Bestsellers
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Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall241
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Performance186
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Story184
This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business....
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9 hours of mindless blabbering
- By Bryden Panchyshyn on 2019-04-04
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- Written by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall317
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Performance249
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Story248
The legendary bestseller that encouraged millions of readers to look at the hidden side of everything Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common? These may not sound like typical...
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Only For Young People
- By Zane Gates on 2021-01-28
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The Art of Strategy
- A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life
- Written by: Barry J. Nalebuff, Avinash K. Dixit
- Narrated by: Matthew Dudley
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
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....
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Just get the print version
- By Amanda on 2018-08-08
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Post-Flop Online Poker: The 4 Post-Flop Fundamentals of Hand Reading, Continuation Bets, Poker Math and Exploiting Your Opponents
- The Dominoes of Poker, Book 2
- Written by: Sky Matsuhashi
- Narrated by: Sky Matsuhashi
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
The insanely useful strategies presented here are clear and concise and taught with many hand examples that demonstrate profitable poker play. Sky will quiz your understanding throughout the book, and he’ll have you taking action on and off the felt with 55 different actions steps....
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A Mind for Numbers
- How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
- Written by: Barbara Oakley PhD
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance7
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Story7
The companion book to COURSERA's wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn" 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...
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Extremely valuable
- By Luis Jaimes on 2024-08-24
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Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- Written by: Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
- Narrated by: Richard Harries
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall504
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Performance424
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Story423
Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts....
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Helping you clear your head of the NOISE.
- By Anthony I on 2018-11-30
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Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall241
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Performance186
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Story184
This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business....
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9 hours of mindless blabbering
- By Bryden Panchyshyn on 2019-04-04
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- Written by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall317
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Performance249
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Story248
The legendary bestseller that encouraged millions of readers to look at the hidden side of everything Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common? These may not sound like typical...
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Only For Young People
- By Zane Gates on 2021-01-28
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The Art of Strategy
- A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life
- Written by: Barry J. Nalebuff, Avinash K. Dixit
- Narrated by: Matthew Dudley
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
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....
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Just get the print version
- By Amanda on 2018-08-08
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Post-Flop Online Poker: The 4 Post-Flop Fundamentals of Hand Reading, Continuation Bets, Poker Math and Exploiting Your Opponents
- The Dominoes of Poker, Book 2
- Written by: Sky Matsuhashi
- Narrated by: Sky Matsuhashi
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
The insanely useful strategies presented here are clear and concise and taught with many hand examples that demonstrate profitable poker play. Sky will quiz your understanding throughout the book, and he’ll have you taking action on and off the felt with 55 different actions steps....
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A Mind for Numbers
- How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
- Written by: Barbara Oakley PhD
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance7
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Story7
The companion book to COURSERA's wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn" 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...
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Extremely valuable
- By Luis Jaimes on 2024-08-24
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Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- Written by: Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
- Narrated by: Richard Harries
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall504
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Performance424
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Story423
Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts....
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Helping you clear your head of the NOISE.
- By Anthony I on 2018-11-30
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Six Easy Pieces
- Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
- Written by: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrated by: Richard P. Feynman
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Learn how to think like a physicist from a Nobel laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" (New York Review of Books) with these six classic and beloved lessons It was Richard Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him legendary status among...
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insightful, but low quality audio
- By Marc D Hunter on 2026-03-28
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Everything Is Predictable
- How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
- Written by: Tom Chivers
- Narrated by: Tom Chivers
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
A “fascinating, witty, and perspective-shifting” (Oliver Burkeman, New York Times bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy. At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem...
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Great book but might be better in print form?
- By the5chord on 2024-08-18
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Thinking Better
- The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
- Written by: Marcus Du Sautoy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance7
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Story7
One of the world's great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver—and how everyone can make their lives easier with a few simple shortcuts. We are often told that hard work is the key to success. But success isn’t about hard work – it’s about shortcuts. Shortcuts allow...
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Thank you, I am Thinking Better now.
- By Roger Meloche on 2021-12-13
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The Joy of X
- A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
- Written by: Steven Strogatz
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
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....
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interesting
- By LeAnna Kolbuch on 2021-04-20
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Numbers Don't Lie
- 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Ben Prendergast
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance59
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Story59
"There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil."--Bill Gates An essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world--exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production. Vaclav...
