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Preorder Our Urban Future: An Active Learning Guide to Sustainable Cities Sabina Shaikh, Emily Talen Current price: $40.00 A practical, comprehensive textbook that uses active learning techniques to teach about the challenges and opportunities associated with urban sustainability. ...
Preorder Nicolas Pages (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) Guillaume Dustan Current price: $17.95 An ode to mad love, awarded the Prix de Flore in 1999. ...
Preorder The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California Andrew Garrett Current price: $55.00 A critical examination of the complex legacies of early Californian anthropology and linguistics for twenty-first-century communities. ...
An Introduction to System Safety Engineering Nancy G. Leveson Current price: $75.00 A comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the foundations of classical safety engineering, with an emphasis on preparing for future challenges. ...
The Claims of Life: A Memoir Diana Chapman Walsh Current price: $34.95 The engaging memoir of a legendary president of Wellesley College known for authentic and open-hearted leadership, who drove innovation with power and love. ...
On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy Lee McIntyre Current price: $14.95 A powerful, pocket-sized citizen’s guide on how to fight back against the disinformation campaigns that are imperiling American democracy, from the bestselling author of Post-Truth and How to Talk to a Science Denier. ...
This Is Not a Feminism Textbook (This Is Not a...Textbook) Catherine Rottenberg (Editor) Current price: $19.95 Feminist scholars from around the world on key debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, and family to media, technology, and medicine. ...
Sexus Botanicus: The Love Lives of Plants Joanne Anton Current price: $27.95 A richly illustrated exploration of the astonishing diversity in sexual characteristics and behaviors of plants from the fig-tree to the sacred lotus. ...
Fascination of Science: 60 Encounters with Pioneering Researchers of Our Time Herlinde Koelbl Current price: $40.00 An intimate collection of portraits of internationally renowned scientists and Nobel Prize winners, paired with interviews and personal stories. ...
More Voices from the Radium Age (MIT Press / Radium Age) Joshua Glenn (Editor) Current price: $19.95 An essential collection of proto–science fiction stories that reveals the diverse literary milieu out of which the sci fi genre emerged. ...
The Beauty of Games (Playful Thinking) Frank Lantz Current price: $24.95 How games create beauty and meaning, and how we can use them to explore the aesthetics of thought. ...
Sharing Our Science: How to Write and Speak STEM Brandon R. Brown Current price: $26.95 A personal, practical, and inspirational guide to written and oral STEM communications for scientists and technical professionals. ...
Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership Stu Horvath Current price: $49.95 A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games. ...
Work without Jobs: How to Reboot Your Organization’s Work Operating System Ravin Jesuthasan, John W. Boudreau Current price: $22.95 In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, why the future of work requires the deconstruction of jobs and the reconstruction of work. ...
An Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design Terresa Moses (Editor) Current price: $32.95 An adventurous collection that examines how the design field has consistently failed to attract and support Black professionals—and how to create an anti-racist, pro-Black design industry instead. ...
Cyberfeminism Index Mindy Seu (Editor) Current price: $34.95 Hackers, scholars, artists and activists of all regions, races and sexual orientations consider how humans might reconstruct themselves by way of technology ...
Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will Robert M. Sapolsky Current price: $35.00 The instant New York Times bestseller “Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – Wall Street Journal ...
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works Helen Czerski Current price: $32.50 A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023 A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters. ...
Making Comics Lynda Barry Current price: $22.95 The bestselling, idiosyncratic curriculum from a 2019 MacArthur Fellow will teach you how to draw and write your story “The self-help book of the year.”—The New York Times ...
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science Kate Zernike Current price: $30.00 A New York Times Notable Book ...
Harvard Square: A Love Story Catherine J. Turco Current price: $27.95 "Harvard Square isn't what it used to be." Spend any time there, and you're bound to hear that lament. Yet people have been saying the very same thing for well over a century. ...
Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games—And Why They Matter Ben Orlin Current price: $30.00 Bestselling author and worst-drawing artist Ben Orlin expands his oeuvre with this interactive collection of mathematical games. With 70-plus games, each taking a minute to learn and a lifetime to master, this treasure trove will delight, educate, and entertain. ...
Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe Brian Clegg Current price: $29.95 How patterns--from diagrams of spacetime to particle trails revealed by supercolliders--offer clues to the fundamental workings of the physical world. ...
Reimagining Design: Unlocking Strategic Innovation (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) Kevin G. Bethune Current price: $24.95 The power of transformative design, multidisciplinary leaps, and diversity: lessons from a Black professional’s journey through corporate America. ...
The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler Current price: $17.95 An updated edition of the international bestseller that distills into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models. Every day, we face the same questions: How do I make the right decision? How can I work more efficiently? And, on a more personal level, what do I want? ...
The Secrets of Words Noam Chomsky, Andrea Moro Current price: $17.95 Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries. ...
Computing the Future Computing the Future Current price: $24.95 Computing the Future: 10 Years of Innovation at MIT CSAIL outlines the diverse range of ground-breaking research and academic efforts that have taken place over the past decade at MIT's largest interdepartmental research laboratory, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) ...
Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall Current price: $24.95 A guidebook to the institutional transformation of design theory and practice by restoring the long-excluded cultures of Indigenous, Black, and People of Color communities. ...
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Kieran Setiya Current price: $18.00 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST ...
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions Temple Grandin, PhD Current price: $18.00 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD “A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman ...
Cloud Computing, revised and updated edition (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Nayan B. Ruparelia Current price: $16.95 An updated, revised, and comprehensive overview of the concepts related to cloud computing, including recent applications, innovations, and its future evolution. ...
Plastics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Imari Walker-Franklin, Jenna Jambeck Current price: $16.95 A comprehensive introduction to the plastics life cycle—the impacts on our lives, our future, and our planet—and the actions we can take. ...
Smart Cities (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Germaine Halegoua Current price: $16.95 Key concepts, definitions, examples, and historical contexts for understanding smart cities, along with discussions of both drawbacks and benefits of this approach to urban problems. ...
Discounted Critical Thinking (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Jonathan Haber Previous price: $16.95 Current price: $15.95 An 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 skills. ...
Extraterrestrials (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Wade Roush Current price: $15.95 Are we alone in the universe? If not, where is everybody? An engaging exploration of one of the most important unsolved problems in science. ...
Macroeconomics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Felipe Larrain B. Current price: $15.95 An accessible introduction to the basics of macroeconomics and how it affects the local and global economies. ...
Algorithms (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Panos Louridas Current price: $16.95 An accessible introduction to algorithms, explaining not just what they are but how they work, with examples from a wide range of application areas. ...
Hate Speech (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Caitlin Ring Carlson Current price: $15.95 An investigation of hate speech: legal approaches, current controversies, and suggestions for limiting its spread. ...
Science Fiction (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Sherryl Vint Current price: $15.95 How science fiction has been a tool for understanding and living through rapid technological change. ...
Ketamine (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Bita Moghaddam Current price: $15.95 The emergence of ketamine--previously known as a combat anesthetic and club drug--as a treatment for depression. ...
Death and Dying (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Piemonte Nicole, Shawn Abreu Current price: $15.95 An examination of the contemporary medicalization of death and dying that calls us to acknowledge instead death's existential and emotional realities. ...
Machine Learning, revised and updated edition (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Ethem Alpaydin Current price: $15.95 A concise overview of machine learning--computer programs that learn from data--the basis of such applications as voice recognition and driverless cars. ...
Gender(s) (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Kathryn Bond Stockton Current price: $15.95 Why gender is strange, even when it's played straight, and how race and money are two of its most dramatic ingredients. ...
Supernova (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Or Graur Current price: $16.95 A concise illustrated introduction to the history and physics of supernovae, the brilliant explosions of stars; with striking color illustrations. ...
Nuclear Weapons (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Mark Wolverton Current price: $16.95 A primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the Bomb in pop culture. ...
Hunting: A Cultural History (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Jan E. Dizard, Mary Zeiss Stange Current price: $16.95 The history of hunting, from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to today’s sport hunters. ...
