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Book of Why
'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking …
Book of Why
The hugely influential book on how the understanding of causality revolutionized science and the world, by the pioneer of artificial intelligence'Wonderful ... illuminating and fun …
Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be
The first popular book to explain the dramatic theory behind the Moon's genesisThis lively science history relates one of the great recent breakthroughs in planetary astronomy-a …
Conversations About Challenges in Computing
This text sheds light on how mathematical models and computing can help understanding and prediction of complicated physical processes; how communication networks should be …
Lagrangian Manifolds and the Maslov Operator
This book presents Maslov's canonical operator method for finding asymptotic solutions of pseudo differential equations. The classical WKB method, so named in honor of its authors: …
Conversations About Challenges in Computing
This text sheds light on how mathematical models and computing can help understanding and prediction of complicated physical processes; how communication networks should be …
What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 7
Describes some genuine surprises, such as the discovery that coin tosses are inherently unfair; a mathematical theory of invisibility that was soon followed by the creation of a …
What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 12
As always, What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences presents a selection of topics in mathematics that have attracted particular attention in recent years. This volume is …
What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences
Visualizing Geology
Visualizing Geology employs uniquely designed visual pedagogy to help students acquire the skills they need to become better learners. Visualizing Geology is a comprehensive, …
What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 11
Features a rich selection of articles about recent topics in pure and applied mathematics. Coverage includes new developments in the theory of expander graphs and in number theory, …
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence "Correlation …