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The life and work of Freeman Dyson—renowned scientist, visionary, and iconoclast—and his particular way of thinking about deep questions.Freeman Dy...

This “well-researched, nuanced” study of the rise of social media activism explores how marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narrativ...

A groundbreaking study about everyday antiblackness and its refusal in an officially raceblind France.What does it mean to be racialized-as-black i...

A bold argument that “and” always means “&,” the truth-functional sentential connective.In this book, Barry Schein argues that “and” is always ...

The first complete account in English of the evolution of 'pataphysics from its French origins, with explications of key ideas and excerpts from pr...

A single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing.This book takes a single line of code—the extremely concise BASI...

A hands-on approach to historical linguistics, working through 101 problems in five different categories.This book offers a hands-on approach to hi...

Concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color th...

Lessons, demonstrations, definitions, and tips on what to expect in art school, what it means to make art, and how to think like an artist.What is ...

An accessible introduction to 3D printing that outlines the additive manufacturing process, industrial and household markets, and emerging uses.The...

How RFID, a ubiquitous but often invisible mobile technology, identifies tens of billions of objects as they move through the world.RFID (Radio Fre...

Examining the work of contemporary Black artists who are dismantling the white gaze and demanding that we see--and see Blackness in particular--ane...

Examining the work of contemporary Black artists who are dismantling the white gaze and demanding that we see--and see Blackness in particular--ane...

The first full-career survey of the idiosyncratic life and work of Ray Johnson, a collagist, performance artist, and pioneer of mail art.Ray Johnso...

How our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development.Humans' understanding ...

An engaging illustrated history of feminism from antiquity through third-wave feminism, featuring Sappho, Mary Magdalene, Mary Wollstonecraft, Sojo...

A journey through linguistic time and space, from Aristotle through the twentieth century's “era of syntax,” in search of a dangerous verb and its ...

A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming. Climate engineering—w...

How casual games like Guitar Hero, Bejeweled, and those for Nintendo Wii are expanding the audience for video games. We used to think that video ga...

A concise but informative overview of AI ethics and policy.Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has generated a staggering amount of hype in t...

A comprehensive, practical guide to composing video game music, from acquiring the necessary skills to finding work in the field.Music in video gam...

The derivation, exposition, and justification of the Selective Tuning model of vision and attention.Although William James declared in 1890, "Every...

A Course in Game Theory presents the main ideas of game theory at a level suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, emphasizing t...

A graduate-level, mathematically rigorous introduction to strategic behavior in a networked world.This introductory graduate-level text uses tools ...