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无限的力量：微积分如何揭示宇宙的秘密

作者 史蒂文·H·斯托加茨 • 2019

GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.

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🔢 History Of Calculus 📐 Popular Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking

无限的力量：微积分如何揭示宇宙的秘密

GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.

作者 史蒂文·H·斯托加茨 2019 389 页

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7,000+ 条评分

🔢 History Of Calculus 📐 Popular Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking

The Joy of X

作者 Steven H. Strogatz • 2012

Numbers, shapes, and change: the tour of math that makes the universe legible.

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The Joy of X

Numbers, shapes, and change: the tour of math that makes the universe legible.

作者 Steven H. Strogatz 2012 316 页

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Six Easy Pieces

作者 Richard P. Feynman • 1994

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

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🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics

Six Easy Pieces

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

作者 Richard P. Feynman 1994 138 页

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🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

作者 Richard P. Feynman • 1964

A comb's spark to a star's light: the one logic Feynman used to rebuild physics.

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🧲 Electromagnetism ⚛️ Modern Physics 🏛️ Classical Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

A comb's spark to a star's light: the one logic Feynman used to rebuild physics.

作者 Richard P. Feynman 1964 1552 页

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🧲 Electromagnetism ⚛️ Modern Physics 🏛️ Classical Physics

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

作者 Chad Orzel • 2009

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Physics 🧠 Copenhagen Interpretation

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

作者 Chad Orzel 2009 296 页

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Physics 🧠 Copenhagen Interpretation

拓扑学

作者 詹姆斯·R·芒克雷斯 • 1974

A donut and a coffee cup are the same shape. The rigorous text that proves it.

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🔢 Topological Spaces 📏 Metric Spaces 🔗 Compactness

拓扑学

A donut and a coffee cup are the same shape. The rigorous text that proves it.

作者 詹姆斯·R·芒克雷斯 1974 537 页

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🔢 Topological Spaces 📏 Metric Spaces 🔗 Compactness

Physics and Philosophy

作者 Werner Heisenberg • 1958

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Physics and Philosophy

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

作者 Werner Heisenberg 1958 176 页

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Love Triangle

作者 Matt Parker • 2024

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

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Love Triangle

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

作者 Matt Parker 2024 352 页

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The Fourth Dimension

作者 Rudy Rucker • 1984

The fourth dimension decoded: from Flatland to wormholes, where geometry bends mind and cosmos.

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🧊 Higher Dimensions 🔮 Fourth Dimension ⏳ Spacetime Geometry

The Fourth Dimension

The fourth dimension decoded: from Flatland to wormholes, where geometry bends mind and cosmos.

作者 Rudy Rucker 1984 228 页

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🧊 Higher Dimensions 🔮 Fourth Dimension ⏳ Spacetime Geometry

Success through Failure

作者 Henry Petroski • 2006

Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.

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🧱 Engineering Failures 💡 Learning From Failure 📐 Design Theory

Success through Failure

Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.

作者 Henry Petroski 2006 256 页

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🧱 Engineering Failures 💡 Learning From Failure 📐 Design Theory

Organic Chemistry

作者 Jonathan Clayden • 2000

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

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⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms

Organic Chemistry

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

作者 Jonathan Clayden 2000 1536 页

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⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms

Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

作者 Petroski • 1996

Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.

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351

🛠️ Engineering Design 🏛️ History Of Technology 💥 Failure Analysis

Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.

作者 Petroski 1996 256 页

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🛠️ Engineering Design 🏛️ History Of Technology 💥 Failure Analysis

Fermat's Enigma

作者 Simon Singh • 1998

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

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🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems

Fermat's Enigma

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

作者 Simon Singh 1998 315 页

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🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems

Antimatter

作者 Frank Close • 2009

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

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🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy

Antimatter

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

作者 Frank Close 2009 176 页

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🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy

Letters to a Young Mathematician

作者 Ian Stewart • 2006

Proof is story, pure and applied one: a mathematician's letters on the creative life of numbers.

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🧩 Mathematical Proof 🎓 Math Education 💡 Mathematical Creativity

Letters to a Young Mathematician

Proof is story, pure and applied one: a mathematician's letters on the creative life of numbers.

作者 Ian Stewart 2006 224 页

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🧩 Mathematical Proof 🎓 Math Education 💡 Mathematical Creativity

Gravitation and Cosmology

作者 Steven Weinberg • 1972

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

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🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry

Gravitation and Cosmology

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

作者 Steven Weinberg 1972 688 页

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🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry

Statistics for Dummies

作者 Deborah J. Rumsey • 2003

The numbers behind the headline, the margin of error they hid, and how to spot the difference.

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📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🔍 Bias Detection

Statistics for Dummies

The numbers behind the headline, the margin of error they hid, and how to spot the difference.

作者 Deborah J. Rumsey 2003 384 页

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📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🔍 Bias Detection

The Grapes of Math

作者 Alex Bellos • 2014

Seashells, cities, and stock crashes obey the same hidden math. A guided tour of the patterns.

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The Grapes of Math

Seashells, cities, and stock crashes obey the same hidden math. A guided tour of the patterns.

作者 Alex Bellos 2014 322 页

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Concrete Planet

作者 Robert Courland • 2011

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

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🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Concrete Planet

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

作者 Robert Courland 2011 400 页

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🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Feyman's Tips on Physics

作者 Richard P. Feynman • 2005

Four lost Feynman lectures: the math instincts and gyroscopic thinking his famous course left out.

