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The Ethics of Invention

Technology and the Human Future

2016 || Hardcover || Sheila Jasanoff || WW Norton & Co

Sheila Jasanoff charts society’s embrace of technological solutions and technology’s complex interplay with ethics and human rights. She dissects the ways in which we delegate power to technological systems and asks how we might regain control. From GMOs to gene therapy, biomedicine has challenged traditional definitions of life and death and raised difficult questions, such as who owns our genetic information.

The Internet has redefined privacy with social media and search giants operati...

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Platform Revolution

How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economyand How to Make Them Work for You

2022 || Hardcover || Geoffrey G. Parker e.a. || WW Norton & Co

Uber. Airbnb. Amazon.

Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched.

Today they are industry leaders. What's the secret to their success? These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionising the way we do business. Written by three of the most sought-after experts on platform businesses, Platform Revolution is the first authoritative, fact-based book on platform models.

Whether platforms are connecting sellers and ...

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The Heroine with 1001 Faces

2024 || Hardcover || Maria (Harvard University) Tatar || WW Norton & Co

World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman.

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The Nvidia Way

Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant

2024 || Hardcover || Tae Kim || WW Norton & Co

Nvidia is the darling of the age of artificial intelligence: its chips are powering the generative-AI revolution, and demand is insatiable. For all the current interest and attention, however, Nvidia is not of our time. Founded more than three decades ago in a Denny's in East San Jose, for years it was known primarily in the then-niche world of computer gaming. In fact, the company's leather-jacketed leader, Jensen Huang, is the longest-serving CEO in an industry marked by near constant turmo...

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Earth Structure / 2nd Editon

An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics

2010 || Hardcover || Stephen Marshak e.a. || WW Norton & Co

The Second Edition also benefits from new artwork that clearly illustrates complex concepts. New to the Second Edition: New Chapter: 15, "Geophysical Imaging," by Frederick Cook Within Chapters 21 and 22, four new essays on "Regional Perspectives" discuss the European Alps, the Altaids, the Appalachians, and the Cascadia Wedge. New and updated art for more informative illustration of concepts.

The Second Edition now has 570 black & white figures

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The Metaverse

Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Building the Spatial Internet

2024 || Hardcover || Matthew Ball || WW Norton & Co

"Ball's lucid and timely book offers a portal into a new realm."—The Economist

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Science and Cooking

Physics Meets Food, From Homemade to Haute Cuisine

2020 || Hardcover || Michael Brenner e.a. || WW Norton & Co

The spectacular culinary creations of modern cuisine are the stuff of countless articles and Instagram feeds. But to a scientist they are also perfect pedagogical explorations into the basic scientific principles of cooking. In Science and Cooking, Harvard professors Michael Brenner, Pia Sörensen and David Weitz bring the classroom to your kitchen to teach the physics and chemistry underlying every recipe.

Science and Cooking answers questions such as why we knead bread, what determines the ...

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Microeconomic Analysis

1992 || Hardcover || Hal R. Varian || WW Norton & Co

The Third Edition continues to supply the building blocks of microeconomic analysis: a thorough treatment of optimization and equilibrium methods, coupled with numerous examples of their application. The Third Edition expands on the earlier editions in two ways. First, the coverage has been rewritten and rearranged.

Second, chapters have been added on game theory, oligopoly, asset markets, and information economics. The new chapters fully update the text, highlighting significant developments...