MIT Press
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Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)
$27.95 Read moreHow teens navigate a networked world and how adults can support them.
What are teens actually doing on their smartphones? Contrary to many adults’ assumptions, they are not simply “addicted” to their- Author: Weinstein, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 0262047357
- Language: English
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Code to Joy: Why Everyone Should Learn a Little Programming
$27.95 Read moreHow we can get more joy from our machines by telling them what our hearts desire.
In this informative, accessible, and very funny book, Michael L. Littman inspires readers to learn how to tell machine- Author: Littman, Michael L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546396
- Language: English
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Quantum Computing for Everyone
$19.95 Add to cartAn accessible introduction to an exciting new area in computation, explaining such topics as qubits, entanglement, and quantum teleportation for the general reader.
Quantum computing is a beautiful fus
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Bernhardt, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0262539535
- Language: English
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Writing for Their Lives: America’s Pioneering Female Science Journalists
$26.95 Read more“Based on extensive archival research in the voluminous Science Service records at the Smithsonian Institution, Writing for Their Lives focuses on a remarkable group of women whose contributions to sc
- Author: LaFollette, Marcel Chotkowski
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048167
- Language: English
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Nihilism
$16.95 Add to cartAn examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters.
When someone is labeled a nihilist, it’s not usually meant as a compliment. Most of us associate nihilism with des
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Gertz, Nolen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0262537176
- Language: English
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Curious Minds: The Power of Connection
$26.95 Read moreAn exhilarating, genre-bending exploration of curiosity’s powerful capacity to connect ideas and people.
Curious about something? Google it. Look at it. Ask a question. But is curiosity simply informa- Author: Zurn, Perry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0262547147
- Language: English
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Data Feminism
$32.95 Read moreA new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.
Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve
- Series: Strong Ideas
- Author: D’Ignazio, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 17, 2020
- ISBN10: 0262044005
- Language: English
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Plastics
$16.95 Read more“An overview of the science of plastics, what makes them a desired material choice, why they are harmful to humans, animals, and the environment, and how we can replace them”–
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Walker-Franklin, Imari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0262547015
- Language: English
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Quantum Entanglement
$16.95 Add to cartAn exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.
Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common s
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Brody, Jed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 18, 2020
- ISBN10: 026253844X
- Language: English
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Pragmatism
$16.95 Read more“A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought”–
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Shook, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 026254461X
- Language: English
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The Claims of Life: A Memoir
$34.95 Read moreThe engaging memoir of a legendary president of Wellesley College known for authentic and open-hearted leadership, who drove innovation with power and love.
The Claims of Life traces the emergence of- Author: Walsh, Diana Chapman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048493
- Language: English
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Pure Immanence: Essays on a Life
$24.95 Add to cartPure Immanence collects the essays of Gilles Deleuze on a complex theme at the heart of his philosophy. In his last piece of writing, included here, Deleuze gives a simple name to this problem: “a lif
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Deleuze, Gilles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: March 22 2005
- ISBN10: 1890951250
- Language: English
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Artificial Intelligence: Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?, the Illustrated Edition
$29.95 Read moreA fascinating, richly illustrated journey through the history of artificial intelligence–and an honest assessment of our future alongside it.
Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of scien- Author: Wilks, Yorick A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545454
- Language: English
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Happiness
$16.95 Add to cart“A short, reader-friendly treatment of happiness from a leading figure in positive psychology”–
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Lomas, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0262544202
- Language: English
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Democracy in a Hotter Time: Climate Change and Democratic Transformation
$24.95 Read moreThe first major book to deal with the dual crises of democracy and climate change as one interrelated threat to the human future and to identify a path forward.
Democracy in a Hotter Time calls for re- Author: Orr, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048590
- Language: English
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The Beauty of Games
$24.95 Read more“A general-readership book about games as an aesthetic form – how to think about the ways in which they create beauty and meaning and exploring the special role they have to play in our present histor
- Series: Playful Thinking
- Author: Lantz, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048531
- Language: English
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Critical Thinking
$17.95 Add to cartAn insightful guide to the practice, teaching, and history of critical thinking–from Aristotle and Plato to Thomas Dewey–for teachers, students, and anyone looking to hone their critical thinking sk
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Haber, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 0262538288
- Language: English
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Algorithms
$16.95 Add to cartAn accessible introduction to algorithms, explaining not just what they are but how they work, with examples from a wide range of application areas.
Digital technology runs on algorithms, sets of instr
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Louridas, Panos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 262539020
- Language: English
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A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
$32.95 Read moreA blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.
Playing on the phrase “a theory of everything” from physics, Michael Muthukrishna’s ambitious, ori- Author: Muthukrishna, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 026204837X
- Language: English
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Cloud Computing, Revised and Updated Edition
$16.95 Add to cart“Why cloud computing represents a paradigm shift for business, and how business users can best take advantage of cloud services”–
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Ruparelia, Nayan B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546477
- Language: English
