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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
1. How to (actually) think outside the box: Machine learning and decision making
Machine learning: the basics
Making decisions: boxes and trees
So how do I decide?
Learning to embrace error
2. How to embrace your weird: Biochemistry, friendship and the power of difference
The wonder of proteins
The four stages of protein
Protein personalities and teamwork
3. How to forget about perfection: Thermodynamics, order and disorder
A disordered orderly person
Why does disorder increase?
Being thermodynamically favourable
Order: competing visions
Equilibrium: can we achieve it?
4. How to feel the fear: Light, refraction and fear
Why fear is like light
Getting on a wavelength
Becoming a prism
Turning fear into inspiration
5. How to find harmony: Wave theory, harmonic motion and finding your resonant frequency
Harmonic motion and amplitude
Constructive interference and resonance
Getting on a wavelength
6. How not to follow the crowd: Molecular dynamics, conformity and individuality
Crowds and consensus
Crowds and individuality
7. How to achieve your goals: Quantum physics, network theory and goal setting
The big question: now or later?
Network theory and topology
The gradient descent algorithm: finding your path(s)
8. How to have empathy with others: Evolution, probability and relationships
Getting started: cellular evolution
Probability and empathy: Bayes’ theorem
Argument and compromise: fuzzy logic
9. How to connect with others: Chemical bonds, fundamental forces and human connection
Introducing chemical bonds
The hydrophobic effect
The four fundamental forces
When things fall apart
10. How to learn from your mistakes: Deep learning, feedback loops and human memory
Deep learning and neural networks
Re-engineering the feedback loop
11. How to be polite: Game theory, complex systems and etiquette
Agent-based modelling
Game theory
Homology
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
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