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Four Ways of Thinking: Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex

Brought to you by Penguin. Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shows how we can deal with the chaos and complexity of our lives What is the best way to think about the world? How often do we consider how our own thinking might impact the way we approach our daily decisions? Could it help or hinder our relationships, our careers, or even our health? Thinking about thinking is something we rarely do, yet it is something science questions all the time. David Sumpter has spent decades studying what we could all learn from the mindsets of scientists, and Four Ways of Thinking is the result. Here he reveals the four easily applied approaches to our problems: statistical, interactive, chaotic and complex. Combining engaging personal experience with practical advice and inspiring tales of ground-breaking scientific pioneers (with a tiny bit of number crunching along the way), Sumpter explains how these tried and tested methods can help us with every conundrum, from how to bicker less with our partners to pitching to a tough crowd - and in doing so change our lives. ©2023 David Sumpter (P)2023 Penguin Audio

David Sumpter (Author), Sam Woolf (Narrator)

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Calculus 1—Differential Cheat Sheet: Formula and Equation Cheat Sheet for College STEM Majors

Note: PDF-eBook is included with audiobook purchase. 'The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Math and Physics' is a comprehensive guide written by renowned mathematician and physicist gone fiction author, Jonathan David. This indispensable resource is designed to equip students with a powerful arsenal of tips, tricks, and essential knowledge needed to excel in mathematics and physics. Whether you're studying algebra, trigonometry, precalculus, or diving into the intricacies of differential calculus (Calc 1), integral calculus (Calc 2), several variable calculus (Calc 3), multivariable and vector calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, or physics, this book has got you covered. Inside these pages, you'll find an extensive collection of formulas, theorems, definitions, and equations meticulously curated and organized for easy reference. Jonathan David's expertise shines through as he presents complex mathematical and physical concepts in a clear and accessible manner, making even the most challenging subjects approachable. But 'The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Math and Physics' goes beyond simply providing formulas and theorems. Recognizing that success in college and beyond requires more than raw knowledge, the book also includes a comprehensive guide on how to study effectively. With valuable insights and practical tips, Jonathan David shares his wisdom on time management, note-taking techniques, problem-solving strategies, and exam preparation. You'll learn how to harness your full potential as a college student, honing the skills necessary to thrive in the real world.

Jonathan David (Author), Jonathan David (Narrator)

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Trigonometry Cheat Sheet: Formula and Equation Cheat Sheet for College STEM Majors

Jonathan David (Author), Jonathan David (Narrator)

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Size: How It Explains the World

Brought to you by Penguin. 100 words: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant Brobdingnagian's legs would buckle under their enormous weight - and dives headfirst into the most contentious issue in ergonomics: the size of aeroplane seats. It is no exaggeration to say this fascinating and wide-ranging tour de force will change the way you look at absolutely everything. 10 words: Size, an omnipresent scalar, is the measure of all things. 1 word: Size. © Vaclav Smil 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Vaclav Smil (Author), Stephen Perring (Narrator)

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[German] - Foellig nerdiges Wissen - 42 höchst zufällige und äußerst wissenswerte Tatsachen über uns

Ob vergessene Lemuren-Arten, Müll auf dem Mond, Pandemie-Simulationen in World of Warcraft oder berüchtigte Zombie-Ameisen: Neurowissenschaftler Dr. Jens Foell widmet sich in 42 Kapiteln den nerdigsten Tatsachen aus der Welt Wissenschaft. Und erklärt ganz nebenbei, wie Forschung funktioniert. Mit einem Vorwort von Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim Nacktmulle: Warum sie keinen Schmerz spüren und wie man das ändern kannJohn Wayne: Sind Zigaretten oder doch eine Atombombe an seinem Ableben schuld?4 Minuten, 33 Sekunden: Was soll die Stille?Tetris: Wie man traumhaft besser spielt, ohne das Spiel zu kennenMexican Standoff: Endlich als Sieger vom Platz gehen Egal ob Chemie, Astronomie, Physik, Geschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Mathematik oder Informatik und egal, wie abseitig die Tatsachen oder absurd die Forschungen sind: Neurowissenschaftler und Science-Journalist Dr. Jens Foell schafft es, uns die wundersame Welt der Wissenschaft völlig neu zu erschließen. Und das auf phänomenal unterhaltsame Art. Denn eines ist klar, Nerds wissen einfach mehr vom Leben. Und wer noch keiner ist, wird es spätestens mit diesem Hörbuch werden wollen! Das Hörbuch wird gelesen von Simon Jäger, der eine Riesenbeliebtheit als Sprecher sowie eine irre Lust an nerdigen Fakten mitbringt.

