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Digital thinking tools for better decision making
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This free course was written by Paul Piwek and Richard Walker. It was first published in February 2020.

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Figure 1: Photographer: Mark Duffy for UK Parliament

Figure 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Euclid%27s_Elements#/ media/ File:P._Oxy._I_29.jpg

Figure 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ De_Arte_Combinatoria#/ media/ File:Fotothek_df_tg_0005486_Mathematik_%5E_Kombinatorik.jpg

Figure 4: Vrancx, Sebastian (1573-1647); Bridgeman Art Library

Figure 5: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engine#/media/File:The_Engine_(Gulliver).png

Figure 6: https://www.deutsches-museum.de

Figure 7: Sydney Padua https://www.redbubble.com/ people/ sydneypadua/ works/ 15059232-babbages-analytical-engine

Figure 8: https://study.com

Figure 9: automath archive https://www.win.tue.nl/ automath/

Figure 12: https://www.nvidia.com

Figure 13: By Molly MEP, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/ w/ index.php?curid=77508825

Figure 14: snapshot from study image: https://arxiv.org/ pdf/ 1808.03305.pdf

Figure 15: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, gift of Peter Stein

Figure 16: Business organizations' reasons for adopting artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide, as of 2017 courtesy Statista https://www.statista.com/

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