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The Doomsday Calculation
- How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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In the 18th century, the British minister and mathematician Thomas Bayes devised a theorem that allowed him to assign probabilities to events that had never happened before. It languished in obscurity for centuries until computers came along and made it easy to crunch the numbers. Now, as the foundation of big data, Bayes's formula has become a linchpin of the digital economy. But here's where things get interesting: Bayes's theorem can also be used to lay odds on the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence, and on the biggest question of all: how long will humanity survive?
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The Doomsday Calculation
- How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 15-10-19
- Language: English
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Rock Breaks Scissors
- A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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A practical guide to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market. People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from playing the lottery to buying a home. Rock Breaks Scissors is mind-reading for real life.
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Rock Breaks Scissors
- A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 03-06-14
- Language: English
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Head in the Cloud
- Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at all? Best-selling author William Poundstone confronts that timely question in Head in the Cloud.
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Head in the Cloud
- Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 19-07-16
- Language: English
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How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?
- Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Each year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Millions more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than ever, aspiring to work for employers offering an appealing culture, a robust menu of perks, and opportunities for personal fulfillment and advancement. The result is that millions of applications stream to the handful of companies that regularly top listings of the best companies to work for.
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How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?
- Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 20-07-21
- Language: English
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