Topic: Technical & Medical

More Than a Health Crisis

More Than a Health Crisis

How the West African Ebola epidemic was transformed from an urgent and distant tragedy into an existential threat to American lives—establishing the dynamics that would later dominate the US response...
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240 pages
2023-10-24 Published
The Brain in Motion

The Brain in Motion

An evolutionary perspective—from lampreys to humans—on how the forebrain coordinates movement while the networks in the brainstem and spinal cord handle the execution. All living creatures interact with their environment:...
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286 pages
2023-10-31 Published
Expanding Mindscapes

Expanding Mindscapes

The first collection of its kind to explore the diverse and global history of psychedelics as they appealed to several generations of researchers and thinkers. Expanding Mindscapes offers a fascinatingly fluid...
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544 pages
2023-11-21 Published
May We Make the World?

May We Make the World?

An in-depth look at genetic alteration in the natural world and the oppositions to it, seen through the case study of a gene drive for malaria. May We Make the...
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408 pages
2023-12-19 Published
Recycling Class

Recycling Class

An ethnographic and community-engaged study of the class, caste, and gender politics of environmental mobilizations around Bengaluru, India's discards. In Recycling Class, Manisha Anantharaman examines the ideas, flows, and relationships around...
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296 pages
2024-01-02 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
Underbelly

Underbelly

An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context. Deaths from childhood diarrhea seem...
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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
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The Green Power of Socialism

How the Soviet forestry industry developed a unique form of industrial ecology—a commonsense approach toward natural resources for the economy and society. In The Green Power of Socialism, Elena Kochetkovaexamines the relationship...
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256 pages
2024-02-20 Published