. In Pale ...Show more
Novacene - The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock
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At 100-years-old, the originator of the Gaia theory welcomes the takeover of artificial intelligence, and offers a mischievous, wit-filled, and scientifically backed vision of a future epoch in which humans and AI together will help the Earth survive--no extraterrestrial influence necessary. Far from vi ...Show more