Science & Engineering

This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business....

Welcome to "Bhagavad Gita," a podcast where we make the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita easy to understand. Join us as we explore this sacred text...

Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called "sexy"....

Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data....

Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - veteran trader, renowned risk expert, polymathic scholar, erudite raconteur has penned a modern classic that turns on its head what we believe about luck and skill....

Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you....

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....

The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer....

In Standard Deviations, economics professor Gary Smith walks us through the various tricks and traps that people use to back up their own crackpot theories....

Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game....

Behind the familiar surfaces of the telephone, radio, and television lies a sophisticated and intriguing body of knowledge known as information theory. This is the theory that has permitted the rapid development of all sorts of communication....

A brilliant research mathematician reveals math to be a creative art form on par with painting, poetry, and sculpture, and rejects the standard anxiety-producing teaching methods used in most schools today....

Math! Science! History! is a podcast about the history of people, theories, and discoveries that have moved our scientific progress forward and ...

In The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series to explain the big ideas of math gently and clearly, with wit, and insight....

Whatwe know about the world is constantly changing. But it turns out there’s an order to the state of knowledge, an explanation for how we know what we know....

Mathematician Ian Stewart tells listeners what he wishes he had known when he was a student....

Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? This book answers these questions....

The aim of David McAdams’s Game-Changer is nothing less than to empower you with this wisdom to change those games and the ecosystems in which they reside....

Acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, chance, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives....

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja....