MIT Press
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The Conscious Mind
$18.95 Add to cartAn account of the emergence of the mind: how the brain acquired self-awareness, functional autonomy, the ability to think, and the power of speech.
How did the human mind emerge from the collection of
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Torey, Zoltan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0262527103
- Language: English
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Ketamine
$16.95 Read moreThe emergence of ketamine–previously known as a combat anesthetic and club drug–as a treatment for depression.
Ketamine, approved in 2019 by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of dep- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Moghaddam, Bita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0262542242
- Language: English
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Objectivity
$37.00 Add to cartObjectivity has a history, and it is full of surprises. In Objectivity, Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison chart the emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences — and show how the
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Daston, Lorraine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: July 12 2010
- ISBN10: 189095179X
- Language: English
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Free Will
$18.95 Add to cartA philosopher considers whether the scientific and philosophical arguments against free will are reason enough to give up our belief in it.
In our daily life, it really seems as though we have free wil
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Balaguer, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0262525798
- Language: English
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Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World
$24.95 Add to cartHow sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are.
Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to do. In Of Sound Mind, Nina Kraus examines the partnership of sound and brain- Author: Kraus, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0262545071
- Language: English
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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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The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment
$32.95 Add to cartIn his bestselling first book, Eric Siegel explained how machine learning works. Now, in The AI Playbook, he shows how to capitalize on it.
“Eric Siegel delivers a robust primer on machine learning, t- Series: Management on the Cutting Edge
- Author: Siegel, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0262048906
- 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 Biology of Kindness: Six Daily Choices for Health, Well-Being, and Longevity
$24.95 Read more“Explains how our life behaviors can affect our state of health by comparing science and conscience in a revolutionary approach to health, longevity and quality of life”–
- Author: de Vivo, Immaculata
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0262547651
- Language: English
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The Value of Values: How Leaders Can Grow Their Businesses and Enhance Their Careers by Doing the Right Thing
$32.95 Add to cartHow business leaders can grow profits and competitive advantage by doing the right thing.
Acting on values–doing good for the benefit of all–can substantially benefit the bottom line, but many busin- Series: Management on the Cutting Edge
- Author: Aronson, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0262048388
- Language: English
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The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction
$19.95 Read moreThe first English translation of a cult science fiction favorite by Hemendra Kumar Roy, one of the giants of early Bangla literature, and other sf stories from the colonial period in India.
Kalpavigya- Series: Mit Press / Radium Age
- Author: Chattopadhyay, Bodhisattva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0262547619
- 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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Hamlet on the Holodeck, Updated Edition: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace
$50.00 Add to cartAn updated edition of the classic book on digital storytelling, with a new introduction and expansive chapter commentaries.
I want to say to all the hacker-bards from every field–gamers, researchers,
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Murray, Janet H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0262533480
- 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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The Night Land, Abridged Edition
$19.95 Read more- Series: Mit Press / Radium Age
- Author: Hodgson, William Hope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546426
- Language: English
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Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds
$22.95 Add to cartThe original 1818 text of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, with annotations and essays highlighting its scientific, ethical, and cautionary aspects.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has endured in the popular
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Shelley, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0262533286
- Language: English
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Return from the Stars
$24.95 Add to cartAn astronaut returns to Earth after a ten-year mission and finds a society that he barely recognizes.
Stanislaw Lem’s Return from the Stars recounts the experiences of Hal Bregg, an astronaut who retur
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Lem, Stanislaw
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0262538482
- Language: English
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Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business for Sustained Success
$21.95 Add to cartOne of Forbes’s Top Ten Technology Books of the Year
How to redesign ‘big, old’ companies for digital success–featuring a survey of 300+ business leaders and 30+ global organizations, including Amazo- Series: Management on the Cutting Edge
- Author: Ross, Jeanne W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0262542765
- Language: English
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Working with AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration
$34.95 Read moreTwo management and technology experts show that AI is not a job destroyer, exploring worker-AI collaboration in real-world work settings.
This book breaks through both the hype and the doom-and-gloom- Series: Management on the Cutting Edge
- Author: Davenport, Thomas H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 0262047241
- 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
