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Hello World by Hannah Fry
Category: Science
You are accused of a crime? Who would you rather decides your future - an algorithm or a human?Before making your decision, bear in mind that the algorithm will always be more consistent, and far less prone to an error of judgement. Then again, at least the human will be able to look you in the eye befo ...Show more
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Category: Science
'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times)You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look ...Show more
Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) by Adam Rutherford , Hannah Fry
Category: Non-Fiction
'If only Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry were on tap to all of us, all the time . . . The pair have such a gift for making life, numbers and the forces at work in the universe all the richer, stranger, funnier and more marvellous.' Stephen FryIn Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the ...Show more
Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): new from the stars of BBC Radio 4 by Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
Category: Science
In Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts. This is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the fact that amid all the mess, we can somehow make ...Show more
TED: The Mathematics of Love by Hannah Fry
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: TED
Part of the TED series: The Mathematics of Love There is no topic that attracts more attention-more energy and time and devotion- than love. Love, like most things in life, is full of patterns. And mathematics is ultimately the study of patterns. In her book The Mathematics of Love - and TEDxTalk of the ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) - Adventures in Math and Science by Adam Rutherford; Hannah Fry
Category: Science
The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide to Absolutely Ever ...Show more
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus by Dr Hannah Fry
Category: Science
How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list ? Can you predict Her Majesty's Christmas Message? Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner - shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night - or fatter - as he tucks into a mince pie and a glass of sh ...Show more
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