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Science Fictions

How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth

de Stuart Ritchie ...

An insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless – or, worse, badly misleading. Such errors have distorted our knowledge in fields as wide-ranging as medicine, physics, ... Leer más

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An insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless – or, worse, badly misleading. Such errors have distorted our knowledge in fields as wide-ranging as medicine, physics,
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Intelligence: All That Matters

de Stuart Ritchie ...

Series series All That Matters
"A wonderful, readable summary of what we know about intelligence." Dylan Wiliam, Institute of EducationThe scientific evidence is clear: IQ tests are extraordinarily useful. IQ scores are related to a huge variety of important life outcomes like educational success, income, and even life expectancy, and biological studies have shown they are genetically influenced and linked to measures of the ... Leer más

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"A wonderful, readable summary of what we know about intelligence." Dylan Wiliam, Institute of EducationThe scientific evidence is clear: IQ tests are extraordinarily useful. IQ scores are related to a huge variety of important life outcomes like educational success, income, and even life expectancy, and biological studies have shown they are genetically influenced and linked to measures of the
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科學的假象：造假、偏見、疏忽與炒作:如何阻礙我們追尋事實

Science Fictions: How Fraud: Bias: Negligence: and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth

de 史都華‧利奇, Stuart Ritchie ...

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知識是如何產出，又是如何出錯的？◎拯救科學的第一本書◎泰晤士報2020年度好書研究造假沸沸揚揚，怎麼會這樣？科學是我們認識世界的方法，但不論是國際社會或是台灣學界，不論是自然科學又或者社會科學，論文造假的新聞滿天飛。2011年，一篇康乃爾大學頂尖心理學家的論文指出，大學生們都有通靈的能力。如此離譜的論文通過了同樣專業的研究人員審查，還刊載在一份相當重要的心理學期刊上。②一個調查檢視的3萬篇科學論文中，近一半的論文存在數值錯誤，其中15%的錯誤嚴重到足以完全顛倒研究結果。這樣的錯誤已經在醫學、物理學、經濟學、心理學等各個領域扭曲了我們的知識。本書指出，目前的學術補助和發表體系不僅無法保護我們避免錯誤，還積極鼓勵了糟糕的科學方法，並可能帶來致命的後果。科學出了什麼問題？倫敦大學國王學院講師史都華‧利奇在本書中盤點現今科學的重大問題：造假、偏見、無知與過度期待。作者也指出 ... Leer más

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知識是如何產出，又是如何出錯的？◎拯救科學的第一本書◎泰晤士報2020年度好書研究造假沸沸揚揚，怎麼會這樣？科學是我們認識世界的方法，但不論是國際社會或是台灣學界，不論是自然科學又或者社會科學，論文造假的新聞滿天飛。2011年，一篇康乃爾大學頂尖心理學家的論文指出，大學生們都有通靈的能力。如此離譜的論文通過了同樣專業的研究人員審查，還刊載在一份相當重要的心理學期刊上。②一個調查檢視的3萬篇科學論文中，近一半的論文存在數值錯誤，其中15%的錯誤嚴重到足以完全顛倒研究結果。這樣的錯誤已經在醫學、物理學、經濟學、心理學等各個領域扭曲了我們的知識。本書指出，目前的學術補助和發表體系不僅無法保護我們避免錯誤，還積極鼓勵了糟糕的科學方法，並可能帶來致命的後果。科學出了什麼問題？倫敦大學國王學院講師史都華‧利奇在本書中盤點現今科學的重大問題：造假、偏見、無知與過度期待。作者也指出
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Science Fictions

How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth

de Stuart Ritchie ...

Narrado por Stuart Ritchie ...

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8 hora 35 minutos

An insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless – or, worse, badly misleading. Such errors have distorted our knowledge in fields as wide-ranging as medicine, physics, ... Leer más

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An insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless – or, worse, badly misleading. Such errors have distorted our knowledge in fields as wide-ranging as medicine, physics,
... Leer más

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The Shape of a Life

One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry

de Shing-Tung Yau, Steve Nadis ...

Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

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12 hora 59 minutos

A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape—the Calabi-Yau manifold—that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this ... Leer más

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A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape—the Calabi-Yau manifold—that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this
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All These Worlds Are Yours

The Scientific Search for Alien Life

de Jon Willis ...

Narrado por Eric Jason Martin ...

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8 hora 3 minutos

Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy.Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe, ... Leer más

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Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy.Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe,
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Losing the Long Game

The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East

de Philip H. Gordon ...

Narrado por Mark Deakins ...

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9 hora 45 minutos

The definitive account of how regime change in the Middle East has proven so tempting to American policymakers for decades—despite never achieving the far-reaching aims of its proponents—and how it’s finally time to forge a new path forward.Since the end of World War II, the United States has set out to oust governments in the Middle East on an average of once per decade**—**in places as diverse ... Leer más

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The definitive account of how regime change in the Middle East has proven so tempting to American policymakers for decades—despite never achieving the far-reaching aims of its proponents—and how it’s finally time to forge a new path forward.Since the end of World War II, the United States has set out to oust governments in the Middle East on an average of once per decade**—**in places as diverse
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Andrew Johnson

The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

de Annette Gordon-Reed ...

Narrado por Allyson Johnson ...

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4 hora 56 minutos

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed ... Leer más

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed
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Brilliant

The Evolution of Artificial Light

de Jane Brox ...

Narrado por Randye Kaye ...

