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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted? Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine In this lively and groundbreaking new book, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive databases at lightening speed to provide greater insights into human behavior. They are the Super Crunchers. From internet sites like Google and Amazon that know your tastes better than you do, to a physician's diagnosis and your child's education, to boardrooms and government agencies, this new breed of decision makers are calling the shots. And they are delivering staggeringly accurate results. How can a football coach evaluate a player without ever seeing him play? Want to know whether the price of an airline ticket will go up or down before you buy? How can a formula outpredict wine experts in determining the best vintages? Super crunchers have the answers. In this brave new world of equation versus expertise, Ayres shows us the benefits and risks, who loses and who wins, and how super crunching can be used to help, not manipulate us. Gone are the days of solely relying on intuition to make decisions. No businessperson, consumer, or student who wants to stay ahead of the curve should make another keystroke without reading Super Crunchers..
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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart
An international sensation—and still the talk of the relevant blogosphere—this Wall Street Journal and New York Times business bestseller examines the “power” in numbers Today more than ever, number crunching affects your life in ways you might not even imagine. Intuition and experience are no longer enough to make the grade. In order to succeed—even survive—in our data-based world, you need to become statistically literate. Cutting-edge organizations are already crunching increasingly larger databases to find the unseen connections among seemingly unconnected things to predict human behavior with staggeringly accurate results. From Internet sites like Google and Amazon that use filters to keep track of your tastes and your purchasing history, to insurance companies and government agencies that every day make decisions affecting your life, the brave new world of the super crunchers is happening right now. No one who wants to stay ahead of the curve should make another keystroke without reading Ian Ayres’s engrossing and enlightening book..
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Will Shortz Presents Super Smart Sudoku: 150 Fun Puzzles (Suduko)
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Mensa Crosswords for the Super Smart: 72 Cranium-Crushing Challenges
You always said you were smart. Now here's a chance to prove it, with the most challenging crossword collection ever.There are very few black squares in these crosswords, which means that most of the answers are long. Some of the information required challenges every facet of your general knowledge. And even when the answers aren't hard, the clues can be quite tricky. Try this, in the long answer category: what's a 15-letter word for "Psychiatrists' suggestions, sometimes"? In the area of specialized learning, do you know what "Limón or Vaníla" (10 letters) refers to? And in the matter of tricky clues: what's the five-letter answer to "'_____ nui loa' ('Fondest regards,' in Maui)"? Give up? Answers: ANTIDEPRESSANTS, BACARDI RUM, and ALOHA. If you can fill in all the blanks in these 72 cranium crushers, you're super smart, indeed. .
Price: $4.07
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SMARTLAB: Indoor/Outdoor - Super-Powered Microscope (Smartlab)
Kids, and adults alike, will be hooked after peering through this super-powered microscope! Commonly found items, such as newspapers, pencil strokes, flower petals, bugs, and even clothing fibers, look amazingly detailed when magnified 40 times their normal size. There's no limit to what can be explored: Use the stand to view prepared slides, or remove the microscope from the stand and head outdoors! Includes:
4-inch 40X microscope
microscope stand
four prepared slides + two blank slides
tweezers and dropper
two collection vials
outdoor carrying case
lanyard with microscope clip
32-page fully illustrated book.
Price: $8.00
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Super Smart: Science
Looking for challenging activities to jump-start students' minds in science class? Look no further! Super Smart: Science provides just the answer teachers need for engaging students in science activities. Emphasis on science skills is increasing in schools across the nation, and teachers can use the 180 days of activities, critical thinking challenges, and mini-experiments in this book to draw their students into the fun of science learning. The real-world science activities in this book focus on the nature of science, life science, earth science, and physical science. Super Smart: Science makes science exciting for all students by introducing them to the scientific properties all around them. This book is perfect for any teacher looking to increase enthusiasm, grab students' attention, and impart lasting lessons on scientific concepts. Grades 5–8.
Price: $7.99
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Super Smart: 180 Challenging Thinking Activities, Words, And Ideas for Advanced Students (Grades 5-12)
Get the minds of bright kids jump-started with these exciting, motivational Super Smart brain challenges Put the minds of bright kids in over-drive! Filled with 180 "activity-a-day" classroom warm-ups that include new, challenging vocabulary activities and critical thinking activities that push the limits, Super Smart will pique students' curiosity and tickle their funny bone. This unique book, designed to challenge the brightest kids, offers teachers and parents a fun collection of activities--logic puzzles, riddles, optical illusions, math mysteries, and thought provokers. These short, attention-getting mind stretchers serve to grab the students' attention and create a frame of mind and an atmosphere of fun, curiosity, or discovery conductive to getting kids off to a good start. There are three hooks for each day: a vocabulary word, a thought for the day, and a critical thinking hook, each designed to get students thinking and into a receptive mind set. Grades 5-12.
Price: $17.94
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Super Smart: Math
Looking for challenging activities to jump-start your students' minds at the beginning of each math class? Look no further! "Super Smart Math" provides just the answer teachers need to grab students' attention and help prepare them for the day's lesson. Organized by mathematical topics, the book offers 180 days worth of activities, problems, and critical thinking challenges that become increasingly difficult as the students progress through each section. Super Smart Math makes math exciting for your brightest students by including situations and problems that are relevant to their everyday lives. Your students will look forward to math class each day! Grades 5-8.
Price: $12.21
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Smart Power ICs: Technologies and Applications (Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics)
This book provides a survey of the state of the art of technology and future trends in the new family of Smart Power ICs and describes design and applications in a variety of fields ranging from automotive to telecommunications, reliability evaluation and qualification procedures. The book is a valuable source of information and reference for both power IC design specialists and to all those concerned with applications, the development of digital circuits and with system architecture. .
Price: $126.00
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