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The Shape of Things Unseen: A New Science of Imagination

The Shape of Things Unseen: A New Science of Imagination...

Author: Adam Zeman
ISBN: 9781526609748
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A compelling insight into how our imagination works, based on the latest scientific research.  Read More >>

The Art of the ""What-If?"": In 17 Science Fiction Tales from the Past

The Art of the ""What-If?"": In 17 Science Fiction Tales...

Author: Paul J. Nahin
ISBN: 9783032156174
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Contrary to popular belief, the goal of science fiction (SF) is not the prediction of the future, but rather to...  Read More >>

On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence

On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of...

Author: Adrian Woolfson
ISBN: 9781526670960
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A ground-breaking exploration of the emerging field of genome writing and its profound implications for healthcare,...  Read More >>

A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)

A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)...

Author: Sarah Alam Malik
ISBN: 9781398539990
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A beautifully written and accessible history of humanity’s attempts to understand our place in the cosmos.  Read More >>

Against the Odds: Women Pioneers of Science

Against the Odds: Women Pioneers of Science

Author: John Gribbin & Mary Gribbin ,  Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
ISBN: 9781837731329
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Even in the third decade of the twenty-first century, it is still harder for women to make a career in science than...  Read More >>

A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)

A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)...

Author: Sarah Alam Malik
ISBN: 9781398539983
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A beautifully written and accessible history of humanity’s attempts to understand our place in the cosmos.  Read More >>

In Search of Now: The Science and Mystery of the Present Moment

In Search of Now: The Science and Mystery of the Present...

Author: Jo Marchant
ISBN: 9781838858735
Format: Hardback
$45.00

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On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence

On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of...

Author: Adrian Woolfson
ISBN: 9781526670977
Format: Hardback
$44.99

A ground-breaking exploration of the emerging field of genome writing and its profound implications for healthcare,...  Read More >>

Medicines That Feed Us: Plants, Healing, and Sovereignty in a Toxic World

Medicines That Feed Us: Plants, Healing, and Sovereignty...

Author: Stacey A. Langwick
ISBN: 9781478033226
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Through an ethnography of plant-based healing and sustainable farming practices in Tanzania, Stacey A. Langwick...  Read More >>

Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba

Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba...

Author: Steffen Köhn
ISBN: 9780691273143
Format: Paperback
$57.99

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Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech Startup

Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech Startup...

Author: Lita Nelsen ,  Maureen Stancik Boyce
ISBN: 9780262051941
Format: Paperback
$75.00

An essential how-to guidebook for building new companies based on deep technology. Launching from the Lab provides...  Read More >>

Culture and Addiction: Neuroscience and Affective Scaffolding

Culture and Addiction: Neuroscience and Affective Scaffolding...

Author: Angé Weinrabe ,  Dominic Murphy
ISBN: 9783032091666
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book rethinks one of the most pressing issues of our time. Addiction is often framed solely as a brain disease,...  Read More >>

Exploring Mechanistic Reasoning in Science Education: Understanding Phenomena

Exploring Mechanistic Reasoning in Science Education:...

Author: Nicole Graulich ,  Michal Haskel Ittah
ISBN: 9783032102454
Format: Hardback
$475.17

This edited volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the diverse dimensions of mechanistic reasoning within...  Read More >>

Intoxicated Ways of Knowing: The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany

Intoxicated Ways of Knowing: The Untold Story of Intoxicants...

Author: Matthew Perkins-McVey
ISBN: 9780226846132
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Argues that intoxication was fundamental to German physiological, psychological, and psychiatric research during...  Read More >>

Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines

Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines...

Author: Joseph Wilson
ISBN: 9781487561659
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Humans of AI pulls back the curtain on the hidden labor, practices, and philosophies that shape AI, revealing the...  Read More >>

Physiological Mapping of the Cerebral Cortex in Neuropathology: Mitochondrial Function, Ionic Homeostasis, and Electrical Activities

Physiological Mapping of the Cerebral Cortex in Neuropathology:...

Author: Avraham Mayevsky ,  Amir Livnat
ISBN: 9783032130181
Format: Hardback
$475.17

This book covers a new concept and unique approach named “Physiological Mapping” of the cerebral cortex in the rat’s...  Read More >>

Selected Papers from AToMS 2024: Applications in Environment Engineering, Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Social Impact of the Technology

Selected Papers from AToMS 2024: Applications in Environment...

Author: Razvan Tamas ,  Cristina Adelaida Heiman
ISBN: 9783032024510
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book presents a curated selection of peer-reviewed papers from the 2024 IEEE Conference on Advanced Topics...  Read More >>

The Unconscious: A Cultural History from Hippocrates to Philip K. Dick and Beyond

The Unconscious: A Cultural History from Hippocrates...

Author: Antonio Melechi
ISBN: 9780262051026
Format: Hardback
$65.00

A highly original first anthology on the cultural history of the unconscious that is destined to become definitive....  Read More >>

Visual Arts and Medicine in Early Modern Europe and Beyond: A Collection of Essays and Sources

Visual Arts and Medicine in Early Modern Europe and...

Author: Robert Brennan ,  Fabian Jonietz
ISBN: 9781526182876
Format: Hardback
$68.99

This book establishes novel points of connection between European art and medicine in early modernity, opening up...  Read More >>

Macroscopic Metaphysics: Middle-Sized Objects and Longish Processes

Macroscopic Metaphysics: Middle-Sized Objects and Longish...

Author: Paul Needham
ISBN: 9783032123657
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book is about our ordinary concept of matter in the form of enduring continuants and the processes in which...  Read More >>

Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba

Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba...

Author: Steffen Köhn
ISBN: 9780691273136
Format: Hardback
$180.00

An exploration of Cuba's emerging digital culture and Cubans' creation of grassroots networks, digital black markets,...  Read More >>

Intoxicated Ways of Knowing: The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany

Intoxicated Ways of Knowing: The Untold Story of Intoxicants...

Author: Matthew Perkins-McVey
ISBN: 9780226846118
Format: Hardback
$190.95

Argues that intoxication was fundamental to German physiological, psychological, and psychiatric research during...  Read More >>

Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature

Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law...

Author: Robert M. Hazen ,  Michael L. Wong
ISBN: 9781324105480
Format: Hardback
$47.95

A distinguished geoscientist and rising-star astrobiologist offer a stunning new theory upending 150 years of established...  Read More >>

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