Everything All at Once

Successful People Don't Wait For Proof That Their Idea Will Work. They Learn To Trust Their Gut And Go. In Hunch, Bestselling Author And Business Adviser Bernadette Jiwa Shows You How To Harness The Power Of Your Intuition So You Can Recognize Opportunities Other Miss And Crate The Breakthrough Idea The World Is Waiting For. She Explores Inspired Hunches, From One That Led To The Launch Of The Breakout Goldieblox Brand To Another That Helped A Doctor Reduce Infant Mortality Rates Around The World. Filled With Success Stories, Reflection Exercises, And Writing Prompts, Hunch Is The Indispensable Guide To Embracing Your Unique Potential And Discovering Your Own Wining Ideas. --

Hunch

A Fascinating Exploration Of How Insights From Computer Algorithms Can Be Applied To Our Everyday Lives, Helping To Solve Common Decision-making Problems And Illuminate The Workings Of The Human Mind All Our Lives Are Constrained By Limited Space And Time, Limits That Give Rise To A Particular Set Of Problems. What Should We Do, Or Leave Undone, In A Day Or A Lifetime? How Much Messiness Should We Accept? What Balance Of New Activities And Familiar Favorites Is The Most Fulfilling? These May Seem Like Uniquely Human Quandaries, But They Are Not: Computers, Too, Face The Same Constraints, So Computer Scientists Have Been Grappling With Their Version Of Such Issues For Decades. And The Solutions They've Found Have Much To Teach Us. In A Dazzlingly Interdisciplinary Work, Acclaimed Author Brian Christian And Cognitive Scientist Tom Griffiths Show How The Algorithms Used By Computers Can Also Untangle Very Human Questions. They Explain How To Have Better Hunches And When To Leave Things To Chance, How To Deal With Overwhelming Choices And How Best To Connect With Others. From Finding A Spouse To Finding A Parking Spot, From Organizing One's Inbox To Understanding The Workings Of Memory, Algorithms To Live By Transforms The Wisdom Of Computer Science Into Strategies For Human Living.

Algorithms to Live By

The Inevitable

From The Bestselling Author Of Here's Looking At Euclid, A Dazzling New Book That Turns Even The Most Complex Math Into A Brilliantly Entertaining Narrative.  From Triangles, Rotations And Power Laws, To Cones, Curves And The Dreaded Calculus, Alex Takes You On A Journey Of Mathematical Discovery With His Signature Wit And Limitless Enthusiasm. He Sifts Through Over 30,000 Survey Submissions To Uncover The World's Favourite Number, And Meets A Mathematician Who Looks For Universes In His Garage. He Attends The World Mathematical Congress In India, And Visits The Engineer Who Designed The First Roller-coaster Loop.  Get Hooked On Math As Alex Delves Deep Into Humankind's Turbulent Relationship With Numbers, And Reveals How They Have Shaped The World We Live In--

The Grapes of Math

Unstoppable

Our new digital landscape has spawned an entrepreneurial culture and the belief that anyone with a laptop and an Internet connection has the power to change the world—to create an idea that flies. But for every groundbreaking business that started this way, a thousand others have stalled or failed. Why? What’s the secret to success? What do Khan Academy, the GoPro camera, the Dyson vacuum cleaner and Kickstarter have in common?

Meaningful

Undeniable

Millions Of People Visit Xkcd.com Each Week To Read Randall Munroe's Iconic Webcomic. His Stick-figure Drawings About Science, Technology, Language, And Love Have A Large And Passionate Following. Fans Of Xkcd Ask Munroe A Lot Of Strange Questions. What If You Tried To Hit A Baseball Pitched At 90 Percent The Speed Of Light? How Fast Can You Hit A Speed Bump While Driving And Live? If There Was A Robot Apocalypse, How Long Would Humanity Last? In Pursuit Of Answers, Munroe Runs Computer Simulations, Pores Over Stacks Of Declassified Military Research Memos, Solves Differential Equations, And Consults With Nuclear Reactor Operators. His Responses Are Masterpieces Of Clarity And Hilarity, Complemented By Signature Xkcd Comics. They Often Predict The Complete Annihilation Of Humankind, Or At Least A Really Big Explosion. The Book Features New And Never-before-answered Questions, Along With Updated And Expanded Versions Of The Most Popular Answers From The Xkcd Website. What If? Will Be Required Reading For Xkcd Fans And Anyone Who Loves To Ponder The Hypothetical. -- Global Windstorm -- Relativistic Baseball -- Spent Fuel Pool -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #1 -- New York-style Time Machine -- Soul Mates -- Laser Pointer -- Periodical Wall Of The Elements -- Everybody Jump -- A Mole Of Moles -- Hair Dryer -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #2 -- The Last Human Light -- Machine-gun Jetpack -- Rising Steadily -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #3 -- Orbital Submarine -- Short-answer Section -- Lightning -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #4 -- Human Computer -- Little Planet -- Steak Drop -- Hockey Puck -- Common Cold -- Glass Half Empty -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #5 -- Alien Astronomers -- No More Dna -- Interplanetary Cessna -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #6 -- Yoda -- Flyover States -- Falling With Helium -- Everybody Out -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #7 -- Self-fertilization -- High Throw -- Lethal Neutrinos -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #8 -- Speed Bump -- Lost Immortals -- Orbital Speed -- Fedex Bandwidth -- Free Fall -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #9 -- Sparta -- Drain The Oceans -- Drain The Oceans : Part Ii -- Twitter -- Lego Bridge -- Longest Sunset -- Random Sneeze Call -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #10 -- Expanding Earth -- Weightless Arrow -- Sunless Earth -- Updating A Printed Wikipedia -- Facebook Of The Dead -- Sunset On The British Empire -- Stirring Tea -- All The Lightning -- Loneliest Human -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #11 -- Raindrop -- Sat Guessing -- Neutron Bullet -- Weird (and Worrying) Questions From The What If? Inbox, #12 -- Richter 15. Randall Munroe. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [299]-303).

What If?

Introduction -- Fast Passes Are To Slow Merges : The Discontent Of Being Averaged -- Bagged Spinach Is To Bad Score : The Virtue Of Being Wrong -- Item Bank Is To Risk Pool : The Dilemma Of Being Together -- Timid Testers Are To Magic Lassos : The Sway Of Being Asymmetric -- Jet Crashes Are To Jackpots : The Power Of Being Impossible -- Conclusion. Kaiser Fung. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Numbers Rule Your World

The Grand Design

<p>Unveiling a remarkable combination of the latest brain research and revolutionary marketing practices, authors Patrick Renvoise and Christophe Morin teach highly effective techniques to build and deliver powerful, unique, and memorable messages that will have major, lasting impact on any audience.</p>

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