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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: 9780753560204
Format: Hardback
$59.99

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

Moral AI: And How We Get There

Moral AI: And How We Get There

Author: Jana Schaich Borg ,  Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
ISBN: 9780241454749
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A balanced and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics Can computers understand morality?...  Read More >>

The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University

The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University...

Author: Elizabeth Losh
ISBN: 9780262551243
Format: Paperback
$69.99

An examination of technology-based education initiatives-from MOOCs to virtual worlds-that argues against treating...  Read More >>

Cyborg

Cyborg

Author: Laura Forlano ,  Danya Glabau
ISBN: 9780262547550
Format: Paperback
$32.99

""Using the non-human construct of the cyborg, this book address the problems inherent in difference and oppression,...  Read More >>

Open Space: The Global Effort for Open Access to Environmental Satellite Data

Open Space: The Global Effort for Open Access to Environmental...

Author: Mariel Borowitz (Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology)
ISBN: 9780262551199
Format: Paperback
$79.99

An examination of environmental satellite data sharing policies, offering a model of data-sharing policy development,...  Read More >>

Technically Together: Reconstructing Community in a Networked World

Technically Together: Reconstructing Community in a...

Author: Taylor Dotson (Assistant Professor of Social Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology)
ISBN: 9780262551229
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Why we should not accept “networked individualism” as the inevitable future of community.  Read More >>

Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust In an Age of Doubt

Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust In an Age of Doubt...

Author: Paul M. Sutter
ISBN: 9781538181614
Format: Hardback
$67.99

Woven with the author's own experiences as an astrophysicist, Rescuing Science peels back the layers of academia...  Read More >>

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life...

Author: Nell Greenfieldboyce ,  Nell Greenfieldboyce
ISBN: 9798874709167
Format: Audio
$97.65

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science...  Read More >>

The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment

The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning...

Author: Eric Siegel
ISBN: 9780262048903
Format: Hardback
$65.00

""A playbook for bridging business and data science worlds to effectively execute machine learning projects in business""--...  Read More >>

When Machines Learn: AI and the Transformation of Society

When Machines Learn: AI and the Transformation of Society...

Author: Lars Meyer
ISBN: 9781456643928
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"Discover the Dawn of a New Era: The Ties Between Artificial Intelligence and Our Future Imagine a world where...  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: 9780226832302
Format: Hardback
$34.32

A compelling argument that the extractive practices of today's tech giants are the continuation of colonialism--and...  Read More >>

Global Rhetorics of Science

Global Rhetorics of Science

Author: Lynda C. Olman
ISBN: 9781438494425
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Takes a multicultural, interdisciplinary approach to the rhetoric of science to expand our toolkit for the collective...  Read More >>

Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet...

Author: Chris Dixon
ISBN: 9781529925630
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet 'Compelling' Sam Altman,...  Read More >>

Astrophilosophy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion: Extraterrestrial Life in a Process Universe

Astrophilosophy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion: Extraterrestrial...

Author: Andrew M. Davis ,  Roland Faber
ISBN: 9781666944365
Format: Hardback
$261.00

This book examines the process philosophies of Whitehead and others against current discussions of astrobiology,...  Read More >>

The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes

The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other...

Author: Paul Halpern
ISBN: 9781541602175
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The long history of one of physics' craziest and most enticing ideas: that the universe we know isn't the only one...  Read More >>

Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet...

Author: Chris Dixon
ISBN: 9781529925623
Format: Hardback
$69.99

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet 'Compelling' Sam Altman,...  Read More >>

A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control

A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping...

Author: Wendell Wallach
ISBN: 9781591813163
Format: Paperback
$50.03

There is no doubt that we're in an era of remarkable scientific advancement. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms,...  Read More >>

The Algorithm: How AI Can Hijack Your Career and Steal Your Future

The Algorithm: How AI Can Hijack Your Career and Steal...

Author: Hilke Schellmann
ISBN: 9781805260981
Format: Hardback
$56.93

Selected as one of the 'Best Summer Books of 2024: Business' in the Financial Times  Read More >>

Toward Environmental Wholeness: Method in Environmental Ethics and Science

Toward Environmental Wholeness: Method in Environmental...

Author: Patrick H. Byrne
ISBN: 9781438496986
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Offers a unified vision for approaching human ethical responses to what science is telling us about the crises facing...  Read More >>

Curious Minds Ask: 55 Thought-Provoking Questions for Humanity Answered by Artificial Intelligence

Curious Minds Ask: 55 Thought-Provoking Questions for...

Author: S C Francis
ISBN: 9798224075478
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"""This book may change how you view the future of humanity."" In the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) just...  Read More >>

Curious Minds Ask: 55 Thought-Provoking Questions for Humanity Answered by Artificial Intelligence 2

Curious Minds Ask: 55 Thought-Provoking Questions for...

Author: S C Francis
ISBN: 9798223712329
Format: Paperback
$42.11

"Step into the mind of the machine as AI provides thought-provoking insights for humanity's uncertain future. How...  Read More >>

Man, Machines and Tomorrow

Man, Machines and Tomorrow

Author: M. W. Thring
ISBN: 9781032643281
Format: Hardback
$183.00

First Published in 1973, Man, Machines and Tomorrow investigates the ways in which technologists themselves can...  Read More >>

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