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"Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it explain why there seems to be so much irrationality in the world, including, let's be honest, in each of us? These are the goals of Steven Pinker's follow-up to Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates's "new favorite book of all time"). Humans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time, poised to react to a lion in the grass with a suite of biases, blind spots, fallacies, and illusions. But this, Pinker...
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"Gently encourage mindfulness and critical thinking through this playful and witty exploration of negative space." -- Amazon.com
From the spaces between words in a sentence to the vast, blue sky, spaces, both large and small, add beauty and make sense of the world around us.
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Publisher
Random House
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English
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"The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act. Based on Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West's popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit is a modern handbook to the art of skepticism. Bergstrom, a computational biologist, and West, an information scientist,...
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Jop and Blip wanna know volume 1
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HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Join Jop and Blip as they follow their curiosity and investigate these seemingly odd questions using their own brand of logic, critical thinking skills, STEM knowledge, and humor. Can you hear a penguin fart on Mars? What if you wanted a dragon sandwich? Why do we need TWO ears?
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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These guided lessons, games, and challenges will help kids master middle school math concepts including algebra, money, and measurement, while improving logic and critical thinking skills. Learn different forms of measurement! Practice fractions, decimals, percets, and probablility! Master times tables!
7) Act fast!
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Kids will play their way to stronger thinking skills as they strategize, memorize, and compete through these games and challenges. Improve problem-solving speed; Develop agility; Learn Spanish; Find hidden objects."--
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Findaway World, LLC
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English
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"Kids will journey all the way back to ancient and pre-historic times to learn fun facts about history. Discover the history of different places; Connect with important historical figures; Dig for dinosaur bones; Explore ancient lands."--
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Kids will explore a new twist on classic games and exercise their minds with interactive challenges that develop critical thinking skills and improve problem-solving speed. Play and build your way through puzzles and games; Learn about the systems and organs of the body; Explore optical illusions; Master number skills."--Publisher description
11) Ride the facts!
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Students will stay engaged with learning all summer long with these interactive games and books. Advance math and language skills; Improve creative problem-solving; Develop critical thinking and logic; Explore geography."--
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Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Kids will explore the world and beyond while using creativity and critical thinking abilities to solve puzzles, learn geography, improve math skills, and much more. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad.
Awesome puzzles of the world's most amazing landmarks! The puzzles are created by slicing the images into strips and scrambling them. To solve the puzzles simply slide the slices into the desired position with as few moves...
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Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The goal of the Building Community Module is to help kids to understand the perspective of others and communicate effectively to create healthy relationships. Topics in this module include empathy, conflict resolution, teamwork, and communication. Life Skills Academy is designed to help kids gain the knowledge and mindset to promote both personal and academic development. By working through each module kids will cultivate the necessary social and...
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