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数式に頼らず物理学の客観的な視点と哲学の根源的な問いを交差させ、私たちが生きる複雑な現実をひとつながりのシステムとして捉え直す、パラダイムシフトを促す知的な探求の旅。実験や観測に基づく科学的アプロー...

Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning - a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things - from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger Federer’s backhand to things that don’t exist at all, like flying pigs.

Walter Russell: Cosmic Life is a profound and immersive exploration of the universe's mysteries, the nature of human existence, and the timeless principles that govern all creation. Walter Russell, one of the most visionary and multi-talented minds of the 20th century, presents a framework for...

When acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asks Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann what sets scientists apart, Hoffmann says, "First and foremost, curiosity." In this collection of intimate conversations with 19 of the world's best-known scientists (including three Nobel Laureates), Klein lets us listen in as today's leading minds reveal what they still hope to discover - and how their paradigm-changing work entwines with their lives outside the lab.

Weaving insights from philosophy, neuroscience, and history into a rich narrative, The Shallows explains how the internet is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of the screen watcher. A gripping story of human transformation played out against a backdrop of technological upheaval, The Shallows will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.

The global bestselling superstar ‘poet of physics’ returns with a dazzling philosophical exploration of our place in the universe What can we really know about the world around us? Or is there beauty in daring not to know? With clarity and lightness, acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli takes...

Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over 30 years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition.

Called "one of the greatest men alive" by the Times of London, E. O. Wilson proposes an historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earth's rapidly vanishing biodiversity. 

In Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Of Minds and Machines, philosopher Patrick Grim traces the story of AI from ancient legends to the neural networks behind today’s breakthroughs. You see how modern systems became so powerful so quickly. You also explore the very meaning of “intelligence,” discovering how modern AI succeeds by drawing on three resources: vast datasets that let systems learn from examples; deep-learning architectures loosely modeled on the brain’s layers; and feedback loops that help models refine their behavior.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington Post An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes...

In this partially autobiographical work, best-selling author Lewis Thomas offers insights on subjects as wide-ranging as gender differences, how it feels to be a patient, human vs. computer intelligence, the future of cancer research, and the longevity of the planet—interspersing all with charming anecdotes about his family, his colleagues and himself.

A daring and intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment, and moral responsibility, from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic Lottery Kathryn Paige Harden. “An extraordinary book, the very best of science writing, because it is about not just...

画一的な教育で浮きこぼれた不器用な少年がいかにして相対性理論を生み出す大器晩成の思索家へと変貌したのか、知られざる挫折と成長の軌跡を描く感動の伝記ノンフィクション。周りに馴染めず戸惑う日々から、研究...

生命の多様性とDNAの共通性を同時に説明する進化論という「危険なパラダイムシフト」が、あなたの日常の景色を劇的に変えます。いつもの通勤路で見かけるスズメや足元の雑草、そしてあなた自身の身体さえも、数十億...

日常の常識が完全に崩壊するミクロの量子力学の世界へ飛び込み、現実の奇妙な成り立ちを紐解く知的な探求の旅が始まります。退屈な通勤時間や静かに思考を巡らせる夜のひとときを、直感が心地よく裏切られる驚きに...

SFの空想だと思われがちな多元宇宙や平行宇宙を現代物理学の最前線から鮮やかに解き明かし、私たちの現実に対する認識を根底から覆す知的探求の旅へようこそ。いつもの通勤時間や夜の静かな思索のひとときが、知的...

難解な数式を一切捨て去り、日常の素朴な疑問から宇宙を支配する万物の法則へと迫る、知的好奇心を刺激する科学と物理学の壮大な探求の旅。毎日の通勤時間や夜の静かなリラックスタイムに耳を傾けるだけで、見慣れ...

確固たる現実だと思っていた日常の直感が心地よく崩れ去り、ゆらぎと確率が支配する量子の極小世界へ没入していく知的な体験をお届けします。静かな夜のベッドタイムや、思考を研ぎ澄ませたい通勤のひとときに、数...

The Russell Cosmogony: A New Concept of Light, Matter, and Energy by Walter Russell offers a revolutionary perspective on the workings of the universe, challenging conventional scientific paradigms. This groundbreaking work explores the principles of light, matter, energy, electricity, and...

The term metaverse is suddenly everywhere, from debates over Fortnite to the pages of the New York Times to the speeches of Mark Zuckerberg, who proclaimed in June 2021 that “the overarching goal” of Facebook is to “bring the metaverse to life”. But what, exactly, is the metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains, it is the successor to the mobile internet that has defined the last two decades.