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The Raven's Hat

Fallen Pictures, Rising Sequences, and Other Mathematical Games

by Jonas Peters, Nicolai Meinshausen ...

Try to solve a series of unusual math games in this playful, illustrated guide that breaks down important math concepts for everyday adult readers.“A wonderful book for someone who likes mathematics and likes to be challenged!” —Chris Bernhardt, author of Quantum Computing for EveryoneThis book presents a series of engaging math games that seem unsolvable—but can be solved when they are translated ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Try to solve a series of unusual math games in this playful, illustrated guide that breaks down important math concepts for everyday adult readers.“A wonderful book for someone who likes mathematics and likes to be challenged!” —Chris Bernhardt, author of Quantum Computing for EveryoneThis book presents a series of engaging math games that seem unsolvable—but can be solved when they are translated
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Reconstructing Wind Fields from Gravitational Data on Gas Giants

An Investigation of Mathematical Methods

by Tim-Jonas Peter ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Understanding the interior dynamics of gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn has long been a focus of planetary science. These planets exhibit prominent east-west banded structures, called zonal winds, clearly visible through telescopes and spacecraft observations. A central question is whether these wind patterns extend into the deep interior and, if so, to what extent and strength. Recent satellite ... Read more

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Understanding the interior dynamics of gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn has long been a focus of planetary science. These planets exhibit prominent east-west banded structures, called zonal winds, clearly visible through telescopes and spacecraft observations. A central question is whether these wind patterns extend into the deep interior and, if so, to what extent and strength. Recent satellite
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Elements of Causal Inference

Foundations and Learning Algorithms

by Jonas Peters, Dominik Janzing, Bernhard Scholkopf ...

Series series Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series
A concise and self-contained introduction to causal inference, increasingly important in data science and machine learning.The mathematization of causality is a relatively recent development, and has become increasingly important in data science and machine learning. This book offers a self-contained and concise introduction to causal models and how to learn them from data.After explaining the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A concise and self-contained introduction to causal inference, increasingly important in data science and machine learning.The mathematization of causality is a relatively recent development, and has become increasingly important in data science and machine learning. This book offers a self-contained and concise introduction to causal models and how to learn them from data.After explaining the
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Probably Overthinking It

How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions

by Allen B. Downey ...

"A delightful exposition of commonly-encountered statistical fallacies and paradoxes and why they matter." —Samuel H. Preston, coauthor of Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population ProcessesAn essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor's office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. Allen ... Read more

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"A delightful exposition of commonly-encountered statistical fallacies and paradoxes and why they matter." —Samuel H. Preston, coauthor of Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population ProcessesAn essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor's office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. Allen
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The Book of Minds

How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens

by Philip Ball ...

This "fascinating and illuminating account" explores how we might perceive the mind if we didn't put humans at the center of our understanding ( The Guardian Observer).Popular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human?Taking a uniquely broad view of minds and ... Read more

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This "fascinating and illuminating account" explores how we might perceive the mind if we didn't put humans at the center of our understanding ( The Guardian Observer).Popular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human?Taking a uniquely broad view of minds and
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Perception

How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

by Dennis Proffitt, Drake Baer ...

A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain.Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver's Travels, where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look ... Read more

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A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain.Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver's Travels, where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look
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Math for English Majors

A Human Take on the Universal Language

by Ben Orlin ...

In this trailblazing work from the internet’s most empathetic math teacher, Ben Orlin unravels the secrets behind the world’s most confounding language.Math, it is said, is the "universal language.” But if a language brings people together, why does math make so many of us feel so alone? In Math for English Majors, bestselling author Ben Orlin (Math with Bad Drawings) offers fresh insights for the ... Read more

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In this trailblazing work from the internet’s most empathetic math teacher, Ben Orlin unravels the secrets behind the world’s most confounding language.Math, it is said, is the "universal language.” But if a language brings people together, why does math make so many of us feel so alone? In Math for English Majors, bestselling author Ben Orlin (Math with Bad Drawings) offers fresh insights for the
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Again, Dangerous Visions

by Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kate Wilhelm, Ben Bova, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Piers Anthony, Dean Koontz0, James Tiptree1, various authors2 ...

Series series The Dangerous Visions Series
A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second ... Read more

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A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second
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Sing Like Fish

How Sound Rules Life Under Water

by Amorina Kingdon ...

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer“Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world differently.”—Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and CodLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE ... Read more

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A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer“Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world differently.”—Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and CodLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
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Finding Our Place in the Universe

How We Discovered Laniakea#the Milky Way's Home

by Helene Courtois ...

Translated by Nikki Kopelman ...

An astrophysicist recounts how her team of researchers surfed the cosmos to map our local universe—and discovered the Laniakea supercluster, home of the Milky Way.You are here: on Earth, which is part of the solar system, which is in the Milky Way galaxy, which itself is within the extragalactic supercluster Laniakea. And how can we pinpoint our location so precisely? For 20 years, astrophysicist ... Read more

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An astrophysicist recounts how her team of researchers surfed the cosmos to map our local universe—and discovered the Laniakea supercluster, home of the Milky Way.You are here: on Earth, which is part of the solar system, which is in the Milky Way galaxy, which itself is within the extragalactic supercluster Laniakea. And how can we pinpoint our location so precisely? For 20 years, astrophysicist
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Mental Immunity

Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think

by Andy Norman ...

" Mental Immunity is the perfect vaccine for the mind-viruses infecting our culture: alternative facts, fake news, and conspiracy thinking, to name a few." —Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Believing BrainAstonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence. Anti-vaxxers compromise public health. Conspiracy ... Read more

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" Mental Immunity is the perfect vaccine for the mind-viruses infecting our culture: alternative facts, fake news, and conspiracy thinking, to name a few." —Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Believing BrainAstonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence. Anti-vaxxers compromise public health. Conspiracy
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Beyond Measure

The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants

by James Vincent ...

**Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & TechnologyNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Economist"Quietly thrilling.…The story of humans measuring things is no less than the story of civilization." —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewA vibrant account of how measurement has invisibly shaped our world, from ancient civilizations to the modern day.* ... Read more

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**Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & TechnologyNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Economist"Quietly thrilling.…The story of humans measuring things is no less than the story of civilization." —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewA vibrant account of how measurement has invisibly shaped our world, from ancient civilizations to the modern day.*
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