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Product: 數學教你不犯錯〈上〉：不落入線性思考、避免錯誤推論: HOW NOT TO BE WRONG：The Power of Mathematical Thinking (Traditional Chinese Edition)
Description: 數學界的《蘋果橘子經濟學》，顛覆數學太過抽象、與生活無關的刻板印象！

會數學就像戴上X光的眼鏡，能從混亂無序的世界表像裡，看透其後隱藏的結構。數學是一門不會把事情搞錯的學問，它的技術與習慣經歷過多少世紀的辛勤努力與論辯。手中有了數學當工具，你可以更深刻、更穩健、更有意義的瞭解這個世界。你需要的只是一位教練，或甚至是一本書，來教導你相關規則及基本戰術。而這本《數學教你不犯錯》就是你最好的教練，它能教你如何達成目標。

在《數學教你不犯錯，上》，你能學會如何不落入線性思考：你會明白做決策得先明白自己的立足點、你將學會用數學來撥正錯誤的直覺、看清真正的趨勢。你也能學會不做錯誤推論：從此看清楚投顧老師的詐術，知道巧合比你想象的還常發生，看清不太可能跟不可能的差別，而且從此不受統計數字的愚弄！
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Product: Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Brand: Audible
Description: A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such problems for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian (who holds degrees in computer science, philosophy, and poetry, and works at the intersection of all three) and Tom Griffiths (a UC Berkeley professor of cognitive science and psychology) show how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.
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Product: How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Description: “Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American
The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands
The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do—the whole world is shot through with it.
Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It’s a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does “public opinion” really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer?
How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician’s method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman—minus the jargon. Ellenberg chases mathematical threads through a vast range of time and space, from the everyday to the cosmic, encountering, among other things, baseball, Reaganomics, daring lottery schemes, Voltaire, the replicability crisis in psychology, Italian Renaissance painting, artificial languages, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the coming obesity apocalypse, Antonin Scalia’s views on crime and punishment, the psychology of slime molds, what Facebook can and can’t figure out about you, and the existence of God.
Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is “an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and strength.” With the tools of mathematics in hand, you can understand the world in a deeper, more meaningful way. How Not to Be Wrong will show you how.
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Product: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Description: John Allen Paulos is a master at shedding mathematical lights on our everyday world:What exactly did Lani Guinier say about quotas?What is the probability of identifying a murderer through DNA testing?Which are the real risks to our health and which the phony ones?Employing the same fun-filled, user-friendly, and quirkily insightful approach that put Innumeracy on best-seller lists, Paulos now leads us through the pages of the daily newspaper, revealing the hidden mathematical angles of countless articles. From the Senate, the SATs, and sex to crime, celebrities, and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve mathematics at all and demonstrates how mathematical naÃ¯tÃ©an put readers at a distinct disadvantage.Whether he's using chaos theory to puncture economic and environmental predictions, applying logic and self-reference to clarify the hazards of spin doctoring and news compression, or employing arithmetic and common sense to give us a novel perspective on greed and relationships, Paulos never fails to entertain and enlighten.Even if you hated math in school, you'll love the numerical vignettes in this book.
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Product: Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
Color: White
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Product: Computer Science Distilled: Learn the Art of Solving Computational Problems
Brand: Code Energy LLC
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Product: Pluses and Minuses: The Use of Maths When You Never Calculate Anything
Description: What is the relationship between the number of films Nicolas Cage appears in and the number of deaths by drowning in swimming poolsHow in 1850s London did John Snow calculate the relationship between the city's water suppliers and the number of deaths from choleraThousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic any longer, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life Plusses and Minuses demonstrates which role mathematics play in human endeavour. It begins with the mathematical skills we all possess from birth, to arrive at the many applications of mathematics today. It turns out that without knowledge of the ideas behind mathematical calculations we find ourselves sidelined. Stefan Buijsman answers questions such as: What is life without numbers Does mathematics add anything What are mistakes in mathematics Is it all mere chance How can we get a grip on uncertainty Can mathematics help us to treat cancer more effectively Buijsman makes connections between philosophy, psychology and history, while explaining the wonderful world of mathematics for absolutely everyone.
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Product: How to Lie with Statistics
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
Statistions, how to lie
Darrell Huff
Illustrated by Irving Genis
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Product: Statistical Thinking from Scratch: A Primer for Scientists
Brand: Oxford University Press
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Product: Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
Brand: Penguin
Description: **The First Ever Maths Book to be a No.1 Bestseller**'Wonderful ... superb' Daily MailWhat makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built on maths: computer programmes, finance, engineering. And most of the time this maths works quietly behind the scenes, until ... it doesn't. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman empire and a hapless Olympic shooting team, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world.Mathematics doesn't have good 'people skills', but we would all be better off, he argues, if we saw it as a practical ally. This book shows how, by making maths our friend, we can learn from its pitfalls. It also contains puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.
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Product: Beekeeping for Beginners: How To Raise Your First Bee Colonies
Brand: Rockridge Press
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