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The Age of AI: And Our Human Future by Henry a Kissinger 9780316273992
RRP: $41.98$26.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316273992Author Henry a KissingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: $27.28$19.09**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going.'Spellbinding' GuardianThe world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future... -
Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report by The Covid Crisis Group
RRP: $35.68$24.23Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group of practitioners and scholars from many backgrounds came... -
The Arms of the Future: Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Century by Jack Watling 9781350352957
RRP: $46.18$38.01From sensor-fuzed munitions and autonomous weapons, to ground moving target indication radar, laser vibrometers and artificial intelligence, the weapons of warfare are undergoing a rapid transformation, with modern technologies reshaping how armies... -
Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response by Judith Curry 9781839989254
RRP: $52.50$49.77World leaders have made a forceful statement that climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. However, little progress has been made in implementing policies to address climate change. In Climate Uncertainty and Risk,... -
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee
RRP: $27.28$17.81THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly... -
The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow 9781804291245
RRP: $31.48$26.36When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extraction... -
The AI Wave in Defence Innovation: Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies, Capabilities, and Trajectories by Michael Raska
RRP: $75.58$66.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Reviews"This is a must-read volume for anybody interested in understanding both the general implications of AI in the world of defence and more specific issues, including a set... -
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner
RRP: $23.08$15.77A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Engaging and visceral ... Reads like a thriller' Financial Times 'Riveting and often deeply disturbing ... A punch to the stomach' Sunday Times 'Ebner has done some gutsy, thought-provoking research' Sunday Telegraph ... -
Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need by Sasha Costanza-Chock
RRP: $50.40$37.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of PROSE Award - Engineering & Technology 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780262043458Author Sasha Costanza-ChockFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint MIT PressPublisher... -
Data Governance For Dummies by Reichental
RRP: $52.48$34.40How to build and maintain strong data organizations-the Dummies way Data Governance For Dummies offers an accessible first step for decision makers into understanding how data governance works and how to apply it to an organization in a way that improves... -
Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav
RRP: $27.28$17.81Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the much-discussed 'rise of the... -
Money: Vintage Minis by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: $12.58$9.37Selected from the books Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariHow did money come to be invented? Why does it now have such significance in our lives? Does it make us happier or unhappier? And what does the future hold for it? With brilliant clarity... -
The Art of Military Innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces by Edward N. Luttwak 9780674660052
RRP: $62.90$48.70A world-leading military strategist and an IDF insider explain the improbable success of the Israeli armed forces.When the Israel Defense Forces was established in May 1948, it was small, poorly equipped, and already at war. Lacking sufficient weaponry... -
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters by Steven E Koonin
RRP: $41.98$28.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Science/Technology) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781950665792Author Steven E. KooninFormat HardbackPage Count... -
Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered by Don Norman
RRP: $56.70$37.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047951Author Don NormanFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose
RRP: $41.98$26.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316533676Author Christian BroseFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm... -
Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa Veliz
RRP: $23.08$16.32An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAs the data economy grows in power, Carissa Veliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why that matters and what we can do about it.The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving... -
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil deGrasse Tyson 9780393064445
RRP: $50.38$44.33In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist and "the world's best science communicator" (Times Literary Supplement) Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang... -
Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism by Jillian York
RRP: $35.68$29.61What is the impact of surveillance capitalism on our right to free speech? The Internet once promised to be a place of extraordinary freedom beyond the control of money or politics, but today corporations and platforms exercise more control over our... -
The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us by James Ball
RRP: $42.00$37.00'A fascinating expose of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women 'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online... -
Humanitarian Extractivism: The Digital Transformation of Aid by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik 9781526173355
RRP: $52.50$37.63This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. It focuses on how practices of data extraction shift power towards states, the private sector and humanitarians.Digital initiatives aimed towards 'fixing'... -
The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us by James Ball 9781526607232
RRP: $20.98$14.93'A fascinating expose of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women 'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online... -
The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose 9780316533539
RRP: $63.00$39.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316533539Author Christian BroseFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm... -
How To Prevent the Next Pandemic by Bill Gates 9780241579602
RRP: $52.50$33.87The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global... -
The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised by James Pethokoukis 9781546005544
RRP: $60.90$37.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546005544Author James PethokoukisFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Center StreetPublisher Center StreetWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm... -
Distrust that Particular Flavor by William Gibson
RRP: $23.08$16.32Distrust That Particular Flavor - an acclaimed nonfiction collection by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer'The future's already here: it's just not evenly distributed'William Gibson was writing fiction when he predicted the internet. And... -
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle 9781786635488
RRP: $20.98$13.94We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer understand what is happening around us. Underlying all... -
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life by Adam Greenfield
RRP: $23.08$18.77Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the... -
Lenin Walked on the Moon: The Mad History of Russian Cosmism by Michel Eltchaninoff
RRP: $31.48$23.00How a Soviet cosmic dream is becoming a modern reality Cheating death and raising the dead. Creating life. Freeing the spirit. Colonising space. These projects, of which some have been achieved and some will soon, have a shared Russian history,... -
Algorithms for the People: Democracy in the Age of AI by Joshua Simons
RRP: $52.50$40.28How to put democracy at the heart of AI governanceArtificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping our world. Police forces use them to decide where to send police officers, judges to decide whom to release on bail, welfare agencies to decide... -
Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control by Vili Lehdonvirta
RRP: $54.60$36.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for PROSE Award - Business, Finance & Management 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780262047227Author Vili LehdonvirtaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT... -
To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change by Alfred W McCoy
RRP: $41.98$29.32In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes-from the devastating Black Death of 1350 through the coming climate crisis of 2050-has produced a relentless succession... -
Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization by Donald W. Braben
RRP: $35.68$24.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578675916Author Donald W. BrabenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Animal Media Group LLCPublisher Animal Media Group LLC -
Uncomputable: Play and Politics In the Long Digital Age by Alexander Galloway
RRP: $35.68$24.09Narrating some lesser known episodes from the deep history of digital machines, Alexander R. Galloway explains the technology that drives the world today, and the fascinating people who brought these machines to life. With an eye to both the computable... -
Science & Technology Policymaking by Alfred T. Barrios 9781606924396
RRP: $178.48$116.24Scientific and technical knowledge and guidance influences not just policy related to science and technology, but also many of today's public policies as policymakers seek knowledge to enhance the quality of their decisions. Science and technology policy... -
Markets in the Making - Rethinking Competition, Goods, and Innovation by Michel Callon
RRP: $58.80$45.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130574Author Michel CallonFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 159mm * 38mm -
The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation by Carl Benedikt Frey 9780691172798
RRP: $52.50$42.38"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."-David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand... -
Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller 9780393337112
RRP: $29.38$25.73We live in complicated, dangerous times. Present and future presidents need to know if North Korea's nascent nuclear capability is a genuine threat to the West, if biochemical weapons are likely to be developed by terrorists, if there are viable... -
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle
RRP: $20.98$13.94From the highly acclaimed author of WAYS OF BEING. We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer...