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The Math of Life and Death

7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives

By: Kit Yates

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The Math of Life and Death

7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives

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Few of us really appreciate the full power of math--the extent to which its influence is not only in every office and every home, but also in every courtroom and hospital ward. In this ... book, Kit Yates explores the true stories of life-changing events in which the application--or misapplication--of mathematics has played a critical role: patients crippled by faulty genes and entrepreneurs bankrupted by faulty algorithms; innocent victims of miscarriages of justice; and the unwitting victims of software glitches"--Publisher marketing.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982111887

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How to Expect the Unexpected

The Science of Making Predictions—and the Art of Knowing When Not To

By: Kit Yates

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How to Expect the Unexpected

The Science of Making Predictions—and the Art of Knowing When Not To

By: Kit Yates

A “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them right How can you be 100 percent sure you will win a bet? Why did so many Pompeians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting? Are you more likely to work in a kitchen if your last name is Baker? Ever since the dawn of human civilization, we have been trying to make predictions about what the world has in store for us. For just as long, we have been getting it wrong. In How to Expect the Unexpected, mathematician Kit Yates uncovers the surprising science that undergirds our predictions—and how we can use it to our advantage. From religious oracles to weather forecasters, and from politicians to economists, we are subjected to poor predictions all the time. Synthesizing results from math, biology, psychology, sociology, medicine, economic theory, and physics, Yates provides tools for readers to understand uncertainty and to recognize the cognitive biases that make accurate predictions so hard to come by. This book will teach you how and why predictions go wrong, help you to spot phony forecasts, and give you a better chance of getting your own predictions correct.

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Basic Books

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1541604946

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The Maths of Life and Death

By: Kit Yates

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The Maths of Life and Death

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*Maths is the story of the world around us, and the wisdom it gives us can be the difference between life and death*Maths ends at school and has nothing to do with real life - or so the popular misconception goes. In fact, maths is present in most of our actions and our decisions. When we tap our foot to music, choose which seat on the train to pick or absorb a medical result, we are performing complex maths unconsciously. Not only that: understanding how that is can guide us towards making better decisions in all sorts of situations, from the mundane to the life-changing. In this extraordinary book, mathematical biologist Kit Yates teases out the seven hidden mathematical rules that underlie our common experience, making real-life sense of the equations that govern our lives. How can maths prevent innocent people being convicted for crimes they didn't commit? When is alarm fatigue useful or fatal? And do DNA tests already reveal the full truth? As Yates demonstrates through captivating true-life stories, intriguing case studies and impressive expertise, appreciating how prevalent mathematics is in the everyday can help us to recognise some of the rules that govern our lives. Along the way Yates wrestles with huge ethical and societal issues from abortion to anti-vaccination, from climate change to globalisation. Yet he never loses sight of the sensibility and emotional dimension of the human experience, unlike many books about maths. The result is a captivating, entertaining and surprising read that is utterly relatable.

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1787475417

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The Math of Life and Death

7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives

By: Kit Yates

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7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives

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How to Expect the Unexpected

The Science of Making Predictions—and the Art of Knowing When Not To

By: Kit Yates

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The Science of Making Predictions—and the Art of Knowing When Not To

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Television at Work

Industrial Media and American Labor

By: Kit Hughes

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Television at Work

Industrial Media and American Labor

By: Kit Hughes

Television has never been exclusive to the home. In Television at Work, Kit Hughes explores the forgotten history of how U.S. workplaces used television to secure industrial efficiency, support corporate expansion, and manage the hearts, minds, and bodies of twentieth century workers. Challenging our longest-held understandings of the medium, Hughes positions television at the heart of a post-Fordist reconfiguration of the American workplace revolving around dehumanized technological systems. Among other things, business and industry built private television networks to distribute programming, created complex CCTV data retrieval systems, encouraged the use of videotape for worker self-evaluation, used video cassettes for training distributed workforces, and wired cantinas for employee entertainment. In uncovering industrial television as a prolific sphere of media practice, Television at Work reveals how labor arrangements and information architectures shaped by these uses of television were foundational to the rise of the digitally mediated corporation and to a globalizing economy.

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0190855789

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Miss Alcott's Email

By: Kit Bakke

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Miss Alcott's Email

By: Kit Bakke

Shouldn't life be more than simply showing up? Is it enough to be part of a family, make another family, earn your living, and then exit stage left? Or should you engage and be engaged in a bit of purposeful shaking and shoving along the way? These are questions that Kit Bakke urgently needs answered. Tired of self-proclaimed gurus and self-help books, she turns to her childhood role model -- Louisa May Alcott -- for direction. She sends an e-mail to Louisa, and is amazed when she receives a reply. Their correspondence becomes a dance of ideas and tales bridging the mid-1800s and the twenty-first century. But why Louisa? Her abolitionist zeal, her women's rights advocacy, her hospital work, her crazy commune days, her heartfelt desire to leave the world a better place, her humor and her energy all materialized in front of me, writes Bakke. Louisa was serious when she signed her letters, 'Yours for reforms of all kinds.' She made her life, she didn't just live it.

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David R. Godine Publisher

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1567926371

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Enterprising Women

Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlantic

By: Kit Candlin,Cassandra Pybus

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Enterprising Women

Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlantic

By: Kit Candlin,Cassandra Pybus

These recovered histories of entrepreneurial women of color from the colonial Caribbean illustrate an environment in which upward social mobility for freedpeople was possible. Through determination and extensive commercial and kinship connections, these women penetrated British life and created success for themselves and future generations.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820344559

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Foodborne Disease Handbook, Second Edition,

Volume 2: Viruses: Parasites: Pathogens, and HACCP

By: Y. H. Hui,Sayed A. Sattar,Wai-Kit Nip

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Foodborne Disease Handbook, Second Edition,

Volume 2: Viruses: Parasites: Pathogens, and HACCP

By: Y. H. Hui,Sayed A. Sattar,Wai-Kit Nip

A study of foodborne disease, focusing on viruses, parasites, pathogens and HACCP. This second edition contains new chapters on the role of US poison centres in viral exposures, detection of human enteric viruses in foods, environmental consideration in preventing foodborne spread of hepatitis A, seafood parasites, HACCP principles and control programmes for foodservice operations, and more.

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CRC Press

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0824703383

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9780824703387

Transport Law in Hong Kong

By: Ping-fat Sze,Kit-lan Choy,David Shiu-man Fong

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Transport Law in Hong Kong

By: Ping-fat Sze,Kit-lan Choy,David Shiu-man Fong

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides a systematic approach to transport law as applied in Hong Kong. The book describes the main sources of transport law, jurisdiction and courts, state immunity, and the legal role of transport intermediaries, with detailed reference to maritime law, transport by road, transport by air, transport by rail, and inland navigation. A special chapter is devoted to multimodal transport. Among the elements of transport law considered are the legal status of the vessel; its acquisition, ownership, and registration; vessel liens and mortgages; the position of master and crew; maritime salvage and assistance; marine pollution; collision; and carriage of passengers. Other topics discussed include liability and limitation of liability, charter parties, and transport under bill of lading. Case law, intergovernmental cooperation agreements, and interactions with environmental, tax, and competition law are also covered. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for lawyers handling transport contracts or cases affecting Hong Kong. It will also be welcomed by researchers and academics for its contribution to a field that continues to gain significance in the study of comparative law.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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904119505X

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9789041195050

The Book of Birmingham

A City in Short Fiction

By: Kit de Waal,Sibyl Ruth,Bobby Nayyar,Jendella Benson,C.D. Rose,Alan Beard,Sharon Duggal,Malachi McIntosh,Joel Lane,Balvinder Banga

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The Book of Birmingham

A City in Short Fiction

By: Kit de Waal,Sibyl Ruth,Bobby Nayyar,Jendella Benson,C.D. Rose,Alan Beard,Sharon Duggal,Malachi McIntosh,Joel Lane,Balvinder Banga

Few cities have undergone such a radical transformation over the last few decades as Birmingham. Culturally and architecturally, it has been in a state of perpetual flux and regeneration, with new communities moving in, then out, and iconic post-war landmarks making way for brighter-coloured, 21st century flourishes. Much like the city itself, the characters in the stories gathered here are often living through moments of profound change, closing in on a personal or societal turning point, that carries as much threat as it does promise. Set against key moments of history – from Malcolm X’s visit to Smethwick in 1965, to the Handsworth riots two decades later, from the demise of the city’s manufacturing in the 70s and 80s, to the on-going tensions between communities in recent years – these stories celebrate the cultural dynamism that makes this complex, often divided ‘second city’ far more than just the sum of its parts.

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Comma Press

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1912697165

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Desiring Hong Kong, Consuming South China

Transborder Cultural Politics, 1970-2010

By: Eric Kit-wai Ma

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Desiring Hong Kong, Consuming South China

Transborder Cultural Politics, 1970-2010

By: Eric Kit-wai Ma

This is a study of the complex and changing cultural patterns in Hong Kong’s relationship with the neighbouring mainland. From interviews, TV dramas, media representations and other sources, it traces the fading of Hong Kong’s once-influential position as a role model for less developed mainland cities and explores changing perceptions as China grows in confidence and Hong Kong encounters a powerful nation culture in the mainland. Part One (‘Desiring Hong Kong’) examines the history of cross-border relations and movements from the 1970s, focusing on Hong Kong as an object of desire for people in South China. Part Two (‘Consuming South China’), moves to the turn of the century, when, despite increased communications and a ‘disappearing border’, Hong Kong is no longer a powerful role model; it nevertheless continues to be a resourceful node in the chain of global capitalism. This is a timely and provocative discussion of a topical issue, and one written in an approachable style using lively case studies. In contrast with the popular theorization that Hong Kong shows her true colour in “the politics of disappearance”, this book argues that Hong Kong returns with a politics of reappearance in a dense network of ‘fear and excitement’, differentiating and assimilating with the mainland at the same time. It will be of interest to scholars and students in cultural studies, political science, sociology and cultural geography. It will also have some general appeal to policy-makers, journalists, and the concerned public.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9888083457

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9789888083459

An Archaeology of Religion

By: Kit W. Wesler

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An Archaeology of Religion

By: Kit W. Wesler

Archaeologists have been increasingly turning their attention to the study of religion, but the field so far has lacked a cross-cultural overview. This text challenges archaeological conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. Worldwide in range and comparative in perspective, this exploration is guided by several fundamental questions: how do we recognize religion in the archaeological record? When should we recognize the first activities we call religious? What distinguishes a world religion? How can we see the formations of modern world religions in the archaeological record? An Archaeology of Religion begins with the first glimmers of what might be considered religious expression in the Paleolithic period and concludes with the complexities of world religions today. This book is an ambitious attempt to survey how scholars approach the identification of religious sites and practices in the archaeological record.

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University Press of America

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0761858466

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9780761858461

World Weavers

Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution

By: Kin Yuen Wong,Gary Westfahl,Amy Kit-sze Chan

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World Weavers

Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution

By: Kin Yuen Wong,Gary Westfahl,Amy Kit-sze Chan

World Weavers is the first ever study on the relationship between globalization and science fiction. Scientific innovations provide citizens of different nations with a unique common ground and the means to establish new connections with distant lands. This study attempts to investigate how our world has grown more and more interconnected not only due to technological advances, but also to a shared interest in those advances and to what they might lead to in the future. Science fiction has long been both literally and metaphorically linked to the emerging global village. It now takes on the task of exploring how the cybernetic revolution might transform the world and keep it one step ahead of the real world, despite ever-accelerating developments. As residents of a world that is undeniably globalized, science-fictional and virtual, it is incumbent on us to fully understand just how we came to live in such a world, and to envisage where this world may be heading next. World Weavers represents one small but significant step toward achieving such knowledge.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622097219

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9789622097216

Winchester Valley - Gunsmoke Gorge

By: Kit Dalton

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Winchester Valley - Gunsmoke Gorge

By: Kit Dalton

The adventures of Buckskin Frank Leslie, a cowboy whose talent with a gun is only surpassed by his way with the ladies.

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0843930381

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9780843930382

Glory of Old IU, Indiana University

By: Bob Hammel,Kit Klingelhoffer

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Glory of Old IU, Indiana University

By: Bob Hammel,Kit Klingelhoffer

A handsome coffee-table book, Glory of Old IU is the most comprehensive book ever written about Indiana University athletics. Never-before-published details about the 100 years of IU's membership in the Big Ten Conference are captured in this one-of-a-kind book. Glory of Old IU includes vignettes about all of IU's greatest moments, including its five NCAA basketball championships. There are stories about Bob Knight, Mark Spitz, Isiah Thomas, Harry Gonso, and many others. Thousands of other names are included in the all-time letter-winners list. Glory of Old IU is must reading for anyone who is loyal to the Hoosiers.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1582610681

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9781582610689

Working Dogs

Tales from Animal Planet's K-9 to 5 World

By: Colleen Needles,Kit Carlson

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Working Dogs

Tales from Animal Planet's K-9 to 5 World

By: Colleen Needles,Kit Carlson

What happens when the best man for the job turns out to be a dog? Find out in this surprising and inspiring tribute to working dogs who earn their keep performing ordinary, occasionally wacky, and often extraordinary tasks for which they expect little more in return than a pat on the head.

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1563318431

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