Echo (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Amit Pinchevski Current price: $16.95 An exploration of echo not as simple repetition but as an agent of creative possibilities. ...
Robot Ethics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Mark Coeckelbergh Current price: $16.95 A guide to the ethical questions that arise from our use of industrial robots, robot companions, self-driving cars, and other robotic devices. ...
Whiteness (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Martin Lund Current price: $16.95 The socially constructed phenomenon of whiteness: how it was created, how it changes, and how it protects and privileges people who are perceived as white. ...
Placebos (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Kathryn T. Hall Current price: $16.95 The biological power of the placebo effect. ...
Memory (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Fergus Craik, Larry Jacoby Current price: $16.95 A short, accessible primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers. ...
Fertility Technology (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Donna J. Drucker Current price: $16.95 A concise overview of fertility technology—its history, practical applications, and ethical and social implications around the world. ...
Espionage: A Concise History (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Kristie Macrakis Current price: $16.95 A concise introduction to the history and methods of espionage, illustrated by spy stories from antiquity to today’s high-tech world. ...
Analog (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Robert Hassan Current price: $16.95 Why, surrounded by screens and smart devices, we feel a deep connection to the analog—vinyl records, fountain pens, Kodak film, and other nondigital tools. ...
Happiness (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Tim Lomas Current price: $16.95 A concise and engaging exploration of how we understand happiness. ...
Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience Christine Iverson Current price: $18.99 In an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the “father of neuroscience,” science and art—together—work wonders. ...
Grace for President (Grace Series #1) Kelly DiPucchio Current price: $18.99 A fresh, fun, and "thought-provoking" New York Times bestseller about the American electoral college and why every vote counts from bestselling and award-winning duo Kelly DiPucchio and LeUyen Pham. "Where are the girls?" ...
Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our Human Story. So Far. Oliver Jeffers Current price: $26.99 In his first illustrated book created specifically for readers of all ages, Oliver Jeffers shares a very brief history of humanity and shares his dreams for where we go from here. ...
AlphaBot Vicky Fang Current price: $14.99 Even the youngest robotocists will love flipping the flaps to create their own robot—while exploring a simple A to Z roundup of robotics terms. ...
¡Vamos! Let's Go Read (World of ¡Vamos!) III Raúl the Third Current price: $16.99 An NPR Books We Love Selection A Junior Library Guild Selection ...
Stroller Ecology (Big Science for Tiny Tots) Jill Esbaum, WonderLab Group Current price: $8.99 Ready to roll with your little ecologist? Head to the park to engage all the senses and discover new things—living things! Shh. If we’re really quiet, what can we hear? ...
Whose Bones?: An Animal Guessing Game Gabrielle Balkan Current price: $12.95 A playful, informative introduction to bones for the youngest readers, by the team behind the bestselling Book of Bones ...
Isabel and the Invisible World Alan Lightman Current price: $18.99 Renowned physicist Alan Lightman, author of Ada and the Galaxies, turns his focus to light waves in a second story for children. ...
The Curie Society (The Curie Society Series #1) Heather Einhorn, Adam Staffaroni, Janet Harvey Current price: $18.95 An action-packed graphic novel for the science lover—“with suspenseful espionage, nerdy humor, and a group of dauntless, eager trailblazers” following in the footsteps of Marie Curie (Shelf Awareness). ...
8 Little Planets Chris Ferrie Current price: $10.99 A delightfully fun, fact-filled planetary tale from the creator of the Baby University series! ...
We, the Curious Ones Marion Dane Bauer Current price: $18.99 Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paper art portray epic concepts—the evolving biography of the universe and the symbiotic relationship between science and story. ...
Boston in Transit: Mapping the History of Public Transportation in The Hub Steven Beaucher Current price: $70.00 A richly illustrated story of public transit in one of America’s most historic cities, from public ferry and horse-drawn carriage to the MBTA. ...
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine Alan Lightman Current price: $17.00 From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams—“an elegant and moving paean to our spiritual quest for meaning in an age of science" (The New York Times Book Review). ...
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