Letters & Science

In the poems of Near-Earth Object, John Shoptaw explores the interactions, sometimes dark and sometimes joyful, between humans and the non-human natural world. Across the collection, Shoptaw takes up difficult and painful topics (global meltdown, animal abuse) without...Read more about Near-Earth Object

A new history of human intelligence that argues that humans know themselves by knowing their machines.

We imagine that we are both in control of and controlled by our bodies—autonomous and yet automatic. This entanglement, according to David W. Bates, emerged in the...Read more about An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital Age

Two questions guide this seven-year project: First, how can we approach the phenomenon, representation, and interpretation of total solar eclipses? Second, how can we heal the historical divide separating the natural sciences from the humanities, arts, history, and theology?
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An exciting introduction to the scientific interface between biological studies of the brain and behavioural studies of human development. The authors trace the field from its roots in developmental psychology and neuroscience, and highlight some of the most persuasive research findings...Read more about Fundamentals of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience