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Machine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence discoveries in chemistry, biology and physics - the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems.We are living through a revolution in artificial intelligence that is not slowing down. This major shift is based on simp...

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 tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence developments and discoveries in chemistry, biology, and physics—the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even th...

The clearest, most accessible explanation yet of the amazing world of quantum mechanics: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary

Reveals the mind boggling neuroscience connecting brain, body, mind, and society, by examining a range of brain disorders, in the tradition of Oliver Sacks.

An exploration of the cutting-edge physics at work across the planet, furthering human understanding of the scope and processes of the wider universe.

With his extraordinary gift for making the complicated comprehensible, Anil Ananthaswamy travels around the world and through history, down to the smallest scales of physical reality we have yet fathomed for the answers.

One of Smithsonian's Favorite Books of 2018One of Forbes's 2018 Best Books About Astronomy, Physics and MathematicsOne of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself--and continues to almost 200 years later.Many of science's greatest minds have grappled with the simple ye...

Ya Ben Yoksam Benligin Labirentinde Bir Gezinti sizofreni, otizm, Alzheimer, epilepsi, Cotard sendromu gibi cesitli hastaliklara iliskin lerimiz sayesinde, zihin ve beden arasinda ayrim yapilamayacagini biliyoruz. Peki, o halde benlik tam olarak nerede yer alir, beyinde mi, zihinde mi, bedende mi Ya Ben Yoksam Benligin Labirentinde Bir Gezinti sinirbilimin benlik algimiza iliskin bulgularini renkli bir anlatimla sunuyor.Anil Ananthaswamy New S...

One of Smithsonian's Favorite Books of 2018One of Forbes's 2018 Best Books About Astronomy, Physics and MathematicsOne of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself--and continues to almost 200 years later.Many of science's greatest minds have grappled with the simple ye...

In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, science journalist Anil Ananthaswamy skillfully inspects the bewildering connections among brain, body, mind, self, and society by examining a range of neuropsychological ailments from autism and Alzheimer's to out-of-body experiences and body integrity identity disorder Award-winning science writer Anil Ananthaswamy smartly explores the concept of self by way of several mental conditions that eat away at pa...

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La fisica e l'astrofisica nel XX secolo hanno compiuto passi da gigante, e sono arrivate a un grado di conoscenza del mondo e dell'universo che ha dell'incredibile. Eppure, nonostante questi progressi, i misteri sembrano non finire mai. Gli scienziati si trovano di fronte sfide ancora più appassionanti e complesse: neutrini, energia e materia oscura, gravità quantistica e antimateria sono concetti ai limiti dello scibile umano. Teorie estreme,...

*Nominated for the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award**An NBC News Notable Science Book of 2015**Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015**A Book of the Month for Brain HQ/Posit Science**Selected by Forbes as a Must Read Brain Book of 2015* *On Life Changes Network's list of the Top 10 Books That Could Change Your Life of 2015*In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, auti...

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The story of modern cosmology told through a tour of the most extraordinary detectors and telescopes in the world.