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The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world

The incredible story of Joep Lange s life and his unrelenting quest to end the HIV epidemic When Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by pro Russian rebels in July 2014 the world wondered if a cure for HIV had fallen from the sky and disappeared among the burning debris Seated in the plane s business class cabin was Joseph Lange better known as Joep a shrewd Dutch doctor who had revolutionized the world of HIV and AIDS and was working on a cure Dr Lange graduated from medical school in 1981 right as a new plague swept across the globe His story became intertwined with the story of HIV At once a physician scientist AIDS activist and medical diplomat Lange studied ways to battle HIV and prevent its spread from mother to child Fighting the injustices of poverty Lange advocated for better access to health care for the poor and the vulnerable He championed the drug cocktail that finally helped rein in the disease and was a vocal proponent of prophylactic treatment for those most at risk of contracting HIV The Impatient Dr Lange is the story of one man s struggle against a global pandemic and the tragic attack that may have slowed down the search for a cure Seema Yasmin charts the course of the HIV epidemic and Dr Lange s career as a young doctor

From racing wind up cars to making music with a homemade guitar Science Lab will excite and inspire curious young minds Science Lab is packed with 25 exciting STEM activities perfect for firing up kids imaginations Explore and discover beautifully illustrated science activities with an easy to follow guide that will explain how science technology engineering and maths shape the world around us A perfect balance between education and fun Science Lab teaches young readers through each experiment describing the science behind it and providing engaging STEM facts The richly illustrated activities promote further thinking by suggested Test and Tweak notes Encourage young readers to take their projects to the next level while furthering their understanding of the science behind it Each activity has its own How It Works section covering STEM principles to help young minds understand answers to their science curiosity exercising cognitive thinking and problem solving skills Learn The Science Behind 25 Amazing Projects Science activities for kids that can be done at home Leap into the exciting world of STEM where Science Technology Engineering and Maths combine in 25 fun and easy to do projects Science Lab teaches young readers how to make impressive i

This science book shows how the subject really works with amazing photographs showing the ins and outs of chemistry physics and biology Welcome to the Explanatorium where the wonders of science are revealed Watch as mixtures merge and matter changes state Discover how some chemical changes can be reversed yet others can t and why some reactions produce a bang This science book for kids aged 9 12 answers the biggest and smallest questions about our Universe whether it s elements evolution or energy Exploratorium of Science brings science to life with striking photographic explanations helping kids to understand just how the world works This fact filled science compendium for children offers An extensive chemistry physics and biology guide explaining more than 100 scientific principles including matter reactions materials forces energy life and Earth Supports the science curriculum in schools up to Key Stage 3 Detailed close up photography plus incredible macro images cross sections exploded views time lapse x ray and ultra violet photography This impressive visual guide explains every aspect of science from gigantic galaxies to tiny cells and miniscule atoms Kids will love to see bacteria at work in the world around us and e

Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power So are we on the edge of an AI pocalypse with superintelligent devices superseding humanity as predicted by Stephen Hawking Or will this herald a kind of Utopia with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us You might not realise it but you interact with AIs every day They route your phone calls approve your credit card transactions and help your doctor interpret results Driverless cars will soon be on the roads with a decision making computer in charge But how do machines actually think and learn In Machines That Think AI experts and New Scientist explore how artificial intelligence helps us understand human intelligence machines that compose music and write stories and ask if AI is really a threat ABOUT THE SERIES New Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive and accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science subjects that challenge attract debate invite controversy and engage the most enquiring minds Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work and why the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter and their impact on individuals society and the planet translating the scientific co

For readers of Sapiens and Homo Deus and viewers of The Social Dilemma psychologist Tomas Chamorro Premuzic tackles one of the biggest questions facing our species Will we use artificial intelligence to improve the way we work and live or will we allow it to alienate us It s no secret that AI is changing the way we live work love and entertain ourselves Dating apps are using AI to pick our potential partners Retailers are using AI to predict our behavior and desires Rogue actors are using AI to persuade us with bots and misinformation Companies are using AI to hire us or not In I Human psychologist Tomas Chamorro Premuzic takes readers on an enthralling and eye opening journey across the AI landscape Though AI has the potential to change our lives for the better he argues AI is also worsening our bad tendencies making us more distracted selfish biased narcissistic entitled predictable and impatient It doesn t have to be this way Filled with fascinating insights about human behavior and our complicated relationship with technology I Human will help us stand out and thrive when many of our decisions are being made for us To do so we ll need to double down on our curiosity adaptability and emotional intelligence while relying on the lost

“Los científicos y sus descubrimientos” es una fascinante colección de libros de divulgación científica dirigidos tanto a especialistas como a profanos. La ciencia alcanza su punto culminante cuando

A critical examination of the figure of the neural network as it mediates neuroscientific and computational discourses and technical practices Neural Networks proposes to reconstruct situated practices social histories mediating techniques and ontological assumptions that inform the computational project of the same name If so called machine learning comprises a statistical approach to pattern extraction then neural networks can be defined as a biologically inspired model that relies on probabilistically weighted neuron like units to identify such patterns Far from signaling the ultimate convergence of human and machine intelligence however neural networks highlight the technologization of neurophysiology that characterizes virtually all strands of neuroscientific and AI research of the past century Taking this traffic as its starting point this volume explores how cognition came to be constructed as essentially computational in nature to the point of underwriting a technologized view of human biology psychology and sociability and how countermovements provide resources for thinking otherwise

