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[2017]
Language
English
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"Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style--thorough, yet riveting--famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A structural engineer examines the seven most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world. Some of humanity’s mightiest engineering achievements are small in scale―and, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist. In Nuts and Bolts, structural engineer Roma Agrawal examines seven of these extraordinary elements: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens, the string,...
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Publisher
Planeta Audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
Ser imbatible es una cuestión de dinero. Saber que, pase lo que pase en la economía, la bolsa o el mercado inmobiliario, tú vas a seguir teniendo seguridad financiera, podrás atender tus necesidades y las de tu familia, y sentirás el placer, la tranquilidad y la felicidad que eso conlleva. Pero también es algo más. Es sentirse seguro en mitad de una tormenta. Es no dejar que el miedo se apodere de ti. ¿Significa eso que no tienes malos momentos...
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming human society fundamentally and profoundly. Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore how A.I. could affect our relationship with knowledge, impact our worldviews, and change society and politics as profoundly as the ideas of the Enlightenment.
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