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Tales of Impossibility
The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity
- Princeton, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 456 páginas
PVP: 34,05 €
ISBN 978-0-691-19296-3
EAN 9780691192963
A comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematicsTales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics. First posed by the ancient Greeks, these compass and straightedge problems-squaring the circle, trisecting an angle, doubling the ...
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- Hodder & Stoughton, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 11,25 €
ISBN 978-1-4736-7016-7
EAN 9781473670167
Where did we come from? How did it all begin? These are the biggest questions in the universe, and New Scientist has the answers ... Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for ...
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- Random House, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 26,75 €
ISBN 978-1-5247-4825-8
EAN 9781524748258
Two leaders in the field offer a compelling analysis of the current state of the art and reveal the steps we must take to achieve a truly robust artificial intelligence.Despite the hype surrounding AI, creating an intelligence that rivals or exceeds human levels is far more complicated than we have been led to believe. Professors ...
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- Penguin USA, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 16,75 €
ISBN 978-1-984879-22-6
EAN 9781984879226
';A clear, compelling guide to some of the most pressing debates in technology today.'Bill Gates, from the forewordFrom Microsoft's president and one of the tech industry's broadest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization of everything accelerates.Microsoft President Brad Smith operates by a simple ...
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- Whittles Publishing, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 26,85 €
ISBN 978-1-84995-389-4
EAN 9781849953894
This is a very British story from more than 50 years ago. It is a story of remarkable technological ambition from a different country than is seen today. It was an era in which the country adjusted to decolonisation and a dangerous nuclear arms race close to home.The maturing Cold War engineers of the British ...
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An accessible introduction to the artificial intelligence technology that enables computer vision, speech recognition, machine translation, and driverless cars. Deep learning is an artificial intelligence technology that enables computer vision, speech recognition in mobile phones, machine translation, AI games, driverless cars, and other applications. When we use consumer products from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, or ...
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- Oneworld, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78607-640-3
EAN 9781786076403
A Sunday Times Book of the YearFrom the author of the international bestseller How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your DogYour humble alarm clock, digital cameras, the smell of coffee, the glow of a grill, fibre broadband, smoke detectors... all hold secrets about quantum physics. Beginning at sunrise, Chad Orzel reveals the extraordinary science that ...
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- Penguin UK, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 13,75 €
ISBN 978-0-14-198887-0
EAN 9780141988870
An epoch-defining book' Matt Haig'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should probably be this' David Sexton, Evening StandardIt is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your ...
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- Icon Books, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 176 páginas
PVP: 11,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78578-342-5
EAN 9781785783425
Are we alonein the Universe, or are there as many planets supporting life as there arestars in the sky?It's one ofthe most important and fascinating questions human beings can ponder, andastrobiology is the emerging field of science that tries to answer it. AstronomerRhodri Evans gives an expert overview of our current state of knowledge,looking at ...
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- Quercus, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 17,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78747-541-0
EAN 9781787475410
"Kit Yates shows how our private and social lives are suffused by mathematics. Ignorance may bring tragedy or farce. This is an exquisitely interesting book.It's a deeply serious one too and, for those like me who have little maths, it's delightfully readable" - Ian McEwan"Kit Yates is a natural storyteller. Through fascinating stories and examples, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 68,65 €
ISBN 978-0-367-40001-9
EAN 9780367400019
Heavy water (deuterium oxide) played a sinister role in the race for nuclear energy during the World War II. It was a key factor in Germany's bid to harness atomic energy primarily as a source of electric power; its acute shortage was a factor in Japan's decision not to pursue seriously nuclear weaponry; its very ...
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- Hodder & Stoughton, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 18,75 €
ISBN 978-1-4736-8033-3
EAN 9781473680333
For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole.Bestselling ...
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Water dominates the surface of Earth and is vital to life on our planet. It is a remarkable liquid which shows anomalous behaviour. In this Very Short Introduction John Finney introduces the science of water, and explores how the structure of water molecules gives rise to its physical and chemical properties.Considering water in all three ...
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy
The Hidden 95% of the Universe
- Icon Books, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 176 páginas
PVP: 11,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78578-550-4
EAN 9781785785504
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5 per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. Since the 1970s, astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them to account for the way they spin around: they should fly apart like clay off ...
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- Vintage, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 176 páginas
PVP: 11,00 €
ISBN 978-1-5291-1240-5
EAN 9781529112405
Social media is supposed to bring us together - but it is tearing us apart. 'A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read' Zadie SmithThe evidence suggests that social media is making us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal. Jaron Lanier is the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to ...
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- MIT Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 248 páginas
PVP: 20,85 €
ISBN 978-0-262-53800-8
EAN 9780262538008
Cutting through the hype, a practical guide to using artificial intelligence for business benefits and competitive advantage. In The AI Advantage, Thomas Davenport offers a guide to using artificial intelligence in business. He describes what technologies are available and how companies can use them for business benefits and competitive advantage.He cuts through the hype of ...
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Calculus reordered
A history of the Big Ideas
- Princeton, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 248 páginas
PVP: 34,10 €
ISBN 978-0-691-18131-8
EAN 9780691181318
How our understanding of calculus has evolved over more than three centuries, how this has shaped the way it is taught in the classroom, and why calculus pedagogy needs to changeCalculus Reordered takes readers on a remarkable journey through hundreds of years to tell the story of how calculus grew to what we know today. ...
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- Gerald Duckworth, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 14,25 €
ISBN 978-0-7156-5370-8
EAN 9780715653708
A fascinating journey through the atmosphere that will leave readers breathless. We breathe in and out every few seconds. But what's really in the air all around us? From the atmosphere on distant planets to the stuff that gets into our lungs, from holes in the ozone layer to lazy and disappearing gases, air quality ...
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- Quercus, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 14,00 €
ISBN 978-1-78747-445-1
EAN 9781787474451
'Fascinating new book examines the history of Nasa's Apollo space missions' Daily Mail_______Eight key lessons to revolutionise your life with the mindset that got man to the moon. 20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon. We all recognize this to be one of mankind's greatest achievements.Yet what did ...
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- Harper Collins, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 14,25 €
ISBN 978-0-00-823617-5
EAN 9780008236175
A history of science distilled into 100 notable experiments - epic moments that have fuelled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond. The history of science is a fascinating and long one, covering thousands of years of history. The development of scientific experiments involves some of the most enlightened cultures in history, as well ...
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