Vision is one of the most active areas in biomedical research, and visualpsychophysical techniques are a foundational methodology for this research enterprise. Visualpsychophysics, which studies the r
Based on the Zen philosophy about focusing away from the self, a guide to "neural Zen" meditative practices draws on recent findings in brain research to outline recommendations for various methods of
In contemporary Western society, people are more often called upon to justify thechoice not to have children than they are to supply reasons for having them. In this book, ChristineOverall maintains t
The current conflict in Syria has killed more than 80,000 people and displaced fourmillion, yet most observers predict that the worst is still to come. And for two years, theinternational community ha
In this book, Michela Ippolito proposes a compositional semantics for subjunctive (orwould) conditionals in English that accounts for their felicity conditions and the constraints onthe satisfaction o
In this book, Michela Ippolito proposes a compositional semantics for subjunctive (orwould) conditionals in English that accounts for their felicity conditions and the constraints onthe satisfaction o
In this provocative call for a new ecological politics, William Ophuls starts from aradical premise: "sustainability" is impossible. We are on an industrialTitanic, fueled by rapidly depleting stocks
Today's blockbuster video games -- and their never-ending sequels, sagas, and reboots-- provide plenty of excitement in high-resolution but for the most part fail to engage a player'smoral imagination
For more than thirty years, Wu Jinglian has been widely regarded as China's mostcelebrated and influential economist. In the late 1970s, Wu (b. 1930) was one of a small group ofeconomic thinkers who b
The future is not what it used to be because we can no longer rely on the comfortingassumption that it will resemble the past. Past abundance of fuel, for example, does not implyunending abundance. In
Episodic memory proves essential for daily function, allowing us to remember where weparked the car, what time we walked the dog, or what a friend said earlier. In How WeRemember, Michael Hasselmo dra
Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energyis used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despitedecades of inves
Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energyis used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despitedecades of inves
For as long has humans have lived in communities, storytelling has bound people toeach other and to their environments. In recent times, scholars have noted how social networks arisearound issues of r
For as long has humans have lived in communities, storytelling has bound people toeach other and to their environments. In recent times, scholars have noted how social networks arisearound issues of r
Politics matter for financial markets and financial markets matter for politics, andnowhere is this relationship more apparent than in emerging markets. In Banking onDemocracy, Javier Santiso investig
In the 1930s a series of seminal works published by Alan Turing, Kurt Godel, AlonzoChurch, and others established the theoretical basis for computability. This work, advancing precisecharacterizations
Today almost every aspect of life for which data exists can be rendered as a network.Financial data, social networks, biological ecologies: all are visualized in links and nodes, linesconnecting dots.
Ever since the term "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 byWired writer Jeff Howe, group activities ranging from the creation of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary to the choosing of new colors for M&Ms h
In Digital Methods, Richard Rogers proposes a methodologicaloutlook for social and cultural scholarly research on the Web that seeks to move Internet researchbeyond the study of online culture. It is
New findings in neuroscience have given us unprecedented knowledge about the workingsof the brain. Innovative research -- much of it based on neuroimaging results -- suggests not onlytreatments for ne
Many scholars believe that visual mental imagery plays a key role in reasoning. InSpace to Reason, Markus Knauff argues against this view, proposing that visualimages are not relevant for reasoning an
In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn outto be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways; thestock market takes a
To succeed in today's interconnected and complex world, workers need to be able tothink systemically, creatively, and critically. Equipping K-16 students with thesetwenty-first-century competencies re
In this groundbreaking study, first published in 1983 and unavailable for over a decade, Linda Dalrymple Henderson demonstrates that two concepts of space beyond immediate perception -- the curved spa
In "No Medium," Craig Dworkin looks at works that are blank, erased, clear, or silent, writing critically and substantively about works for which there would seem to be not only nothing to see but not
The assembly line was invented in 1913 and has been in continuous operation ever since. It is the most familiar form of mass production. Both praised as a boon to workers and condemned for exploiting
A wave of business innovation is driving the productivity resurgence in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly or i
Global warming skeptics often fall back on the argument that the scientific case forglobal warming is all model predictions, nothing but simulation; they warn us that we need to waitfor real data, "so
In " Lexical Analysis, " Patrick Hanks offers a wide-ranging empirical investigation of word use and meaning in language. The book fills the need for a lexically based, corpus-driven theoretical appro
In assigning blame for the recent economic crisis, many have pointed to theproliferation of new, complex financial products--mortgage securitization in particular--as being atthe heart of the meltdown
This book takes a single line of code--the extremely concise BASIC program for theCommodore 64 inscribed in the title--and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenonof creative computi
For more than three thousand years, the science of astronomy depended on visiblelight. In just the last sixty years, radio technology has fundamentally altered how astronomers seethe universe. Combini
In the late 1960s an eclectic group of engineers joined the antiwar and civil rightsactivists of the time in agitating for change. The engineers were fighting to remake theirprofession, challenging th
It is not so easy to take the long view of socioeconomic history when you areparticipating in a revolution. For that reason, Russian economist Yegor Gaidar put aside an earlyversion of this work to ta
Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits,time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing programs, andthe sheer fun of r
Can a celebrity chef find common ground with an urban community organizer? Can amaker of organic cheese and a farm worker share an agenda for improving America's food? In the SanFrancisco Bay area, un
Can a celebrity chef find common ground with an urban community organizer? Can amaker of organic cheese and a farm worker share an agenda for improving America's food? In the SanFrancisco Bay area, un
In Life after New Media, Sarah Kember and Joanna Zylinska make acase for a significant shift in our understanding of new media. They argue that we should movebeyond our fascination with objects--comp
