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This reference brings together a variety of theories and technologies that have emerged in a number of fields of application, describing common themes, presenting experiments and hardware embodiments as examples, and discussing the advantages and the drawbacks of this new form of human-machine interaction.

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These readings carefully selected from the entire range of Viollet-le-Duc's work make available the historical insights and practical principles of one of the most imaginative, and inspiring architectural theorists of the modern era.

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Anthony Vidler interprets contemporary buildings and projects in light of the resurgent interest in the uncanny as a metaphor for a fundamentally "unhomely" modern condition.

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Tools to make hard problems easier to solve.

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The authors introduce this new approach to programming language design, describe its evolution and design principles, and present a formal specification of a metaobject protocol for CLOS.

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In this broad and provocative collection of original essays on artificial intelligence today, eighteen distinguished scholars set out to explain why and how certain discoveries about the human brain have or have not been used by the AI community, and whether the AI endeavor has increased out, understanding of human cognition.

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In this sweeping cultural history, James Flink provides a fascinating account of the creation of the world's first automobile culture. He offers both a critical survey of the development of automotive technology and the automotive industry and an analysis of the social effects of "automobility" on workers and consumers.

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A computational framework, based on preference rules, for studying musical cognition.

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A cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling.

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These two volumes bring together articles, commentaries, and excerpts by Nobel Prize-winning economist Franco Modigliani published from the late 1970s to 1989.

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New essays by leading philosophers and cognitive scientists that present recent findings and theoretical developments in the study of concepts.

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An exploration of transformations in the nature of the art object and artistic authorship in the last four decades.

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This paperback edition contains a new greatly expanded bibliography of Habermas's work.

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The first book to present Gilles Deleuze's philosophy in language the nonphilosopher can understand.

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Interpreting the myths of the digital age: why we believed in the power of cyberspace to open up a new world.

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A comprehensive overview of Earth's biosphere, written with scientific rigor and essay-like flair.

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An examination of collusive behavior: what it is, why it is profitable, how it is implemented, and how it might be detected.

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The electronic marketplace is a global one, and it's changing every aspect of the consumer-vendor relathionship.

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"This is a book that is full of things I have never seen before, and full of new things to say about things I thought I knew well. It is a book about houses and about culture and about how each affects the other, and it must stand as one of the major works on the history of modern housing." - Paul Goldberger, The New York Times Book Review

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The history of a long-running environmental catastrophe chronicles the harmful effects of lead pipes and their continued use despite evidence that they pose a significant health risk.

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A vision of a green democratic state, how to realize it, and the implications for democracy, citizenship, sovereignty, and international cooperation.

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The history of the grid, the world's largest interconnected power machine that is North America's electricity infrastructure.

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The history of modern architecture as constructed by historians and key texts.

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Two experts show that innovation is a skill that can be learned and describe eight essential practices for achieving success.