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Codex Machina (How AI Is Decoding Ancient Civilizations, Technologies, and Lost Languages in Our Search for Meaning)

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:43:51 +0000

Explores how artificial intelligence continues humanity’s 30,000-year tradition of encoding mind into matter

• Traces the 30,000-year history of encoding consciousness into matter, from cave art and cuneiform to artificial intelligence

• Presents AI-driven case stud..

Price: $22.99

Science and Spirituality (14 Great Minds Who Bridged the Divide)

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:43:35 +0000

From Aristotle to Noble-laureate Ilya Prigogine—14 biographies reveal how science and spirituality are connected, and why understanding this connection is essential to seeing reality clearly.

Pythagoras heard music in the cosmos. Newton found God in equations. Darwin saw design in ch..

Price: $8.99

Language, Pharmacy and Society (The Sounds of Local Knowledges and the Linguistic Logistics of Science)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:59:25 +0000

This book explores the vital role language plays in shaping how we understand and discuss medicines, making for a more detailed study of pharmaceutical and pharmacological language to more clearly understand the intersection of language, health, and culture.

Price: $64.99

Scientists Greater Than Einstein (The Biggest Lifesavers of the Twentieth Century)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:57:19 +0000

""Scientists Greater than Einstein"" tells the stories of ten scientists whose discoveries have had an amazing impact on humanity. Combined, these ten scientists have saved more than 1.6 billion lives--and yet, most remain unknown and unheralded. For instance: Do you know about the eye doctor who ..

Price: $24.95

Wie uns gelehrt wurde, die Schweiz als Landschaft zu lesen (Das Schulfach Geographie in der Schweiz 1880 bis 1930) (German Edition)

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:11:36 +0000

Wie wurde das Fach Geographie an den schweizerischen Gymnasien zwischen 1880 und 1930 etabliert? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage werden historische Prozesse wie die wirtschaftliche Verflechtung der Schweiz, rechtliche Grundlagen wie die Maturitätsverordnungen, schulinterne Faktoren wie Lehrpläne ..

Price: $87.99

The Situated Science of Nicola Caputi (Witnessing Wonders in the Eighteenth-Century Kingdom of Naples)

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:04:16 +0000

The Situated Science of Nicola Caputi examines the scientific writings of Nicola Caputi (1696–1761), a physician from Salento and member of the Neapolitan Academy of Sciences. The book offers the first comprehensive study of Caputi’s oeuvre, reconstructing his role as a local observer within th..

Price: $24.95

Morphing Intelligence (From IQ Measurement to Artificial Brains)

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:51:04 +0000

What is intelligence? The concept crosses and blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, bridging the human brain and the cybernetic world of AI. In this book, the acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou ventures a new approach that emphasizes the intertwined, networked relationships ..

Price: $25.00

Demonstration and Scientific Knowledge in William of Ockham

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:55:49 +0000

This book makes available for the first time an English translation of William Ockham's work on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, which contains his theory of scientific demonstration and philosophy of science. John Lee Longeway also includes an extensive commentary and a detailed history..

Price: $45.00

The Church and Galileo

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:19:42 +0000

This collection of first-rate essays aims to provide an accurate scholarly assessment of the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Galileo. In 1981, Pope John Paul II established a commission to inquire into the Church’s treatment of Galileo "in loyal recognition of wrongs, from wh..

Price: $35.00

The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:49:59 +0000

In this book (a translation of his well-known work L'esprit de la philosophie medievale), Etienne Gilson undertakes the task of defining the spirit of mediaeval philosophy. Gilson asks whether we can form the concept of a Christian philosophy and whether mediaeval philosophy is not its m..

Price: $29.00