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A fascinating account, written in real time, of the unfolding of a scientific discovery: the first detection of gravitational waves.
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Why our brains aren’t built for media multitasking, and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way.
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An introduction to a broad range of topics in deep learning, covering mathematical and conceptual background, deep learning techniques used in industry, and research perspectives.
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The cultural contradictions of early video games: a medium for family fun (but mainly for middle-class boys), an improvement over pinball and television (but possibly harmful)
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A more powerful innovation, which seeks to discover not how things work but why we need things.
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An accessible and engaging account of robots, covering the current state of the field, the fantasies of popular culture, and implications for life and work.
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Financial aspects of launching and operating a high-tech company, including risk analysis, business models, U.S. securities law, financial accounting, tax issues, and stock options, explained accessibly.
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How communication technologies meant to empower people with speech disorders—to give voice to the voiceless—are still subject to disempowering structural inequalities.
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A brief foray into a moral thicket, exploring why should protect nature despite tsunamis, malaria, bird flu, cancer, killer asteroids, and tofu.
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Exploring philosophy through detailed argument analyses of texts by philosophers from Plato to Strawson using a novel and transparent method of analysis.
