MIT Press Essential Knowledge series – serie
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AI Ethics
Häftad, 2020
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
222 kr
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This overview of the ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence moves beyond hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions—offering a compelling, necessary read for our ChatGPT era. Artificial intelligence powers Google’s search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and …
Metadata
Häftad, 2015
188 kr
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Everything we need to know about metadata, the usually invisible infrastructure for information with which we interact every day. When "metadata" became breaking news, appearing in stories about surveillance by the National Security Agency, many members of the public encountered this once-obscure …
Synesthesia
Häftad, 2018
180 kr
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An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia—vividly felt sensory couplings—by a founder of the field.
Analog
Häftad, 2023
180 kr
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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.We’re surrounded by screens; our music comes in the form of digital files; we tap words into a notes app. Why do we still crave the “realness” …
Post-Truth
Av Lee McIntyre
Häftad, 2018
198 kr
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How we arrived in a post-truth era, when “alternative facts” replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence. Are we living in a post-truth world, where “alternative facts” replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the …
Technological Singularity
Häftad, 2015
201 kr
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The idea of technological singularity, and what it would mean if ordinary human intelligence were enhanced or overtaken by artificial intelligence.The idea that human history is approaching a "singularity"—that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or …
Nihilism
Av Nolen Gertz
Häftad, 2019
180 kr
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An examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters. When someone is labeled a nihilist, it's not usually meant as a compliment. Most of us associate nihilism with destructiveness and violence. Nihilism means, literally, “an ideology of nothing. “ Is nihilism, …
Extremism
Av J. M. Berger
Häftad, 2018
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172 kr
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This compulsively readable introduction to extremism explains how these ideologies are constructed and how they escalate, offering both historical and contemporary examples In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, J. M. Berger offers a nuanced introduction to the extremist …
Neurolinguistics
Häftad, 2022
196 kr
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An accessible introduction to the study of language in the brain, covering language processing, language acquisition, literacy, and language disorders.Neurolinguistics, the study of language in the brain, describes the anatomical structures (networks of neurons in the brain) and physiological …
Pragmatism
Häftad, 2023
180 kr
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A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought.Pragmatism, America’s homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns …
Computing
A Concise History
Häftad, 2012
180 kr
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A compact and accessible history, from punch cards and calculators to UNIVAC and ENIAC, the personal computer, Silicon Valley, and the Internet.The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the Internet, or the story of "smart" hand-held devices, with …
Memes in Digital Culture
Häftad, 2013
238 kr
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Taking "Gangnam Style" seriously: what Internet memes can tell us about digital culture.In December 2012, the exuberant video "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube clip to be viewed more than one billion times. Thousands of its viewers responded by creating and posting their own variations of …
Paradox
Häftad, 2014
249 kr
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An introduction to paradoxes showing that they are more than mere puzzles but can prompt new ways of thinking.Thinkers have been fascinated by paradox since long before Aristotle grappled with Zeno's. In this volume in The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Margaret Cuonzo explores paradoxes and …
Sustainability
Häftad, 2015
176 kr
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A concise and accessible examination of sustainability in a range of contemporary contexts, from economic development to government policy.The word "sustainability" has been connected to everything from a certain kind of economic development to corporate promises about improved supply sourcing. But …
Neuroplasticity
Häftad, 2016
191 kr
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The real story of how our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes—with or without "brain training."Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout …
Data Science
Av John D. Kelleher, Brendan Tierney
Häftad, 2018
191 kr
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A concise introduction to the emerging field of data science, explaining its evolution, relation to machine learning, current uses, data infrastructure issues, and ethical challenges.
Carbon Capture
Häftad, 2018
180 kr
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A concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a promising but overlooked climate change mitigation pathway.
Computational Thinking
Av Peter J. Denning, Matti Tedre
Häftad, 2019
196 kr
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An introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer.
Virtual Reality
Häftad, 2019
169 kr
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A comprehensive overview of developments in augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality—and how they could affect every part of our lives.
Deep Learning
Häftad, 2019
191 kr
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An accessible introduction to the artificial intelligence technology that enables computer vision, speech recognition, machine translation, and driverless cars. Deep learning is an artificial intelligence technology that enables computer vision, speech recognition in mobile phones, machine …
Citizenship
Häftad, 2019
222 kr
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The story of citizenship as a tale not of liberation, dignity, and nationhood but of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination.
Smart Cities
Häftad, 2020
207 kr
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Key concepts, definitions, examples, and historical contexts for understanding smart cities, along with discussions of both drawbacks and benefits of this approach to urban problems. Over the past ten years, urban planners, technology companies, and governments have promoted smart cities with a …
Critical Thinking
Häftad, 2020
185 kr
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An insightful guide to the practice, teaching, and history of critical thinking—from Aristotle and Plato to Thomas Dewey—for teachers, students, and anyone looking to hone their critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in …
Quantum Entanglement
Av Jed Brody
Häftad, 2020
1,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
180 kr
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An exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.
Machine Learning, revised and updated edition
Häftad, 2021
196 kr
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A concise primer on machine learning—computer programs that learn from data and the basis of applications like voice recognition and driverless cars.No in-depth knowledge of math or programming required!Today, machine learning underlies a range of applications we use every day, from product …
