Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite prem
You can’t present the history of art without pictures; equally equations are central to any history of mathematics. Spanning 4,000 years of civilisation, The Story of Mathematics describes twenty -
How the study of causality revolutionized science and the world "Correlation does not imply causation." This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades. But today, that taboo is dead. The caus
A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligenceCorrelation is not causation. This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and established causality -- the study of cause and effect -- on a firm scientific basis. His work explains how we can know easy things, like whether it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet; and how to answer hard questions, like whether a drug cured an illness. Pearl's work enables us to know not just whether one thing causes another: it lets us explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It shows us the essence of human thought and key to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wants to understand either needs The Book of Why
A revealing perspective on how Emily Dickinson helps readers cope with sufferingEmily Dickinson is known as a poet who presses at the limits of perception and expresses in brilliantly compact, memorab
A revealing perspective on how Emily Dickinson helps readers cope with sufferingEmily Dickinson is known as a poet who presses at the limits of perception and expresses in brilliantly compact, memorab
Visualizing Geology employs uniquely designed visual pedagogy to help students acquire the skills they need to become better learners. Visualizing Geology is a comprehensive, modern book for today's g
Visualizing Geology, 4th Edition introduces students to geology and Earth system science through the distinctive mode of visual learning that is the hallmark of the Wiley Visualizing series. Readers l