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10 hora 15 minutos

Brilliant, reminiscent of Lewis Hyde's The Gift in its reach and of Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time in its haunting evocation of human lives, offers a sweeping view of a surprisingly revealing aspect of human history—from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future.Brox plumbs the class implications of light—who had it, who didn't—through the many centuries ... Leer más

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Brilliant, reminiscent of Lewis Hyde's The Gift in its reach and of Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time in its haunting evocation of human lives, offers a sweeping view of a surprisingly revealing aspect of human history—from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future.Brox plumbs the class implications of light—who had it, who didn't—through the many centuries
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The Pity of War

Explaining World War I

de Niall Ferguson ...

Narrado por Graeme Malcolm ...

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21 hora 38 minutos

**From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — Atlantic**The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a ... Leer más

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**From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — Atlantic**The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a
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de 潔西．辛格, Jessie Singer ...

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──《柯克斯評論》、《圖書目錄》星級書評──「認為意外是隨機而無法預測的觀念，是理性人類尚且信以為真的民間傳說。」──美國國家公路交通安全管理局的首任局長威廉‧哈登（William Haddon）這本書要談的，是我們怎麼死。說得更具體一點，這書要談的是一個常被我們所忽略，死的子集合──意外死亡。意外死亡的美國人現在一年不下十七萬三千人，相當於每天有至少一架滿座的波音七四七飛機從天空中摔下來，機上人員全數罹難，然後這樣搞一整年。關鍵的問題在於，在職場與馬路上，誰的答案可以被人聽見？那會是一個差勁工人的故事？還會是一個積水地板的故事？那會是一個莽撞駕駛的故事，還是一個輕踩油門就會速度驚人的跑車故事？誰能決定這些問題的答案，誰就手握大權；誰有故事的發言權，那人會拿著發言權講出什麼樣的故事，就是意外的奧秘所在。我們總是聽到這樣的話：「對不起，這只是一個意外。」也已經習慣接受這種解釋並繼續過生活 ... Leer más

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──《柯克斯評論》、《圖書目錄》星級書評──「認為意外是隨機而無法預測的觀念，是理性人類尚且信以為真的民間傳說。」──美國國家公路交通安全管理局的首任局長威廉‧哈登（William Haddon）這本書要談的，是我們怎麼死。說得更具體一點，這書要談的是一個常被我們所忽略，死的子集合──意外死亡。意外死亡的美國人現在一年不下十七萬三千人，相當於每天有至少一架滿座的波音七四七飛機從天空中摔下來，機上人員全數罹難，然後這樣搞一整年。關鍵的問題在於，在職場與馬路上，誰的答案可以被人聽見？那會是一個差勁工人的故事？還會是一個積水地板的故事？那會是一個莽撞駕駛的故事，還是一個輕踩油門就會速度驚人的跑車故事？誰能決定這些問題的答案，誰就手握大權；誰有故事的發言權，那人會拿著發言權講出什麼樣的故事，就是意外的奧秘所在。我們總是聽到這樣的話：「對不起，這只是一個意外。」也已經習慣接受這種解釋並繼續過生活
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The Little Book of Market Myths: How to Profit by Avoiding the Investing Mistakes Everyone Else Makes

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de 肯恩．費雪, 菈菈．霍夫曼斯 ...

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**投資老是賺不到錢？肯恩・費雪為你對症下藥！洞悉市場的富比士億萬投顧拆穿獲利糖衣的經典之作**　　市場上，各路股神講得口沫橫飛，讓成千上萬投資人虔心祈禱，有天能跟著一起上天堂——然而，往往是墜落地獄的開始。人家曬單炫耀獲利千萬，你卻在飆漲時來不及上車、崩盤時腳麻跑不動。簡單的投資道理誰不懂？然而，這些每個人都知道的事，或每個人都應該知道的道理，或那些很厲害的人所說的法則，為什麼在你身上就會出錯呢？　　其實，市場上暗藏許多似是而非的迷思，一不小心就會讓你誤入投資歧途！**　　◢避開常見的錯誤，投資就成功２／３◤**　　成功的投資是２／３避免犯錯，１／３做對決定。或許你以為避開錯誤是很容易的，畢竟有誰會刻意犯錯，讓自己賠錢呢？然而，投資人會犯錯，是因為他們不知道自己弄錯了，他們認為自己做出精明的決策。　　《富比士》億萬富翁排行榜的資深投顧肯恩．費雪，觀察市場走勢逾30年，深知投資人的盲點 ... Leer más

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**投資老是賺不到錢？肯恩・費雪為你對症下藥！洞悉市場的富比士億萬投顧拆穿獲利糖衣的經典之作**　　市場上，各路股神講得口沫橫飛，讓成千上萬投資人虔心祈禱，有天能跟著一起上天堂——然而，往往是墜落地獄的開始。人家曬單炫耀獲利千萬，你卻在飆漲時來不及上車、崩盤時腳麻跑不動。簡單的投資道理誰不懂？然而，這些每個人都知道的事，或每個人都應該知道的道理，或那些很厲害的人所說的法則，為什麼在你身上就會出錯呢？　　其實，市場上暗藏許多似是而非的迷思，一不小心就會讓你誤入投資歧途！**　　◢避開常見的錯誤，投資就成功２／３◤**　　成功的投資是２／３避免犯錯，１／３做對決定。或許你以為避開錯誤是很容易的，畢竟有誰會刻意犯錯，讓自己賠錢呢？然而，投資人會犯錯，是因為他們不知道自己弄錯了，他們認為自己做出精明的決策。　　《富比士》億萬富翁排行榜的資深投顧肯恩．費雪，觀察市場走勢逾30年，深知投資人的盲點
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