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Author : Richard C. Larson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990615391
Author : Scott E. Page
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780465094639
Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja. From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, numbers aren't enough: we need to know how to make those numbers talk. In The Model Thinker, social scientist Scott E. Page shows us the mathematical, statistical, and computational models—from linear regression to random walks and far beyond—that can turn anyone into a genius. At the core of the book is Page's "many-model paradigm," which shows the reader how to apply multiple models to organize the data, leading to wiser choices, more accurate predictions, and more robust designs. The Model Thinker provides a toolkit for business people, students, scientists, pollsters, and bloggers to make them better, clearer thinkers, able to leverage data and information to their advantage.
Author : Chris Smythe
Publisher : Chris Smythe
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Power of Lateral Thinking Lateral thinking is one of those terms that many people have heard of, but probably very few of us really know what it means. “Lateral thinking is a phrase coined by Dr. Edward de Bono as a counterpoint to conventional or vertical thinking. In conventional thinking, we go forward in a predictable, direct fashion. Lateral thinking involves coming at the problem from new directions – literally, from the side.” Examining The Herd Mentality In this book, we’ll be discussing a few topics that all of us will face. Herd mentality, insecurity, and topics that are related to how we can “ Think Outside The Box “. We’ll talk about why and how people act the same way or adopt similar behaviors as the people around them — often ignoring their own feelings in the process. We have been trained to listen to the constraints of the outside world, the social standards of the society and fail to use all of our resources to change even the smallest of circumstances in our lives. It is time to tackle problems in our life, from lack of space to starting a new career on a small budget or even relationship problems. What this book proposes at a surface level may not appear to make an impact in your life. But as you read and apply ideas from this book, you’ll begin to understand how changing the way you view your circumstances can change how you approach all problems in your everyday life. Download and Start Thinking Differently. Scroll to the top of the page and select the buy button.
Author : Erik Richardson
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619709
Modeling offers us a way to explain past natural and cultural phenomena, and perhaps more importantly, it gives us mathematical forecasts for the future. This title explores familiar models such as linear regression and computer modeling to show how some aspects of everyday life, such as weather, can be shaped and predicted by mathematics.
Author : Shane Parrish,Rhiannon Beaubien
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780593719978
Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
Author : Seymour A Papert
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781541675100
In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.
Author : Nick Trenton
Publisher : Pkcs Media, Incorporated
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 164743226X
Learn mental models for error-proof thinking, analysis, and decisions. The world is not as it seems. It requires a bit more analysis to see reality, and applying mental models is the best way to start. A thinking toolkit for nearly all problems and complexities in life. Think in Models is a collection of the world's (and history's) greatest mental models that are exclusively focused on getting the most insight from the least amount of information. You'll learn over 20 of the most helpful and widely-applicable mental models and above all else, learn to think like a genius. A wide variety of examples, explanations, and step-by-step guidelines are also included. Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and is quite literally a farm boy. His best friend growing up was his trusty companion Leonard the dachshund. RIP Leonard. Eventually, he made it off the farm and obtained a BS in Economics, followed by an MA in Behavioral Psychology. Knowing how to think is always better than having more information. -The simple way to know whether you are truly open-minded or not -Why you must always ask yourself a few questions in Latin -What your gut feeling is really telling you -How to analyze systems in your everyday life -How Sherlock Holmes thinks and solves crimes Don't just wing it. Emulate the best and reach your goals. Thinking in models isn't just important for large decisions or work issues. You can use all of these skills in daily life to live better, happier, and more stress-free. Think in models and think like history's most accomplished thinkers.
Author : Bill Burnett,Dave Evans
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101875339
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.
Author : Daniel Kahneman
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780385676526
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking. Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, he shows where we can trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking, contrasting the two-system view of the mind with the standard model of the rational economic agent. Kahneman's singularly influential work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this path-breaking book, Kahneman shows how the mind works, and offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and personal lives--and how we can guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble.
