MIT

This is a book for a very patient reader, one willing to accept design as the most fundamental of human activities and good design as the panacea for society’s ills.

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Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space

Erika Nesvold | SCIENCES, Feb 01, 2023

This well-researched and accessible book is for general readers or those interested in the philosophy of science or the ethics of space travel.

Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think About Animals

Christopher J. Preston | SCIENCES, Dec 02, 2022

This makes for an excellent recommendation to readers searching for thoughtful but hopeful books on the future of nature.

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The Phantom Scientist

Robin Cousin | GRAPHIC NOVELS, Dec 02, 2022

A puzzle, a panopticon, and an invitation to seek answers even as obstructions abound, this is an engaging, dryly funny read for armchair philosophers, disillusioned academics, and the unceasingly curious.

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Writing the Revolution: Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age

Heather Ford | TECHNOLOGY, Nov 01, 2022

Ford pushes readers to more deeply understand how pieces of information become accepted, often unquestioned facts online and issues a call to promote data literacy. Highly recommended.