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Simply science
by Jack Challoner
"Covers not only the core sciences--physics, biology, and chemistry--but also Earth science and astronomy. Assuming no previous scientific knowledge, it covers more than 100 cornerstone ideas, ranging from photosynthesis to chemical reactions, the laws of motion, and the general theory of relativity. Pared-back entries each focus on a single concept and use a combination of clear text and simple graphics to explain it as directly and concisely as possible"
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Empire of AI : dreams and nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
by Karen Hao
From a brilliant longtime AI Insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzy
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Pseudoscience : an amusing history of crackpot ideas and why we love them
by Lydia Kang
From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative to straight-up hucksterism, this volume from the authors of Quackery is a romp through much more than bad science?—?it's a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens. Illustrations.
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Proof : the art and science of certainty
by Adam Kucharski
"An award-winning mathematician shows how we prove what's true, and what to do when we can't. How do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we convince other people that it is true? For thousands of years, from the ancient Greeks to the Arabic golden age to the modern world, science has used different methods--logical, empirical, intuitive, and more--to separate fact from fiction. But it all had the same goal: find perfect evidence and be rewardedwith universal truth. As mathematician Adam Kucharski shows, however, there is far more to proof than axioms, theories, and laws: when demonstrating that a new medical treatment works, persuading a jury of someone's guilt, or deciding whether you trust aself-driving car, the weighing up of evidence is far from simple. To discover proof, we must reach into a thicket of errors and biases and embrace uncertainty--and never more so than when existing methods fail. Spanning mathematics, science, politics, philosophy, and economics, this book offers the ultimate exploration of how we can find our way to proof--and, just as importantly, of how to go forward when supposed facts falter"
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Is a river alive?
by Robert Macfarlane
The best-selling author of Underland explores the concept of rivers as living entities, weaving together travel writing, natural history and reporting from Ecuador, India and Canada to illuminate the interconnectedness of humans and rivers. Illustrations.
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Keeping the faith : God, democracy, and the trial that riveted a nation
by Brenda Wineapple
Taking us back to a period that exposed foundational divisions in America that still resonate today—freedom, censorship and religion—a prize-winning historian recounts the 1925 trial of schoolteacher John T. Scopes who was charged with teaching evolution and how this case was used as a platform for factions to campaign for their own ideologies. Illustrations.
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