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Of het nu je schoolrapport is of je salarisstrookje, de verkiezingsuitslagen of het aantal virusbesmettingen tijdens een pandemie – cijfers zijn overal en ze beïnvloeden hoe jouw leven eruitziet.Maar het grootste misverstand over cijfers? Dat ze objectief zouden zijn.Bedrijven misbruiken cijfers om hun product aan je te slijten, politici om lastige beslissingen te rechtvaardigen, wetenschappers om ... Read more

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Series Audiobook 62 - Elementaire Deeltjes
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The Theory That Would Not Die

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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial ... Read more

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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial
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Foolproof

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10 hours 11 min

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Superfreakonomics

Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt ...

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Unabridged

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Superfreakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt, read by Stephen J. Dubner.Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have been working hard, uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from charity to terrorism and prostitution. And with their inimitable style and wit, they will take us on another even ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a ... Read more

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The Nature of the Beast

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Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

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Does your dog get sad when you leave for the day? Does your cat purr because she loves you? Do bears attack when they’re angry? You can’t very well ask them.In fact, scientists haven’t been able to reach a consensus on whether animals even have emotions like humans do, let alone how to study them. Yet studies of animal emotion are critical for understanding human emotion and mental illness.In The ... Read more

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Open Socrates

The Case for a Philosophical Life

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12 hours 14 min

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the ... Read more

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An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the
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From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small ... Read more

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Causal Inference Science Explained: A Friendly Guide to Finding Real Causes in Data, Experiments, and Everyday Life

Statistics for Beginners: How easy it is to lie with statistics in business, social science, politics, criminology and law

The Macat Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population

How Migration Really Works

The Hot Hand

The Precipice

The Tipping Point

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Every 90 Seconds

What We Ask Google

Bad Data

Statistics for Beginners: A Simple Introduction to Making Sense of Data and Chance

Numbers Tell Stories

Tomorrow's People

The Theory That Would Not Die

Foolproof

Superfreakonomics

After the Spike

The Nature of the Beast

Open Socrates

The Tipping Point