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19 produkter
Everything Is Predictable
How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2025
222 kr
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A “fascinating, witty, and perspective-shifting” (Oliver Burkeman, New York Times bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy . At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the …
London Clay
Journeys in the Deep City
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2022
137 kr
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'A lyrical meditation on landscapes and cities, vivid reportage and a memoir. And also a beautifully realised and moving read.' Financial Times'A beguiling mix of history, geology, folklore and memoir that captivated me from the first page.' Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlarking'Tom Chivers brings a …
Everything Is Predictable
How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2025
142 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not only better informed about a captivating branch of mathematics, but with an invigorating sense of greater purchase on the world' OLIVER BURKEMANThomas Bayes was an …
Marginalia
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2014
136 kr
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Since 2004 Penned in the Margins has produced, commissioned and published a diverse range of literary projects, working with over one hundred and fifty writers, musicians and artists.From award winning anthologies such as Adventures in Form to critically acclaimed debut collections like Claire …
City State: New London Poetry
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2009
148 kr
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City State showcases the work of twenty-seven London writers between the ages of 16 and 36. From hyperlinked walks of Battersea bombsites and guerilla gardening projects to jagged urban lyrics and dark hymns to the East End, City State presents a confident, entertaining and truly diverse snapshot …
Terrors
Av Tom Chivers
E-bok, 2013
18 kr
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The Terrors is a sequence of imagined emails; poetic missives from the start of the 21st century to inmates at London''s notorious Newgate Prison. Mimicking the tone of its primary source, The Newgate Calendar, The Terrors tacks from horror to humour, from moral disgust to the casual chitchat of …
Everything Is Predictable
How Bayes'' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
Av Tom Chivers
E-bok, 2024
11 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 ''Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting'' Oliver Burkeman ''A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem'' Will Storr ''Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy. I learned a lot and so will you'' Tim Harford Thomas Bayes …
London Clay
Journeys in the Deep City
Av Tom Chivers
E-bok, 2021
113 kr
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'A lyrical meditation on landscapes and cities, vivid reportage and a memoir. And also a beautifully realised and moving read.' Financial Times'A beguiling mix of history, geology, folklore and memoir that captivated me from the first page.' Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlarking'Tom Chivers brings a …
London Clay
Journeys in the Deep City
Av Tom Chivers
Ljudbok, 2021
191 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. What secrets lie beneath a city? Tom Chivers follows hidden pathways, explores lost islands and uncovers the geological mysteries that burst up through the pavement and bubble to the surface of our streets. From Roman ruins to a submerged playhouse, from an abandoned Tube …
Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy
Superintelligent AI and the Geeks Who Are Trying to Save Humanity's Future
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2021
459 kr
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'A fascinating and delightfully written book about some very smart people who may not, or may, be about to transform humanity forever' JON RONSON'Beautifully written, and with wonderful humour, this is a thrilling adventure story of our own future' LEWIS DARTNELL, author of THE KNOWLEDGE and …
Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy
Superintelligent AI and the Geeks Who Are Trying to Save Humanity''s Future
Av Tom Chivers
E-bok, 2019
45 kr
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''A fascinating and delightfully written book about some very smart people who may not, or may, be about to transform humanity forever'' JON RONSON ''Beautifully written, and with wonderful humour, this is a thrilling adventure story of our own future'' LEWIS DARTNELL, author of THE KNOWLEDGE and …
How to Read Numbers
A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)
Häftad, 2022
126 kr
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Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for …
How to Read Numbers
A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)
E-bok, 2021
45 kr
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Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it''ll be obvious - ''X people develop cancer every year'' - and sometimes less obvious - ''How smartphones destroyed a generation''. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for …
Everything Is Predictable
How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
Av Tom Chivers
Inbunden, 2024
423 kr
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A “fascinating, witty, and perspective-shifting” (Oliver Burkeman, New York Times bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy . At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the …
How To Build A City
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2011
197 kr
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How To Build A City is the Crashaw Prize-winning debut collection of poetry by Tom Chivers. It is a poetic interrogation of the twenty-first century urban experience, drawing on the history, culture, society and topography of London. Chivers takes his cue from radical writers such as Iain Sinclair …
Mount London
Av Tom Chivers
Inbunden, 2014
185 kr
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Did you know that an invisible mountain is rising above the streets of the capital - and, at over 1,400 metres, it is Britain's highest peak? This ingenious new book is an account of the ascent of Mount London by a hardened team of writers, poets and urban cartographers, each one scaling a smaller …
Everything Is Predictable
How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
Av Tom Chivers
Inbunden, 2024
277 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr'Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy. I learned a lot and so will you' Tim HarfordThomas Bayes was an …
Everything Is Predictable
How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
Av Tom Chivers
Häftad, 2024
185 kr
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A fascinating intellectual history that takes a comparatively little-known but important idea and shows how it affects huge areas of our lives
