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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Universal Basic Income
ISBN: 9780262546898
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 20, 2024
An accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.
Cyborg
ISBN: 9780262547550
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 6, 2024
A concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied.
Plastics
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
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
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
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
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
A Concise History
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
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.
Universal Basic Income
ISBN: 9780262546898
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 20, 2024
An accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.
Cyborg
ISBN: 9780262547550
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 6, 2024
A concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied.
Plastics
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
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
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
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
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
A Concise History
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
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.