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"Written in a lively and entertaining style, this little book, which deals with topics such as 'personhood,' animal rights, and artificial intelligence . . . makes some rather ... | |
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Describes the future high-orbital manufacturing facilities now in the planning stage, explaining how they will be placed in orbit, how they will operate, who will work in them ... | |
 | Michael Blastland, Andrew W. Dilnot - Mathematics - 2009 - 210 pages
Numbers saturate the news, politics, and life. The average person can use basic knowledge and common sense to put the never-ending onslaught of facts and figures in their ... | |
 | Steven Johnson - Social Science - 2006 - 254 pages
Discusses the intellectual benefits of elements from modern popular culture, including video games and reality TV programs. | |
 | Keith Ward - Religion - 2009 - 153 pages
This timely, new book from renowned theologian and philosopher Keith Ward tells us what Western philosophys greatest thinkers from Plato and Aquinas to Kant and Hegel thought ... | |
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