The Book of Why

Author: Judea Pearl
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465097618
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Book Description
A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence "Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and established causality -- the study of cause and effect -- on a firm scientific basis. His work explains how we can know easy things, like whether it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet; and how to answer hard questions, like whether a drug cured an illness. Pearl's work enables us to know not just whether one thing causes another: it lets us explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It shows us the essence of human thought and key to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wants to understand either needs The Book of Why.

Oregon Writes

Author: Jenn Kepka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic writing
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This textbook guides students through rhetorical and assignment analysis, the writing process, researching, citing, rhetorical modes, and critical reading. Using accessible but rigorous readings by professionals throughout the college composition field, the Oregon Writes Writing Textbook aligns directly to the statewide writing outcomes for English Composition courses in Oregon. Created through a grant from Open Oregon in 2015-16, this book collects previously published articles, essays, and chapters released under Creative Commons licenses into one free textbook available for online access or print-on-demand.

Cause and Effect

Author: Sven Ehmann
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV
ISBN: 9783899554434
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book reveals the new visual language of sustainability.

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395742129
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Mr. and Mrs. Moose try to invite a turkey to their Thanksgiving feast.

Cause

Author: Gregory Smithsimon
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612196764
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Cause uses sociology's tools to explain how, as humans in general, we are bad at determining cause and effect, particularly when we're trying to understand social problems like poverty, discrimination, or how to respond to climate change and terrorism. Divided into three sections, the book examines how and why humans tell stories; the unseen influences that we overlook when telling these stories; and how a smarter story could greatly enhance how we understand ourselves and each other. Cause offers nothing short of a new way of looking at our world.

What Is Cause and Effect?

Author: Anna DiGilio
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636477831
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
(L) Read all about examples of cause and effect.

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803760892
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
"In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece." -Booklist, starred review. Winner of Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977.

A Tale of Two Cultures

Author: Gary Goertz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691149712
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and quantitative methods. In A Tale of Two Cultures, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney demonstrate that these two paradigms constitute different cultures, each internally coherent yet marked by contrasting norms, practices, and toolkits. They identify and discuss major differences between these two traditions that touch nearly every aspect of social science research, including design, goals, causal effects and models, concepts and measurement, data analysis, and case selection. Although focused on the differences between qualitative and quantitative research, Goertz and Mahoney also seek to promote toleration, exchange, and learning by enabling scholars to think beyond their own culture and see an alternative scientific worldview. This book is written in an easily accessible style and features a host of real-world examples to illustrate methodological points.

That's Good! That's Bad!

Author: Margery Cuyler
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805029543
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A little boy has a series of adventures and misadventures with a bunch of wild animals.

The Comprehension Toolkit (Ages 5-8)

Author: Angela Ehmer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646802435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Teacher reference resource containing comprehension lessons for teachers of children in the early years of school.