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  • The Hidden Half

    The Unseen Forces that Influence Everything

    de Michael Blastland ...
    Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is "The Hidden Half"—those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures—but we're idiots about how clever we really are. This entertaining and ingenious book reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Numbers Game

    The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News,in Politics, and in Life

    de Michael Blastland, Andrew Dilnot ...
    The Strunk and White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the newsDrawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot delight, amuse, and convert American mathphobes by showing how our everyday experiences make sense of numbers.The radical premise of The Numbers Game is to ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Norm Chronicles

    Stories and numbers about danger

    de Michael Blastland, David Spiegelhalter ...
    Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He's a pretty average kind of guy. In fact, he is the average guy in this clever and unusual take on statistical risk, chance, and how these two factors affect our everyday choices. Watch as Norm (who, like all average ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • La metà nascosta

    Le forze invisibili che influenzano ogni cosa

    de Michael Blastland ...
    «Molto originale e stimolante. Una volta letto, non puoi più far finta di non sapere.»«The Times» - Daniel Finkelstein«Splendido. Blastland ci parla del bisogno di umiltà di fronte agli inevitabili limiti della conoscenza. Ma ci parla anche della tentazione fin troppo umana di raccontare storie sul mondo che si spingono ben oltre a ciò che supportano i dati. »Diane Coyle, Università di Cambridge« ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Joe

    The Only Boy in the World

    de Michael Blastland ...
    An exceptionally haunting memoir that also shows us what it is to be really human. In a hardware store, Joe sits on a display toilet amidst the throng of customers and wees, smiling serenely. He thumps crying babies. He is amazed when the car he runs in front of actually hits him. Joe is ten and mentally disabled. He's funny, fascinating and maddening, and this memoir tells his moving story, but ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Norm Chronicles

    Stories and Numbers About Danger and Death

    de Michael Blastland, David Spiegelhalter ...
    Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do they mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter explore these questions through the stories of average Norm and an ingenious measurement called the ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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    The Hidden Half

    The Unseen Forces That Influence Everything

    de Michael Blastland ...
    Narrado por Kris Dyer ...

    Completo

    8 hora 26 minutos

    Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is "The Hidden Half"—those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world.We humans are very clever creatures—but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    The Story Of Economics

    de Michael Blastland ...
    Narrado por Michael Blastland ...

    Completo

    1 horas 22 minutos

    A BBC Radio 4, three-part factual series, first broadcast on 23 March 2011. Michael Blastland presents ‘The Story of Economics’, and lays out the history of economic ideas, to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

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    The Alchemy of Us

    How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

    de Ainissa Ramirez ...
    Narrado por Allyson Johnson ...

    Completo

    7 hora 53 minutos

    In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions—clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips—and reveals how they shaped the human experience. Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Understanding Iran

    Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei

    de William R. Polk ...
    Narrado por Paul Boehmer ...

    Completo

    12 hora 29 minutos

    William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East.A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Il frigorifero di Einstein

    Come la differenza tra caldo e freddo spiega l'universo

    de Paul Sen ...
    «Quando unisci alcuni dei concetti più profondi della fisica una capacità narrativa eccezionale ecco cosa ottieni: la divulgazione scientifica in assoluto migliore.»Jim Al-Khalili, autore di La fi sica del diavolo e Sunfall««Quando unisci alcuni dei concetti più profondi della fisica una capacità narrativa eccezionale ecco cosa ottieni: la divulgazione scientifica in assoluto migliore». »Jim Al ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Storia del mare

    de Alessandro Vanoli ...
    Un appassionato 'breviario marittimo', capace d'accompagnare il lettore in un lungo viaggio alla scoperta del regno di Poseidone. Antonio Musarra, "Tuttolibri"Contenere in un solo libro la lunga storia del mare non è opera semplice, anzi complessa, intricata, difficilissima. Ma Alessandro Vanoli c'è riuscito. Amedeo Feniello, "Corriere del Mezzogiorno"Vanoli ha l'anima del divulgatore puro, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD