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  • The Book of Why

    The New Science of Cause and Effect

    by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie ...
    An argument for how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence.**"Illuminating." —**New York Times**"Extraordinary." —**Science Friday“Correlation is not causation.” This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, once led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, with causal analysis taking center stage in AI and other ... Read more

    Was $15.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

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  • Master Sun’s Problem

    A Mathematical Epic 2,000 Years in the Making

    by Dana Mackenzie ...
    A captivating account of how a one-time mathematician cracked a two-thousand-year-old problem and rediscovered the joys of mathematics in the processMaster Sun’s problem—first posed by Sun Bin, a Chinese military strategist and supposed descendent of Sun Tzu, the legendary author of The Art of War—is an ancient strategy question whose elegant simplicity conceals a fiendishly difficult mathematical ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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    Book of Why, The

    The New Science of Cause and Effect

    by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie ...
    Narrated by Mel Foster ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 14 min

    How the study of causality revolutionized science and the world"Correlation does not imply causation." This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades, and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality--the study of cause and effect- ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be

    by Dana Mackenzie ...
    The first popular book to explain the dramatic theory behind the Moon's genesisThis lively science history relates one of the great recent breakthroughs in planetary astronomy-a successful theory of the birth of the Moon. Science journalist Dana Mackenzie traces the evolution of this theory, one little known outside the scientific community: a Mars-sized object collided with Earth some four ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conversations About Challenges in Computing

    by Kathrine Aspaas, Dana Mackenzie ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This text sheds light on how mathematical models and computing can help understanding and prediction of complicated physical processes; how communication networks should be designed and implemented to meet the increasingly challenging requirements from users; and how modern engineering principles can lead to better and more robust software systems.Through interviews with 12 internationally ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Aging People, Aging Places

    Experiences, Opportunities, and Challenges of Growing Older in Canada

    by Connie Paul, Larry Mcdermott, Gail Boehme, Betty Mckenna, Marlin Legare, Sebastien Lefebrve, Danette Starblanket, Carrie Bourassa, William Montelpare, Lori Weeks, Olive Bryanton, Madison Empey-Salisbury, Chris Kawalec, Edward Donato, Jennifer Dean, Elliot PausJensen, Candace Skrapek, Ryan Walker, Barry Pendergast, Marianne Wilkat, Florence Huguenin-Richard, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Delphine Labbé, Atiya Mahmood, Lilian Wells, Natalie Channer, Lindsay Herman, Della Webster, Sylvia Humphries, John Whalley, Mackenzie Jardine, Dana Hickey, Jessica Dieter, Nicole Akan, John L. Lewis ...
    How well do the places where we live support the wellbeing of older adults?The Canadian population is growing older and is reshaping the nation’s economic, social and cultural future. However, the built and social environments of many communities, neighbourhoods and cities have not been designed to help Canadians age well.Bringing together academic research, practitioner reflections and personal ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

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    The Art of Statistics

    How to Learn from Data

    by David Spiegelhalter ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 1 min

    In this "important and comprehensive" (New Yorker) guide to statistical thinking, discover how you can use data and mathematics to gain a better understanding of life’s biggest problems.The age of big data has made statistical literacy more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. Whether we're analyzing ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Power and Progress

    Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

    by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 50 min

    Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work--revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity--in a work that fundamentally transforms how we look at and understand the world.Throughout history, technological change — whether it takes the form of agricultural improvements in the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Wisdom Takes Work

    Learn. Apply. Repeat.

    by Ryan Holiday ...
    Narrated by Ryan Holiday ...
    Series series The Stoic Virtues Series

    Unabridged

    9 hours 44 min

    In this much-anticipated final installment in the Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday makes the case for the virtue on which all other virtues depend.Of all the stoic virtues - courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom - wisdom is the most elusive. This is especially apparent in an age where reaction and idle chatter are rewarded, and restraint and thoughtfulness are unfashionable. The great ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

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    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

    The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

    by Richard P. Feynman ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 23 min

    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science—a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    How to Get Rich in American History

    300 Years of Financial Advice That Worked (& Didn’t)

    by Joseph S. Moore, PhD ...
    Narrated by Brett Barry, Joseph S. Moore ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 5 min

    AN INSTANT USA Today BESTSELLER • A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read • FEATURED IN The Wall Street Journal, Blooomberg, MoneyWeek, Kiplinger, Forbes, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Washington Independent Review of Books AND MORE!Introduction read by the author.“Eye opening, deeply researched, and snort-out-your-nose funny. I dare you to put it down.” —William B... ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

    A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between

    by Thomas C. Foster ...
    Narrated by David de Vries ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an information age, but it is increasingly difficult to know which information to trust. Fake news is rampant in mass media, stoked by foreign ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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