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Re-engineering humanityGet This Now!
Every day, new warnings emerge about artificial intelligence rebelling against us. All the while, a more immediate dilemma flies under the radar. Have forces been unleashed th…more
Polio: the odyssey of eradicationGet This Now!"In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, …more
Hokusai: the master's legacyGet This Now!
The undisputed master of ukiyo-e, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is celebrated not only for his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji but also for his great versatility expres…more
Queer people of color: connected but not comfortableGet This Now!
On press: the liberal values that shaped the newsGet This Now!In the 1960s and 70s the American press forged a new set of values. Threatened with obsolescence by the proliferation of new competitors, pressured to rectify their treatment …more
The mezze cookbook: sharing plates from the Middle EastGet This Now!
More than 135 home-cooking recipes in this book explore the regional diversity of Middle Eastern sharing dishes, from Lebanon and Iran to Turkey and Syria. Divided by style of…more
Manuscript matters: reading John Donne's poetry and prose in early modern EnglandGet This Now!This book illuminates responses to some of John Donne's most elusive texts by his contemporary audiences. Since examples of seventeenth-century literary criticism prove somewh…more
Human + machine: reimagining work in the age of AIGet This Now!
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we work right now. Are you ready? In the past, robots were typically large pieces of machinery, sectioned off from human worke…more
Geology and geomorphology of alluvial and fluvial fans: terrestrial and planetary perspectivesGet This Now!
Galileo unbound: a path across life, the universe and everythingGet This Now!'Galileo Unbound' traces the journey that brought us from Galileo's law of free fall to today's geneticists measuring evolutionary drift, entangled quantum particles moving am…more
Exploring apocalyptica: coming to terms with environmental alarmismGet This Now!
"Environmental alarmism has long been a political bellwether. Based on case studies from four continents and the North Atlantic, Exploring Apocalyptica argues for a reevaluati…more
Dinomania: why we love, fear and are utterly enchanted by dinosaursGet This Now!
The story of our unlikely romance with the dinosaurs, from the finding of their enormous bones to the dinosaur theme parks of today.
