Knowing when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em is one of life's perpetual mysteries. If you have a mathematical inclination, or a bent for probabilities, this book might well catalyze a turning point ...

What happens when two algorithms get into a deathmatch over book pricing? You get a book about fly developmental biology that will run you more than $23 million plus shipping of course. Michael Eisen, ...

Kartik Hosanagar is a John C. Hower Professor of Technology & Digital Business and a professor of Marketing at Penn. In his new book, Wharton professor Kartik Hosanagar wants to start a new ...

Jodie Archer had always been puzzled by the success of The Da Vinci Code. She’d worked for Penguin UK in the mid-2000s, when Dan Brown’s thriller had become a massive hit, and knew there was no way ...

The creator of a new Website says its database can predict books you'll enjoy reading. Just type in your favorite and the site's algorithms will scan for others with a similar level of action, amount ...

The trajectory of books about new technologies follows a similar pattern: first, hype; then, backlash; then, finally, a more considered view of what it might actually be good for. The first hype books ...

I have to admit that I am overwhelmed with admiration for the way in which John MacCormick tackled his book Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today’s Computers Of ...