Hannah Fry Libri

«Hello World!», Buongiorno mondo! Da quasi cinquant’anni, chiunque si approcci alla programmazione informatica incontra questa frase, presente nel primo esercizio di ogni manuale. L'esercizio consiste nel creare un programma che visualizzi quelle parole, segnando l'inizio di un nuovo mondo dominato dalle macchine. Gli algoritmi sono ormai parte integrante delle nostre vite, spesso senza che ce ne accorgiamo. Hannah Fry, esperta del settore, esplora in questo libro i segreti che animano i computer, le promesse e i limiti della computer science, e i futuri scenari, distopici e grotteschi, che ci attendono. Se accusato di un crimine, preferiresti che il tuo destino fosse deciso da un giudice o da un algoritmo? Sebbene l'algoritmo possa sembrare più razionale, un giudice umano può offrirti un contatto empatico prima della sentenza. Siamo nell’era degli algoritmi, un futuro in cui le macchine prenderanno decisioni cruciali in ambito sanitario, nei trasporti, nella finanza e nella sicurezza. Ma quanto possiamo fidarci di loro? Che tipo di futuro desideriamo? Queste domande sono al centro del libro, che svela i meccanismi dei programmi che ci influenzano, evidenziando il loro potere e i loro limiti, e interrogandosi se gli algoritmi possano davvero sostituire gli esseri umani.

Panpang lives with her small tribe in a mountain village listening to wondrous fireside tales relayed by her grandmother. The old woman’s stories tell of a magical past and a world of wonder, a time when the earth was green and fresh, when mysterious Blue Buffaloes roamed. As a disaster strikes the little village and the tribe falls into danger, all seems lost. But then grandmother shares a secret with Panpang - the Blue Buffaloes are alive! Come hear the story of Panpang as she attempts to save the mythical creatures from the clutches of an evil giant and bring them back home to her village.

How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list ? Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner - shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night - or fatter - as he tucks into a mince pie and a glass of sherry in billions of houses across the world?

There is no topic that attracts more attention - more energy and time and devotion - than love. Love, like most things in life, is full of patterns - and mathematics is ultimately the study of patterns. Dr. Hannah Fry takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the patterns that define our love lives, tackling some of the most common yet complex questions pertaining to love, from evaluating the best strategies for online dating to defining the nebulous concept of beauty.

Focusing on the behavior of adhering liquid droplets, this study explores their appearance, deformation, and interaction with surrounding fluids, which is crucial in both engineering and medical fields. It examines specific scenarios such as the de-wetting of aircraft surfaces and the injection of glue for aneurysm treatment. The research delves into various modeling techniques for droplets that remain attached to a wall while subjected to external shear flow, providing insights applicable to practical challenges in these domains.

„EIN UNGLAUBLICH FESSELNDER MIX AUS WITZ, BEGEISTERUNG, KLARHEIT UND WISSEN.“ BILL BRYSON Die Autoren nehmen uns mit auf eine spannende Reise durch Zeit und Raum, von den Ursprüngen des Lebens bis zu fernen Galaxien. Sie erzählen die Geschichte unseres Universums und lassen dabei nur die langweiligen Details weg. Unser Gehirn hat sich so entwickelt, dass es uns oft falsche Intuitionen vermittelt: Die Erde scheint flach, die Sterne scheinen fest am Himmel zu stehen, und ein Tag hat 24 Stunden. Dieses Werk ist reich an Geschichten darüber, wie die Dinge tatsächlich funktionieren. Rutherford und Fry zeigen, wie wir unser Primatenhirn überwinden können, um die Welt besser zu verstehen. Sie führen uns vom Ursprung der Zeit und des Raums über Planeten und Galaxien bis hin zur Evolution und unserem Verstand. Dabei stellen sie faszinierende Fragen, die nur die Wissenschaft beantworten kann: Was ist Zeit und woher kommt sie? Warum haben Tiere die Formen, die sie haben? Liebt mich mein Hund? Warum ist nichts wirklich rund? Unterhaltsame Erkundungen des aktuellen Wissens über das Universum und darüber hinaus, präsentiert von der Londoner Wissenschaftsdetektei Rutherford & Fry.

In Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts. This is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the fact that amid all the mess, we can somehow make sense of life. Our brains have evolved to tell us all sorts of things that feel intuitively right but just aren't true- the world looks flat, the stars seem fixed in the heavenly firmament, a day is 24 hours... This book is crammed full of tales of how stuff really works. With the power of science, Rutherford and Fry show us how to bypass our monkey-brains, taking us on a journey from the origin of time and space, via planets, galaxies, evolution, the dinosaurs, all the way into our minds, and wrestling with some truly head- scratching questions that only science can answer- What is time, and where does it come from? Why are animals the size and shape they are? How horoscopes work (Spoiler- they don't, but you think they do) Does my dog love me? Why nothing is truly round

Umělá inteligence budí vášně – jedni ji vynášejí do nebes, jiní v ní vidí zkázu lidstva. Není už načase, abychom zjistili, jak je to doopravdy? Matematické algoritmy dnes zasahují skoro do všech oblastí lidské činnosti, aniž bychom si to uvědomovali. Ať už jde o zdraví, dopravu, justici, hudbu, obchod či reklamu, matematička Hannah Fryová vám na jasných a zábavných příkladech ukáže skutečné možnosti a omezení algoritmů, jež řídí i vaše životy.Algoritmy, matematické vzorce, utvářejí stále více svět, ve kterém žijeme. Autorka, profesorka matematiky na University College London a zkušená popularizátorka, čtivou a přístupnou formou provádí čtenáře jednotlivými oblastmi, ve kterých matematické vzorce ovlivňují náš život – často aniž si to sami uvědomujeme. Využití datových souborů v obchodu a reklamě zvyšuje zisky, ale na druhé straně omezuje soukromí člověka. V medicíně algoritmy zpřesňují například diagnostiku rakoviny prsu. Jak ale matematický program rakovinnou buňku odhalí? Navigace a automatické řízení umožňují doslova revoluční změny v dopravě, ale nesou s sebou vážná dilemata. Málo známé je také to, že algoritmy mohou významně pomoci kriminalistům odhalit pachatele trestných činů. Jasným výkladem a s pomocí výstižných a zábavných příkladů uvádí Hannah Fryová do fascinujícího světa matematických vzorců, které fungují dnes doslova všude kolem nás.