'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times) You are accused of a crime.

Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence. Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions - in healthcare, tran...

De vijfde druk van Basisboek Bouwkunde is grondig vernieuwd. Basisboek Bouwkunde behandelt helder en toegankelijk alle bouwfasen, vanaf het ontwerp tot en met de oplevering, in theorie en praktijk, met volledige integratie van constructieleer en technologie.

Met duidelijke foto’s en 2D- en 3D-tekeningen maakt Basisboek Bouwkunde het gehele bouwproces snel inzichtelijk. Wat zijn belangrijke basisbegrippen en constructies? Welke basiskennis heb je nodig om andere vakken binnen Bouwkunde te ku...

Tientallen eeuwen leven en werken mensen in het Nederlandse landschap. In de loop van de tijd is het natuurlandschap omgevormd tot een cultuurlandschap. Dit gebeurde aanvankelijk stapsgewijs, door kleine veranderingen die nu vaak als cultuur-historisch waardevolle elementen worden gezien. In de laatste decennia verandert het landschap zeer snel. Het ontstaan en de groei van de steden nemen daarbij een eigen plaats in. Nederland wordt dan ook wel eens een landschap vol steden genoemd.

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Managers, sales professionals and marketers need to adjust asap to the customer revolution that is taking place - as we speak- in the online B2B marketing arena. Never before have customers had such an information advantage. The power has shifted from seller to buyer.Klaas Fleischmann shows us convincingly that traditional marketing strategies such as pipeline management and the good old sales funnel approach no longer work. Customer journeys have become too complex to control. Marketers must...

The executive director of the Design Program at Stanford and the co-founder of Electronic Arts outline strategies for enabling a thriving life by incorporating "design thinking" habits that promote fulfillment and meaning by emulating the examples of the engineers of today's most popular technologies.

Under neoliberalism the cult of individualism reigns supreme, forced upon us through culture, media and politics, it fatally limits our capacity to escape the current crisis of democratic politics. In Common Ground, Jeremy Gilbert asks us to reimagine the philosophical relationship between individuality, collectivity, affect and agency, proposing a radically non-individualist mode of imagining social life. The book considers how opponents of neoliberal hegemony, and of the individualist tradi...

A completely revised and updated edition of A Course in Language Teaching. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to English language teaching, and is suitable for teachers in a variety of educational settings, including compulsory education. It has been completely revised and updated to include essential new topics for the modern English language teacher, including English as an international language, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and using digital materials.

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In addition to its thorough coverage of DSP design and programming techniques, Smith also covers the operation and usage of DSP chips. He uses Analog Devices' popular DSP chip family as design examples.

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible and creative ways. Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language, interest in character and sense of theatre.Substantially revised and extended in full colour, classroom activities are thematically organised i...