How the future works

Make, Think, Imagine : The Future of Civilisation - John Browne

<p>Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are robots going to take our jobs? Will better healthcare lead to an ageing population that cannot be cared for? And has our demand for energy driven the Earth's climate to the...

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AI 2041: Ten Visions for the Future (0753559013)

Kniha - 368 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an urgent question: How will artificial intelligence change our world over the next twenty years? AI will be the defining issue of the twenty-first century, b...

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How to Read Islamic Carpets

Carpets made in the "Rug Belt" - an area that includes Morocco, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and northern India - have been a source of fascination and collecting since the 13th century. This engaging and accessible book explores the history, design techniques, materials, craftsmanship, and socio-economic contexts of these works, promoting a better underst...

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How to Talk to Anyone

Never be at a loss for words again!Perfect your people skills with his fun, witty and informative guide, containing 92 little tricks to create big success in personal and business relationships.In How To Talk To Anyone, bestselling relationships author and internationally renowned life coach Leil Lowndes reveals the secrets and psychology behind successful communication. ...

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Designing the Future: How Ford, Toyota, and other World-Class Organizations Use Lean Product Development to Drive Innovation and Transform Their Busin

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How to Talk to Anyone

"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." Larry King"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." Harvey McKay, author of “How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive”What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lov...

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The New Breed: How to Think About Robots - Kate Darling

<p>'A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics' Irene M. PepperbergA bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with animals, from a renowned MIT researcherThe robots are here. They make our cars, they deliver fast food, they mine the sea floor. And in the near-future their presence will...

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are - Dalai Lama

Anotace: Full of insights and very practical, this important book by the Dalai Lama shows that self-knowledge is the key to personal development and creating positive relationships How to See Yourself As You Really Are is based on a fundamental Buddhist belief that love and insight work together to bring about enlightenment, like two wings of a bird. It provides a new pe...

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How to Build a Car

'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unri...

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How We Met - Huma Qureshi

<p>You can't choose who you fall in love with, they say.If only it were that simple.Growing up in Walsall in the 1990s, Huma straddled two worlds - school and teenage crushes in one, and the expectations and unwritten rules of her family's south Asian social circle in the other. Reconciling the two was sometimes a tightrope act, but she managed it. Until it came to ...

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Size: How It Explains the World - Vaclav Smil

<p>The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant Brobdin...

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Future of Work in Diverse Economic Systems

This Element shows the utility of varieties of capitalism (VoC) in understanding how reforms will differ across countries by examining how the future

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The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future (0593491785)

Kniha - 496 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the New York Times bestselling author comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley's dominant venture-capital firms-and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy Innovations rarely come from experts. Elon Musk was not an electric car pers...

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Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms

In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson considers how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century-Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann,

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Doctrine of Good Works – Reclaiming a Neglected Protestant Teaching

Protestants often view the doctrine of good works with suspicion. This book shows how biblical exegesis, systematic and historical theology, and pract

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Business Transformation for a Sustainable Future

Interconnecting the concepts of sustainability, innovation and societal transformation, this book explains how organizations have successfully transfo

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Green Architecture for a Sustainable Future

Illustrated design projects which demonstrate how the many facets of environmental sustainability can be applied in the field of modern architecture.

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How to Deal: Tarot for Everyday Life

Sami Main breaks down how the cards relate to one another, explaining spreads for future readings and questions to ask the cards. As Sami will teach y

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Hidden Bhutan

Describes how the Bhutanese, in pursuit of the principle of Gross National Happiness, are carefully moving towards a more modern future, including a c

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The Vedute of Prague. How to Look at the (Historic) Urban Landscape - Roman Koucký

Book „The Vedute of Prague“ describes the development of Prague cityscape in the period of last 5 centuries and emphasizes future possible scenarios how the city composition could be continuously developed in the 21st century.

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How to Build a Profitable Speaking Business

How to Build a Profitable Speaking Business offers an insider’s look at how the speaking industry really works and typical mistakes those new to

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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis - Figueres Christiana, Rivett-Carnac Tom

Anotace: We can survive the climate crisis. This book shows us how.We have two choices for our future, which is still unwritten. It will be shaped by who we choose to be right now. So, how can we change the story of the world?The Future We Choose is a passionate call to arms from former UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, and Tom Rivett-Carnac...

