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Inside Technology eBook Series

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  • Representation in Scientific Practice Revisited

    Edited by Catelijne Coopmans, Janet Vertesi, Michael E. Lynch, Steve Woolgar ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    A fresh approach to visualization practices in the sciences that considers novel forms of imaging technology and draws on recent theoretical perspectives on representation.Representation in Scientific Practice, published by the MIT Press in 1990, helped coalesce a long-standing interest in scientific visualization among historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science and remains a touchstone ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

    by Dan Ariely ...
    Series series The Best American Series
    "Top-notch science writing covering everything from the 1,000 species in the human gut to efforts to reverse-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur." — Kirkus ReviewsWith contributions from bestselling and award-winning writers including Jerome Groopman and Elizabeth Kolbert, this volume delves into such topics as the 2008 "Black Friday" stampede at a Long Island Walmart; an annual humans-vs.-AI ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Acquainted with the Night

    A Celebration of the Dark Hours

    by Mr Christopher Dewdney ...
    We prepare for it each evening, and spend half our lives in its embrace, yet night retains its mysteries. In ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT, author and poet Christopher Dewdney takes readers on a fascinating journey through the nocturnal realm.Twelve chapters correspond to the twelve hours of an 'ideal' night, starting at 6pm and ending at 6am, and serve as points of departure for night's central ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?

    by Vinciane Despret ...
    Translated by Brett Buchanan ...
    Series series Posthumanities
    “You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don’t mean science fiction, or false stories about science, but, on the contrary, true ways of understanding how difficult it is to figure out what animals are up to.” —Bruno Latour, form the ForewordIs it all right to urinate in front of animals? What does it mean when a monkey throws its feces at you? Do apes really know ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The pineal gland

    by D'avino Fulvio ...
    Each day new and important discoveries are developed in various fields of technology and science. However, the human being has not lost his interest in research, especially on what it is considered one of the greatest mystery of the universe: the human brain. In this context, the pineal gland is taking an increasingly important role. It is the hub of knowledge in different cultures: from the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Mad Science

    Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World

    by Randy Alfred ...
    365 days of inventions, discoveries, science, and technology, from the editors of Wired Magazine.On January 30, Rubik applied for a patent on his cube (1975). On the next day, 17 years earlier, the first U.S. Satellite passed through the Van Allen radiation belt. On March 17, the airplane "black box" made its maiden voyage (1953). And what about today? Every day of the year has a rich scientific ... Read more

    $14.39 USD