The Book of Why : The New Science of Cause and Effect, Judea Pearl & Dana Mackenzie

The Book of Why : The New Science of Cause and Effect, Judea Pearl & Dana MackenzieNew Paperback The hugely influential book on how the understanding of causality revolutionized science and the world, by the pioneer of artificial intelligence 'Correlation does not imply causation.' For decades, this mantra was invoked by scientists in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer, or carbon dioxide and global warming. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked

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The Grande Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever deployed

published and unpublished accounts

she reveals the trials and tribulations of her difficult childhood

as well as his trial at the Old Bailey

Charlotte's Web has become an all-time favourite children's story

From Jonathan Healey comes a thrilling history about the months that sent England into civil war

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when Druids completely dominated notions of British prehistory

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