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🏗️ Classical Mechanics ✏️ Physics Problem Solving ➡️ Vector Calculus

Feyman's Tips on Physics

Four lost Feynman lectures: the math instincts and gyroscopic thinking his famous course left out.

作者 Richard P. Feynman 2005 182 页

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🏗️ Classical Mechanics ✏️ Physics Problem Solving ➡️ Vector Calculus

The Joy of Abstraction

作者 Eugenia Cheng • 2022

What if math’s deepest lesson is that context always beats content? A category theorist explains.

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🔢 Category Theory 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Popular Mathematics

The Joy of Abstraction

What if math’s deepest lesson is that context always beats content? A category theorist explains.

作者 Eugenia Cheng 2022 424 页

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🔢 Category Theory 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Popular Mathematics

How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

作者 Lara Alcock • 2012

School math was calculation. University math is proof. How to bridge the gap without drowning.

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🧮 Proof-Based Mathematics 🎓 Math Undergraduates ✍️ Mathematical Writing

How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

School math was calculation. University math is proof. How to bridge the gap without drowning.

作者 Lara Alcock 2012 256 页

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🧮 Proof-Based Mathematics 🎓 Math Undergraduates ✍️ Mathematical Writing

Symmetry

作者 Marcus du Sautoy • 2007

Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.

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Symmetry

Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.

作者 Marcus du Sautoy 2007 384 页

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The Universe and the Teacup

作者 K.C. Cole • 1998

Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.

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The Universe and the Teacup

Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.

作者 K.C. Cole 1998 214 页

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Make

作者 Charles Platt • 2008

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

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⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics

Make

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

作者 Charles Platt 2008 349 页

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⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics

Quantum Mechanics

作者 Leonard Susskind • 2014

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

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🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics

Quantum Mechanics

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

作者 Leonard Susskind 2014 364 页

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🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics

Alex's Adventures in Numberland

作者 Alex Bellos • 2010

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

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Alex's Adventures in Numberland

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

作者 Alex Bellos 2010 448 页

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The Girl With a Mind for Math

作者 Julia Finley Mosca • 2018

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

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🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

The Girl With a Mind for Math

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

作者 Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 页

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🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

Small Things Considered

作者 Henry Petroski • 2003

Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.

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📐 Everyday Design 🔧 Engineering Philosophy ⚖️ Design Constraints

Small Things Considered

Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.

作者 Henry Petroski 2003 304 页

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📐 Everyday Design 🔧 Engineering Philosophy ⚖️ Design Constraints

The Idea Factory

作者 Pepper White • 1991

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

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🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

The Idea Factory

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

作者 Pepper White 1991 328 页

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🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

The Essential Engineer

作者 Henry Petroski • 2010

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

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🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment

The Essential Engineer

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

作者 Henry Petroski 2010 288 页

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🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment

Arithmetic

作者 Paul Lockhart • 2017

Arithmetic is a craft, not a grind. The elegant patterns hiding in every counting system.

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🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📜 History Of Math 🔢 Number Representation

Arithmetic

Arithmetic is a craft, not a grind. The elegant patterns hiding in every counting system.

作者 Paul Lockhart 2017 224 页

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🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📜 History Of Math 🔢 Number Representation

The Calculus of Friendship

作者 Steven H. Strogatz • 2009

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

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🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life

The Calculus of Friendship

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

作者 Steven H. Strogatz 2009 184 页

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🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life

The Numbers Game

作者 Michael Blastland • 2008

Most numbers in the news mislead you; a few mental habits reveal the real story.

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📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🤨 Media Skepticism

The Numbers Game

Most numbers in the news mislead you; a few mental habits reveal the real story.

作者 Michael Blastland 2008 224 页

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📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🤨 Media Skepticism

The Perfectionists

作者 Simon Winchester • 2018

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

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🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

The Perfectionists

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

作者 Simon Winchester 2018 416 页

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🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

What's the Use?

作者 Ian Stewart • 2021

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

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📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics

What's the Use?

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

作者 Ian Stewart 2021 336 页

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📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

作者 Eugenia Cheng • 2023

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

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📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

作者 Eugenia Cheng 2023 328 页

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📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

Confident Data Skills

作者 Kirill Eremenko • 2018

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

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📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

Confident Data Skills

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

作者 Kirill Eremenko 2018 272 页

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📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

How Technology Works

作者 D.K. Publishing • 2019

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

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🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics

How Technology Works

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

作者 D.K. Publishing 2019 256 页

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🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics

The Tech Coup

作者 Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

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🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

The Tech Coup

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

作者 Marietje Schaake 2024 336 页

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🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Prime Obsession

作者 John Derbyshire • 2003

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

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🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics

Prime Obsession

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

作者 John Derbyshire 2003 422 页

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🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics

The Year in Tech 2022

作者 Harvard Business Review • 2021

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

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📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Year in Tech 2022

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

作者 Harvard Business Review 2021 176 页

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📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Number

作者 Tobias Dantzig • 1930

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

Number

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

作者 Tobias Dantzig 1930 416 页

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

Godel's Proof

作者 Ernest Nagel • 1958

Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.

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🧮 Mathematical Logic 🏛️ Foundations Of Mathematics 🧩 Incompleteness

Godel's Proof

Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.

作者 Ernest Nagel 1958 160 页

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🧮 Mathematical Logic 🏛️ Foundations Of Mathematics 🧩 Incompleteness

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