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  • 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

  • The Book of Why

    The New Science of Cause and Effect

    by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie ...
    The "extraordinary" (Science Friday), "illuminating" (New York Times) argument for how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence"Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

    $28.49 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

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  • Computation, Cryptography, and Network Security

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  • 14 Fun Facts About Pluto: A 15-Minute Book

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    Pluto was once considered to be the smallest planet in our galaxy. As more was discovered about the other planets, and about other objects in our galaxy, Pluto fell into debate, but many people still like to consider it a planet. How much do you really know about Pluto?Why do scientists say Pluto was "discovered by mistake"?Who discovered Pluto?How big is Pluto compared to the United States?Is ... Read more

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  • Astronomy Made Simple

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  • Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality

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    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2017, held as part of HCI International 2017 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.HCII 2017 received a total of 4340 submissions, of which 1228 papers were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process.The 45 papers presented in this volume were organized in topical ... Read more

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  • Internet Science

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    This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Internet Science held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in November 2017.The 34 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this volume. They were organized in topical sections named: next generation community engagement; online policy, politics and co-creation; understanding and empowering digital ... Read more

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  • Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2017

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    The four-volume set LNCS 10513—10516 constitutes the proceedings of the 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2017, held in Mumbai, India, in September 2017.The total of 68 papers presented in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 221 submissions. The contributions are organized in topical sections named:Part I: adaptive design and mobile ... Read more

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