Dr. Jens Foell (Author), Simon Jäger (Narrator)

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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didn’t know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums.’ – Alex Bellos We often think of mathematics and literature as polar opposites. But what if, instead, they were fundamentally linked? In this insightful, laugh-out-loud funny book, Once Upon a Prime, Professor Sarah Hart shows us the myriad connections between maths and literature, and how understanding those connections can enhance our enjoyment of both. Did you know, for instance, that Moby-Dick is full of sophisticated geometry? That James Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novels are deliberately checkered with mathematical references? That George Eliot was obsessed with statistics? That Jurassic Park is undergirded by fractal patterns? That Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote mathematician characters? From sonnets to fairytales to experimental French literature, Once Upon a Prime takes us on an unforgettable journey through the books we thought we knew, revealing new layers of beauty and wonder. Professor Hart shows how maths and literature are complementary parts of the same quest, to understand human life and our place in the universe.

Sarah Hart (Author), Sarah Hart (Narrator)

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Pull Don’t Push

You need to hear the bad news first: the results of STEM outreach to girls haven’t improved in twenty years. The good news? This book will tell you why, and how to fix it. Currently, dated narratives push girls away in fear, and blind spots result in missed opportunities to pull them in. While efforts to increase diversity in science and mathematics have succeeded, outreach has largely ignored engineering—where there is still only one woman for every five men. This is especially troubling because engineering offers vastly more jobs than other STEM fields. Plus, girls are telling us they’re eager for the kind of work engineering offers—yet we fail to help them connect the dots. As a woman enjoying a career in STEM, author Julie Newman is committed to changing this. With extensive research and actionable steps, Pull, Don’t Push clarifies the challenges facing STEM outreach and will help you create a new framework for your efforts. Following the guidelines in this book could literally put a million women into STEM jobs within the next decade. Learn how to stop pushing girls away and instead pull them toward unexplored paths to fulfillment.

Julie Newman (Author), Julie Newman (Narrator)

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Numbercrunch: A Mathematician's Toolkit for Making Sense of Your World

'Lucid and entertaining. With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us all' - Tom Whipple, The Times 'The perfect introduction to the power of mathematics - fluent, friendly and practical' - Tim Harford, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add Up In our hyper-modern world, we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. So, what can we grasp hold of to make sense of it all? Oliver Johnson reveals how mathematical thinking can help us understand the myriad data all around us. From the exponential growth of viruses to social media filter-bubbles; from share-price fluctuations to growth of computing power; from the datafication of our sports pages to quantifying climate change. Not to mention the things much closer to home: ever wondered when the best time is to leave a party? What are the chances of rain ruining your barbecue this weekend? How about which queue is the best to join in the supermarket? Journeying through the three sections of Randomness, Structure, and Information, we meet a host of brilliant minds such Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi and Claude Shannon, and we learn the tools, tips and tricks to cut through the noise all around us - from the Law of Large Numbers to Entropy to Brownian Motion. Lucid, surprising, and endlessly entertaining, Numbercrunch equips you with a definitive mathematician's toolkit to make sense of your world.

Professor Oliver Johnson (Author), Mark Elstob (Narrator)

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Charles Babbage and Alan Turing: The Lives and Careers of the English Mathematicians Who Revolutioni

