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Life under Pressure
A pioneering work in comparative history and social science that compares population behavior in response to adversity in Europe and Asia.This highly original book-the first in a …
Sharenthood
From baby pictures in the cloud to a high school's digital surveillance system: how adults unwittingly compromise children's privacy online.Our children's first digital footprints …
In Praise of Reason
A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution.Why does reason matter, if (as many …
Invention of Heterosexual Culture
The rise of heterosexual culture and the resistance it met from feudal lords, church fathers, and the medical profession.Heterosexuality is celebrated-in film and television, in …
Lessons from the Economics of Crime
Research from the United States, Europe, and South America demonstrates the usefulness of the tools of economic analysis for the study of crime.Economists who bring the tools of …
Sweet Dreams
In the years since Daniel Dennett's influential Consciousness Explained was published in 1991, scientific research on consciousness has been a hotly contested battleground of rival …
Linguistic Bodies
A novel theoretical framework for an embodied, non-representational approach to language that extends and deepens enactive theory, bridging the gap between sensorimotor skills and …
Promise of Artificial Intelligence
An argument that-despite dramatic advances in the field-artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.In this provocative book, Brian …
Bringing the Biosphere Home
A guide for understanding the ecological and existential aspects of global environmental change.This book shows how to make global environmental problems more tangible, so that …
Children with Specific Language Impairment
The landmark reference in the field, completely updated: a comprehensive treatment of a disorder that is more prevalent than autism.Children with specific language impairment (SLI) …
How History Gets Things Wrong
Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired.To understand something, you need to know its history. Right? Wrong, says Alex …