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  • Chernobyl: The Reactor That Shook the World

    The Night the Soviet System Failed

    de Blackbird House ...
    Series series When It Happened
    A single night changed the course of a superpower — and exposed the true cost of secrecy, technology, and human error.On April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant turned into one of the most consequential industrial disasters in modern history. But the explosion is only part of the story.Behind it lay years of political pressure, design flaws, bureaucratic inertia, ... Leer más

    $3.48 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • When It Happened: Titanic

    The Night the Titanic Sank — Retold

    de Blackbird House ...
    Series series When It Happened
    One ship. One night. A tragedy that changed the world.The Titanic wasn’t just the largest ship ever built — it was a symbol of a new century. With grand staircases, wireless telegrams, heated pools, and iron-clad confidence, it promised to make history. And it did. Just not the way anyone expected.When It Happened: Titanic takes you inside the story — from design and departure to the collision, ... Leer más

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  • Why Information Grows

    The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies

    de Cesar Hidalgo ...
    "Hidalgo has made a bold attempt to synthesize a large body of cutting-edge work into a readable, slender volume. This is the future of growth theory." -- Financial TimesWhat is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

    de Abraham Flexner, Robbert Dijkgraaf ...
    A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughsA forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent ... Leer más

    $10.79 USD

  • Fooled by the Winners

    How Survivor Bias Deceives Us

    de David Lockwood ...
    Fooled by the Winners will change the way you think about the stock market, health care, global warming, diets, lotteries, restaurants, and your siblings. It will reshape your perspective of the past and give you a clearer view of the future.Fooled by the Winners is a book about survivor bias, the cognitive error of focusing on the winners, the successes, and the living. But in many instances, we ... Leer más

    $8.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Oppenheimer: Father Of The Atomic Bomb

    Manhattan Project At Los Alamos, Trinity Test, Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    de A.J. Kingston ...
    Discover the captivating story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific visionary behind the atomic bomb, in the Oppenheimer Book Bundle. This meticulously curated collection takes you on a thrilling journey through the Manhattan Project, the Trinity Test, and the profound impact of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Delve into the life and work of one of history's most influential figures ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Human Frontiers

    The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

    de Michael Bhaskar ...
    Amazon Editor’s Pick for “Best Business and Leadership Books of the Year”A leader in artificial intelligence research offers a “fascinating” look at what happens next at the frontiers of human knowledge (Guardian).Why has the flow of big, world-changing ideas slowed down?The history of humanity is the history of big ideas that expand our frontiers—from the wheel to space flight, cave painting to ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • The Infinite Alphabet

    And the Laws of Knowledge

    de César A. Hidalgo ...
    The celebrated scientist and author of Why Information Grows reveals how knowledge moves, drives progress and shapes the worldWe all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are aware of the principles that govern its movement. In The Infinite Alphabet César A. Hidalgo, world-renowned for his work on economic complexity, unravels the laws ... Leer más

    $27.59 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Nexus

    Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks

    de Mark Buchanan ...
    As Chaos explained the science of disorder, Nexus reveals the new science of connection and the odd logic of six degrees of separation."If you ever wanted to know how many links connect you and the Pope, or why when the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank sneezes the global economy catches cold, read this book," writes John L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute). This "cogent and engaging" (Nature) work presents the ... Leer más

    $15.09 USD

  • Geoengineering

    The Gamble

    de Gernot Wagner ...
    Stabilizing the world’s climates means cutting carbon dioxide pollution. There’s no way around it. But what if that’s not enough? What if it’s too difficult to accomplish in the time allotted or, worse, what if it’s so late in the game that even cutting carbon emissions to zero, tomorrow, wouldn’t do?Enter solar geoengineering. The principle is simple: attempt to cool Earth by reflecting more ... Leer más

    $16.00 USD

  • A Case for Climate Engineering

    de David Keith ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming.Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • A Vast Machine

    Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming

    de Paul N. Edwards ...
    Series series Infrastructures
    The science behind global warming, and its history: how scientists learned to understand the atmosphere, to measure it, to trace its past, and to model its future.Global warming skeptics often fall back on the argument that the scientific case for global warming is all model predictions, nothing but simulation; they warn us that we need to wait for real data, “sound science.” In A Vast Machine ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD