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“dieter drill”

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  • Seeing the Light

    Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography (Updated Edition)

    by David Falk, Dieter Drill, David Stork ...
    The clearest and most complete non-mathematical study of light available—with updated material and a new chapter on digital photography.Finally, a book on the physics of light that doesn't require advanced mathematics to understand. Seeing the Light is the most accessible and comprehensive study of optics and light on the market. With a focus on conceptual study, Seeing the Light leaves the heavy ... Read more

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  • Complexity

    The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos

    by M. Mitchell Waldrop ...
    "If you liked Chaos, you'll love Complexity. Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year" ( The Washington Post).In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. ... Read more

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  • Again, Dangerous Visions

    by Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kate Wilhelm, Ben Bova, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Piers Anthony, Dean Koontz0, James Tiptree1, various authors2 ...
    Series series The Dangerous Visions Series
    A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second ... Read more

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  • Gravity

    How the Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped Our Lives

    by Brian Clegg ...
    A history of gravity, and a study of its importance and relevance to our lives, as well as its influence on other areas of science.Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may be the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the ... Read more

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  • The Ideas That Rule Us

    How other people's ideas rule our lives and how to change it.

    by Nathan J. Murphy ...
    “For much of my life, […] I was unaware that my words echoed a script I was conditioned to follow, that the lights illuminated only that which I expected to see, and that the orchestra was merely a recording that had been playing since long before my birth.” - Nathan J. MurphyIn The Ideas That Rule Us, political theory researcher, author, and technology business owner Nathan J. Murphy takes an ... Read more

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  • Probably Overthinking It

    How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions

    by Allen B. Downey ...
    "A delightful exposition of commonly-encountered statistical fallacies and paradoxes and why they matter." —Samuel H. Preston, coauthor of Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population ProcessesAn essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor's office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. Allen ... Read more

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  • Statistics for the Rest of Us

    by Albert Rutherford ...
    Are you intimidated by statistics? Do you struggle to make sense of the numbers and data that are so prevalent in today's world?If so, you're not alone. Statistics can be a challenging and complex subject, but with the right guidance, you can learn the basics and understand the world through data – without the calculations. That's why I've created Statistics for the Rest of Us, the ultimate guide ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Machines Learn

    The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

    by Anil Ananthaswamy ...
    A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumor is cancerous, or deciding if someone gets bail. They now influence developments and discoveries in chemistry, biology, and physics—the study ... Read more

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  • The Last Dangerous Visions

    by Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski, Max Brooks, James S. A. Corey, Richard Peck, Cory Doctorow, Dan Simmons, Cecil Castellucci0, Adrian Tchaikovsky1, various authors2 ...
    Series series The Dangerous Visions Series
    An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed ... Read more

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  • Disputed Inheritance

    The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology

    by Gregory Radick ...
    A root-and-branch rethinking of how history has shaped the science of genetics.In 1900, almost no one had heard of Gregor Mendel. Ten years later, he was famous as the father of a new science of heredity—genetics. Even today, Mendelian ideas serve as a standard point of entry for learning about genes. The message students receive is plain: the twenty-first century owes an enlightened understanding ... Read more

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  • The Simulated Multiverse

    An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, the Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect

    by Rizwan Virk ...
    Series Book 2 - The Simulation Hypothesis
    Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us, ... Read more

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  • The Bretland Trilogy

    The Complete Series

    by John Broughton ...
    Series series The Bretland Trilogy
    All three books in John Broughton's 'The Bretland Trilogy', a series of historical fiction set in medieval Wales, now available in one volume!Rhodri's Furies: Alun, a fisherman's son, seeks to fulfill his grandfather's wish for him to become a great warrior and save their homeland of Gwynedd. After meeting Cadfael, whose name means Battle Prince, the two become inseparable friends and blood ... Read more

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