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The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that...

Author: David Baron
ISBN: 9781324090663
Format: Hardback
$49.95

“There Is Life on the Planet Mars” — The New York Times, 9 December 1906  Read More >>

Spacecraft Exploring Outer Planets: From Jupiter to Neptune

Spacecraft Exploring Outer Planets: From Jupiter to...

Author: Thomas Lund
ISBN: 9783031965432
Format: Paperback
$527.97

This book features eight remarkable spacecraft that ventured to the outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune—and...  Read More >>

Thomism and the Natural Sciences

Thomism and the Natural Sciences

Author: Ignacio Silva (Universidad Austral)
ISBN: 9781009547970
Format: Hardback
$142.31

This Element argues for a novel approach to the sciences within Thomism, which asks theological and metaphysical...  Read More >>

Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon...

Author: Jacob Silverman
ISBN: 9781399419987
Format: Hardback
$42.99

A searing insight into the radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, David Sacks and Donald...  Read More >>

Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics: The Epistemology of the Measurement Problem

Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics: The Epistemology...

Author: Emily Adlam (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Chapman University and Institute for Quantum Studies)
ISBN: 9780197808856
Format: Hardback
$183.95

Adlam reconceptualizes the quantum measurement problem as a problem of epistemology, and in doing so presents a...  Read More >>

Sno: A History

Sno: A History

Author: Sverker Sörlin ,  Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma
ISBN: 9781529947878
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A beautiful and profound appreciation of snow from Swedish environmentalist Sverker S rlin, exploring the cultural,...  Read More >>

Plant Roots: Growth, Activity and Interaction with Soils

Plant Roots: Growth, Activity and Interaction with Soils...

Author: Peter J. Gregory (The Scottish Crop Research Institute)
ISBN: 9781118949924
Format: Hardback
$290.95

An updated overview of plant root systems, covering their development, growth, interactions with soil, breeding...  Read More >>

The Traveling Anatomist: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science

The Traveling Anatomist: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection...

Author: Nuno Castel-Branco
ISBN: 9780226842295
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Reevaluates Nicolaus Steno's contributions to anatomy and early modern science, examining his interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

A Tale of Seven Elements: Plus Another 40 or So Others

A Tale of Seven Elements: Plus Another 40 or So Others...

Author: Eric R. Scerri (Lecturer in Chemistry and Philosophy of Science, Lecturer in Chemistry and Philosophy of Science, UCLA)
ISBN: 9780197785324
Format: Paperback
$42.95

In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley transformed our understanding of the elements by organizing them by atomic...  Read More >>

What Is Agriculture For?: Archetypes for Future Food Systems

What Is Agriculture For?: Archetypes for Future Food...

Author: Paul B. Thompson (Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University)
ISBN: 9780197625750
Format: Hardback
$64.95

What Is Agriculture For? describes four contrasting rationales for technical and policy change in agriculture and...  Read More >>

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore...

Author: Adrienne Mayor ,  Michele M. Angel
ISBN: 9780691247861
Format: Hardback
$29.99

From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged...  Read More >>

Zwischen Konkurrenz Und Kooperation: Die Japanische Herausforderung Und Die Deutsche Unterhaltungselektronikindustrie 1950-1987

Zwischen Konkurrenz Und Kooperation: Die Japanische...

Author: Florian Staffel
ISBN: 9783111698304
Format: Paperback
$232.29

How have companies reacted to new competitors from Asia over the course of globalization? And what roles have narratives,...  Read More >>

The Traveling Anatomist: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science

The Traveling Anatomist: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection...

Author: Nuno Castel-Branco
ISBN: 9780226842271
Format: Hardback
$190.95

Reevaluates Nicolaus Steno's contributions to anatomy and early modern science, examining his interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us

Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us

Author: Maya Ackerman (Santa Clara University)
ISBN: 9781394316267
Format: Hardback
$57.95

A bold and thought-provoking journey into AI's power to transform human creativity In Creative Machines: AI, Art...  Read More >>

Hippocrates, Volume III: Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. Fractures. Joints. Instruments of Reduction

Hippocrates, Volume III: Wounds in the Head. In the...

Author: Hippocrates ,  Paul Potter
ISBN: 9780674997684
Format: Hardback
$51.95

The definitive English edition of the ""Father of Medicine."" This is the third volume in the Loeb Classical Library's...  Read More >>

Immunological Challenges in Organ Transplantation: A Comprehensive Case-Based Approach

Immunological Challenges in Organ Transplantation: A...

Author: Georgi Abraham ,  Vivek Kute
ISBN: 9789819515325
Format: Hardback
$422.37

Transplantation in South Asia faces unique immunological challenges, yet comprehensive data on genetic and epigenetic...  Read More >>

Low Energy Photon Detection

Low Energy Photon Detection

Author: Tianyi Guo
ISBN: 9783031715464
Format: Paperback
$343.17

This thesis showcases innovative new approaches aimed at advancing the next generation of long wave infrared (LWIR)...  Read More >>

Data Access and AI Explainability

Data Access and AI Explainability

Author: Frank Pasquale (Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School)
ISBN: 9781009627375
Format: Paperback
$46.58

As managers digitize judgment using AI, their evaluations of persons risk imposing benefits and burdens in opaque...  Read More >>

Designing the Domestic Posthuman

Designing the Domestic Posthuman

Author: Colbey Emmerson Reid (Columbia College Chicago, USA) ,  Dennis M. Weiss (York College of Pennsylvania, USA)
ISBN: 9781350566798
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Applying feminist philosophy to posthumanism, this book examines domestic objects, spaces and practices and envisions...  Read More >>

Le sorelle dimenticate: Pioniere della scienza e dell'astronomia prima di Carolina Herschel

Le sorelle dimenticate: Pioniere della scienza e dell'astronomia...

Author: Gabriella Bernardi
ISBN: 9783031985461
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Ispirato alle principali astronome menzionate nella poesia di Siv Cedering ""Letter from Caroline Herschel"" alle...  Read More >>

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