Il momento è giunto: Clark Kent sta per chiedere a Lois Lane di sposarlo! Sembra tutto perfetto, quando all'improvviso la terra trema e dalla baia emerge Godzilla, che pare del tutto intenzionato a devastare Metropolis! È l'inizio di una vera e propria invasione di kaiju nell'Universo DC! Ma cosa ha causato la crepa dimensionale tra il MonsterVerse e il mondo di Superman? È ciò che la Justice League dovrà scoprire... prima che entri in scena anche Kong! Brian Buccellato e Christian Duce scatenano i titani in un epico crossover!

L'aspetto che maggiormente stupisce di questa silloge è la sua capacità di far coesistere quasi magicamente la grazia di versi pieni di musica e suono con la forza di un pensiero vigoroso e dirompente. Mai banale, mai scontata, la poesia dell'Imbriani lascia una traccia indelebile nell'animo, scava con le unghie nella corazza nera dell'indifferenza e smonta le pretese di una lettura asettica, anaffettiva. Impone, al contrario, una messa in discussione completa, un riesame del nostro esistere presente, passato e futuro, da soli e con gli altri. Libera da qualsivoglia gabbia metrica o dall'ossequio ai grandi classici, la raccolta colpisce perché ha una sua identità, nello stile e nel contenuto, nella forma e nelle idee. Un percorso indimenticabile fra immagini e parole, un gioco di specchi e dissonanze in cui perdersi e ritrovarsi diversi, nuovi.

Cosa dovremmo portare a termine, o lasciare incompiuto, in un giorno o in tutta la vita? Quanta confusione dovremmo accettare? Quale equilibrio dovremmo trovare tra quello che è nuovo e quello che ci è familiare? Questi possono sembrare dilemmi squisitamente umani, ma non è così. I computer, come le persone, devono fare i conti con spazio e tempo limitati, dunque gli informatici affrontano questioni simili da decenni. E le soluzioni che hanno trovato hanno tanto da insegnarci. Questo libro mostra come gli algoritmi sviluppati per le macchine offrano soluzioni anche a problemi molto umani. Per esempio viene spiegato come pianificare tutto nel modo migliore oppure quando lasciare le cose al caso, ma anche come affrontare scelte importanti e come connettersi al meglio con gli altri. Dalla ricerca di un coniuge a quella di un parcheggio, dall'organizzazione della propria casella di posta allo scrutare nel futuro, questo libro trasforma la saggezza dell'informatica in strategie utili per la vita di ogni giorno.

The same team who brought you Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? have engineered another rollicking bedtime story—for train lovers everywhere!
 
Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it’s time for bed? The same things you do! Freight trains, passenger trains, subways, trolleys—and more—wash up, have a snack, load their teddies for story time, and get rocked to sleep by mommy and daddy trains beneath a blanket of stars. Little train lovers with a one-track mind will gain a new affinity for their bedtime routine when they find they share it with their favorite vehicles.

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such problems for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory,Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such problems for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory,Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such problems for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory,Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

ALGORITHMS TO LIVE BY - CHRISTIAN BRIAN - MPS

Do their mommies tuck them in while their daddies sing a goodnight song? Do they ask for one more story and then snuggle into a cozy service station? Find out all the strikingly familiar bedtime rituals of diggers, dump trucks, snow plows, tractors and more. Children who can't get enough of trucks will love Brianna Caplan Sayres original things-that-go bedtime story.


From the Hardcover edition.