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Energy and Civilization
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star...
24,50 €
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Quantum Computing
A thorough exposition of quantum computing and the underlying concepts of quantum physics, with explanations of the relevant mathematics and numerous examples. The combination of two of the twentieth century's most influential and...
61,50 €
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Metadata
Everything we need to know about metadata, the usually invisible infrastructure for information with which we interact every day. When metadata became breaking news, appearing in stories about surveillance by the National Security...
20,90 €
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Principles of Neural Design
Two distinguished neuroscientists distil general principles from more than a century of scientific study, reverse engineering the brain to understand its design. Neuroscience research has exploded, with more than fifty thousand...
43,10 €
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Elements of Causal Inference
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...
55,40 €
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The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas
Provocative takes on cyberbullshit, smartphone zombies, instant gratification, the traffic school of the information highway, and other philosophical concerns of the Internet age. In The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas ,...
20,90 €
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Data Science
A concise introduction to the emerging field of data science, explaining its evolution, relation to machine learning, current uses, data infrastructure issues, and ethical challenges. The goal of data science is to improve decision...
20,90 €
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How the World Swung to the Right
An examination of the reactionary, individualist, cynical, and belligerent shift in global politics to the right, implemented both by the right and the establishment left. Systemic, euphemized, insidious and structural violence has...
16,70 €
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Post-Truth
How we arrived in a post-truth era, when alternative facts replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence. Are we living in a post-truth world, where alternative facts replace actual facts and feelings have more weight...
19,60 €
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How to Write a Thesis
The wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose now published in English for the first time. Learn the art of the thesis from a giant of Italian literature and philosophy...
27,00 €
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Understanding Ignorance
Ignorance is trending. Politicians boast, "I'm not a scientist." Angry citizens object to a proposed state motto because it is in Latin, and "This is America, not Mexico or Latin America." Lack of experience, not expertise, becomes a...
30,60 €
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Spotify Teardown
An innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into streamed experience. Spotify provides a streaming service that has been welcomed as disrupting the world of music. Yet such...
24,50 €
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