MIT Press Essential Knowledge
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Macroeconomics
$21.95 Add to cartThe non-economist’s accessible, pocket-sized refresher on the basics of macroeconomics and how it affects the local and global economies!
Macroeconomics takes a broad perspective on the economy of a … [more below]- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Larrain B., Felipe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0262538571
- Language: English
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Death and Dying
$15.95 Add to cartAn examination of the contemporary medicalization of death and dying that calls us to acknowledge instead death’s existential and emotional realities.
Death is a natural, inevitable, and deeply human- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Piemonte, Nicole M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0262542420
- Language: English
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The Book
$19.95 Add to cartThe book as object, as content, as idea, as interface.
What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to ent
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Borsuk, Amaranth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535416
- Language: English
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Science Fiction
$18.95 Read moreHow science fiction has been a tool for understanding and living through rapid technological change.
The world today seems to be slipping into a science fiction future. We have phones that speak to us- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Vint, Sherryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0262539993
- Language: English
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Nuclear Weapons
$16.95 Add to cartA primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the Bomb in pop culture.
Although the world’s attention has shi- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Wolverton, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0262543311
- Language: English
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Extraterrestrials
$19.95 Read moreAre we alone in the universe? If not, where is everybody? An engaging exploration of one of the most important unsolved problems in science.
Everything we know about how planets form and how life arise
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Roush, Wade
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 262538431
- Language: English
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Causal Inference
$16.95 Add to cartA nontechnical guide to the basic ideas of modern causal inference, with illustrations from health, the economy, and public policy.
Which of two antiviral drugs does the most to save people infected w- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Rosenbaum, Paul R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545195
- Language: English
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Computational Thinking
$18.95 Add to cartAn introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer.
A few decades into the digital era, scientists discovered that thinking in terms of co
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Denning, Peter J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 0262536560
- Language: English
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Extremism
$16.95 Add to cartWhat extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into violence.
A rising tide of extremist movements threaten to destabilize civil societies around the globe.
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Berger, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535874
- Language: English
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Phenomenology
$18.95 Add to cartA concise and accessible introduction to phenomenology, which investigates the experience of experience.
This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a concise and accessible introduc
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Engelland, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 262539314
- Language: English
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Robot Ethics
$16.95 Read moreA guide to the ethical questions that arise from our use of industrial robots, robot companions, self-driving cars, and other robotic devices.
Does a robot have moral agency? Can it be held responsibl- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Coeckelbergh, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0262544091
- Language: English
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Analog
$16.95 Add to cartWhy, surrounded by screens and smart devices, we feel a deep connection to the analog–vinyl records, fountain pens, Kodak film, and other nondigital tools.
We’re surrounded by screens; our music come- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Hassan, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0262544490
- Language: English
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AI Assistants
$15.95 Add to cartAn accessible explanation of the technologies that enable such popular voice-interactive applications as Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant.
Have you talked to a machine lately? Asked Alexa to play a s- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Pieraccini, Roberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0262542552
- Language: English
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Cybersecurity
$16.95 Add to cartAn accessible guide to cybersecurity for the everyday user, covering cryptography and public key infrastructure, malware, blockchain, and other topics.
It seems that everything we touch is connected t- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Wilson, Duane C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0262542544
- Language: English
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Neurolinguistics
$17.95 Add to cartAn accessible introduction to the study of language in the brain, covering language processing, language acquisition, literacy, and language disorders.
Neurolinguistics, the study of language in the b- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Baggio, Giosue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0262543265
- Language: English
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Nihilism
$16.95 Add to cartAn examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters.
When someone is labeled a nihilist, it’s not usually meant as a compliment. Most of us associate nihilism with des
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Gertz, Nolen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0262537176
- Language: English
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Plastics
$16.95 Read more“An overview of the science of plastics, what makes them a desired material choice, why they are harmful to humans, animals, and the environment, and how we can replace them”–
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Walker-Franklin, Imari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0262547015
- Language: English
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Quantum Entanglement
$16.95 Add to cartAn exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.
Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common s
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Brody, Jed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 18, 2020
- ISBN10: 026253844X
- Language: English
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Pragmatism
$16.95 Add to cart“A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought”–
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Shook, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 026254461X
- Language: English
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Happiness
$16.95 Add to cart“A short, reader-friendly treatment of happiness from a leading figure in positive psychology”–
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Lomas, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0262544202
- Language: English
