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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
Counting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three — beyond that, it’s just “more.” But once harnessed by our ancestors, the power of numbers allowed humanity to flourish in ways that continue to lead to...
Counting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three — beyond that, it’s just “more.” But once harnessed by our ancestors, the power of numbers allowed humanity to flourish in ways that continue to lead to...
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The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All are ideas that have revolutionized science-and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of Uncertainty, bestselling author Michael Brooks investigates the new wave of radical insights that are shaping the future of scientific discovery. Brooks takes us to the extreme frontiers of what we understand about the world....
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Michael Brooks takes on the new "Intellectual Dark Web." As the host of The Michael Brooks Show and co-host of the Majority Report, he lets his understanding of the new media environment direct his analysis of the newly risen conservative rebels who have taken YouTube by storm. Brooks provides a theoretically, rigorous but accessible critique of the most prominent "renegades", including Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and Brett Weinstein, while also,...
5) Remote It!: Winning With Freelancers-Build and Manage a Thriving Business in a Virtual World-Run a B
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Imagine how great it would be to cut costs and grow your business beyond your wildest expectations by "remoting it" with outstanding global freelance talent? Yes, you can eliminate the expense of maintaining an office and many other costs with this approach.
Think about the freedom this offers you and your workers, to be productive, efficient, and innovative from any location in the world. “Remote It!” by Michael Brooks describes how to achieve...
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Imagine how great it would be to cut costs and grow your business beyond your wildest expectations by "remoting it" with outstanding global freelance talent. Discover how you can eliminate the expense of maintaining an office and many other costs with this approach.
This fast-paced book explains how to:
-Lead an exceptional remote culture.
-Easily find and hire people with a wide range of different skill sets.
-Build a loyal workforce and conduct...
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Many of us feel out of synch with our lives. We sleepwalk through experience, believing that one day-when all the conditions are just right and the stars align perfectly-we will achieve a peaceful state of mind. We spend our days wandering through the past, dwelling in fictional futures, or existing in alternating states of distraction and frustration. We're absent from our own lives-yet we wonder why we struggle to be at peace and find it so difficult...
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A week ago, Adam Rowan thought he understood life and his place in it. But after meeting Misty Fairchild in an exploding diner and becoming embroiled in her life-or-death struggle, everything is flipped on its head. His family is not who he thought they were, and now he has to deal with the fallout of Mentor's machinations. His home overrun with refugees from the New Mexico base, he's figuring out his new-found feelings for Misty and how to deal with...
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Seventeen-year-old Misty Fairchild and her sister are hiking across the Texas Hill Country in what could be a delightful camping trip; but instead, it's a harrowing nightmare due to the fact that they just escaped a secret underground base where they've been held captive for the last five years. Oh, yeah, and her ex-boyfriend went psycho, joined the Brute Squad, and is now after them to drag them back to New Mexico. Eighteen-year-old Adam Rowan is...
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"For readers of Steven Strogatz's Infinite Powers and The Joy of x comes this illuminating exploration of the ways in which math--and the people who have mastered its inherent power through the ages--has shaped our world. In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every...
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Based on Michael Brooks's popular article for New Scientist--one of the most forwarded articles in the magazine's online history--13 Things That Don't Make Sense tackles the most hotly debated topics in science today, from the placebo effect to life on Mars, and shows how these conundrums are changing the way scientists approach their work and why these issues will define science in the twenty-first century.
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"The Gaslighting Epidemic Series: From Personal Betrayal to Societal Deceit" is a compelling two-in-one volume that brings together the critical insights of John D. Kody's "The Gaslighting Trap: Understanding and Overcoming Emotional Abuse" and Michael Brooks' "The Gaslighting of America: How the Elite, the Authorities and Mainstream Media Have Conspired to Deceive the People." This series stands as a testament to the pervasive nature of gaslighting,...