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Virtual Reality
$15.95 Read moreA comprehensive overview of developments in augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality–and how they could affect every part of our lives.
After years of hype, extended reality–augmented re
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Greengard, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0262537524
- Language: English
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Understanding Beliefs
$18.95 Add to cartWhat beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.
Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about objects, about cultu
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Nilsson, Nils J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0262526433
- Language: English
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Cynicism
$15.95 Read moreA short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present.
Everyone’s a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today’s cynics excuse themselves half-hear
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Allen, Ansgar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0262537885
- Language: English
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Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self
$21.95 Read moreWhat altered states of consciousness–the dissolution of feelings of time and self–can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
During extraordinary moments of consciousness–shock, meditative sta- Author: Wittmann, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546086
- Language: English
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Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change
$39.95 Read moreThe illuminating evolution of the iconic space of Times Square.
What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of- Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
- Author: Sagalyn, Lynne B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 026204854X
- Language: English
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Spaceflight: A Concise History
$19.95 Add to cartA concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today.
Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of t
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Neufeld, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0262536331
- Language: English
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Metadata
$19.95 Read moreEverything we need to know about metadata, the usually invisible infrastructure for information with which we interact every day.
When “metadata” became breaking news, appearing in stories about surve
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Pomerantz, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: November 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0262528517
- Language: English
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Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks
$22.95 Read moreA manifesto calling for a new kind of architecture that confronts social and economic inequality and uneven urban growth.
Spatializing Justice calls for architects and urban designers to do more than- Author: Cruz, Teddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0262544539
- Language: English
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Spatial Computing
$15.95 Read moreAn accessible guide to the ideas and technologies underlying such applications as GPS, Google Maps, Pok mon Go, ride-sharing, driverless cars, and drone surveillance.
Billions of people around the glob
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Shekhar, Shashi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0262538040
- Language: English
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Architecture and Abstraction
$34.95 Add to cartA landmark study of abstraction in architectural history, theory, and practice that challenges our assumptions about the meaning of abstract forms.
In this theoretical study of abstraction in architec- Series: Writing Architecture
- Author: Aureli, Pier Vittorio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545233
- Language: English
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Carbon Capture
$16.95 Read moreA concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a promising but overlooked climate change mitigation pathway.
The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2), and these CO2 em
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Herzog, Howard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535750
- Language: English
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Architectures of Spatial Justice
$34.95 Read moreA field-defining work that demonstrates how architects are breaking with professional conventions to advance spatial justice and design more equitable buildings and cities.
As state violence, the pand- Author: Cuff, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545217
- Language: English
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La Jetée: Ciné-Roman
$49.00 Add to cartLa Jet e is the book version of the legendary 1964 science fiction film about time and memory after a nuclear apocalypse. Chris Marker, the undisputed master of the filmic essay, composed the film alm
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Marker, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: May 04 1993
- ISBN10: 0942299663
- Language: English
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Zizek’s Jokes: (Did You Hear the One about Hegel and Negation?)
$15.95 Add to cartZizek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy.
“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”–Ludwig Wittgenstein
The good news is that this book offers
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Zizek, Slavoj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: February 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535300
- Language: English
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Publics and Counterpublics
$31.00 Add to cartPublics and Counterpublics revolves around a central question: What is a public? The idea of a public is a cultural form, a kind of practical fiction, present in the modern world in a way that is very
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Warner, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 10 2005
- ISBN10: 1890951293
- Language: English
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Surf Craft: Design and the Culture of Board Riding
$44.95 Add to cartThe evolution of the surfboard, from traditional Hawaiian folk designs to masterpieces of mathematical engineering to mass-produced fiberglass.
Surfboards were once made of wood and shaped by hand, ob
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Kenvin, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 18 2014
- ISBN10: 0262027607
- Language: English
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Whiteness
$16.95 Read moreThe socially constructed phenomenon of whiteness: how it was created, how it changes, and how it protects and privileges people who are perceived as white.
This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowl- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Lund, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0262544199
- Language: English
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Activism
$27.95 Read moreAn edited collection that addresses the vital intersection of contemporary art and activism in this watershed cultural moment.
Activism is a critical point of contention for institutions and genealogi- Series: Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art
- Author: Dias Ramos, Afonso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546566
- Language: English
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Rethinking Gender: An Illustrated Exploration
$24.95 Read moreA lively, informative, and engaging guide to gender by an author-illustrator who helps readers understand the multiplicity of answers to “What even is gender?”
Queer, cisgender, transgender, nonbinary- Author: Läuger, Louie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 0262047233
- Language: English
