Bestsellers
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- Written by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 246
Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Only For Young People
- By Zane Gates on 2021-01-28
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Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 182
This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business....
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1 out of 5 stars
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9 hours of mindless blabbering
- By Bryden Panchyshyn on 2019-04-04
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Bernoulli's Fallacy
- Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
- Written by: Aubrey Clayton
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: It underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By Lexloco on 2023-05-08
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The Impossible Man
- Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
- Written by: Patchen Barss
- Narrated by: Jonathan Beville
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Both erudite and poetic, The Impossible Man draws on years of research and interviews, as well as previously unopened archives to present a moving portrait of Penrose the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Roger the human being.
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Humble Pi
- When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
- Written by: Matt Parker
- Narrated by: Matt Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 131
Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Missing something from the physical book
- By A on 2020-02-01
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On the Edge
- The Art of Risking Everything
- Written by: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Nate Silver
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A few nuggets interspersed, but way too long
- By Dimitri Tsoumpas on 2024-10-28
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- Written by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 246
Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Only For Young People
- By Zane Gates on 2021-01-28
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Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 182
This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business....
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1 out of 5 stars
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9 hours of mindless blabbering
- By Bryden Panchyshyn on 2019-04-04
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Bernoulli's Fallacy
- Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
- Written by: Aubrey Clayton
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: It underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By Lexloco on 2023-05-08
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The Impossible Man
- Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
- Written by: Patchen Barss
- Narrated by: Jonathan Beville
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Both erudite and poetic, The Impossible Man draws on years of research and interviews, as well as previously unopened archives to present a moving portrait of Penrose the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Roger the human being.
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Humble Pi
- When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
- Written by: Matt Parker
- Narrated by: Matt Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 131
Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Missing something from the physical book
- By A on 2020-02-01
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On the Edge
- The Art of Risking Everything
- Written by: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Nate Silver
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A few nuggets interspersed, but way too long
- By Dimitri Tsoumpas on 2024-10-28
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Le théorème du parapluie
- Written by: Mickaël Launay
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Lemire
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Savez-vous que le 34 avril est un jour très utile ? Que certains fleuves coulent de bas en haut ? Que la Lune tourne en ligne droite ? Que...
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Love Triangle
- How Trigonometry Shapes the World
- Written by: Matt Parker
- Narrated by: Matt Parker
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Matt Parker argues we should all show a lot more love for triangles, along with all the useful trigonometry and geometry they enable.
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A Man for All Markets
- From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
- Written by: Edward O. Thorp, Nassim Nicholas Taleb - foreword
- Narrated by: Edward O. Thorp
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Most Important and Useful Book of My Life
- By The Old Knife Man on 2022-11-28
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Math for Programmers
- 3D Graphics, Machine Learning, and Simulations with Python
- Written by: Paul Orland
- Narrated by: Derek Lettman
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
To score a job in data science, machine learning, computer graphics, and cryptography, you need to bring strong math skills to the party. Math for Programmers teaches the math you need for these hot careers, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer....
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Numbers Don't Lie
- 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Ben Prendergast
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
An essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world - exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production....
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5 out of 5 stars
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It Helps To Understand Numbers
- By Anonymous User on 2023-03-03
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The Math of Life and Death
- Written by: Kit Yates
- Narrated by: Kit Yates
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
A brilliant and entertaining mathematician illuminates seven mathematical principles that shape our lives....
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Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12
- 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning
- Written by: Peter Liljedahl
- Narrated by: Marlin May
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom....
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- Incerto, Book 1
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - veteran trader, renowned risk expert, polymathic scholar, erudite raconteur has penned a modern classic that turns on its head what we believe about luck and skill....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book with a great narrator.
- By Al on 2019-04-19
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The Art of Strategy
- A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life
- Written by: Barry J. Nalebuff, Avinash K. Dixit
- Narrated by: Matthew Dudley
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just get the print version
- By Amanda on 2018-08-08
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Naked Statistics
- Stripping the Dread from the Data
- Written by: Charles Wheelan
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called "sexy"....
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2 out of 5 stars
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narrow minded
- By Haithem M. Abdelaty on 2021-07-15
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The Signal and the Noise
- Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don't
- Written by: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger - all by the time he was 30. He solidified his standing as the nation's foremost political forecaster....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting if you're into statistics/data
- By Robert on 2018-04-29
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A Mind for Numbers
- How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
- Written by: Barbara Oakley PhD
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely valuable
- By Luis Jaimes on 2024-08-24
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Storytelling with Data
- A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
- Written by: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
- Narrated by: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Descriptive, informative, brilliant resource for learning data visualization.
- By l on 2024-01-17
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- Written by: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's about time we heard this wonderful story
- By France on 2018-02-23
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Math-ish
- Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics
- Written by: Jo Boaler
- Narrated by: Jo Boaler
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Mathematics is a fundamental part of life, yet every one of us has a unique relationship with learning and understanding the subject. Working with numbers may inspire confidence in our abilities or provoke anxiety and trepidation....
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
- A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
- Written by: Robert Kanigel
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
In 1913, an unschooled young Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging that preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Hardy, realizing the letter was the work of a genius, arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England....
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The Upside of Irrationality
- The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
- Written by: Dan Ariely
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Dan Ariely exposes the surprising negative and positive effects irrationality can have on our lives....
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The Master Algorithm
- How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
- Written by: Pedro Domingos
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and solving an extraordinary range of problems....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth the read for beginners
- By Bogdan on 2019-05-24
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The Math(s) Fix
- An Education Blueprint for the AI Age
- Written by: Conrad Wolfram
- Narrated by: Conrad Wolfram
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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The Math(s) Fix: An Education Blueprint for the AI Age is a groundbreaking book that exposes why math education is in crisis worldwide and how the only fix is a fundamentally new mainstream subject....
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How Not to Be Wrong
- The Power of Mathematical Thinking
- Written by: Jordan Ellenberg
- Narrated by: Jordan Ellenberg
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4 out of 5 stars 56
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Meant for general public, slow to get to point
- By Steven on 2021-05-11
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The Ten Equations That Rule the World
- And How You Can Use Them Too
- Written by: David Sumpter
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but a little preachy
- By Don on 2021-11-04
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Why Machines Learn
- The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
- Written by: Anil Ananthaswamy
- Narrated by: Rene Ruiz
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Anil Ananthaswamy explains the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence....
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Mathematics
- A Very Short Introduction
- Written by: Timothy Gowers
- Narrated by: Craig Jessen
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics and the sort of mathematics we learn at school....
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Playing with Reality
- How Games Have Shaped Our World
- Written by: Kelly Clancy
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Playing with Reality reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what’s at stake when we forget what games we’re really playing....