Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Author: Brian Christian
Brand: William Collins
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- Harper Collins Paperbacks
- Great one for reading
- It's a great choice for a book person
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 368
Release Date: 12-04-2017
Part Number: 24520609
Details: A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.
What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime?
Exploring how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, ┬СAlgorithms To Live By┬Т helps to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. When should you switch between different tasks and how many tasks should you take on in the first place? How much messiness should you accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favourites is the most fulfilling? When computers face constraints of time and space, they too must untangle very human questions: how to have better hunches, when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. And the solutions they┬Тve found have much to teach us.
Acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms developed for computers can be applied from finding your spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing your inbox to understanding the workings of memory. Where you have a dilemma, they have a rule and each fascinating algorithm turns the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.
EAN: 9780007547999
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Author: Brian Christian
Brand: William Collins
Features:
- Harper Collins Paperbacks
- Great one for reading
- It's a great choice for a book person
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 368
Release Date: 12-04-2017
Part Number: 24520609
Details: A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.
What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime?
Exploring how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, ┬СAlgorithms To Live By┬Т helps to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. When should you switch between different tasks and how many tasks should you take on in the first place? How much messiness should you accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favourites is the most fulfilling? When computers face constraints of time and space, they too must untangle very human questions: how to have better hunches, when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. And the solutions they┬Тve found have much to teach us.
Acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms developed for computers can be applied from finding your spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing your inbox to understanding the workings of memory. Where you have a dilemma, they have a rule and each fascinating algorithm turns the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.
EAN: 9780007547999
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
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Author: Brian Christian
Brand: William Collins
Features:
- Harper Collins Paperbacks
- Great one for reading
- It's a great choice for a book person
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 368
Release Date: 12-04-2017
Part Number: 24520609
Details: A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.
What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime?
Exploring how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, ┬СAlgorithms To Live By┬Т helps to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. When should you switch between different tasks and how many tasks should you take on in the first place? How much messiness should you accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favourites is the most fulfilling? When computers face constraints of time and space, they too must untangle very human questions: how to have better hunches, when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. And the solutions they┬Тve found have much to teach us.
Acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms developed for computers can be applied from finding your spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing your inbox to understanding the workings of memory. Where you have a dilemma, they have a rule and each fascinating algorithm turns the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.
EAN: 9780007547999
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
