An authority on the human mind reflects on his intellectual development, his groundbreaking work, and different types of intelligences—including his own.

How information can make us happy or miserable, and why we sometimes avoid it and sometimes seek it out.

How companies like Amazon and Netflix know what “you might also like”: the history, technology, business, and social impact of online recommendation engines.

An accessible introduction to algorithms, explaining not just what they are but how they work, with examples from a wide range of application areas.

A concise and accessible introduction to phenomenology, which investigates the experience of experience.

Why video games need feminism and feminism needs video games.

The life and times of the Smart Wife—feminized digital assistants who are friendly and sometimes flirty, occasionally glitchy but perpetually available.

Winning the anticorruption battle: a guide for citizens and politicians.

How to think about what it means to look and see: a guide for navigating the complexities of visual culture.

The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth century.

The essentials of communication for professionals, educators, students, and entrepreneurs, from organizing your thoughts to inspiring your audience.

Science fiction authors offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology.

Sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown.

A play-centered invitation to experience the power and delight unlocked by imagination.

A history of the anti-vaccination movement, from its nineteenth-century antecedents to today's anti-vax activism, offering strategies for refuting its claims.