Science & Technology Policy
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Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
$19.95 Add to cartIn this far-reaching foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-author Avis Lang examine how the methods and too
- Author: Degrasse Tyson, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0393357465
- Language: English
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AI Needs You: How We Can Change Ai’s Future and Save Our Own
$24.95 Add to cartA humanist manifesto for the age of AI
Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI’s power grows, so does the need to figure out what–and who–this technology- Author: Harding, Verity
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0691244871
- Language: English
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The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised
$29.00 Read moreDiscover the surprising case for how conservatism can help us achieve the epic sci-fi future we were promised.
America was once the world’s dream factory. We turned imagination into reality, from cur- Author: Pethokoukis, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1546005544
- Language: English
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Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid
$19.65 Add to cartWhen rolling blackouts come to the electric grid, they will be old news to the grid insiders.
Only the electricity customers will be surprised.
Grid insiders know how fragile the grid is becoming. Unf
- Author: Angwin, Meredith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: September 23, 2020
- ISBN10: 1735358002
- Language: English
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The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
$19.99 Add to cartFrom a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America’s military might.
For generations of Americans, our country has been- Author: Brose, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 031653367X
- Language: English
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New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
$19.95 Read more- Author: Bridle, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1804290424
- Language: English
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The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America’s military might.
For generations of Americans, our country has been- Author: Brose, Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 031653353X
- Language: English
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Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report
$18.99 Read moreThis powerful report on what went wrong–and right–with America’s Covid response, from a team of 34 experts, shows how Americans faced the worst peacetime catastrophe of modern times
Our national le- Author: Crisis Group, Covid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541703804
- Language: English
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Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization
$23.00 Read moreA radical and timely proposal for reinvigorating transformative scientific discovery.
So rich was the scientific harvest of the early 20th century that it transformed entire industries and economies.- Author: Braben, Donald W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0578675919
- Language: English
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The Car: The Rise and Fall of the Machine That Made the Modern World
$19.95 Add to cartA spirited, insightful exploration of our favorite machine and it’s cultural impact on society over the past one hundred and fifty years.
More than any other technology, cars have transformed American- Author: Appleyard, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364668
- Language: English
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The Age of AI: And Our Human Future
$0.00 Read moreThree of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society–and what this technology means for us all.
- Author: Kissinger, Henry a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 0316273805
- Language: English
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Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty–And What to Do about It
$28.00 Read moreThe inside story of how our political class enabled an era of unaccountable corporate might that left ordinary Americans isolated and powerless–and how we can fight back–from the acclaimed author of… [more below]
- Author: Ahmari, Sohrab
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0593443462
- Language: English
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How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
$30.00 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors… [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental g- Author: Smil, Vaclav
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 10, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593297067
- Language: English
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
$30.00 Read more“Unsettling, absolutely riveting, and–for better or worse–necessary reading.” –Brian Christian, author of Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem
An entertaining account of the philosophy an- Author: Shapiro, Scott J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0374601178
- Language: English
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Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
$31.99 Add to cartNamed one of NPR’s Best Books of 2023
Learn more about Jennifer Pahlka’s work at recodingamerica.us. “The book I
Named one of Ezra Klein’s “Books That Explain Where We Are in 2023,” The New York Times- Author: Pahlka, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250266777
- Language: English
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A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
$32.00 Add to cart* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Scientific American‘s #1 Book for 2023 * A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * A Times Best Science and Environment Book of 2023 * A Tor.com Best Boo… [more below]
- Author: Weinersmith, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1984881728
- Language: English
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The Plague of Models: How Computer Modeling Corrupted Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
$17.99 Add to cartSometimes, reading the news, it seems we are drowning in a sea of risks. Every day, dozens of news articles proclaim some activity, some exposure, some change in the environment exposes us to new and
- Author: Green, Kenneth P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: April 20, 2023
- ISBN10: 1778041302
- Language: English
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Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health
$30.00 Read moreA revelatory account of how power, politics, and greed have placed the unfulfilled promise of personalized medicine at the center of American medicine
The United States is embarking on a medical revol- Author: Tabery, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0525658203
- Language: English
