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Algorithms to Live By – Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths

by Myrna Posted on January 3, 2018

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Algorithms to Live By

The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths

Genre: Science & Nature

Price: $9.99

Publish Date: April 19, 2016

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Seller: Macmillan / Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC


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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Encounters with the Archdruid – John McPhee

by Myrna Posted on October 3, 2017

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Encounters with the Archdruid

John McPhee

Genre: Nature

Price: $9.99

Publish Date: October 1, 1977

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Seller: Macmillan / Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC


The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses – on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.

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Super Shred: The Big Results Diet – Ian K. Smith, M.D.

by Myrna Posted on December 31, 2013

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Super Shred: The Big Results Diet

4 Weeks 20 Pounds Lose It Faster!

Ian K. Smith, M.D.

Genre: Health & Fitness

Price: $11.99

Publish Date: December 31, 2013

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

Seller: Macmillan / Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC


The diet that works faster and forever! SUPER SHRED Using the same principles—meal spacing, snacking, meal replacement and diet confusion—that made his SHRED a major #1 bestseller—Dr. Ian has developed what dieters told him they needed: a quick-acting plan that is safe and easy to follow at home, at work, or on the road. SUPER SHRED It’s a program with four week-long cycles: — Foundation , when you’ll eat four meals and three snacks a day, start shedding pounds and set yourself up for success — Accelerate , when you’ll kick it up and speed up weight loss — Shape , the toughest week in the program, and the one that will get your body back by keeping it guessing — Tenacious , a final sprint that cements your improved eating habits and melts off those last stubborn pounds The SHRED system never leaves you hungry. It’s a completely new way to lose weight, stay slender, and feel fantastic about your body, mind and spirit! Includes more than 50 all-new recipes for meal replacing smoothies and soups!

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