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How to Read Numbers

A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)

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4 hours 27 min

Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world, but in the wrong hands they can be dangerous.Introducing you to the common mistakes ... Read more

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Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics are an immensely powerful tool for understanding the world, but in the wrong hands they can be dangerous.Introducing you to the common mistakes
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers

How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

by Graham Farmelo ...

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8 hours 38 min

**An award-winning science writer shows how math helps us solve the universe’s mysteries.“If you like reading about math without having to do math, this is a stellar book.” —Forbes**One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The supreme goal of physicists is to understand this order through laws that describe the behavior of the most basic particles and the ... Read more

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Something Doesn't Add Up

Surviving Statistics in a Post-Truth World

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Unabridged

8 hours 44 min

Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear and mistrust them. Something Doesn't Add Up is a tour of the stupidest, self-defeating, self-blinding ways supposedly clever people use maths in ... Read more

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Everything Is Predictable

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8 hours 5 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not only better informed about a captivating branch of mathematics, but with an invigorating sense of greater purchase on the world' OLIVER BURKEMANThomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the ... Read more

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Robin Hood Math

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How the rich and powerful use math to exploit you, and what you can do to beat them at their own gameEverything we do today is recorded as data that's sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It's easy to feel like an insignificant number in a ... Read more

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How the rich and powerful use math to exploit you, and what you can do to beat them at their own gameEverything we do today is recorded as data that's sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It's easy to feel like an insignificant number in a
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Functional Analysis for Physics and Engineering: A Gentle but Rigorous Audio Guide to Hilbert Spaces, Operators, and Spectra for Real-World Models

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Unabridged

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Bridge the gap between linear algebra and advanced physics with a calm approach to continuous systems. Whether commuting to the lab or settling into a deep focus session, this audio experience transforms intimidating infinite-dimensional spaces into intuitive concepts. Discover how vibrating strings, heat flow, and quantum particles naturally align with clear geometric principles.Trade academic ... Read more

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Category Theory for AI: A Gentle, Concrete Introduction to Compositional Thinking for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems

by Lukas Moretti ...

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2 hours

Tame chaotic machine learning pipelines and build modular AI systems using the intuitive logic of category theory. Whether you are optimizing neural networks during your morning commute or deep in focused learning, this accessible guide replaces dense mathematical proofs with visual metaphors. You will gain a calm, clear mental framework for organizing complex intelligent systems without getting ... Read more

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Tame chaotic machine learning pipelines and build modular AI systems using the intuitive logic of category theory. Whether you are optimizing neural networks during your morning commute or deep in focused learning, this accessible guide replaces dense mathematical proofs with visual metaphors. You will gain a calm, clear mental framework for organizing complex intelligent systems without getting
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A Mind for Numbers

How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara Oakley PhD ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

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7 hours 4 min

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand ... Read more

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The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand
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In Our Time: 25 Theories and Thinkers in the History of Mathematics

A BBC Radio 4 Collection

by Melvyn Bragg ...

Narrated by Melvyn Bragg ...

Unabridged

18 hours 30 min

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 pivotal concepts, theorists and developments that have advanced the science of mathematics'Might be the best radio programme ever' Oliver Burkeman, The GuardianIn Our Time is a Radio 4 phenomenon, a knowledge juggernaut that has informed and entertained over 2 million listeners each week since its first broadcast in 1998. In its 25 years on air, it has covered an ... Read more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 pivotal concepts, theorists and developments that have advanced the science of mathematics'Might be the best radio programme ever' Oliver Burkeman, The GuardianIn Our Time is a Radio 4 phenomenon, a knowledge juggernaut that has informed and entertained over 2 million listeners each week since its first broadcast in 1998. In its 25 years on air, it has covered an
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Randomness Explained

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Tracy Tupman ...

Unabridged

45 min

Randomness is a concept used (and less formally) in mathematics to imply that there is no way to accurately predict an event (to know what will happen before it takes place) or to sense a trend. Anything that is randomly selected for no conscious purpose can be assumed to be simply by chance factor. An illustration of an occurrence random event is a financial windfall, a lottery win. A computer ... Read more

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The Signal and the Noise

The Art and Science of Prediction

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Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

16 hours 21 min

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The Primacy of Doubt

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Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Why does your weather app say “there’s a 10 percent chance of rain” instead of “it will be sunny”? In large part, this is due to the insight of award-winning physicist Tim Palmer, who pioneered the introduction of uncertainty into weather and climate prediction.Now, he wants to apply it to how we study everything else.In The Primacy of Doubt, Palmer gives us a revolutionary vision of mathematical ... Read more

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Applied Mathematics: A Practical Audio Guide to Modeling Real‑World Problems, Data, and Decisions

by Daniel Kreuzer ...

Narrated by Daniel Kreuzer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

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Mathematical Theory of Deep Learning: A Gentle but Rigorous Audio Guide to the Foundations Behind Modern Neural Networks

by Michael Hartmann ...

Narrated by Michael Hartmann ...

Unabridged

2 hours 1 min

Master the mathematics of artificial intelligence and turn deep learning algorithms into crystal-clear mental models. Whether you are upskilling during your morning commute or diving into a focused study session, this enlightening audio journey replaces dense coding tutorials with intuitive logic. Grasp the true mechanics behind the code using nothing but your mind and fundamental linear algebra ... Read more

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Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 2

Investigating the Exploration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)

by Joe Bevilacqua, Dr. Scott C. Viguié ...

Narrated by a full cast, Dr. Scott C. Viguié ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Doctor Geek’s Laboratory
Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

Doctor Geek and friends return to continue their mission to investigate science inspired by fiction in the hope to encourage the exploration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math).Season 2 Investigations:Episode 7 - Our Companion the Robot Investigation BeginsEpisode 8 - Cyber-WorldEpisode 9 - Karaoke ContestEpisode 9.5 - The Science of SantaEpisode 10 - 3D Printer ... Read more

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Why Machines Learn

The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI

by Anil Ananthaswamy ...

