Highlights the most recent developments in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and advocates a diverse range of approaches to make SETI increasingly more powerful and effective in the years to come.

Showcases the latest developments in literary Darwinism, a powerful approach that integrates evolutionary social science with literary humanism.

Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience.

Explores what can be known within quantum theory, with special emphasis on the difference between prediction and explanation.

Explores John Quincy Adams’s oratorical work in support of government-funded science.

Considers the ethics and challenges of biotechnology.

Maps the future of phenomenological thought, accounting for how technology expands our means of experiencing the world.

Traces the rhetorical work of the gene in scientific and nonscientific discourse throughout the twentieth century.

Looks at the social implications of having constant access to others through cell phones, wireless computers, and other electronic devices.

Examines the overlap and blurring of boundaries among humans, animals, and machines.

Essays and poems explore the contemporary relevance of Emerson’s work and thought.

Introduction to Gregory Bateson’s unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world.

Recounts the fake news stories, written from 1830 to 1880, about scientific and technological discoveries, and the effect these hoaxes had on readers and their trust in science.

Critically engages the work of the philosopher Don Ihde.

This is the first general theory of time-consciousness and social experience ever developed.

Examines the negotiations between nations that lead to international agreements regulating human activity in outer space.

Examines the politics behind the funding of NASA.

Leading theorists explore how the Internet impacts privacy issues, sensitivity to wrongdoing, and cultural and personal identity.

Confronts globalization and technology from philosophical perspectives.

Offers a thorough look at peer review in virtual environments.

Interviews with scientific leaders focus on the challenges, promises, and perils of science and technology.

Analyzing the power of metaphor in the rhetoric of science, this book examines the use of words to express complex scientific concepts.

Essays on the interaction between science and spiritual values which characterize much of modern life.

Proposes a radically reconfigured medical model centered on mind-body interaction.

A collection of instructional stories, research, and classroom applications for teachers who use computers in their writing instruction.