Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters (Stone Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters (Stone Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

What do people do when they count? What do numbers really mean? We all know that people can lie with statistics, but in this groundbreaking work, eminent political scientist Deborah Stone uncovers a much deeper problem. With help from Dr. Seuss and Cookie Monster, she explains why numbers can't be

Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters (Stone Deborah)(Paperback)

In a post-Trumpian world where COVID rates soar and Americans wage near-civil war about election results, Deborah Stone's Counting promises to transform how we think about numbers. Contrary to what you learned in kindergarten, counting is more art than arithmetic. In fact, numbers are just as much

I Know Numbers!: (Counting Books for Kids, Children's Number Books) (Gomi Taro)(Pevná vazba)

How do we love numbers? Let us count the ways: They're on street signs and bus stops, featured on phones, thermometers, chalkboards, and scales. They show the time and the date, and help us to measure distance, sizing, and so much more. This spirited picture book by beloved author-illustrator Taro

The Uncounted (Cobham Alex)(Paperback)

What we count matters - and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you're not counted, you don't count. Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to understate a wide range of damaging

Your Cholesterol Matters: What Your Numbers Mean and How You Can Improve Them (Furman Richard MD Facs)(Paperback)

Maia and What Matters (Mortier Tine)(Pevná vazba)

Britain by Numbers: A Visual Exploration of People and Place (Newman Stuart)(Pevná vazba)

How much more do we drink than we should? Why do immigrants come here? How have house prices changed in the past decade? What do we spend our money on? Britain by Numbers answers all these questions and more, vividly bringing our nation to life in new and unexpected ways by showing who lives here,

Nest: Rescued Chickens at Home (Holmes Janet)(Pevná vazba)

How do we decide which animals are family and which are food? Why are we surprised to see a rooster gazing out the kitchen window or a hen studying herself in the mirror? After all, chickens are present in many homes, as flesh and eggs, but not as individuals with personalities of their own. In

Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology (Krippendorff Klaus)(Paperback)

What matters in people's social lives? What motivates and inspires our society? How do we enact what we know? Since the first edition published in 1980, Content Analysis has helped shape and define the field. In the highly anticipated Fourth Edition, award-winning scholar and author Klaus

Ritual Baths: Be Your Own Healer (Hanekamp Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

In this gorgeous, full-color illustrated guide, 'fashion's favorite healer' (Vogue) teaches you how to use baths to relieve stress and depression and soothe common aches and pains.Ritual Baths shows you how to use common crystals, herbs, and flowers in your bathtub to achieve inner peace and

When I Am Bigger: Counting Numbers Big and Small (Dek Maria)(Pevná vazba)

Maria Dek's When I Am Bigger reaches even greater numbers and more imaginative heights in this follow-up counting book to the acclaimed When I Am Big. As we grow, our dreams grow bigger too! When I Am Bigger is a counting book with numbers from nine to one hundred that skip ahead, so readers are

Future Morality (Edmonds David)(Pevná vazba)

The world is changing so fast that it's hard to know how to think about what we ought to do. We barely have time to reflect on how scientific advances will affect our lives before they're upon us. New kinds of dilemma are springing up. Can robots be held responsible for their actions? Will

On What Matters: Volume Two (Parfit Derek)(Pevná vazba)

On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. Parfit now presents a powerful new treatment of reasons, rationality, and normativity, and a critical

What We Leave Behind (Crasneanscki Stephan)(Pevná vazba)

We Know It When We See It - What the Neurobiology of Vision Tells Us About How We Think (Masland Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Definitive pop science from a world

Art of Noticing - Rediscover What Really Matters to You (Walker Rob)(Pevná vazba)

Learn how to steal it back. Accessible and inspiring, this book features 131 surprising and innovative exercises to help you tune out white noise, get unstuck from your screen and manage daily distractions. Make small yet impactful changes and bring focus to the things and people

Economics for Beginners (Prentice Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Nobody has everything they need, all the time - so how can we make do with what we have? Economics is all about understanding the choices we make to solve this problem. With bright infographics, this informative book describes why markets are so important, how businesses work out what to sell, and

The Numbers Dance: A Counting Comedy (Nobisso Josephine)(Pevná vazba)

Twirling and whirling, zigging and zagging, numerals dance across the pages, enticing children to play with numbers and develop a better understanding of numeric values in this fun and informative comic approach. Three groups of numerals make mightily concerted attempts to maintain the quirks of

Otters (Maclaine James)(Pevná vazba)

How many types of otters are there? What tricks can otters use to catch fish? Where do sea otters sleep? In this book, you'll find the answers and lots more amazing facts about otters. With simple text and beautiful illustrations, plus Usborne Quicklinks to websites with carefully selected video

Values and Music Education (Jorgensen Estelle R.)(Paperback)

What values should form the foundation of music education? And once we decide on those values, how do we ensure we are acting on them?In Values and Music Education, esteemed author Estelle R. Jorgensen explores how values apply to the practice of music education. We may declare values, but they can

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day (Knapp Jake)(Pevná vazba)

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint comes 'a unique and engaging read about a proven habit framework [that] readers can apply to each day' (Insider, Best Books to Form New Habits). 'If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.'--Charles Duhigg, author of The

Honeybee Democracy (Seeley Thomas D.)(Pevná vazba)

How honeybees make collective decisions--and what we can learn from this amazing democratic process Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that

Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments (Boucoyannis Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

How did representative institutions become the central organs of governance in Western Europe? What enabled this distinctive form of political organization and collective action that has proved so durable and influential? The answer has typically been sought either in the realm of ideas, in the

How We Are Translated - a novel (Gaitan Johannesson Jessica)(Pevná vazba)