tflop rated A new kind of science: 4 stars
A new kind of science by Stephen Wolfram
This work presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments---illustrated …
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tflop rated Complexity: A Guided Tour: 4 stars
Melanie Mitchell: Complexity: A Guided Tour (Hardcover, 2009, Oxford University Press, USA)
Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell
What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions …
tflop rated The Mind's I: 3 stars
The Mind's I by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Daniel C. Dennett
With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of …
tflop rated Fermat's Enigma: 5 stars
Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration …
tflop rated Into the wild: 4 stars
Into the wild by Jon Krakauer
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north …
tflop rated Steve Jobs: 3 stars
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, …
tflop rated Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain: 4 stars
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind …
tflop rated Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters: 4 stars
tflop rated The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: 5 stars
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century” (The New York Times) recounts …
tflop rated Thinking, Fast and Slow: 4 stars
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman introduces two modes of thought - system 1, fast and intuitive, and system 2, slow and reasoned - and …
tflop rated On the Move: A Life: 4 stars
On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
On the Move: A Life is the second autobiography written by Oliver Sacks in 2015.
tflop rated First Life: 4 stars
tflop rated Spin Glasses and Complexity: 4 stars
tflop rated NETWORKS: AN INTRODUCTION: 5 stars
NETWORKS: AN INTRODUCTION by M. E. J. Newman
"The scientific study of networks, including computer networks, social networks, and biological networks, has received an enormous amount of interest …