Tom Chatfield Pořadí knih

A brilliantly original exploration of humanity’s intimate relationship with technology, from the emergence of our species to the advent of AI and beyond.

Your brain is BRILLIANT! And so is mine! We all have amazing brains, and each one is different. In this book, you'll discover that different people's brains have different strengths and needs. We're going to meet some people and find out what it feels like to be them. From people living with dyslexia to others who are autistic - there are billions of different brains in the world and not one of them is perfectly 'average' or 'normal'. They are all the best at being themselves. Your Brilliant Brain is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Interest age: 10-11 Reading age: 8 -9 years

How to Think empowers you to pause, think twice and, above all, think well. A short and punchy essentials guide, it introduces the fundamental habits and practices for critical thinking and gives 10 key concepts for applying and building clear thinking for effective study.

Když se vyznáte a máte peníze, pořídíte přes internet cokoliv: drogy, zbraně, porno, ideologie, výsledky voleb, dokonce i život a smrt. Špičkový hacker Azi Bello je osamělý vlk, pracuje sám na sebe a nikomu se neodpovídá – jenže jeho komfortní online existence se drsně střetně s reálným světem, když jeho pečlivě hlídané soukromí naruší tajemná Munira s prosbou o pomoc: její bratranci se nechali naverbovat k teroristům, a když se pokoušela o tom něco zjistit, všimli si jí jistí velmi nebezpeční lidé. Azi a Munira se nechají zatáhnout do temné konspirace, jejímž srdcem je Gomora: nepřístupné internetové tržiště, kde lze sice sehnat ledacos, ale kde také číhají ti nejšílenější světoví zločinci.

Critical thinking is a set of techniques—you just need to learn them. This helpful book is your personal toolkit for demystifying critical engagement. Author Tom Chatfield will show you how to sharpen your critical thinking by developing and practicing this specific set of skills, so you can… Spot an argument and understand why reasoning matters Discover errors and evaluate evidence Understand and account for bias Become a savvy user of technology Develop clear, confident critical writing

Do you want to spend more quality time with the people, ideas and passions that matter most in your life? In an age of weightless, disposable digital products, here's a book to help you live more fully: that invites you to explore your beliefs, ambitions, friendships, memories and flights of imagination. A mixture of inspiration and reflection, it's unlike anything else you've seen before: a beautifully crafted object blending text and design into something for you to make truly your own. Downloading a million digital books won't make you happy - but carrying this one with you might.

Composed of 100 bite-sized entries of 400 to 600 words each, Netymology weaves together stories, etymologies and analyses around digital culture's transformation, and creation, of words. Tom Chatfield presents a kaleidoscopic, thought-provoking tour through the buried roots of some of the digital age's most common terms: from the @ and Apple symbols, to HTML and Trojan horses, to the twisted histories of new forms of slang, memes, text messages and gaming terms. There's also discussion of the trends behind digital words, and of the ways language itself is being shaped by new forces - and revelations about how these forces are, in turn, reshaping us.

Kniha předního autora v oblasti technologií a internetového teoretika Toma Chatfielda, obsahující 50 srozumitelně napsaných hesel, je spolehlivým průvodcem houštinami nedorozumění a mylných informací v dnešní digitální kultuře. Seznámí vás s pojmy jako malware, hackerství, kulturní jamming, spam, sémantický web, e-mail, blogování, kyberválka či avatary, takže nemůže být pochyb, že je důležitou četbou pro každého, kdo chce porozumět změnám v životě společnosti i v chování jednotlivců, které přináší nastupující digitální věk. Je nepostradatelnou pomůcku na naší nevyhnutelné cestě do digitální budoucnosti.

This title unpicks the complexities of our digital world and discovers how to live well within it.