Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
$17.95 Add to cartTackling the “darkest question in all of philosophy” with “raffish erudition” (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something… [more below]
- Author: Holt, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0871403595
- Language: English
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Why Bob Dylan Matters
$19.99 Add to cart“The coolest class on campus” – The New York Times
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice. How co
- Author: Thomas, Richard F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062685740
- Language: English
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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
$17.99 Read moreMany appreciate Richard P. Feynman’s contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him — how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious… [more below]
- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 133
- Publish Date: April 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0465023940
- Language: English
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Beatles Blackouts: Trips Around the World in Search of Beatles Monuments
$17.95 Read moreFear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets a drunken Eat, Pray, Love in this unique tour of global BeatlemaniaDid you know that there’s a Beatles monument in Kazakhstan? Jack Marriott didn’t, and he thought… [more below]
- Author: Marriott, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1648412017
- Language: English
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Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
$21.00 Add to cartNapoleon’s Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made … [more below]
- Author: Le Couteur, Penny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 24 2004
- ISBN10: 1585423319
- Language: English
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A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You
$15.95 Read more“Fascinating and exhilarating–Sean B. Carroll at his very best.”–Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants
From acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiri- Author: Carroll, Sean B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0691234698
- Language: English
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Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
$32.50 Read moreNamed a Best Book of 2017 by NPR and GQ
Joining the ranks of the classics Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, an intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of
- Author: Goodman, Lizzy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 0062233092
- Language: English
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Timaeus and Critias
$12.95 Add to cart‘The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.’
Timaeus, one of Plato’s acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its conten- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0192807358
- Language: English
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Get Shown the Light: Improvisation and Transcendence in the Music of the Grateful Dead
$28.95 Add to cartOf all the musical developments of rock in the 1960s, one in particular fundamentally changed the music’s structure and listening experience: the incorporation of extended improvisation into live perf… [more below]
- Series: Studies in the Grateful Dead
- Author: Kaler, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1478024976
- Language: English
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The Machines of Evolution and the Scope of Meaning
$29.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking account of the origin and place of meaning in the earthly biosphere
What is meaning? How does it arise? Where is it found in the world? In recent years, philosophers and scientists ha- Author: Tomlinson, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1942130791
- Language: English
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Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
$18.99 Add to cartNational Bestseller
CNBC and Strategy + Business Best Business Book of the Year
It’s the biggest revolution you’ve never heard of, and it’s hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley ex
- Author: Kotler, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0062429663
- Language: English
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Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture
$17.95 Read more“To be a fan is to scream alone together.” This is the discovery Hannah Ewens makes in Fangirls: how music fandom is at once a journey of self-definition and a conduit for connection and camaraderie;
- Series: American Music
- Author: Ewens, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1477322094
- Language: English
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Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
$18.99 Add to cart“Science has a battle for hearts and minds on its hands….How good it feels to have Lisa Randall’s unusual blend of top flight science, clarity, and charm on our side.”
–Richard Dawkins“Dazzling idea
- Author: Randall, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0061723738
- Language: English
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Sharing Our Science: How to Write and Speak Stem
$26.95 Add to cartA personal, practical, and inspirational guide to written and oral STEM communications for scientists and technical professionals.
In Sharing Our Science, scientist-turned-writing teacher Brandon Brow- Author: Brown, Brandon R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546957
- 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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Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed
$30.00 Read moreTHE UPDATED CLASSIC OF THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, NOW WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY YUVAL NOAH HARARI
“The indispensable foundational text for the movement, new and updated with the honesty and philosophic
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0063335980
- Language: English
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Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEveryone has heard of the term “pseudoscience,” typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gordin, Michael D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0190944420
- Language: English
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The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
$21.99 Add to cartAn all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking from podcast host and academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine Steven Novella and his SGU co-hosts, which Richard Wiseman calls “the p… [more below]
- Author: Novella, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1538760525
- Language: English
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Murder Ballads Old and New: A Dark and Bloody Record
$22.95 Read moreMurder Ballads Old & New: A Dark and Bloody Record is an exploration of an age-old topic– our human need to document the horrors of the world around us. The murder ballad, here expanded to include so… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Steven L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1627311335
- Language: English
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Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
$18.99 Add to cartThe seminal work by one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, Physics and Philosophy is Werner Heisenberg’s concise and accessible narrative of the revolution in modern physics, in
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Thought
- Author: Heisenberg, Werner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 08 2007
- ISBN10: 0061209198
- Language: English
