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8621 books were found.

The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots

The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots...

Author: Daniela Rus (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ,  Gregory Mone
ISBN: 9781324050230
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines...  Read More >>

Making Modern Medical Ethics: How African Americans, Anti-Nazis, Bureaucrats, Feminists, Veterans, and Whistleblowing Moralists Created Bioethics

Making Modern Medical Ethics: How African Americans,...

Author: Robert Baker
ISBN: 9780262547376
Format: Paperback
$100.00

""A counter history of the birth of bioethics, which focuses on the dissenters and whistleblowers who challenged...  Read More >>

Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and the Failed Promises of Capitalism

Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and the Failed Promises...

Author: Heather Parry
ISBN: 9781912489862
Format: Paperback
$19.41

Electric Dreams picks apart the forces that posit sex robots as either the solution to our problems or a real threat...  Read More >>

Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It

Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to...

Author: Paul Thagard
ISBN: 9780231213943
Format: Hardback
$165.95

A leading cognitive scientist and philosopher offers a new framework for recognizing and countering misleading claims...  Read More >>

Perspective Agents: A Human Guide to the Autonomous Age

Perspective Agents: A Human Guide to the Autonomous...

Author: Chris Perry
ISBN: 9781639080823
Format: Paperback
$55.31

A guidebook for anyone looking to comprehend and prosper in the new world order In the age of autonomy, two...  Read More >>

On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years: An Investigation

On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years:...

Author: Elaine Dewar ,  Teri Schnaubelt
ISBN: 9798874701444
Format: Audio
$203.25

When the first TV newscast described a SARS-like flu affecting a distant Chinese metropolis, investigative journalist...  Read More >>

Dust with a Role and a Relationship: Personal Identity and Christian Hope in the Face of Death

Dust with a Role and a Relationship: Personal Identity...

Author: David A Norman
ISBN: 9798884880313
Format: Paperback
$39.47

What is a soul, really? How does it relate to a mind? A brain?...  Read More >>

The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing

The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence...

Author: David Beer (University of York)
ISBN: 9781529212907
Format: Paperback
$57.99

In this pioneering book, David Beer redefines emergent algorithmic technologies as the new systems of knowing. He...  Read More >>

God and the Atom

God and the Atom

Author: Ronald Knox
ISBN: 9781685952983
Format: Hardback
$105.47

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Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter

Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter

Author: Zoe Schiffer
ISBN: 9780593716601
Format: Hardback
$70.00

"""Zoe Schiffer has written the definitive book on perhaps the weirdest business story of our time. A fast-paced...  Read More >>

The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China

The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of...

Author: Minxin Pei
ISBN: 9780674257832
Format: Hardback
$61.95

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Social Media, Technology, and New Generations: Digital Millennial Generation and Generation Z

Social Media, Technology, and New Generations: Digital...

Author: Ahmet Atay ,  Mary Z. Ashlock
ISBN: 9781498550727
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This book examines millennials and Generation Z in the context of media and visual culture, considering three interrelated...  Read More >>

Physics Education Today: Innovative Methodologies, Tools and Evaluation

Physics Education Today: Innovative Methodologies, Tools...

Author: Claudio Fazio ,  Paul Logman
ISBN: 9783031486661
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the latest developments in physics education. It is aimed at researchers,...  Read More >>

What are Coincidences? A Philosophical Guide Between Science and Common Sense

What are Coincidences? A Philosophical Guide Between...

Author: Alessandra Melas ,  Pietro Salis
ISBN: 9781648899478
Format: Paperback
$73.92

This book aims to introduce and discuss recent work in psychology concerning one’s judgment about coincidences;...  Read More >>

Robots and the People Who Love Them

Robots and the People Who Love Them

Author: Eve Herold ,  Harry Marks
ISBN: 9781250122209
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The latest developments in robotics and artificial intelligence and a preview of the coming decades, based on research...  Read More >>

Wholeness and Joy: Embracing Holistic Happiness

Wholeness and Joy: Embracing Holistic Happiness

Author: Devarajan Pillai G
ISBN: 9798224367979
Format: Paperback
$73.92

"Embark on a transformative journey towards a life of profound joy, purpose, and holistic well-being with ""Wholeness...  Read More >>

Einführung in die thomistische Metaphysik IX: Die Natur Gottes (2)

Einführung in die thomistische Metaphysik IX: Die Natur...

Author: Miguel Grosso
ISBN: 9798884563223
Format: Paperback
$34.32

Wir haben postuliert, dass in der thomistischen Metaphysik die Diskussion über die Existenz Gottes in enger Verbindung...  Read More >>

অদৃশ্য পলিউটেন্ট

অদৃশ্য পলিউটেন্ট...

Author: Reba Roy
ISBN: 9789359899428
Format: Paperback
$21.09

"""This book, 'Invisible Pollutants, ' is my second work. It has raised an important question, 'What does information...  Read More >>

Digital Technologies, Ethics, and Decentralization in the Digital Era

Digital Technologies, Ethics, and Decentralization in...

Author: Balraj Verma ,  Babita Singla
ISBN: 9798369345771
Format: Paperback
$594.00

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Pencil

Pencil

Author: Carol Beggy (Writer/editor, public relations consultant, Freelance Writer, USA) ,  Ian Bogost
ISBN: 9781501392245
Format: Paperback
$19.99

"""Often overlooked, tucked into a drawer or stuffed into a case, the pencil is a tool whose simplicity belies its...  Read More >>

Air Conditioning

Air Conditioning

Author: Hsuan L. Hsu (Professor of English, University of California, Davis) ,  Christopher Schaberg (Loyola University New Orleans USA)
ISBN: 9781501377822
Format: Paperback
$19.99

""Explores the surprising social, cultural, historical, and environmental significance of air conditioning and of...  Read More >>

Data Grab: The new Colonialism of Big Tech and how to fight back

Data Grab: The new Colonialism of Big Tech and how to...

Author: Ulises A. Mejias ,  Nick Couldry
ISBN: 9780753560211
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Leading global experts provide a sweeping, empowering playbook to tackle what Yuval Harari has described as one...  Read More >>

Innovation in Africa: Levelling the Playing Field to Promote Technology Transfer

Innovation in Africa: Levelling the Playing Field to...

Author: Fernando dos Santos (Law Lecturer, Law Lecturer, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo)
ISBN: 9780192857309
Format: Hardback
$212.00

This book surveys IP and innovation policies in Africa's past and present, providing frameworks and measures that...  Read More >>

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