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Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology.Inspiration for this podcast:"Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic ...

Freakonomics showed how economic calculations can explain seemingly counterintuitive decision-making. Thinking, Fast and Slow helped listeners identify a host of small cognitive errors that can lead to miscalculations and irrational thought. In What the Luck?, statistician and author Gary Smith sets himself a similar goal, and explains - in clear, understandable, and witty prose - how a statistical understanding of luck can change the way we see just about every aspect of our lives.

In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions...

 What Retirees Want presents the culmination of 30 years of research by world-famous "Age Wave" expert Ken Dychtwald, PhD, and author and consultant Robert Morison. This entertaining, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging book explains how individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and governments can best prepare for a new era - where the needs and demands of the "Third Age" will set the lifestyle, health, social, marketplace, and political priorities of generations to come. 

If numbers confuse you, they’re already costing you. Learn the simple math that gives you confidence with every dollar, hour, and decision. Your future is the sum of your decisions. This book shows you how to change your trajectory, one calculation at a time. From monthly budgets to big dreams, unlock the math standing between you and the life you want. Sharpen your problem-solving.

Anything is possible – even building a better relationship with math! This is much more than a book about math. This is a book about hope. Imagine failing 11th grade math – twice! – and going on to be known affectionately as The Lady Gaga of Math. That is the story of author Vanessa "The Math Guru" Vakharia. Thanks to an inspiring teacher who helped Vanessa heal her own relationship with math, Vanessa was then able to see math in a way that literally changed the trajectory of her life.

Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Revolution und die große Liebe, um einen Leserbrief-Shitstorm und Plagiate unter Freunden. Es gibt also jede Menge Drama! Dazu erklären wir in jeder Folge eine große Idee der Mathematik – so, dass sie jeder versteht. Das alles hört ihr jeden zweiten Mittwoch in “Geschichten aus der Mathematik” – ein detektor.fm-Podcast in Kooperation mit Spektrum der Wissenschaft.

From the author of Confessions of an Actuarial Tutor comes this collection of more than 670 jokes that only actuaries will find funny (though probably only because they have such low standards for humor). With jokes covering actuaries and their (lack of) personality and social life, along with jokes on pensions, insurance, finance, mortality, statistics, Excel, and even accountants. By the Law of Averages, you’re sure to find something that will eventually make you almost laugh.

Marc Lachièze-Rey avec la collaboration de Ludovic Ligot (nouvelle édition). Pourquoi et comment les théories d'Einstein ont-elles révolutionné nos conceptions de l'espace, du temps et de la matière ? Installez-vous confortablement dans un transat, puis laissez Marc Lachièze-Rey vous guider sur le chemin menant de la relativité aux modèles de Big Bang et aux trous noirs. Découvrez les mystères de la courbure de l'espace-temps.

The Qualia Research Institute (QRI.org) is a California 501(c)(3) non-profit research group studying consciousness in a consistent, meaningful, and rigorous way. Our goal is to spread the ideas of our institute in a more accessible way and to support the research being done by our members.

The ultimate multiplication guide for grade-schoolers to develop practical math skills, versatile thinking, and problem-solving in real life! With interactive word problems, your child can begin to develop an array of skills all at once, while having fun solving math problems! This innovative approach is a bridge between the abstract world of math and its practical application in daily life. Your child can fantasize about amusement parks, family barbecue parties, or cute animal shelters while engaging in math activities.

Learn the tricks of the trade that can make you six figures in profits from Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. In this ultimate cryptocurrency trading bible, you will learn everything from the fundamentals of the process to the more advanced cryptocurrency trading strategies and techniques.

Slava, a 14-year-old teen, comes to Canada with her parents and sister and a suitcase filled with memories of a lost childhood, memories that now haunt her new life. She cannot forget the hunger, stench, and disease in the Warsaw Ghetto, nor the fear and humiliation of being incarcerated behind a high brick wall. She cannot forget her extraordinary escape from the Ghetto, leaving behind her beloved parents and sister. Nor can she forget being swallowed up in a strange and unknown place to survive under a hidden identity.

En 1637, Descartes révolutionne la manière que l'on a de faire de la géométrie : il pose les bases de ce que l'on appelle la "géométrie algébrique", qui associe, à chaque point de l'espace, 3 coordonnées. Cela permet de résoudre des problèmes géométriques avec des outils algébriques. Cette géométrie est dite "commutative", c'est-à-dire que le produit de deux quantités ne dépend pas de l'ordre des termes : A × B = B × A. Cette propriété est fondamentale, et l'ensemble de l'édifice mathématique en dépend.

Bloomsbury presents Big Data: Does Size Matter?, written and read by Timandra Harkness What is Big Data, and why should you care? Big data knows where you've been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you'll buy, where you'll be the victim...

Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics.  

We are all dwellers in two kingdoms, the inner kingdom, the kingdom of the mind and spirit, and the outer kingdom, that of the body and the physical universe about us. In the former, the kingdom of the unseen, lie the silent, subtle forces that are continually determining, and with exact precision, the conditions of the latter. To strike the right balance in life is one of the supreme essentials of all successful living. We must work, for we must have bread. We require other things than bread. They are not only valuable, comfortable, but necessary.

If you want to learn how to teach algebra the right way, then get the How to Teach Algebra guide. In this step-by-step guide, you will discover tips and techniques on how to teach algebra the best way from an actual math teacher who has a passion and love for teaching algebra.

Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use - from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later?

Nos han enseñado que el atajo no es recomendable, que es un recurso tramposo, la treta del holgazán. No obstante, para Marcus du Sautoy es una táctica legítima: en las matemáticas, el reino del pensamiento estratégico que emula la lógica de la naturaleza, el atajo nos proporciona la solución de un problema en el menor tiempo y con el menor gasto de energía posibles.