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How I Became a North Korean

At the lawless border between North Korea and China, three young lives converge in the hope of a better future. Yongju is an accomplished student fr

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The Meat Paradox. Eating, Empathy, and the Future of Meat - Rob Percival

<p>How will we eat a decade from now, or a century? Will we be eating meat?</p> <p>Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies and the logic of globalisation, by geopolitical tensions and the evolution of cultural preferences, by shocks to the status quo - pandemics and economic strife, the escalation of the ...

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The Future Is Asian : Global Order in the Twenty-first Century - Parag Khanna

<p>Five billion people, two-thirds of the world's mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranked universities. Asia is also the world's most ethnically, lin...

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The Future Is Asian : Global Order in the Twenty-first Century - Khanna Parag

Anotace: Five billion people, two-thirds of the world`s mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranked universities. Asia is also the world`s most ethnically, li...

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The Future Is Asian : Global Order in the Twenty-first Century - Parag Khanna

<p>Five billion people, two-thirds of the world's mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranked universities. Asia is also the world's most ethnically, lin...

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Jimmy Page: Special Early Works Featuring Sonny Boy Williamson

- rok vydání: 1975- původ: Spojené státy americkéA1  Don't Send Me No Flowers A2  I See A Man Downstairs A3  She Was So Dumb A4  The Goat B1  Walking B2  Little Girl, How Old Are You? B3  It's A Bloody Life B4  Gettin' Out Of Town

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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Marshall Tim

Anotace: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*`I can`t imagine reading a better book this year´ Daily MirrorTim Marshall`s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation´s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn´t changed. But the world has.In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are se...

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Knitting Stitch-led Design

Written for the dedicated knitter, this volume offers fine detail of how knitting works, questioning and examining how stitches can influence and shap

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Lean from the Trenches

You know the Agile and Lean development buzzwords, you've read the books. But when systems need a serious overhaul, you need to see how it works in re

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Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race, 1. vydání - Shanna H. Swan

<p>In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing-and endangering-human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan.In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers comple...

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Rockonomics : How the Music Industry Can Explain the Modern Economy - Krueger Alan

Anotace: Alan Krueger, the former chairman of the president`s Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry, from rock artists to music executives, from managers to promoters, as a way in to explain the principles of economics, and the forces shaping our economic lives.The music industry is often a leading indicator of today`s economy; it is among the first to be...

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Rockonomics : How the Music Industry Can Explain the Modern Economy - Alan Krueger

<p>Alan Krueger, the former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry, from rock artists to music executives, from managers to promoters, as a way in to explain the principles of economics, and the forces shaping our economic lives. The music industry is often a leading indicator of today's economy; it is among the first to b...

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Collapse Feminism, The Online Battle for Feminism's Future Watkins Media Limited

Analyses how conservative and anti-feminist ideas are filtered through social media, and how we can collectively fight back against them to reclaim our future online....

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How to Build a Car : The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer - Adrian Newey

<p>'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adri...

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Who's Afraid of AI?

A concise, incisive guide to all things AI: what it is, how it works, and the ways it will increasingly define how we live-for better and worse.

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Green Roofs

Environmentally friendly buildings are a must for our future. Among the many new ideas for buildings are green roofs. But what is a green roof? How do

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Modelling Branch Lines

Examines the origins, developments and future of branch lines in Britain and then provides useful insights into how to select a suitable branch line t

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How to Build a Cheap Chopper

Custom bikes, choppers and bobbers in particular, don't have to cost thirty thousand dollars. A chopper or bobber built at home can be had for less than five thousand dollars. The key is the use of a donor bike for most of the components. How to Build a Cheap Chopper documents the construction of five inexpensive choppers and bobbers with complete start-to-finish photo se...

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How to Spot a Fascist - Umberto Eco

<p>We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'?HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - including Eco's iconic essay 'Ur-Fascism', which lists the fourteen essential characteristics of fascism, and draws on his own...

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How Do We Relationship? 5 - Tamifull

<p>A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing. Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult-especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn't seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating eac...

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How We Fall Apart - Katie Zhao

<p>Crazy Rich Asians meets One of Us is Lying in this electrifying YA thriller where students at an elite prep school are forced to confront their secrets when their ex-best friend turns up dead.Nancy Luo is shocked when her former best friend, Jamie Ruan, top-ranked junior at Sinclair Prep, goes missing, and then is found dead. Nancy is even more shocked when word ...