Author : Harrison Walton
Publisher : Harrison Walton
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : PKEY:6610000362943
STIMULATE YOUR MIND AND DEVELOP BETTER CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND MAKE EVERYDAY LIFE EASIER! Do you want to be great at solving problems? Do you want to make better decisions? Of course, you do! Making decisions is hard. We often make bad ones that we regret later, and it's not always clear why the decision was wrong. You might think that you are a rational person who makes good decisions all the time, but this isn't necessarily true. Our brain uses shortcuts to help us make quick decisions without thinking too much about them, which can lead to errors in judgment. Thinking critically is essential in making sound decisions and solving problems. And we all want to think more effectively and efficiently, right? Lucky for you, critical thinking can be learned! This book will teach you how to overcome cognitive biases and fallacies in your thinking so that you can think more clearly in your everyday life. Inside, you'll find five chapters packed with interesting information on how to develop effective decision-making and problem-solving skills. You'll also learn about different thinking techniques that will help you get better at making decisions. With practice, you will develop the skills necessary to make effective decisions and solve problems efficiently. You will also learn how to think in mental models, which is a powerful tool for critical thinkers! In this book, you'll discover: - An improved quality of life! - How to sharpen your mind and hone your critical thinking skills. - The ways to always think rationally and clearly. - An all-in-one guide with everything you need to know about developing problem-solving skills. - Exclusive information that you can't get anywhere else! - A mind-stimulating experience that's more than just reading boring information SCROLL UP, CLICK ON "BUY NOW", AND IMPROVE YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TODAY!
Author : Stanley Woll
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135693794
Appropriate as a textbook for courses in cognitive psychology or social cognition, Everyday Thinking reviews the rapidly growing literature on cognition in naturalistic settings. It differs from other textbooks in that, where possible, it focuses on thinking in real-world settings rather than in controlled laboratory settings and provides detailed treatments of each of the following topics: * how we form impressions of and represent persons in memory; * how we recognize and represent faces; * how we reason in our day-to-day lives and go about solving everyday problems; * how we make judgments and decisions; * how we encode memories of events--both for future action and for our own life histories; and * what are some of the implications of everyday knowledge and cognition for education and instruction. This book presents the theoretical positions and research evidence on each of these topics and examines the generally unexplored connections among them. As a result, this book presents the study of cognition in a more relevant form and in a context that readers can more readily apply to their own lives.
Author : Len Fisher
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780786726936
Praised by Entertainment Weekly as “the man who put the fizz into physics,” Dr. Len Fisher turns his attention to the science of cooperation in his lively and thought-provoking book. Fisher shows how the modern science of game theory has helped biologists to understand the evolution of cooperation in nature, and investigates how we might apply those lessons to our own society. In a series of experiments that take him from the polite confines of an English dinner party to crowded supermarkets, congested Indian roads, and the wilds of outback Australia, not to mention baseball strategies and the intricacies of quantum mechanics, Fisher sheds light on the problem of global cooperation. The outcomes are sometimes hilarious, sometimes alarming, but always revealing. A witty romp through a serious science, Rock, Paper, Scissors will both teach and delight anyone interested in what it what it takes to get people to work together.
Author : Kirsteen Paton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317403999
Exploring the issues of class through in-depth studies of housing, sport, art, music and politics in Britain, Class and Everyday Life persuasively demonstrates the pervasive influence of class on everyday life and the need to centre a radical understanding of class within emancipatory political movements. The need for a more expansive understanding of class is politically urgent. There is a disconnect between descriptive and analytical approaches to class and the politics of class and realities around how class is lived. Discourse has been shaped by top-down frameworks of analysis and measurements which have stripped the study of class of its political radicalism. This book makes the case for a sociology of class which is informed by a politics of class, based upon using the everyday as the point of enquiry. It presents a sociology of class from the bottom-up which focuses on everyday life and the point at which class is made and remade. In doing so, it advocates for an attentiveness to class and everyday life through a conjunctural analysis. Using an everyday lens, this book examines how the shifting conjunctures manifest in everyday spaces in classed ways and how such changes are negotiated, resisted and shape the working-class subject and communities. This is based upon an understanding of everyday classed experiences which identifies and challenges inequalities while also recognising value and hope. This perspective aims to offer a recognition of both the opportunities and challenges of class as a way of developing a stronger, more politicised understanding of class which takes solidarity and class community power seriously to resist inequality and develop emancipatory politics. This urgent and impassioned book will be essential reading for students, academics and activists with an interest in the lived experience of class in Britain today.
Author : Mikael Stenmark
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268091675
Mikael Stenmark examines four models of rationality and argues for a discussion of rationality that takes into account the function and aim of such human practices as science and religion.
Author : Erik Richardson
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619723
The fundamental shapes of geometry can be built into the grand sweeps of the Sydney Opera House or something as small as a snowflake. This title takes geometric concepts like polygons, platonic solids, and angles and demonstrates their myriad appearances in the world around us. From the Great Pyramid of Giza to sinking a bank shot in pool, geometry abounds.