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How much should you pay for a return trip to the moon? How are Winnie the Pooh and the artificial heart related? Did teenagers exist before 1950? If not, who invented them? James May's 20th Century answers all these questions and more. In this exclusive download released to tie-in with the BBC...

Audie Award, History/Biography, 2016. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.

This is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Future of the Mind by Michio Kaku, The international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible. Read by the actor Feodor Chin. Recording memories, mind reading, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and...

Have you ever wondered what the next century bodes for humanity? Then keep listening... As mankind seeks to guide its own evolution and create intelligent machines, we stand at the brink of doing something no other living being has ever done before. The power to prolong life far beyond natural limits and beat back death itself. The ability to control computers and machines with our minds, and even merge with them. We are poised to become gods.

You are being lied to about how to use AI. They open ChatGPT, type what seems like a clear request, and hope for the best. Sometimes the answer is useful. Often, it is vague, generic, or completely off target. Then they try again, reword the prompt, add more details, and still feel like they are guessing. The problem is not that they are bad at AI.

An urgent, deeply researched reckoning with the role of tech in our classrooms – from neuroscientist, researcher and former teacher Dr Jared Cooney Horvath. Our children are struggling. Is classroom technology to blame? For the first time in recent history, children are falling behind previous...

You've watched AI go from novelty to necessity. You've opened you LLM, typed something, and gotten a mediocre answer back. You've heard the words agent, generative, and prompt engineering thrown around — and quietly wondered if you're already behind.

Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty. Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career.

Confused by Artificial Intelligence? You're not alone—and you don't need a technical background to understand it. Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we work, communicate, learn, and solve everyday problems. This beginner-friendly guide explains AI in simple language, without confusing technical jargon.

In Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Of Minds and Machines, philosopher Patrick Grim traces the story of AI from ancient legends to the neural networks behind today’s breakthroughs. You see how modern systems became so powerful so quickly. You also explore the very meaning of “intelligence,” discovering how modern AI succeeds by drawing on three resources: vast datasets that let systems learn from examples; deep-learning architectures loosely modeled on the brain’s layers; and feedback loops that help models refine their behavior.

'From an early age, locked doors, high fences and the secrets kept by businesses, buildings and people, fascinated me. I wanted to find out what they wanted to hide away.' A burglar for hire, con-artist and expert in deception and physical infiltration – Jenny Radcliffe is a professional...

In the quiet hum of traffic, the steady rhythm of your stride, the familiar cadence of everyday chores, a hidden battlefield comes into focus. This audiobook turns ordinary moments into moments of vigilance and mastery, guiding you through the invisible architecture that protects data, systems, and trust in a connected world. Cybersecurity is no longer confined to server rooms and security operations centers, it lives everywhere, and now, it moves with you.

Brought to you by Penguin. An instant NEW YORK TIMES bestseller ** A Guardian biggest book of the autumn ** AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced. The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it’s not too late to change course...

*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER* *A TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21st CENTURY* *OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD* Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives in this groundbreaking gift of an audiobook edition, read by Caroline Criado Perez. Imagine a world where... · Your...

You've asked ChatGPT to write the email, and it wrote the email. You're quicker than you were a year ago. And at the end of the month, nothing about your income has changed. That isn't a tools problem. Faster manual work is still manual work. The people actually making money with AI didn't find a better prompt. They built something that keeps running when they're not at the desk—and then they fixed what they charge for it. This collection is that build, in four parts. No code. No engineering background. Ten to twenty hours a week.

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race.

Artificial Intelligence for Beginners is 4 complete books in 1: a no-code, no-jargon path from "I don't even know what to Google" to building AI that quietly does your work for you. No business required. No coding. No five years of theory to catch up on.

Brought to you by Penguin. In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now...

"A must-listen for fans of the beloved game."—Den of Geek This program is read by Roger Clark, the iconic and award-winning full performance-capture actor of Red Dead Redemption 2's Arthur Morgan, who returns to the wildly dramatic and gritty world of the American frontier in this audiobook...