"A work of literary non-fiction about the life of architect Minoru Yamasaki (architect of the Twin Towers), but also a parallel narrative about an artist (the author) interrogating art and architecture's role in culture in NYC"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Tells the story of pregnancy testing-one of the most significant and least studied technologies of reproduction"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre tells the story of his own adventures in talking face to face with science deniers and their victims-including a Flat Earth convention in Denver, coal miners in rural Pennsylvania, and fishermen in the Maldives-and what he learned from the experience"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An analysis of recent developments in computer-based design and production in architecture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A leading practitioner of 'cognitive aesthetics' shows how narrative literature works its magic on readers by drawing surreptitiously on patterns developed over four thousand years ago"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The book explores the origin story of the Open Government Partnership and place the open government reform movement in the context of the long history of public sector reform"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A phenomenological exploration of the emotional experience of grief. Written by one of the leading figures philosophical psychology"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"This book proposes blockchain-based currencies, open algorithms, and data cooperatives as the foundation of a new economy that is decentralized, resilient, and secure"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Saul Griffith lays out an accessible, rigorously-researched plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy in time to address climate change. His plan, in short, is to "electrify everything." Griffith uses his deep understanding of U.S. energy flows, materials, and clean energy technologies to show that decarbonizing in time to meet climate goals is not only possible, but can be done without major sacri…
"Memory, Edited explores historical memory in the context of today's crises of extremism and polarization, showing how narratives that seem to reveal an "arc of history" leading to progress or salvation are false accounts that exclude some groups and privilege others. Rumsey gives us a deep look at 20th century Russian and Eastern European artists as a way of exploring the effects of authoritar…