Philosophy & Social Aspects
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In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonders of Complex Systems
$24.00 Read moreFrom the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, an enlightening and personal journey into the practice of groundbreaking science
“[Giorgio Parisi is] an extraordinary scientist.” –Carlo Rovelli With In- Author: Parisi, Giorgio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 059349315X
- Language: English
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Meditations: The Philosophy Classic
$15.00 Add to cartA deluxe special edition of the ancient classic written by the Roman Emperor known as “The Philosopher”
Meditations is a series of personal journals written by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome from 16
- Series: Capstone Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0857088467
- Language: English
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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
$28.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty,- Author: Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1250861500
- Language: English
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Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
$16.00 Add to cartThe author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats—and what they reveal about humans’ torturou
- Author: Gray, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 26, 2021
- ISBN10: 1250800250
- Language: English
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Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
$19.00 Add to cart“Accessible and authoritative . . . While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one. . . . What if
- Author: Banaji, Mahzarin R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 16, 2016
- ISBN10: 0345528433
- Language: English
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Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
$30.00 Add to cartOne of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at math–focusing on questions, not answers
Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not re
- Author: Cheng, Eugenia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601823
- Language: English
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Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
$27.00 Add to cartThe Marginalian Favorite Books of 2023
An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave, that explains the interconnectedness of all things and that Deepak
- Author: Theise, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1954118252
- Language: English
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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
$20.00 Add to cartPhilosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds
Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has- Author: Godfrey-Smith, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 17, 2017
- ISBN10: 0374537194
- Language: English
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The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial
$32.50 Add to cartIn 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deniers had control of the climate story, Senator James I
- Author: Lipsky, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 039386670X
- Language: English
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
$21.00 Add to cartA prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace
“A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science .- Author: Sagan, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 25 1997
- ISBN10: 0345409469
- Language: English
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The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality
$18.99 Add to cart“In The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot argues nothing less than that the universe is itself one giant hologram. Mr. Talbot thus explains out-of-body experiences, quantum-theory problems, the pa
- Author: Talbot, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0062014102
- Language: English
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The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future: What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow
$19.99 Read moreFrom the bestselling authors and hosts of “The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe,” a high-tech roadmap of the future in their beloved voice, cracking open the follies of futurists past and how technolog… [more below]
- Author: Novella, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1538709554
- Language: English
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Anaximander: And the Birth of Science
$18.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander
Over two millennia ago, the prescient i- Author: Rovelli, Carlo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593542363
- Language: English
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How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
$30.00 Read moreFrom facial recognition–capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents–to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves
- Author: Wiggins, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1324006730
- Language: English
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The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science
$26.00 Read moreFrom the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answer to the question, Can the scientifically inclined still hold space for spirituality?
“Lightman…belongs to a noble trad- Author: Lightman, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0593317416
- Language: English
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
$19.99 Add to cartFeaturing a new Foreword by former Vice President Al Gore
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “Important and timely. We ignore this message at our peril.”–Elizabeth Kolbert Merchants of Dou- Author: Oreskes, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 1608193942
- Language: English
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The Cosmic Web: Hope for Our World through Spirituality and Science
$29.33 Add to cartWe exist in a highly interwoven quantum field: a cosmic web. To see this is to better understand how to live.
This enlightening book weaves together current physics, in easy-to-grasp descriptions, wit
- Author: Andrews Hayter, Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1960090208
- Language: English
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The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes–And Its Implications
$18.00 Add to cartA penetrating exploration of the new physics, including time travel, quantum computers, and the multiverse – as referenced in the film “Avengers: Endgame”
For David Deutsch, a young physicist of unusu- Author: Deutsch, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 014027541X
- Language: English
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The Seven Measures of the World
$28.00 Read moreThe fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world
“Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are.”- Author: Martin, Piero
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266278
- Language: English
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Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
$16.95 Add to cartWhy an awareness of Earth’s temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survival
Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales of our planet’s long history, and this narrow perspective un- Author: Bjornerud, Marcia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 069120263X
- Language: English
