{"product_id":"thought-poppers-ron-cohn-9781734890228","title":"Thought Poppers: A Scavenger Hunt For Meaning","description":"Thought Poppers presents the results of an experiment with adjectival phrases that began in the early 1990s. The experiment relies on a system of computer programs that the author created first in C language, then in Visual Basic, and now in Python 3.2. The author has also assembled a database of over 9000 adjectives or adjectival phrases and over 30,000 nouns or noun phrases. Two strictures have been employed on every word admitted to the database: 1) Is the word less than 25 characters in length 2) Can the word replace a word in the template phrase: \"rational Western intellectual tradition.\" The system produces 10,000 phrases per second on an old-fashioned 2015 PC. Many of the phrases are pure poppycock and babble. The scene has been set. This book presents a scavenger hunt. The prizes are thought poppers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Cohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734890223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734890228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 994011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.53d","brand":"Ron Cohn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442528891135,"sku":"9781734890228","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6341e4ad-a91d-4db3-a97b-f932f610f8a6.jpg?v=1777197995","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thought-poppers-ron-cohn-9781734890228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}