A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists. Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension is a ma...

An indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees. This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran W. John Kress, provides an unprecedented apprai...

Astrophysicist Adam Frank guides us through the search for extraterrestrial life and the questions we stand ready to answer. Everyone is curious about life in the Universe, UFOs and whether ET is out there. Over the course of his thirty-year career...

A richly illustrated collection that maps twenty historical journeys. "Adventures in Maps" features twenty awe-inspiring journeys, ranging in distances from a few miles to great treks across land, sea, air, and space. Some chart the route a traveler...

A richly illustrated volume, which reproduces one of the finest collections of eighteenth-century ornithological art in its entirety. In 1786, Austrian natural history artist Ferdinand Bauer traveled to Italy and the Levant. The watercolors he creat...

A new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being. Intelligent machines present us every day with urgent ethical challenges. Is the facial recognition softwa...

The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations. The Connecticut River, New England's longest and most historic river, originates in northern New Hampshire and wends more tha...

A revolutionary study of nineteenth-century Parisian cartography and its role in shaping a modern conception of space. Maps are rarely given the same attention as other print media or art forms in urban history. Author Min Kyung Lee shows their ric...

With "Ultimate Atlas", Theo Deutinger architect, designer and author of the acclaimed "Handbook of Tyranny" illustrates the basic data of Earth and its inhabitants to create a total portrait of the planet. How can we keep track of everything that hap...

For sale in CIS only! A shocking expose of how AI controls the world of work. Artificial intelligence is being used, on a massive scale, to decide who gets hired, fired and promoted. Through whistleblower exclusives, leaked internal documents and a...