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Machines Behaving Badly

Toby Walsh explores how AI is here to stay and although it may not be the stuff of science fiction, but it will undoubtedly change the future of the h

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Back to the Future Anti-Stress Figure Doc Brown 15 cm

Officially licensed stress doll, made of soft rubber. No matter, how hard or how many times you squeeze it, it always goes back to it´s original shape. It´s a great toy to let out your frustration on a busy day in the office.Stands approx. 15 cm tall....

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Back to the Future Anti-Stress Figure Marty McFly 15 cm

Officially licensed stress doll, made of soft rubber. No matter, how hard or how many times you squeeze it, it always goes back to it´s original shape. It´s a great toy to let out your frustration on a busy day in the office.Stands approx. 15 cm tall....

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Heartbreak - School of Life Press The

<p>Almost no one gets through life without, at some point, having their heart broken. Advice at such a dark moment tends to focus on letting time do the healing. But there is also a vital role for understanding and perspective. We sometimes make our situation far worse than it needs to be through certain ideas we develop about why we've been left. We start to tell o...

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Old Testament for a Complex World – How the Bible`s Dynamic Testimony Points to New Life for the Church

Shows how the critical study of the Old Testament helps us understand the Bible as a dynamic testimony for our changing future.

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Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future Beyond Earth - Avi Loeb

From the iconoclastic Harvard astronomer and New York Times best-selling author of Extraterrestrial, an urgent explanation of why becoming an interstellar species is imperative for humanity's survival - and a game plan for how we can settle among the stars. <p>In 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scient...

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Avalon Hill desková hra Risk Legacy english

In Risk Legacy, every game you play will change every future game. A decision you make in Game 1 could come back to haunt you in Game 10. The risks you take in Risk Legacy are not like those in any other board game. You and the other players will shape how your world evolves: its history, its cities, even its factions and how they fight. Cards and stickers will come into ...

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Lies My Gov´t Told Me : And the Better Future Coming - Robert W. Malone

<p>A guide for the times-breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them. When he invented the original mRNA vaccine technology as a medical and graduate student in the late 1980s, Robert Malone could not have imagined that he would become a leader in a movement to expose the dangers of mRNA vaccines that billions of people h...

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Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers - Paul Morland

<p>The great forces of population change – the balance of births, deaths and migrations – have made the world what it is today. They have determined which countries are superpowers and which languish in relative obscurity, which economies top the international league tables and which are at best also-rans.The same forces that have shaped our past and present are sha...

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Near Future in Twenty-First-Century Fiction

This book shows how novels and films set in the near future can shed light both on our failures of imagination before the challenges of climate change

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Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China - Wong Chun Han

Anotace: Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world`s most secretive political organisations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi`s intentions during his early years in power, projecting onto him their own hopes that he would emerge as a liberal-minded reformer who stee...

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Rediscovery of Genetic and Genomic Resources for Future Food Security

This book describes how the latest genomic resources techniques can be efficiently used in plant breeding programmes to achieve food security in the f

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The Uncertain: How to Turn Your Biggest Fear into Your Greatest Power - Arie Kruglanski

<p>How much do we reply upon certainty? And, how does the way we deal with uncertainty impact our future and our lives?Uncertainty is one of the defining issues of our time. The stability we once had is disappearing, and fast. Vast changes in society are shifting our realities: extraordinary numbers of immigrants and refugees are upsetting the demographic, and the c...

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Penguin Readers Level 2: How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars : The Snapchat Story - Gallagher Billy

Anotace: In 2008, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy made a photo app called Snapchat. Just two years later, Facebook wanted to buy Snapchat for $3 billion. This is the story of how Snapchat grew from a university student`s idea into a multibillion-dollar company.Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoki...

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Maths Book - neuveden

Anotace: What is an imaginary number? Can two parallel lines ever meet? How can maths help us predict the future? Charting the development of maths around the world from Babylon to Bletchley Park, this book explores big questions like these and explains how the answers help us understand everything from patterns in nature to artificial intelligence. Written in clear En...

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The Creativity Code : How Ai is Learning to Write, Paint and Think - du Sautoy Marcus

Anotace: Will a computer ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference?As humans, we have an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand and transform what it means to be alive.Yet in many other areas, new developments in AI are shaking up the status quo, as we find o...

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How to Win a Grand Prix: From Pit Lane to Podium - the Inside Track - Bernie Collins

<p>Experience the action of Formula 1 through the eyes of an award-winning Team Strategist</p> <p>Race-winning team strategist shows how F1 really works. </p> <p>Welcome to Bernie Collins' world. Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate d...

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