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Heartbeat Art
ISBN: 9780262551885
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
An innovative history of heartbeats, pulse, and technoscience in the works of a wide international array of artists and composers.
Geniuses, Heroes, and Saints
The Nobel Prize and the Public Image of Science
ISBN: 9780262551847
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
A rich account of the world's leading science prize told through the lives it has changed, the controversies it has generated, and the impact it has made on the public.
The Blind Spot
Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
ISBN: 9780262553032
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 1, 2025
A compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible.
Picturing Aura
A Visual Biography
ISBN: 9780262551748
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 1, 2025
The remarkable history of efforts to visualize the human aura and the lives of its pictures in religion, science, art, and culture.
Attention Is Discovery
The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
ISBN: 9780262049382
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
A portrait of trailblazing astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and an illustrated exploration of the power of attention in scientific observation, artistic creation, and the making of meaning.
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
ISBN: 9780262551014
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.
Ghost Particle
In Search of the Elusive and Mysterious Neutrino
ISBN: 9780262551007
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
The fascinating story of science in pursuit of the ghostly, ubiquitous subatomic particle—the neutrino.
Serendipity
The Unexpected in Science
ISBN: 9780262049153
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
From the bestselling author of Imperfection, a theory of uncertainty as the very core of the scientific method—and the essence of its wonder.
Rock, Bone, and Ruin
An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences
ISBN: 9780262552035
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past.
Heartbeat Art
ISBN: 9780262551885
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
An innovative history of heartbeats, pulse, and technoscience in the works of a wide international array of artists and composers.
Geniuses, Heroes, and Saints
The Nobel Prize and the Public Image of Science
ISBN: 9780262551847
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 13, 2025
A rich account of the world's leading science prize told through the lives it has changed, the controversies it has generated, and the impact it has made on the public.
The Blind Spot
Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
ISBN: 9780262553032
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 1, 2025
A compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible.
Picturing Aura
A Visual Biography
ISBN: 9780262551748
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 1, 2025
The remarkable history of efforts to visualize the human aura and the lives of its pictures in religion, science, art, and culture.
Attention Is Discovery
The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
ISBN: 9780262049382
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
A portrait of trailblazing astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and an illustrated exploration of the power of attention in scientific observation, artistic creation, and the making of meaning.
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
ISBN: 9780262551014
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.
Ghost Particle
In Search of the Elusive and Mysterious Neutrino
ISBN: 9780262551007
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
The fascinating story of science in pursuit of the ghostly, ubiquitous subatomic particle—the neutrino.
Serendipity
The Unexpected in Science
ISBN: 9780262049153
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
From the bestselling author of Imperfection, a theory of uncertainty as the very core of the scientific method—and the essence of its wonder.
Rock, Bone, and Ruin
An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences
ISBN: 9780262552035
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past.