Today, the world is in the midst of the transformative and ever-developing Digital Age, otherwise referred to as the “Age of Information.” It has been an unprecedented, remarkable, and explosive era marked by social media and computer-generated imagery (and with it, deep fakes), among other novel, previously unimaginable concepts. The bulky monitors and blocky towers of personal computers and laptops, which were once upon a time considered fashionable, futuristic contraptions, have since been replaced with a sleek and stylish array – both multi-functional and specialized – of aerodynamic, minimalistic devices, ranging from smartphones and tablets to lightweight laptops and full-fledged gaming set-ups packed with powerhouse processors. While many are familiar with those facts, and a recent movie revived interest in Alan Turing’s achievements with computing during World War II, it was Charles Babbage who was the first to conceive the notion of a programmable and automatic universal computer, which, on top of its ability to calculate any mathematical equation at an unmatched speed, could also be used for a seemingly infinite number of other applications. In other words, he envisioned the precursor to the modern computer. Given that he was the one who envisioned a concept so momentous that it ultimately led to the creation of what is now considered the world's first computer, many might be mistaken for thinking Alan Turing was the kind of suave, pipe-puffing dandy that many might associate with such a grand and futuristic idea. In reality, he was nothing of the sort. Turing was hardly the kind of two-dimensional, stereotypically bookish character whose light bulb suddenly went off during an experiment binge either. On the contrary, Alan was a gauche and grief-stricken 17-year-old schoolboy who would channel all the pain and confusion from his poignant heartbreak into his tireless research, paving the path for the deeply transformative Computer Age.

Charles River Editors (Author), Dan Gallagher (Narrator)

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The Milk-Pouring Boy and his Stray Feline Friends: A Playful Rhyming Journey of Counting Kitties fro

This charming, fun-filled children's book teaches kids how to count from 1 to 10. When a young boy discovers a hungry kitty in his backyard, he quickly springs into action, offering the kitty some milk. The next day, the boy is surprised to find that the kitty has returned, bringing a friend with it. As the days go by, more and more kitties show up, until the boy is surrounded by ten playful, hungry felines. With delightful rhyming text and adorable illustrations, 'Counting with Kitties' is sure to capture the hearts of young readers and inspire them to learn their numbers in a fun and engaging way.

The Sincere Seeker Kids Collection (Author), Erin S (Narrator)

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Anaximander: And the Nature of Science

Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science by exploring the revolutionary ideas of one of its great forefathers: the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in motion a new way of seeing the world. Anaximander's legacy includes the revolutionary idea that the earth floats in a void, that the world can be understood in natural rather than supernatural terms, that animals evolved, and that universal laws govern all phenomena. He introduced a new mode of rational thinking with an openness to uncertainty and to the progress of knowledge. In this elegant work, acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli brings to light the importance of Anaximander's overlooked legacy to modern science. He examines Anaximander as a scientist interested in shedding light on the deep nature of scientific thinking, which Rovelli locates in his rebellious ability to reimagine the world again and again. Anaximander celebrates the radical lack of certainty that defines the scientific quest for knowledge. © 2023 Carlo Rovelli (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Carlo Rovelli (Author), Roy Mcmillan (Narrator)

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The Essence of Christianity

In this, one of the most influential works of the post-Hegelian era, Feuerbach captures the synthesis that emerges from the dialectical process of a transcending Godhead & the rational & material world. In understanding the true nature of what it means to be fully human, he contends that we come face to face with the essence of Xian theology: human beings investing ordinary concepts with divine meaning & significance. The true danger to humanity occurs when theology is given the force of dogma & doctrine. Losing sight of its anthropological underpinnings & dependence upon or emergence from human nature, it then acquires an existence separate from that of humankind. He leaves nothing untouched: miracles, the Trinity, Creation, prayer, resurrection, immortality, faith & much more. The essential nature of man The essence of religion considered generally God as a being of the understanding God as a moral being or law The mystery of the incarnation; or, God as love, as a being of the heart The mystery of the suffering God The mystery of the Trinity & the mother of God The mystery of the Logos & divine image The mystery of the cosmogonical principle in God The mystery of mysticism, or of nature in God The mystery of providence & creation out of nothing The significance of the creation in Judaism The omnipotence of feeling, or the mystery of prayer The mystery of faith, the mystery of miracle The mystery of the resurrection and of the miraculous conception The mystery of the Christian Christ, or the personal God The distinction between Christianity & heathenism The significance of voluntary celibacy & monachism The Christian heaven, or personal immortality The essential standpoint of religion The contradiction in the existence of God The contradiction in the revelation of God The contradiction in the nature of God in general The contradiction in the speculative doctrine of God The contradiction in the Trinity The contradiction in the sacraments The contradiction of faith & love Concluding application

Ludwig Feuerbach (Author), Rom Maczka (Narrator)

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