Böcker av Brian Christian

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives. In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple, precise algorithms...

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The Most Human Human by Brian Christian is a mind-blowing piece of reportage that will appeal to readers of Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test , and an inspiring riposte to John Gray's classic Straw Dogs - a book that will change your whole understa...

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A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple, precise algorithms ...

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A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives. In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple, precise algorithms...

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For the first time in history, we are interacting with computers so sophisticated that we think they're human beings. This is a remarkable feat of human ingenuity, but what does it say about our humanity? Are we really no better at being human tha...

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"The Most Human Human" is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human.

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Build effective solutions for real-world business scenarios-using out-of-the-box tools in Microsoft SharePoint Server, SharePoint Foundation, and Office 365. Each chapter in this hands-on book focuses on a single business project, using a standard...

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Build effective solutions for real-world business scenariosusing out-of-the-box tools in Microsoft SharePoint Server, SharePoint Foundation, and Office 365. Each chapter in this hands-on book focuses on a single business project, using a standard ...

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Build effective solutions for real-world business scenariosusing out-of-the-box tools in Microsoft SharePoint Server, SharePoint Foundation, and Office 365. Each chapter in this hands-on book focuses on a single business project, using a standard ...

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Robert McCammon, Norman Prentiss, Shawntelle Madison, Graham Masterton, and Richard Christian Matheson scale new heights of horror, suspense, and grimmest fantasy in Dark Screams: Volume Two, from Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar of the ren...

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This collection of rich, empirically grounded case studies investigates the conditions and consequences of 'juridification' - the use of law by ordinary individuals as a form of protest against 'the state'. Starting from the actual practices of cl...

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This collection of rich, empirically grounded case studies investigates the conditions and consequences of 'juridification' - the use of law by ordinary individuals as a form of protest against 'the state'. Starting from the actual practices of cl...

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Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newpor...

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Sourced from the controversial reviews of www.kasterborous.com, this book charts the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with the episode Rose and via regenerations and new companions takes the reader through to the departure of the man who brought the s...

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The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world's most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought to...

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What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of the new and familiar is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not. Computers, like us, conf...

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A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindAll our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limit...

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Master the development of 2D games by learning to use the powerful GameMaker Language and tools provided by the GameMaker: Studio workspace and engine! About This Book * Rapidly develop games using the powerful yet easy easy-to to-use GameMaker: S...

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Cet ouvrage ecrit avec la collaboration de E. Challe, Ph. de la Chapelle, P. Hyme, S. Galam, Y. Tadjeddine et I. This, fait le point sur les differentes conceptions de la valeur fondamentale en finance, les procedes de son calcul et les debats en ...

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Ants are among the most conspicuous and ecologically important of insects. Illustrated throughout, this bilingual French-English pocket guide for tourists, students, and researchers introduces the fascinating and diverse ant fauna of Madagascar, p...

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This book brings together investigations which combine theoretical and experimental results related to such systems as capsule micromechanisms, active micro catheters, nanotube vascular stents, mechanisms for micromilling, different compliant mech...

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This book brings together investigations which combine theoretical and experimental results related to such systems as capsule micromechanisms, active micro catheters, nanotube vascular stents, mechanisms for micromilling, different compliant mech...

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Endlich ein Buch, das unser Leben einfacher macht!Jeder von uns trifft unzählige Entscheidungen am Tag. Entscheidungen, die uns viel Zeit kosten - und nicht immer zu den besten Ergebnissen führen. Das ließe sich ändern, wenn wir die Vorteile der A...

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Angst und Entsetzen sind allgegenwartig. Uberall und zu jeder Stunde greifen sie in mannigfaltiger Gestalt und mit eiskalten Klauen nach ihren Opfern... ...wie in der Geschichte von einem ganz speziellen Totentanz... ...oder in der Geschichte von ...

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Meine neue Frau kannte meine Furcht vor Medizinern und half mir, mein Geheimnis zu wahren. Aber das war das Schlimmste, was wir hatten tun konnen. Wenn ich mich eher um das Ding gekummert hatte, ware vielleicht... Sehen Sie, Mr. Belton, an mir wuc...

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