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The Quid On    Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer Preview:  Do you keep forgetting where you kept your car keys? Did you forget the list of items you had to purchase from the supermarket? Bad memory ails many of us, and we think that nothing can be done about it. However, almost anyone can improve their memory significantly. All that is needed is to learn how to use it correctly. Joshua Foer tells you how he did it, and how you can too!  About the Author  Joshua Foer is an American journalist whose work focuses on Science. He is a Yale graduate and was also crowned as the United States memory champion in 2006. He is the co-founder of Atlas Obscura, an online magazine that catalogues unique and unusual travel destinations.  The Big Idea: Your memory is not a given fixed quantity, you can expand it by following a few simple techniques.  Human memory, just like our other faculties has undergone a process of natural selection over millions of years. Though it may be hard for us to im

  The Quid On: Screw It, Let’s Do It - Lessons In Life By Richard Branson Preview Life’s too short to learn from one’s own mistakes. It always helps to draw inspiration from other’s experiences. Screw It, Let’s Do It is a quick read in which author Richard Branson shares the many truths he has learned in his life’s journey. The road to success is far from easy and Branson’s wasn’t any different. Despite his set of challenges, he managed to succeed. These life lessons right from never giving up and taking calculated risks to spending quality time with oneself and family, and not compromising on integrity, will encourage people from all walks of life. About the Author Richard Branson is a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist. A mildly dyslexic child, he set up his own magazine at the age of 15; an adventure that began in a basement in London made way for greater things and today, Richard is the owner of Virgin Group, which has over 400 companies across business interest

  The Quid On: Dogfight: How Apple and Google went to war By Fred Vogelstein Apple and Google are two of the biggest tech giants today. While their rivalry goes back several years, they were not always rivals. There was a time when these two tech titans even collaborated with each other. However, the unfolding of certain events resulted in one of the most gruesome corporate rivalries in history. About the author Fred Vogelstein is one of the leading tech reporters of the world. He is a contributing editor for the Wired magazine. His writing has appeared in Fortune magazine, the New York Times Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. What to expect – How the biggest tech rivalry in history shaped up This book is a chronological account of the biggest tech rivalries of the world – Apple vs. Google. It traces the history of this rivalry from the time the first iPhone was launched, when Apple and Google actively collaborated, to the time when Google developed Android, and to the

The Quid On:   Algorithms to live by   by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths   Preview:   Algorithms to live by , one of the best science books of 2016 according to Amazon.com, Forbes, and MIT review, is a must - read for anyone who wishes to explore how our day to day lives are driven by algorithms which work hidden under the surface, and how a better understanding of these algorithms can help us lead better lives! With material sourced from economics, operations research, mathematics, and computer science, Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths  explain how  algorithms can be all that you need as life hacks!     About the Author(s)   B rian Christian is an author and a poet and is most known for two books which became international  bestsellers:   The Most Human  Human ,  and  Algorithms to live by .   Tom Griffiths is a Professor of psychology at  UCB and  works  in the area of   C ognitive  S cience.     The Big Idea: It is not just computer science, algorithms can be  applied   to  life