The travels of Ijon Tichy, a Gulliver of the space age, who encounters faulty time machines, intelligent washing machines,…

Among the plethora of books on consciousness, this engaging blend of science, autobiography and honest self-reflection…

Fifty years ago, in 1968, barricades were erected in the streets of Paris for the first time since the Paris Commune of…

An accessible introduction to the artificial intelligence technology that enables computer vision, speech recognition,…

Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be smart enough, using technology to promote democracy and equity.…

Architecture depends -- on what? On people, time, politics, ethics, mess: the real world. Architecture, Jeremy Till argues…

An exploration of the scientific limits of knowledge that challenges our deep-seated beliefs about our universe, our…

A fascinating account of Alan Turing's epic research paper, which kicked off the entire computer revolution. I'm…

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Why Only Us: Language and Evolution is a loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested…

Produkt Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice - Harrison, Jill Lindsey (Assistant Professor, University…

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we try to figure out the shower control in a hotel or attempt to navigate an…

Produkt Quest to Learn - Salen Tekinbas, Katie (Professor) a Torres, Robert a Wolozin, Loretta a Rufo-Tepper, Rebecca a…

The crisis in Ukraine and its implications for both the Crimean peninsula and Russia's relations with the West.…

A short, accesible critical guide to visual culture-what it means to look and see; how the visual impacts our lives, our…

In this collection of essays in Semiotext(e)'s Intervention series, Jackie Wang examines the contemporary incarceration…

An innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into streamed…

The goal of data science is to improve decision making through the analysis of data. Today data science determines the ads…

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How adult learners can draw upon skills and knowledge honed over a lifetime to master a foreign language.…

An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything…

Produkt Post-Communist Reform - Blanchard, Olivier a Boycko, Maxim a Dabrowski, Marek a Dornbusch, Rudiger a Layard, Richard…

An investigation into how machines and living creatures fly, and of the similarities between butterflies and Boeings, paper…

The triumphant return of a book that gave us permission to throw out the rulebook, in activities ranging from play to…

A thorough analysis of contemporary digital media practices, showing how people increasingly not only consume but also…

Produkt Management Thought and Action zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele MIT Press Ltd.…

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By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength…

An introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer.…

How the concept of critical thinking emerged, how it has been defined, and how critical thinking skills can be taught.…

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present.…

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A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers…

The story of citizenship as a tale not of liberation, dignity, and nationhood but of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination.…

In Zizek's long-awaited magnum opus, he theorizes the parallax gap in the ontological, the scientific, and the political-and…

As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer's…

The standard text on innovation advises would-be innovators to conduct creative brainstorming sessions and seek input from…

Produkt Heidegger's Topology - Malpas, Jeff (University of Tasmania) zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele MIT Press Ltd.…

An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of…

Why bibliometrics is useful for understanding the global dynamics of science but generate perverse effects when applied…

Produkt Big Ideas in Macroeconomics - Athreya, Kartik B. (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od…

Produkt Politics and History In The Soviet Union - Heer, Nancy Whittier zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele MIT Press…

Scientists offer personal accounts of the challenges, struggles, successes, U-turns, and satisfactions encountered in their…