Oikonomia — het goed besturen van een huishouden — is een concept dat zijn oorsprong kent in het oude Griekenland. Sindsdien is economie alsmaar belangrijker geworden in de samenleving, en toch blijft het voor velen een abstract begrip. Niet langer.

In dit werk presenteren Johan Albrecht en Bruno Merlevede op een toegankelijke manier de essentie van de economische analyse. De auteurs loodsen hun leespubliek doorheen de verschillende economische stromingen en benadrukken hierbij de samenha...

Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are neuter while German turnips are female, why we have feet not foots, and how great changes of pronunciation may result from simple laziness.

Discover the never-before-told story of the ruthless shadow race between Microsoft and Google, as both compete to develop a mass-market AI while juggling existential questions of ethics, human progress and the future of the world as we know it.

"They declined his offer too, not realizing how much the thin-skinned Musk didn’t like it when people said no. Soon enough though, Hassabis got another email. This time, it was from Google."

When ChatGPT was released, the world changed overnight. Eve...

Taking us through every stage in our lives, from the womb to falling in love to old age, Dick Swaab shows that we don't just have brains: we are our brains.

It's time to leapfrog the only hurdle between you and a million-dollar company.

More people than ever want to be their own boss, but venturing forward with your own business can be hugely intimidating. Are you investing effort in ideas that have no basis in customer demand? Are you shying away from even considering starting your own business? Noah Kagan knew this feeling all too well, but has since discovered how to banish the one simple thing holding aspiring entrepreneurs back, to become a ...