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Darwinizing Gaia
Natural Selection and Multispecies Community Evolution
ISBN: 9780262549523
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
A reinterpretation of James Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis through the lens of Darwinian natural selection and multispecies community evolution.
Off-Earth
Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space
ISBN: 9780262550994
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2024
Can we do better in space than we've done here on Earth?
Niche Construction
How Life Contributes to Its Own Evolution
ISBN: 9780262548168
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.
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.
The Morals of Life
Biology, Biopolitics, Bioethics
ISBN: 9780262549035
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
A theory of biopolitical power that updates Foucault, illustrating the moral implications of modern evolutionary theory.
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.
Cultures of Prediction
How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools
ISBN: 9780262548236
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A probing examination of the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in science and engineering that helps us better understand today's cultures of prediction.
New Methuselahs
The Ethics of Life Extension
ISBN: 9780262551564
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.
The Science of Weird Shit
Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal
ISBN: 9780262048361
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An accessible and gratifying introduction to the world of paranormal beliefs and bizarre experiences.
Darwinizing Gaia
Natural Selection and Multispecies Community Evolution
ISBN: 9780262549523
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
A reinterpretation of James Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis through the lens of Darwinian natural selection and multispecies community evolution.
Off-Earth
Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space
ISBN: 9780262550994
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2024
Can we do better in space than we've done here on Earth?
Niche Construction
How Life Contributes to Its Own Evolution
ISBN: 9780262548168
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2024
How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.
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.
The Morals of Life
Biology, Biopolitics, Bioethics
ISBN: 9780262549035
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
A theory of biopolitical power that updates Foucault, illustrating the moral implications of modern evolutionary theory.
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.
Cultures of Prediction
How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools
ISBN: 9780262548236
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A probing examination of the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in science and engineering that helps us better understand today's cultures of prediction.
New Methuselahs
The Ethics of Life Extension
ISBN: 9780262551564
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.
The Science of Weird Shit
Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal
ISBN: 9780262048361
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An accessible and gratifying introduction to the world of paranormal beliefs and bizarre experiences.