Science & Technology
-
Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory Overload
$34.95 Add to cartAn award-winning neurologist on the Stone-Age roots of our screen addictions, and what to do about them.
The human brain hasn’t changed much since the Stone Age, let alone in the mere thirty years of- Author: Cytowic, Richard E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0262049007
- Language: English
-
Physics: An Illustrated History of the Foundations of Science (100 Ponderables) Revised and Updated
$24.95 Read moreREVISED AND UPDATED EDITION
Here is the latest edition of this essential guide to physics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the foundations upon which all scientific knowle- Series: 100 Ponderables
- Author: Jackson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1627951970
- Language: English
-
More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech
$24.95 Read moreWhen technology reinforces inequality, it’s not just a glitch–it’s a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create a more equitable world.
The word “glitch” implies an incidental error, as ea- Author: Broussard, Meredith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0262548321
- Language: English
-
Essays on Art and Science
$26.95 Add to cartWhen we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science–in psychology
- Author: Kandel, Eric R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0231212569
- Language: English
-
The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can’t
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family’s approach to social media, screen time, and technology.
We’ve all heard the mind-boggling statistics about technology and social med
- Author: Loechner, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0310345693
- Language: English
-
The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist’s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
$30.00 Add to cartOne of Scientific American‘s Best Books of 2024
One of the world’s leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity’s most profound questi- Author: Cabrol, Nathalie A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1668046687
- Language: English
-
When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals about Earth’s Tumultuous History and Perilous Future
$27.99 Add to cartIn 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece o
- Author: Bierman, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1324020679
- Language: English
-
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
$16.00 Add to cart“Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hop… [more below]
- Author: Owen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0735216096
- Language: English
-
How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
$18.99 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1324074582
- Language: English
-
Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere
$29.99 Add to cartOne of Scientific American and The Times (London)’s Best Books of 2024
From one of the world’s leading climate scientists, a heart- and mind-changing book that offers a hopeful and attainable vision f- Author: Jackson, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1668023261
- Language: English
-
The Metaverse: Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Building the Spatial Internet
$30.00 Add to cartIn this substantially revised and updated edition of his internationally best-selling book, pioneering theorist and entrepreneur Matthew Ball goes beyond the hype cycle to present a definitive account… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1324095288
- Language: English
-
The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
$18.99 Add to cartPhosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has
- Author: Egan, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1324074728
- Language: English
-
Liberty’s Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America
$30.00 Read moreThe surprising history behind a ubiquitous facet of the United States: the gridded landscape.
Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of startling uniformity. Pe- Author: Alexander, Amir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0226820726
- Language: English
-
Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America
$32.00 Add to cartThe strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America–from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”
In 1995, a scandal erupted whe- Author: Linker, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 069123549X
- Language: English
-
Tangled in Vow & Beseech
$17.99 Add to cartTangled in Vow & Beseech vows to remember what we lose and beseeches us to embrace every moment. Throughout, McCabe Johnson writes intimately about family, nature, and animals, while also protesting t
- Author: Johnson, Jill McCabe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: March 08 2024
- ISBN10: 193665783X
- Language: English
-
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
$20.00 Add to cartA concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain.
Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of sc- Author: House, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1250151198
- Language: English
-
The Universal One
$24.99 Add to cartThe Universal One” is a book written by Walter Russell that explains his new Cosmology. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Russell science and philosophy. The book reveals the possibility of t
- Author: Russell, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: January 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1998050017
- Language: English
-
The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Frontlines of Climate Change
$27.99 Add to cartA timely, revelatory first look into the impact climate change has on children–the greatest moral crisis humanity faces today–by a pediatrician in the fastest warming city in America.
Wildfires, hur- Author: Hendrickson, Debra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1501197134
- Language: English
-
Biodynamics for Beginners: Principles and Practice
$29.95 Add to cart“Biodynamics is distinguished by the fact that it is a return from and through a mechanized prodigal society, not a regression. It is a return in a new way, like returning to your childhood home as an… [more below]
- Author: Courtney, Hugh J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1938685415
- Language: English
-
Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World
$30.00 Add to cartNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND THE GUARDIAN
“Absorbing. . . . A revealing look at the hidden role that games have played in human development for centuries.” —Kirkus “By turns phi- Author: Clancy, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0593538188
- Language: English
