Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter and Live Happier
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (801 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0735222126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Previous stints included working as a research associate at Harvard and as a collaborator with the MIT Media Lab. . Ali Almossawi is the creator and maintainer of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, which has been read by 2.4 million readers and translated into 17 languages, 11 of which were done by volunteers from across the world. Almossawi formerly worked
A delightful little book.”—Aaron Koblin, creative director, Google’s Data Arts team “I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. Twitter will be a more civil place.”—Buzzfeed “A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies and become a better debater. Anyone with a high-school-level understanding of math or a penchant for logicpuzzles will appreciate this easily digestible primer on how little choices can make a big difference.”—Booklist Praise for Ali Almossawi’s BAD ARGUMENTS"A very good book every scientist should have.
But they also inform our choices in approaching everyday tasks, from managing a pile of clothes fresh out of the dryer to deciding what music to listen to.With Bad Choices, Ali Almossawi presents twelve scenes from everyday life that help demonstrate and demystify the fundamental algorithms that drive computer science, bringing these seemingly elusive concepts into the understandable realms of the everyday.Readers will discover how: • Matching socks can teach you about search and hash tables • Planning trips to the store can demonstrate the value of stacks • Deciding what music to listen to shows why link analysis is all-important • Crafting a succinct Tweet draws on ideas from compression • Making your way through a grocery list helps explain priority queues and traversing graphs • And more As you better understand algorithms, you’ll also discover what makes a method faster and more efficient, helping you become a more nimble, creative problem-solver, ready to face
An excellent introduction to many of the key ideas in computer science Douglas McNally The book presents various important topics from computer science through the lens of (albeit sometimes somewhat contrived) real-world problems. This book will not make the reader an expert in algorithms or teach them how to actually implement any particular algorithm in computer code, but it does elucidate the thought process behind solving some complex problems in a novice-. As advertised JAMES E ROBINSON This book is an Easy read with insightful and practical application to get one thinking on and about process efficiency.. Glenn A. Crocker said Good book, covers interesting concepts well, but is perhaps not perfect for folks completely new to algorithms. Like his previous book, Almossawi has a great idea for an approachable take on a complex topic but slightly misses the mark. The algorithmic concepts covered in Bad Choices are appropriate, but the emphasis is often more appropriate for computer science graduates than for what I think is the target audience. Use of log-log graphs is a reasonably good idea but makes all of th