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Basic Bioethics eBook Series

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  • Synthetic Biology and Morality

    Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature

    Series series Basic Bioethics
    A range of views on the morality of synthetic biology and its place in public policy and political discourse.Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions—first and foremost ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

    The Science Behind the Headlines

    “A triumph.”—Steve Weinberg, Boston GlobeThis is “must-have” information for all presidents—and citizens—of the twenty-first century: Is Iran’s nascent nuclear capability a genuine threat to the West? Are biochemical weapons likely to be developed by terrorists? Are there viable alternatives to fossil fuels that should be nurtured and supported by the government? Should nuclear power be encouraged ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Fool Me Twice

    Fighting the Assault on Science in America

    "Whenever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government."But what happens in a world dominated by complex science? Are the people still well-enough informed to be trusted with their own government? And with less than 2 percent of Congress with any professional background in science, how can our government be trusted to lead us in the right ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Sex and Rockets

    The Occult World of Jack Parsons

    by John Carter ...
    Rocket pioneer, occultist, and counterculture icon—Jack Parsons and the explosive intersection of science, sex, and magic. Sex and Rockets by John Carter is the definitive biography of John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons—rocket-fuel innovator, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and one of the most controversial figures in twentieth-century American science. By day, Parsons helped develop the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine

    Authorship and Genre in Photojournalism and Film

    From 1945 to 1950, during the formative years of his career, Stanley Kubrick worked as a photojournalist for Look magazine. Offering a comprehensive examination of the work he produced during this period – before going on to become one of America’s most celebrated filmmakers – Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine sheds new light on the aesthetic and ideological factors that shaped his artistic voice. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Politics of Innovation

    Why Some Countries Are Better Than Others at Science and Technology

    Why are some countries better than others at science and technology (S&T)? Written in an approachable style, The Politics of Innovation provides readers from all backgrounds and levels of expertise a comprehensive introduction to the debates over national S&T competitiveness. It synthesizes over fifty years of theory and research on national innovation rates, bringing together the current ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Digital Destiny

    How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate

    Our world is about to change.In Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Change the Way We Live, Work, and Communicate, Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and senior director of research at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), argues that the groundswell of digital ownership unfolding in our lives signals the beginning of a new era for humanity. Beyond just hardware acquisition, the next ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Exposed

    Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age

    Social media compile data on users, retailers mine information on consumers, Internet giants create dossiers of who we know and what we do, and intelligence agencies collect all this plus billions of communications daily. Exploiting our boundless desire to access everything all the time, digital technology is breaking down whatever boundaries still exist between the state, the market, and the ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • How to Breathe Underwater

    Field Reports from an Age of Radical Change

    by Chris Turner ...
    The essays and reportage in How to Breathe Underwater offer a panoramic overview of this age of radical change-from the online gambling boom in the Caribbean to Cyberjaya, the Malaysian government’s attempt to build its own Silicon Valley; from video game design to digital-age tabloid journalism to the artistry of The Simpsons; and from the fate of the Great Barrier Reef to Cuba’s economic limbo ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Confronting Theory

    The Psychology of Cultural Studies

    by Philip Bell ...
    Confronting Theory presents a methodological (philosophical) and educational evaluation and critique of what has come to be known as Theory (‘with a capital-T’) in cross-disciplinary humanities education. Rather than merely dismissing Theory writing as risibly pretentious and abstract, Confronting Theory examines its principal concepts from the perspective of academic psychology and shows that, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Dispelling the Darkness:Voyage in the Malay Archipelago and the Discovery of Evolution by Wallace and Darwin

    by John van Wyhe ...
    “The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them, until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness.”T H Huxley (1887)Darwin is one of the most famous scientists in history. But he was not alone. Comparatively forgotten, Wallace independently ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Myths

    Decode Vol. 1

    Series series Decode
    Myths is a visual and written exploration on the subject of myths. It contains contributions from writers, illustrators, designers, photographers and artists from around the world who have each responded to the theme in their own unique way.Myths is important as it approaches the theme in various ways but also includes interviews with artists who have been inspired by myths in some way – ... Read more

    $11.99 USD