Our systems are failing Old models for education healthcare and government food production energy supply are creaking under the weight of modern challenges As the world s population heads towards 10 billion it s clear we need new approaches Futurologist Mark Stevenson sets out to find them across four continents From Brazilian favelas to high tech Boston from rural India to a shed inventor in England s home counties We Do Things Differently travels the world to find the advance guard re imagining our future At each stop he meets innovators who have already succeeded in challenging the status quo pioneering new ways to make our world more sustainable equitable and humane Populated by extraordinary characters We Do Things Differently paints an enthralling picture of what can be done to address the world s most pressing dilemmas offering a much needed dose of down to earth optimism It is a window on and a roadmap to a different and better future

A narrative description of the context of natural history study and collecting in later 17th century England It is constructed around the biography of the central figure of Robert Plot but with his activities placed in a broader European context

Flash crashes Speed dating Instant messaging From the devices we carry to the lives we lead everything is getting faster faster But where did this great acceleration come from And where will it lead In this vitally important new book Robert Colvile explains how the cult of disruption in Silicon Valley the ceaseless advance of technology and our own fundamental appetite for novelty and convenience have combined to speed up every aspect of daily life Drawing on the latest research this book traces the path of this acceleration through our working and social lives the food we buy and the music to which we listen It explains how it s transforming the media politics and the financial markets and asks whether our bodies and the natural environment can cope As we race towards the future into a world packed with new technologies new ideas and new discoveries this scintillating and engrossing book is an invaluable must read guide to the wonders and dangers that await us

We live in the suburban era Well over half of all Americans and two thirds of Canadians live in suburbs Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris Prague Singapore and Beijing Nearly everyone has a strong opinion about suburbs Folks who love dense cities scorn suburbia while people who like big yards dislike bustling sidewalks and subways Social scientists argue whether contemporary suburbs are losing their luster or if a supposed back to the city trend is a mirage a debate that has been exacerbated by uncertainty over the effects of COVID 19 Suburbs A Very Short Introduction tackles two central questions What is the history behind a suburbanizing world What does the suburban trend mean for society politics and culture Two chapters describe the ways that the new technologies of streetcars trains automobiles and internet have allowed the compact cities of Britain and the United States to grow into sprawling metropolitan regions The following chapters explore the vertical suburbs of Europe and East Asia improvised or do it yourself suburbs in both North America Latin America and suburbs as places of employment The book concludes by exploring criticism and praise of suburbs in popular

A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right

This text revolves around a new and unusual view on the most fundamental puzzle of physics It focusses on the key aspect that makes the role of the time dimension fundamentally different causality It deals on the one hand with general relativity and on the other hand with quantum theory The implicit and intuitive way by which causality is usually taken for granted is just made explicit and less self evident shedding a new light on the gravity quantum conflict The case is made that gravity is a necessary condition for a causal universe But upon turning to the pure unitary quantum physics explaining the nature of matter one is dealing with the strictly a causal time expressed through the thermal quantum field theory machinery When this a causal microscopic and causal macroscopic world meet one encounters the wavefunction collapse that itself may be rooted in the quantum gravity conflict Modern ideas are discussed resting on eigenstate thermalization showing how this may lie eventually at the origin of irreversible thermodynamics with its famous second law setting also a direction of time The case is anchored in the sophisticated modern mathematical machinery of both general relativity and quantum physics which is normally barely disseminated beyond the th

Machine Readable Me considers how and why data that is gathered about us is increasingly limiting what we can and can t do in our lives and crucially what the alternatives are

In The Glass Cage Pulitzer Prize nominee and bestselling author Nicholas Carr shows how the most important decisions of our lives are now being made by machines and the radical effect this is having on our ability to learn and solve problems In May 2009 an Airbus A330 passenger jet equipped with the latest glass cockpit controls plummeted 30 000 feet into the Atlantic The reason for the crash the autopilot had routinely switched itself off In fact automation is everywhere from the thermostat in our homes and the GPS in our phones to the algorithms of High Frequency Trading and self driving cars We now use it to diagnose patients educate children evaluate criminal evidence and fight wars But psychological studies show that we perform best when fully involved in a task while the principle of automation that humans are inefficient is self fulfilling The glass cockpit is becoming a glass cage In this utterly engrossing expose bestselling writer Nicholas Carr reveals how automation is affecting our ability to solve problems forge memories and acquire skills Rather than rejecting technology Carr argues that we must urgently rethink its role in our lives using it to enhance rather than diminish the extraordinary abilities that make us human

A comprehensive overview of developments in augmented reality virtual reality and mixed reality and how they could affect every part of our lives

Ray Kurzweil one of the world s leading AI researchers innovators and futurists offers a provocative exploration of the most important project in human machine civilisation reverse engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines

How can we live well when our time and data is being stolen our relationships damaged and our sense of self warped all by technology For every stage of our lives a leading psychologist and tech

A global energy revolution is unfolding before our eyes ever growing numbers of electric vehicles on our roads laptops that last all day on a single charge and solar panels on our roofs all reliant on lithium ion batteries This revolution is happening at breath taking speed with the potential to completely transform key industries and the way we live For the first time in history we can now actually store this green energy we talk so much about Often referred to as the new oil lithium allows large amounts of energy to be squeezed into a very small space Demand is soaring and the lithium business is full of drama bitter rivalries shady deals and exceptionally talented visionaries such as Elon Musk who is building lithium battery giga factories across the world This book travels from the salt lakes of the Tibetan plateau where Chinese government linked companies extract lithium to Argentina Chile and Bolivia which hold the world s biggest resources of the mineral It reveals superpowers struggle to secure strategic supplies and the astonishing efforts of lone wolf inventors and entrepreneurs Lithium also explores the environmental impact of lithium extraction the limits to battery electrification and lithium battery recycling as the way forward