Science & Technology Policy
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
$20.00 Add to cart“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: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1250335671
- Language: English
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Climate and Energy: The Case for Realism
$29.99 Read moreThe attempted cures for climate change are generally worse than the disease–especially for the poor. In this groundbreaking volume, experts in all the fields related to climate change explain for lay… [more below]
- Author: Beisner, E. Calvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1684512670
- Language: English
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Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
$29.99 Add to cartShortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction
Named a best book of the year by Esquire, The Spectator and Publishers Weekly
A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artifi- Author: Murgia, Madhumita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1250867398
- Language: English
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Standards
$18.95 Read moreAn engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.
Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearl
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Pomerantz, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0262549492
- Language: English
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Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World
$32.00 Add to cartTwo of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement–and show us how to fight back
From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher c- Author: Mann, Michael E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1541705491
- Language: English
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
$30.00 Add to cart“May prove to be the most important book of our time.”–Tim Urban, Wait But Why
The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction–but it’s not too late to change course, as tw- Author: Yudkowsky, Eliezer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0316595640
- Language: English
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How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
$19.00 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593297083
- Language: English
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Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
$19.99 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1250342732
- Language: English
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Building a God: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It
$29.95 Add to cartRenowned ethicist provides essential guide to successfully navigating the future AI landscape
In Building a God, Christopher DiCarlo explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence surpas
- Author: Dicarlo, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1493085883
- Language: English
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How AI Works: From Sorcery to Science
$29.99 Add to cartAI isn’t magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining–without a single mathematical equation–what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happen… [more below]
- Author: Kneusel, Ronald T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1718503725
- Language: English
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Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future
$32.95 Add to cartFrom the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI–as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children… [more below]
- Author: Kai, de
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 262049767
- Language: English
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The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace
$36.99 Add to cartIn The Drone Age, Michael J. Boyle addresses some of the biggest questions surrounding the impact of drones on our world today and the risks that we might face tomorrow. Will drones produce a safer wo… [more below]
- Author: Boyle, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019063586X
- Language: English
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The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones
$27.00 Add to cartA road map to free your kids from the harms of digital technology and to recover the beauty, wonder, and true purpose of childhood–by a leading tech policy expert
It’s no secret that addictive digita- Author: Morell, Clare
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 059373629X
- Language: English
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The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science
$30.00 Add to cartA brilliant new voice in science writing–“witty, whip-smart, truly one of our best” (Mary Roach)–shows why playfulness and curiosity are the key to science
Why would anyone research how elephants p- Author: York, Carly Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1541605217
- Language: English
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From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech
$26.95 Add to cartA radical paradigm shift in the way we think about AI and tech, taking hope and inspiration from the aspirational users of new technologies around the world.
When it comes to tech, the mainstream head
- Author: Arora, Payal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0262049309
- Language: English
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New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West
$33.00 Add to cartThree decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers–Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia–in a world fa… [more below]
- Author: Sanger, David E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593443594
- Language: English
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Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future
$32.00 Add to cartTech visionary Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities.
Superagency offers a roadmap for usin- Author: Hoffman, Reid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893310108
- Language: English
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Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security
$44.95 Read moreThe United States, Taiwan, and China are bound within a “silicon triangle.” Semiconductors link our geopolitics, our ongoing economic prosperity, and our technological competitiveness. This book draws
- Author: Diamond, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0817926151
- Language: English
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Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
$30.00 Add to cartAs Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more dynamic and ubiquitous, it is dramatically empowering people in all walks of life while also giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity–
- Author: Kissinger, Henry a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0316581291
- Language: English
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When Science Meets Power
$29.95 Read moreScience and politics have collaborated throughout human history, and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change. But the relationship between
- Author: Mulgan, Geoff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 261
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1509553061
- Language: English
