Topic: Higher Education

Person, Thing, Robot

Person, Thing, Robot

Why robots defy our existing moral and legal categories and how to revolutionize the way we think about them. Robots are a curious sort of thing. On the one hand,...
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240 pages
2023-09-05 Published
Picture-Work

Picture-Work

How the image collection, organized and made available for public consumption, came to define a key feature of contemporary visual culture. The origins of today's kaleidoscopic digital visual culture are...
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320 pages
2023-11-21 Published
No Heavenly Bodies

No Heavenly Bodies

The compelling and little-known history of satellite communications that reveals the Soviet and Eastern European roles in the development of its infrastructure. Taking its title from Hannah Arendt's description of...
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256 pages
2023-11-28 Published
From Geometry to Behavior

From Geometry to Behavior

An overview of the mechanisms and evolution of spatial cognition, integrating evidence from psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and computational geometry. Understanding how we deal with space requires input from many...
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328 pages
2024-01-23 Published
The Cognitive Life of Maps

The Cognitive Life of Maps

The “mapness of maps”—how maps live in interaction with their users, and what this tells us about what they are and how they work. In a sense, maps are temporarily...
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272 pages
2024-05-14 Published
Hedgehogs, Killing, and Kindness

Hedgehogs, Killing, and Kindness

How our understanding of and relationship to hedgehogs reveals the complex interactions between culture, technology, bodies, conservation, and care for other animals. Across the globe, the bumbling hedgehog has been...
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272 pages
2024-05-14 Published
Inside Deep Learning

Inside Deep Learning

Journey through the theory and practice of modern deep learning, and apply innovative techniques to solve everyday data problems. In Inside Deep Learning, you will learn how to: Implement deep learning...
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425 pages
2022-06-27 Published
Going Big

Going Big

All the crucial skills scientists need to make a professional transition into large projects and collaborations that require governance and project management. Modern science increasingly tackles ambitious projects whose size...
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144 pages
2024-03-26 Published
The Computers That Made Britain

The Computers That Made Britain

INSIDE THE HOME COMPUTER REVOLUTION OF THE 1980s The home computer boom of the 1980s brought with it now iconic machines such as the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Commodore...
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300 pages
2021-05-28 Published