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How Data Happened

A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

by Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones ...

**“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But ... Read more

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**“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But
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How Data Happened

A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

by Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 27 min

A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.From facial recognition—capable of checking us onto flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform everything from who gets loans to who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But these technologies didn't just appear: ... Read more

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A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.From facial recognition—capable of checking us onto flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform everything from who gets loans to who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But these technologies didn't just appear:
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DC Sports

The Nation's Capital at Play

Edited by Chris Elzey, David K. Wiggins ...

Series series Sport, Culture, and Society
Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, but sport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country’s most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation’s capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, but sport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country’s most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation’s capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln
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Data Science in Context

Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities

by Alfred Z. Spector, Peter Norvig, Chris Wiggins, Jeannette M. Wing ...

Data science is the foundation of our modern world. It underlies applications used by billions of people every day, providing new tools, forms of entertainment, economic growth, and potential solutions to difficult, complex problems. These opportunities come with significant societal consequences, raising fundamental questions about issues such as data quality, fairness, privacy, and causation. In ... Read more

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Data science is the foundation of our modern world. It underlies applications used by billions of people every day, providing new tools, forms of entertainment, economic growth, and potential solutions to difficult, complex problems. These opportunities come with significant societal consequences, raising fundamental questions about issues such as data quality, fairness, privacy, and causation. In
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Weird Fiction Quarterly - Spring 2023

by Sarah Walker, Andy Joynes, Can Wiggins, Chris J. Karr, Dale W. Glaser, Dean M. Drinkel, Duane Pesice, Erica Ruppert, Frank Floyd, Glynn Owen Barrass, J. Edward Zuleger, Jay Sturner, Jill Hand, John Paul Fitch, Michael Alan Carlyle, Rhys Hughes, Robert J. Sodaro, Roger Keel, Scott J. Couturier, Shayne K. Keen, Simon Bleaken, Steve Stred, Tony Bradbury ...

Series Book 2 - Weird Fiction Quarterly
The second in a series of exciting new flash weird fiction. This issue features both new and established authors, all writing short tales of weirdness for your pleasure! In this issue, we turn our attention to Spring and all things that go with it. A season of growth and re-birth, but for who or what, well, you'll have to read on to see! ... Read more

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The second in a series of exciting new flash weird fiction. This issue features both new and established authors, all writing short tales of weirdness for your pleasure! In this issue, we turn our attention to Spring and all things that go with it. A season of growth and re-birth, but for who or what, well, you'll have to read on to see!
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Weird Fiction Quarterly - Fall & Halloween 2023

by Weird Fiction Quarterly, Adam Bolivar, Andy Joynes, Can Wiggins, Carolyn Kay, Chris J. Karr, Dale W. Glaser, David Barker, Dean M. Drinkel, Denise Dumars, Duane Pesice, Erica Ruppert, Frank Floyd, Glynn Owen Barrass, J. Edward Zuleger, Jay Sturner, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, Jill Hand, John H. Howard, John Paul Fitch, K.A. Opperman, Lamont A. Turner, Manuel Arenas, Mark McLaughlin, Maxwell I. Gold, Melanie Crew, Mercedes M. Yardley, Rhys Hughes, Robert J. Sodaro, Robert Jeschonek, Roger Keel, Sarah Walker, Scott J. Couturier, Seth Kallen Deitch, Shayne K. Keen, Simon Bleaken ...

Series Book 4 - Weird Fiction Quarterly
Now in FULL COLOR!Weird Fiction Quarterly returns for its fourth installment, rounding out the seasonal cycle with a special double-sized volume featuring two themes: Fall and Halloween!Within these pages, you will harvest twice as many 500-word stories from your favorite authors while gazing terrified upon morbid illustrations by Sarah Walker, Nora Peevy, and Andy Joynes. The bewitching cover ... Read more

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Now in FULL COLOR!Weird Fiction Quarterly returns for its fourth installment, rounding out the seasonal cycle with a special double-sized volume featuring two themes: Fall and Halloween!Within these pages, you will harvest twice as many 500-word stories from your favorite authors while gazing terrified upon morbid illustrations by Sarah Walker, Nora Peevy, and Andy Joynes. The bewitching cover
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If/Then

How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future

by Jill Lepore ...

Narrated by Jill Lepore ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

From the best-selling author of These Truths, an “exhilarating” (New York Times Book Review) account of the Cold War origins of our data-mad era.The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge—decades before Facebook, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica.Although Silicon Valley likes to ... Read more

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From the best-selling author of These Truths, an “exhilarating” (New York Times Book Review) account of the Cold War origins of our data-mad era.The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge—decades before Facebook, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica.Although Silicon Valley likes to
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American Inheritance

Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795

by Edward J. Larson ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding."Gut-wrenching. . . . While acknowledging that the study of liberty and slavery in the Revolutionary era remains a 'partisan minefield,' Mr. Larson plunges in, sparing none of the era's most prominent revolutionaries from scrutiny." —Harold Holzer, Wall ... Read more

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From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding."Gut-wrenching. . . . While acknowledging that the study of liberty and slavery in the Revolutionary era remains a 'partisan minefield,' Mr. Larson plunges in, sparing none of the era's most prominent revolutionaries from scrutiny." —Harold Holzer, Wall
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Playing with Reality

How Games Have Shaped Our World

by Kelly Clancy ...

Narrated by Patty Nieman ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND THE GUARDIAN“Absorbing. . . . A revealing look at the hidden role that games have played in human development for centuries.” —Kirkus“By turns philosophical and polemical, this is a provocative and fascinating book.” —The EconomistA wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what’s at ... Read more

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**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND THE GUARDIAN“Absorbing. . . . A revealing look at the hidden role that games have played in human development for centuries.” —Kirkus“By turns philosophical and polemical, this is a provocative and fascinating book.” —The EconomistA wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what’s at
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Culture

The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop

by Martin Puchner ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"—the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture, religion, and philosophy. This crucial passing down of knowledge has required the radical integration of insights from the past ... Read more

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What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"—the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture, religion, and philosophy. This crucial passing down of knowledge has required the radical integration of insights from the past
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Foolproof

Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity

by Sander van der Linden ...

Narrated by Sander van der Linden ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being—yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient.With remarkable clarity, Sander van ... Read more

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From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being—yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient.With remarkable clarity, Sander van
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Under Alien Skies

A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

by Philip Plait PhD ...

Narrated by Philip Plait PhD ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, revealing the sky as never seen before―from everywhere but Earth.How would Saturn’s rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what’s the last thing you’d see before your spaghettification? What would it be like to visit the faraway places we currently experience only through high-powered ... Read more

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A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, revealing the sky as never seen before―from everywhere but Earth.How would Saturn’s rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what’s the last thing you’d see before your spaghettification? What would it be like to visit the faraway places we currently experience only through high-powered
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