Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Un Ovium Mori
$12.95 Add to cartWords do naught to function without meaning or expression providing a foundation, and despite the benevolence, grace, or malign intention that backs them up, often enough do we find that these variabl
- Author: Serna, Quinten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 70
- Publish Date: August 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1645311279
- Language: English
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The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science
$30.00 Add to cartA surprising and compelling journey into the business of paranormal investigation, and the state of scientific literacy in America.
In 2010, in a small New Hampshire town, next door to a copy center- Author: Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1541703979
- Language: English
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Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity
$19.95 Add to cartSilver Medal in the Social Change and Social Justice Category, 2024 Nautilus Book Awards
Winner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Women working in the sciences face obstacles at virtually every- Author: Munoz, Lisa M. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0231220847
- Language: English
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Science, the Endless Frontier
$14.95 Add to cartThe classic case for why government must support science–with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today
Science, the Endless Frontier is rec- Author: Bush, Vannevar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 691186626
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOver the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science. Covering some of science’s most divisive topics, such as philosophical issu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Okasha, Samir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019880699X
- Language: English
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The Joy of Science
$16.95 Add to cartQuantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the heart of science can help you get the most out of life
Today’s world is unpredictable a- Author: Al-Khalili, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0691211574
- Language: English
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True
$18.99 Add to cartAn elegant, text-only edition of the New York Times bestseller that’s been hailed as the definitive authority on…everything.
Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world’s most celebrated evolu- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 11 2012
- ISBN10: 1451675046
- Language: English
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The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
$19.00 Add to cartA brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world
“This thoroughly readable book will convince you that the brain and the world are partners in- Author: Clark, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0525567259
- Language: English
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The Path to Singularity: How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity
$32.95 Read moreIn a rapidly changing world, are we on the brink of creating technology that outpaces our ability to control it?
Astrophysicist J. Craig Wheeler, former president of the American Astronomical Society,
- Author: Wheeler, J. Craig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493085433
- Language: English
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The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive
$17.00 Read moreA playful, profound book that is not only a testament to one man’s efforts to be deemed more human than a computer, but also a rollicking exploration of what it means to be human in the first place.
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- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 06 2012
- ISBN10: 0307476707
- Language: English
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The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality
$16.95 Read moreThe classic work that shaped the thought of a generation with its powerful insights into the true nature of mind and reality.
– Defines culture as a “cosmic egg” structured by the mind’s drive for log- Author: Pearce, Joseph Chilton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0892819944
- Language: English
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Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World
$30.99 Read moreWhat Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock was to the 20th century, Our Molecular Future will be to the 21st century.What will happen to our jobs, health care, and investments when the molecular revolution hit… [more below]
- Author: Mulhall, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1573929921
- Language: English
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Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic
$22.95 Read moreExploring one of the greatest potential contributors to climate change–thawing permafrost–and the anxiety of extinction on an increasingly hostile planet
Climate scientists point to permafrost as a
- Author: Wrigley, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1517911826
- Language: English
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
$21.99 Read more“This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science.” –Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenmen- Author: Shermer, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0805070893
- Language: English
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Elastic: Unlocking Your Brain’s Ability to Embrace Change
$18.00 Read moreThe best-selling author of Subliminal and The Drunkard’s Walk teaches you how to tap into the hidden power of your brain.
“Elastic is a book that will help you survive the whirlwind.”
–Daniel H. Pi… [more below]- Author: Mlodinow, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1101970162
- Language: English
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
$25.00 Add to cart“Ann Druyan has unearthed a treasure. It is a treasure of reason, compassion, and scientific awe. It should be the next book you read.” —Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith
“A stunningly valuable l… [more below]- Author: Sagan, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143112627
- Language: English
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The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science
$27.50 Read moreA must-read follow-up to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, one of the most important books of the twentieth century.
This book contains the text of Thomas S. Kuhn’s unfinished book, The Plur- Author: Kuhn, Thomas S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0226822745
- Language: English
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Cómo Funciona El Mundo: Una GuÃa CientÃfica de Nuestro Pasado, Presente Y Futuro / How the World Really Works
$22.95 Read moreUn sincero y revelador análisis de las posibilidades energéticas de nuestro futuro.
«Si te preocupa el futuro y te enfurece que no se esté haciendo suficiente al respecto, por favor, lee este… [more below]- Author: Smil, Vaclav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 841861935X
- Language: Spanish
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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science
$22.00 Add to cartIn 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in Social Text–an influential academic journal of cultural studies–touting the deep similarities between quantum gravitational theory and postmodern p
- Author: Sokal, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 29 1999
- ISBN10: 0312204078
- Language: English
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Projections: The New Science of Human Emotion
$19.00 Read moreA groundbreaking tour of the human mind that illuminates the biological nature of our inner worlds and emotions, through gripping, moving–and, at times, harrowing–clinical stories
“[A] scintillating- Author: Deisseroth, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1984853716
- Language: English
