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        Properties of Life

        Properties of Life

        Properties of Life

        Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology

        by Bernd Rosslenbroich

        ISBN: 9780262546201

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 19, 2023

        A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.
        Sharing Our Science

        Sharing Our Science

        Sharing Our Science

        How to Write and Speak STEM

        by Brandon R. Brown

        Foreword by Julia Schaletzky

        ISBN: 9780262546959

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 29, 2023

        A personal, practical, and inspirational guide to written and oral STEM communications for scientists and technical professionals.
        Enchantment of the Virtual

        Enchantment of the Virtual

        Enchantment of the Virtual

        Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy

        by Gilles Châtelet

        Introduction by Charles Alunni

        Translated by Taylor Adkins, Jack Cox, Matt Hare, John Paetsch, Robin Mackay, Cecile Malaspina, Dan Mellamphy, Thomas Murphy and Ben Woodard

        ISBN: 9781733628112

        Publisher: Urbanomic/Sequence Press

        Pub Date: August 29, 2023

        Collected essays, interviews, and reviews by the late French philosopher and mathematician.
        Explaining Life through Evolution

        Explaining Life through Evolution

        Explaining Life through Evolution

        by Prosanta Chakrabarty

        ISBN: 9780262546256

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 8, 2023

        A broad overview of the science of evolution, and why understanding it matters in our everyday lives.
        Molecular World

        Molecular World

        Molecular World

        Making Modern Chemistry

        by Catherine M. Jackson

        ISBN: 9780262545549

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: July 4, 2023

        A compelling and innovative account that reshapes our view of nineteenth-century chemistry, explaining a critical period in chemistry's quest to understand and manipulate organic nature.
        Off-Earth

        Off-Earth

        Off-Earth

        Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space

        by Erika Nesvold

        ISBN: 9780262047548

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 7, 2023

        Can we do better in space than we've done here on Earth?
        Interdisciplinarity in the Making

        Interdisciplinarity in the Making

        Interdisciplinarity in the Making

        Models and Methods in Frontier Science

        by Nancy J. Nersessian

        ISBN: 9780262544665

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 22, 2022

        A cognitive ethnography of how bioengineering scientists create innovative modeling methods.
        How Knowledge Grows

        How Knowledge Grows

        How Knowledge Grows

        The Evolutionary Development of Scientific Practice

        by Chris Haufe

        ISBN: 9780262544450

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 1, 2022

        An argument that the development of scientific practice and growth of scientific knowledge are governed by Darwin's evolutionary model of descent with modification.
        Robot Ethics

        Robot Ethics

        Robot Ethics

        by Mark Coeckelbergh

        ISBN: 9780262544092

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 6, 2022

        A guide to the ethical questions that arise from our use of industrial robots, robot companions, self-driving cars, and other robotic devices
        Choosing Down Syndrome

        Choosing Down Syndrome

        Choosing Down Syndrome

        Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies

        by Chris Kaposy

        ISBN: 9780262546249

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 9, 2022

        An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective.
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