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Practical Realist Philosophy of Science: Reflecting on Rein Vihalemm’s Ideas

Practical Realist Philosophy of Science: Reflecting...

Author: Ave Mets ,  Endla Lõhkivi
ISBN: 9781666937220
Format: Hardback
$202.00

Rein Vihalemm's philosophy of science left two prominent philosophical legacies: a methodological distinction of...  Read More >>

Patterns: Theory of the Digital Society

Patterns: Theory of the Digital Society

Author: Armin Nassehi (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ,  Mirko Wittwar
ISBN: 9781509558223
Format: Paperback
$39.95

We are inclined to assume that digital technologies have suddenly revolutionized everything – including our relationships,...  Read More >>

The Mystery of Life Energy: Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics, and Gaia Consciousness

The Mystery of Life Energy: Biofield Healing, Phantom...

Author: Eric Leskowitz ,  David Feinstein
ISBN: 9781591434863
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Explores the wealth of evidence for the reality of the biofield  Read More >>

Patterns: Theory of the Digital Society

Patterns: Theory of the Digital Society

Author: Armin Nassehi (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ,  Mirko Wittwar
ISBN: 9781509558216
Format: Hardback
$113.95

We are inclined to assume that digital technologies have suddenly revolutionized everything – including our relationships,...  Read More >>

Sluts: The truth about slutshaming and what we can do to fight it

Sluts: The truth about slutshaming and what we can do...

Author: Beth Ashley
ISBN: 9780241675236
Format: Hardback
$37.99

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Cultures of Prediction: How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools

Cultures of Prediction: How Engineering and Science...

Author: Ann Johnson ,  Johannes Lenhard
ISBN: 9780262548236
Format: Paperback
$95.00

"""This book provides a longue dur�ee story examining the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in sciences--and...  Read More >>

The Planning Moment: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories

The Planning Moment: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories...

Author: Sarah Blacker ,  Emily Brownell
ISBN: 9781531506636
Format: Paperback
$64.99

The Planning Moment elaborates the myriad ways that plans and planning practices pervade recent global history....  Read More >>

The Planning Moment: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories

The Planning Moment: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories...

Author: Sarah Blacker ,  Emily Brownell
ISBN: 9781531506629
Format: Hardback
$227.99

The Planning Moment elaborates the myriad ways that plans and planning practices pervade recent global history....  Read More >>

Ka-boom!: The Science of Extremes

Ka-boom!: The Science of Extremes

Author: David Darling
ISBN: 9780861548033
Format: Paperback
$22.99

David Darling travels through space and time to find the largest, smallest, stickiest, loudest, quietest, fastest,...  Read More >>

Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI

Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of...

Author: Susie Alegre
ISBN: 9781805461296
Format: Paperback
$27.99

A highly topical manifesto about what it means to be human in the age of AI by a leading barrister.  Read More >>

Surveillance: A Very Short Introduction

Surveillance: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Professor David Lyon (former Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Law, Professor, Queen's Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, Queen's University)
ISBN: 9780198796848
Format: Paperback
$18.95

Surveillance is everywhere today, generating data about our purchasing, political, and personal preferences. This...  Read More >>

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information...

Author: Scott Shapiro
ISBN: 9780141993843
Format: Paperback
$27.99

"Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for...  Read More >>

O CORPO SUBJ�CTIL ou uma est�tica para a exist�ncia contempor�nea: com entrevistas a Maarten Welbergen M̶i̶g̶u̶e̶l̶ Bonneville N�dia Duvall

O CORPO SUBJ�CTIL ou uma est�tica para a exist�ncia...

Author: Pedro Arrifano ,  N�dia Duvall
ISBN: 9789895309108
Format: Paperback
$71.28

"Nos tempos que hoje vivemos o corpo assume um protagonismo nunca antes visto associado a uma esp�cie de ""deslizamento...  Read More >>

How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason...

Author: Chris Wiggins (Columbia University) ,  Matthew L. Jones (Columbia University)
ISBN: 9781324074588
Format: Paperback
$31.95

A sweeping history of data and its technical, political and ethical impact on our world  Read More >>

Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action

Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action

Author: Catherine D'Ignazio
ISBN: 9780262048873
Format: Hardback
$69.99

"""This book explores the work of activists in the Americas who are documenting feminicide, arguing that feminist...  Read More >>

More-Than-Human Aesthetics: Venturing Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature

More-Than-Human Aesthetics: Venturing Beyond the Bifurcation...

Author: Mike Michael (University of Exeter) ,  Michael Halewood (University of Essex)
ISBN: 9781529227789
Format: Hardback
$195.00

This imaginative collection invites readers to explore how a broader view of aesthetics can reshape areas like,...  Read More >>

Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World

Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better...

Author: J. Doyne Farmer
ISBN: 9780241201978
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A renowned complexity scientist promotes a revolution to make economic predictions more scientific, allowing us...  Read More >>

Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle between China, Russia, and America

Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle...

Author: George S. Takach
ISBN: 9781639365630
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A vivid, thoughtful examination of how technological innovation—especially AI—is shaping the tensions between democracy...  Read More >>

Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth

Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections...

Author: Theresa Payton
ISBN: 9781538188651
Format: Paperback
$38.99

Cybersecurity expert Payton tells battlefront stories from the global war being conducted through clicks, swipes,...  Read More >>

Global Platform Work: Negotiating Relations in a Translocal Assemblage

Global Platform Work: Negotiating Relations in a Translocal...

Author: Anna Oechslen
ISBN: 9783593518077
Format: Paperback
$74.95

An overview of how graphic designers in India use global platforms. Digital freelance platforms promise workers...  Read More >>

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