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It Helps To Understand Numbers
- By Anonymous on 2023-03-03
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Hello World
- Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
- Written by: Hannah Fry
- Narrated by: Hannah Fry
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance53
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Story52
Hello World takes us on a tour through the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us on a daily basis. Mathematician Hannah Fry reveals their inner workings, showing us how algorithms are written and implemented, and more....
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Really level headed book about algorithms
- By Paul R. on 2022-11-25
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How the World Really Works
- The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall148
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Performance123
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Story122
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington Post An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes...
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How the World Really Works [For Oligarchs]
- By CoreDev on 2024-04-14
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Our Mathematical Universe
- My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- Written by: Max Tegmark
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance77
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Story78
Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate...
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A deeply engaging look at our universe(s).
- By Allan on 2018-07-01
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A Beautiful Question
- Finding Nature's Deep Design
- Written by: Frank Wilczek
- Narrated by: Frank Wilczek
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this “beautiful question.” With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek’s...
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A refreshingly spiritual work of science
- By Paul R. on 2022-10-03
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Love and Math
- The Heart of Hidden Reality
- Written by: Edward Frenkel
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A "powerful, passionate, and inspiring" (New York Times) journey through the beauty and power of mathematics New York Times Bestseller What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso...
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The Mathematics of Love
- Written by: Hannah Fry
- Narrated by: Hannah Fry
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance29
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Story28
In this must-have for anyone who wants to better understand their love life, a mathematician pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden patterns—from dating sites to divorce, sex to marriage—behind the rituals of love. The roller coaster of romance is hard to quantify; defining how lovers...
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kind of short + not enough take away
- By Zita K. Ranics on 2021-12-12
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How to Lie with Statistics
- Written by: Darrell Huff
- Narrated by: Bryan DePuy
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance20
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Story19
Darrell Huff's celebrated classic How to Lie With Statistics is a straightforward and engaging guide to understanding the manipulation and misrepresentation of information....
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Crappy
- By Anonymous on 2019-08-06
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The Misbehavior of Markets
- A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
- Written by: Benoit Mandelbrot, Richard L Hudson
- Narrated by: Jason Olazabal
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance22
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Story22
A groundbreaking mathematician presents a new model for understanding financial markets. Benoit B. Mandelbrot, one of the century's most influential mathematicians, is world-famous for making mathematical sense of a fact everybody knows but that geometers from Euclid on down had never...
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Very Good
- By Cal on 2021-01-23
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Why Machines Learn
- The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
- Written by: Anil Ananthaswamy
- Narrated by: Rene Ruiz
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence Machine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether...
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Love Triangle
- How Trigonometry Shapes the World
- Written by: Matt Parker
- Narrated by: Matt Parker
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An ode to triangles, the shape that makes our lives possible Trigonometry is perhaps the most essential concept humans have ever devised. The simple yet versatile triangle allows us to record music, map the world, launch rockets into space, and be slightly...
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Not great in audio book format
- By Chris on 2025-01-14
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Waves in an Impossible Sea
- How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
- Written by: Matt Strassler
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
A theoretical physicist takes listeners on an awe-inspiring journey-found in "no other book" (Science)—to discover how the universe generates everything from nothing at all.
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Data Analytics for Beginners: A Beginner's Guide to Learn and Master Data Analytics
- Written by: Robert J. Woz
- Narrated by: Bridger Conklin
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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You need to understand from the ground up, what data is, the different types of data and how you should identify the right data for your business. To help you understand the simple basics of data and how it needs to be analyzed, then Data Analytics for Beginners is the book that you have been waiting for....
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Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12
- 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning
- Written by: Peter Liljedahl
- Narrated by: Marlin May
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom....
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Mathematical Thinking
- For People Who Hate Math: Level Up Your Analytical and Creative Thinking Skills. Excel at Problem-Solving and Decision-Making. (Strategic Thinking Skills, Book 3)
- Written by: Albert Rutherford
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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Struggling with math? Are numbers your number one enemy? Learn the exact thinking tools the top mathematicians use to utilize their math skills in real life and radically change how you shop, save, and think....