Narrated by Rene Ruiz ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Machine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence discoveries in chemistry, biology and physics - the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems.We are living through a revolution in artificial ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Machine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence discoveries in chemistry, biology and physics - the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems.We are living through a revolution in artificial
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Pluses and Minuses

How Maths Makes the World More Manageable

by Stefan Buijsman ...

Narrated by Gavin Osborn ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life?Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human ... Read more

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Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life?Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human
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Escape from Model Land

How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It

by Erica Thompson ...

Narrated by Kirsty Dillon ...

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Why mathematical models are so often wrong, and how we can make better decisions by accepting their limitsWhether we are worried about the spread of COVID-19 or making a corporate budget, we depend on mathematical models to help us understand the world around us every day. But models aren’t a mirror of reality. In fact, they are fantasies, where everything works out perfectly, every time. And ... Read more

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Why mathematical models are so often wrong, and how we can make better decisions by accepting their limitsWhether we are worried about the spread of COVID-19 or making a corporate budget, we depend on mathematical models to help us understand the world around us every day. But models aren’t a mirror of reality. In fact, they are fantasies, where everything works out perfectly, every time. And
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The Number Mysteries

A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life

by Marcus du Sautoy ...

Narrated by James Bryce ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

From the author of ‘The Music of the Primes’ and ‘Finding Moonshine’ comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.Every time we download a song from Itunes, take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones, we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide ... Read more

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From the author of ‘The Music of the Primes’ and ‘Finding Moonshine’ comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.Every time we download a song from Itunes, take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones, we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide
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The Art of More

How Mathematics Created Civilization

by Michael Brooks ...

Narrated by Nick Afka Thomas ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

An illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inherent power, from Babylonian tax officials to the Apollo astronauts to the eccentric professor who invented the infrastructure of the online worldCounting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three—beyond that, it ... Read more

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An illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inherent power, from Babylonian tax officials to the Apollo astronauts to the eccentric professor who invented the infrastructure of the online worldCounting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three—beyond that, it
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The Ten Equations that Rule the World

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by David Sumpter ...

Narrated by Sam Woolf ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can ... Read more

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Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

A Journey to the Edge of Physics

by Antonio Padilla ...

Narrated by Antonio Padilla ...

Unabridged

13 hours 52 min

Brought to you by Penguin.For particularly brilliant theoretical physicists like James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac or Albert Einstein, the search for mathematical truths - via ever more mind-boggling numbers - led to strange new understandings of reality. But what are these mysterious numbers that explain the universe?In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical physicist and ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.For particularly brilliant theoretical physicists like James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac or Albert Einstein, the search for mathematical truths - via ever more mind-boggling numbers - led to strange new understandings of reality. But what are these mysterious numbers that explain the universe?In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical physicist and
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The Egyptian Pyramids Revisited

by Moustafa Gadalla ...

Narrated by Susie Hennessy ...

Unabridged

3 hours 46 min

SHORT DESCRIPTIONThe new expanded edition provides complete information about the pyramids of Ancient Egypt in the Giza Plateau. It contains the locations and dimensions of interiors and exteriors of these pyramids; the history and builders of the pyramids; theories of construction; theories on their purpose and function; the sacred geometry that was incorporated into the design of the pyramids; ... Read more

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SHORT DESCRIPTIONThe new expanded edition provides complete information about the pyramids of Ancient Egypt in the Giza Plateau. It contains the locations and dimensions of interiors and exteriors of these pyramids; the history and builders of the pyramids; theories of construction; theories on their purpose and function; the sacred geometry that was incorporated into the design of the pyramids;
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Mathematical Foundations of Neuroscience: A Practical Audio Guide to Models, Dynamics, and Computation in the Brain

by Patrick Moreau ...

Narrated by Patrick Moreau ...

Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

Master computational neuroscience and decode complex brain dynamics without getting lost in unreadable equations. Whether you are commuting to the lab or settling into a focused study session, this audio-first exploration translates abstract mathematical biology into vivid mental models. Grasp exactly how a single neuron's voltage spikes scale upward to drive profound human cognition.Fuel your ... Read more

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Master computational neuroscience and decode complex brain dynamics without getting lost in unreadable equations. Whether you are commuting to the lab or settling into a focused study session, this audio-first exploration translates abstract mathematical biology into vivid mental models. Grasp exactly how a single neuron's voltage spikes scale upward to drive profound human cognition.Fuel your
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How to Read Numbers

The Universe Speaks in Numbers

Something Doesn't Add Up

Everything Is Predictable

Robin Hood Math

Functional Analysis for Physics and Engineering: A Gentle but Rigorous Audio Guide to Hilbert Spaces, Operators, and Spectra for Real-World Models

Category Theory for AI: A Gentle, Concrete Introduction to Compositional Thinking for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems

A Mind for Numbers

In Our Time: 25 Theories and Thinkers in the History of Mathematics

Randomness Explained

The Signal and the Noise

The Primacy of Doubt

Applied Mathematics: A Practical Audio Guide to Modeling Real‑World Problems, Data, and Decisions

Mathematical Theory of Deep Learning: A Gentle but Rigorous Audio Guide to the Foundations Behind Modern Neural Networks

Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 2

Why Machines Learn

Pluses and Minuses

Escape from Model Land

The Number Mysteries

The Art of More

The Ten Equations that Rule the World

Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

The Egyptian Pyramids Revisited

Mathematical Foundations of Neuroscience: A Practical Audio Guide to Models, Dynamics, and Computation in the Brain