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        Essential Knowledge

        The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers accessible, concise, beautifully produced books on topics of current interest. Written by leading thinkers, the books in this series deliver expert overviews of subjects that range from the cultural and the historical to the scientific and the technical. In today’s era of instant information gratification, we have ready access to opinions, rationalizations, and superficial descriptions. Much harder to come by is the foundational knowledge that informs a principled understanding of the world. Essential Knowledge books fill that need. Synthesizing specialized subject matter for nonspecialists and engaging critical topics through fundamentals, each of these compact volumes offers readers a point of access to complex ideas.

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        Plastics

        Plastics

        Plastics

        by Imari Walker-Franklin and Jenna Jambeck

        ISBN: 9780262547017

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 22, 2023

        A comprehensive introduction to the plastics life cycle—the impacts on our lives, our future, and our planet—and the actions we can take.
        Cloud Computing

        Cloud Computing, revised and updated edition

        Cloud Computing

        by Nayan B. Ruparelia

        ISBN: 9780262546478

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 1, 2023

        An updated, revised, and comprehensive overview of the concepts related to cloud computing, including recent applications, innovations, and its future evolution.
        Pragmatism

        Pragmatism

        Pragmatism

        by John R. Shook

        ISBN: 9780262544610

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 2, 2023

        A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought.
        Causal Inference

        Causal Inference

        Causal Inference

        by Paul R. Rosenbaum

        ISBN: 9780262545198

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 4, 2023

        A nontechnical guide to the basic ideas of modern causal inference, with illustrations from health, the economy, and public policy.
        Fertility Technology

        Fertility Technology

        Fertility Technology

        by Donna J. Drucker

        ISBN: 9780262544696

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 7, 2023

        A concise overview of fertility technology—its history, practical applications, and ethical and social implications around the world.
        Espionage

        Espionage

        Espionage

        A Concise History

        by Kristie Macrakis

        ISBN: 9780262545020

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 28, 2023

        A concise introduction to the history and methods of espionage, illustrated by spy stories from antiquity to today's high-tech world.
        Memory

        Memory

        Memory

        by Fergus Craik and Larry Jacoby

        ISBN: 9780262545204

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 14, 2023

        A short, accessible primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
        Analog

        Analog

        Analog

        by Robert Hassan

        ISBN: 9780262544498

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 3, 2023

        Why, surrounded by screens and smart devices, we feel a deep connection to the analog—vinyl records, fountain pens, Kodak film, and other nondigital tools.
        Happiness

        Happiness

        Happiness

        by Tim Lomas

        ISBN: 9780262544207

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 3, 2023

        A concise and engaging exploration of how we understand happiness.
        Placebos

        Placebos

        Placebos

        by Kathryn T Hall

        ISBN: 9780262544252

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 4, 2022

        The biological power of the placebo effect.
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