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.
How It Works: Book of Amazing Technology. Volume 4 - Revised Edition (2016)
Today’s world is driven by technology. It’s changed the way we communicate over mobile phones and the Internet, the way we travel in hybrid cars and on hoverboards, the way we build high skyscrapers and underground metro systems, and the way we treat patients and investigate crimes. The newest developments in technology change the way we live, but few of us actually understand the inner workings of our most sophisticated gadgets and machines.
Wonderpedia is the magazine for the enquiring mind. Every month, we gather the most brilliant minds from the world of science, history, and cutting-edge technology, to answer the burning questions we all have about the world we live in while inspiring a thousand more. From the most important moments in history to gripping world events and revolutionary technology, from outer space to the depths of the ocean and from the secrets of the natural world to the inner workings of the human mind and body, every issue of Wonderpedia is full of wonderful facts, stunning photography, and thought provoking editorial.
In this provocative national bestseller, first-time novelist Lightman takes us back to 1905 and into the dreams of a young patent clerk named Albert Einstein, just as he was completing his theory of relativity. "Lightman lets the reader in on the workings of a creative scientific mind". Kirkus Reviews.
For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have defended Britain against enemy subversion. Their work has remained shrouded in secrecy—until now. This first-ever authorized account reveals the British Security Service as never before: its inner workings, its clandestine operations, its failures and its triumphs