Understanding numbers is essential - but humans aren't built to understand them. Chip Heath outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain's language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a dry number and present it in a way that people click in and say "Wow, now I get it!" This book will help math-lovers and math-haters alike translate the numbers...

"A pop history of UFOs, aliens, and extraterrestrial encounters, including photographs and illustrations"-- After decades of cover-ups and denials, a June 2021 report from the US government finally admitted that yes, UFOs are real, and no, we don't know what (or who) they are. Hartzman separates fact from fiction and provides a comprehensive tour of the skies. Using exclusive interviews, archival photos, and strange but true stories from history,...

"The author discusses how we should think about conspiracy theories, who believes them and why, which conspiracy theories are likely to be true or false and what criteria we can use to assess them, and what we should do to combat dangerous conspiracism and reestablish trust in our democratic institutions, in the media, and in one another"--

More than half a century since Roswell, UFOs have been making headlines once again. On December 17, 2017, the New York Times ran a front-page story about an approximately five-year Pentagon program called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. The article hinted, and its sources clearly said in subsequent television interviews, that some of the ships in question couldn't be linked to any country. The implication, of course, was that...

"A deep dive into the undersea netherworld of sea serpents, lake monsters, surviving dinosaurs, genetically altered mutants, and legendary aquatic creatures. Whether scaly or slithery, massive prehistoric dinosaurs or mutant serpents, Monsters of the Deepcatalogs nearly 100 accounts of eels, alligators, reptiles, giant squids, snakes, worms, deadly fish, and cold-blooded creatures of all manner and ilk. It reveals the astonishing extent to which lake...

Increase productivity and lower the operating cost of your business by automating crucial business processes with the Raspberry Pi. After completing this book's projects you'll be able to determine the best way to quickly apply automation to existing systems and processes in your retail outlet with Raspberry Pi. Youll start by composing ideas to transform your business, and then gain practical, accessible methods for executing them. Find real-world...

"While there are books that discuss the intersection of the arts and computer science (CS), there are none written for K-12 teachers that cover the content overlaps between CS and the arts beyond a single programming environment, and that feature approaches and examples of practicing artists. Coding and the Arts fills that gap. CS sometimes gets a bad rap as dry, isolated and uninteresting work - the pursuit of analytically minded techies working...