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An engaging examination of how video game design can create strong, positive emotional experiences for players, with examples from popular, indie, and art games.
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Why our human brains are awesome, and how we left our cousins, the great apes, behind: a tale of neurons and calories, and cooking.
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Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans’ remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.
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A generously illustrated volume that documents the career of Jason Rohrer, one of the most heralded art game designers working today.
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How data from our health-related Internet searches can lead to discoveries about diseases and symptoms and help patients deal with diagnoses.
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An investigation into the strange and troublesome relationship to pleasure that defines the human being, drawing on the disparate perspectives of Deleuze and Lacan.
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A book for anyone who wants to learn programming to explore and create, with exercises and projects to help the reader learn by doing.
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Umberto Eco’s wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, published in English for the first time.
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An expert explores the riddle of subjective time, from why time speeds up as we grow older to the connection between time and consciousness.
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An expert in management takes on the conventional wisdom about disruption, looking at companies that proved resilient and offering managers tools for survival.