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Once upon a Prime
- The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
- Written by: Sarah Hart
- Narrated by: Sarah Hart
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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This program is read by the author. "An exuberant enthusiasm for mathematics (and life in general) shines through Dr. Hart." —The New York Times “An absolute joy to read!" —Steven Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics "Listeners, however well versed in literature and...
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Scale
- The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
- Written by: Geoffrey West
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance28
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Story28
"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." —The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in...
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Profound Insight, Poorly Written
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-05-23
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On the Edge
- The Art of Risking Everything
- Written by: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Nate Silver
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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Story9
The Instant New York Times Bestseller | With a New Preface from Nate Silver for 2025 New York Times Book Review Paperback Row selection “Engaging and entertaining . . . a glimpse of the economy of the future.” —Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author...
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What it says on the tin, and also SBF
- By KM on 2025-01-06
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Around the World in Eighty Games
- From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
- Written by: Marcus du Sautoy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
“A delightful global tour of how humans think and play, led by one of our finest mathematical storytellers.” — Ben Orlin, author of Math Games with Bad Drawings Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors?...
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Great book
- By Matt on 2023-12-17
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Master Everyday Math: Essential Calculations for Adults
- A Guide to Sharpening Problem-Solving Skills, Managing Time and Money Like a Pro, and Maximizing Productivity (Advanced Thinking Skills, Book 6)
- Written by: Albert Rutherford
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Stop making bad decisions because of misunderstood numbers. Learn the math essentials that give you the clarity you've missed....
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The Philosophy of Mathematics
- Exploring the Limits of Mathematical Thought (Science and Cosmos)
- Written by: Boris Kriger
- Narrated by: Michael Costantino
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
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Mathematics has long been regarded as the purest expression of truth — a language through which the universe reveals itself. Yet behind every equation stands the human mind that created it. In this book, Boris Krieger follows the path of mathematics from its simplest intuitions to its highest abstractions, asking what it truly reveals — about reality, and about ourselves. Through lucid reflection and critical insight, he shows that geometry, algebra, topology, and probability are not independent worlds but translations of human perception into structure.
Written by: Boris Kriger
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Is Math Real?
- How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
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Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiosity—most importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to those who think that math is about finding the one right answer, or those who were told that the “dumb” question they asked just proved they were bad at math. But Cheng shows why people who ask questions like “Why does 1 + 1 = 2?” are at the very heart of the search for mathematical truth.
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Il matematico impertinente
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I saggi di questo volume, che toccano la politica, la religione, la letteratura, la filosofia, la matematica e la scienza, sono raccolti in sezioni che si aprono con interviste immaginarie a personaggi del passato (Hitler, Gesù, Dante, Aristotele, Archimede, Newton) e si chiudono con interviste reali a quelli del presente (Chomsky, il Dalai Lama, Saramago, Kripke, Nash e Watson). Nel mezzo, il matematico impertinente dispiega l'arsenale della ragione per argomentare che non è affatto vero che non possiamo non dirci cristiani, o che siamo tutti americani.
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Why Mathematics Works
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Why does mathematics—a creation of the human mind—describe the physical world with such extraordinary precision? Why do equations invented for one purpose turn out, decades or centuries later, to be the perfect language for a completely different realm of nature? In 1960, the Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner called this correspondence a 'gift we neither understand nor deserve.' The question has haunted science ever since. In this book, Boris Kriger proposes an answer that is at once simple and profound: mathematics describes the world because only the mathematically structured survives.
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What if the numbers guiding your biggest decisions were never meant for you? From weather forecasts to medical risks, investment advice to AI predictions, probability surrounds modern life—offering the appearance of certainty in an uncertain world. Yet most people don’t realize: probability is a powerful tool, but only under the right conditions. Misapplied, it doesn’t just fail—it misleads. This book reveals the hidden structure behind when probability works, when it doesn’t, and why it so often feels precise but proves personally wrong.
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What if the numbers guiding your biggest decisions were never meant for you? From weather forecasts to medical risks, investment advice to AI predictions, probability surrounds modern life—offering the appearance of certainty in an uncertain world. Yet most people don’t realize: probability is a powerful tool, but only under the right conditions. Misapplied, it doesn’t just fail—it misleads. This book reveals the hidden structure behind when probability works, when it doesn’t, and why it so often feels precise but proves personally wrong.
Written by: Boris Kriger