Bad choices : how algorithms can help you think smarter and live happier

Author

Ali Almossawi

Call Number

• 518.1 A452 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Viking, [2017]

Physical Description

xi, 145 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

An introduction to algorithms and their problem-solving potential in the everyday world outlines alternative methods for managing twelve different scenarios using the same systems that underline a word processor, a Google search engine, or a Facebook ad.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Algorithmic thinking in everyday life
• Match those socks
• Find your size
• Pop to the shops
• Bring him home
• Sort that post
• Be more hip
• Update that status
• Get the jobs done
• Fix that necklace
• Locate that box
• Fill those shelves
• Navigate those aisles
• Final thoughts.