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"Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and Cheap Pierogi" ーVanity Fair An unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a lov……続きを見る

The ocean and its biodiversity have been attracting increasing interest from a humanities perspective over the last decades. The book Elusive Partners aims to provide a valuable insight into this re……続きを見る

Du 8e au 12e siècle, la civilisation coranique a brillé, livrant des avancées scientifiques majeures grâce à des savants de renommée universelle. Cet âge d’or s’explique par les enseignements du Cor……続きを見る

How Cold War America came to attribute human evolutionary success to our species' unique capacity for murder After World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new ur……続きを見る

L'œuvre de Henri Poincaré, rédigée par Émile Picard, s'inscrit dans un contexte scientifique en pleine effervescence à la fin du XIXe siècle. Picard, en tant qu'analyste rigoureux et mathématicien é……続きを見る

Discover the Surprising History of Ordinary Things "Emily magically weaves a vibrant history of simple everyday objects we often take for granted. The Story Behind will surprise and delight..." ─Dea……続きを見る

Este libro es una obra dedicada a explorar la fascinante vida y legado del Rey Salomón, considerado el monarca más sabio, rico y poderoso que ha existido en la historia de la humanidad. Salomón, hij……続きを見る

“A new and welcome perspective on modern cosmology that any reader can easily grasp and appreciate . . . this is one of the very best books on the topic.” ーChoice Heart of Darkness describes the in……続きを見る

How Cold War America came to attribute human evolutionary success to our species' unique capacity for murder After World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new ur……続きを見る

A comprehensive edition and commentary of a late antique codex Mathematics, Metrology, and Model Contracts is a comprehensive edition and commentary of a late antique codex. The codex contains mathe……続きを見る

This book introduces readers to the astonishing civilisation of the Incas. Its novelty lies in its general but highly informative synthesis of their history and astronomy through the accounts of con……続きを見る

In Timothie Bright and the Origins of Early Modern Shorthand, J.D. Fleming brings together two areas of sixteenth-century intellectual history. One is the period emergence of artificial systems for ……続きを見る

In a world where we are constantly being asked to make decisions based on incomplete information, facility with basic probability is an essential skill. This book provides a solid foundation in basi……続きを見る

These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through ……続きを見る

About a millennium ago, in Cairo, an unknown author completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of thirty-five chapters, this book guided the reader on a journey from the outermost ……続きを見る

This book analyses aspects of the material culture of early modern Greece from an object-based perspective, using surviving artefacts from that period as primary sources. A printed book, a wine jug,……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered how "woke" culture emerged? Wokeness feels inescapable today, dominating everything from news cycles to pop culture. But where did this movement come from, and how did it evol……続きを見る

No resulta difícil imaginar a nuestros ancestros contemplando admirados el maravilloso cielo nocturno. Y fue ya en la Antigüedad cuando empezaron a elaborarse las primeras teorías sobre los componen……続きを見る

This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "existential risks." Many leading intellectuals agree that th……続きを見る

Dans 'Lamarck et son Œuvre', Émile Corra propose une étude approfondie de la vie et des travaux de Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, une figure emblématique de l'histoire des sciences naturelles. Le livre s……続きを見る

Meet a diverse group of highly original thinkers and learn about their lives and achievements: Galileo, a founding father of astronomy and physics; Christiaan Huygens, a seventeenth-century pioneer ……続きを見る

Few of the great stories of medicine are as palpably dramatic as the invention of open-heart surgery, yet, until now, no journalist has ever brought all of the thrilling specifics of this triumph to……続きを見る

What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as consciousness? In th……続きを見る

Machines have always gone hand-in-hand with the cultural development of m- kind throughout time. A book on the history of machines is nothing more than a specific way of bringing light to human even……続きを見る

'Jérémie Harris is a very funny scientist. I laughed all the way through' - Bob McDonald From Silicon Valley entrepreneur, quantum physicist, AI risk expert, and Hollywood "alternative reality" cons……続きを見る

A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan José Millás has always felt like he doesn’t quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders ……続きを見る

Born in Italy to a well-to-do Jewish family, Emilio Segrè (1905-1989) became Enrico Fermi’s first graduate student in 1928, contributed to the discovery of slow neutrons and was appointed director o……続きを見る

A journalist and author of The Influence of Soros examines the history of Jewish people in America and explores their ever-evolving relationship to the nation’s culture and identityーand each other.……続きを見る

This book deals with a topic that has been largely neglected by philosophers of science to date: the ability to refer and analyze in tandem. On the basis of a set of philosophical case studies invol……続きを見る

Last holiday season, Christmas Miracles touched the hearts of thousands with its inspiring true stories of real people and their miraculous encounters. With The Magic of Christmas Miracles we have a……続きを見る