Science Books


How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough ed…

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Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "A brilliant and empathetic guide to the far corners of global capitalism." --Jenny Odell, aut…

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An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise

Behind the familiar surfaces of the telephone, radio, and television lies a sophisticated and intriguing body of knowledge known as information th…

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Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation

From a rising star at The New Yorker , a deeply immersive chronicle of how the optimistic entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley set out to create a free…

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Database Systems: The Complete Book

This introduction to database systems offers a readable comprehensive approach with engaging, real-world examples—users will learn how to successf…

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Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing

Statistical approaches to processing natural language text have become dominant in recent years. This foundational text is the first comprehensive…

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COPELAND:ESSENTIAL TURING PAPER: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life plus The Secrets of Enigma

Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In 1935, aged 22, he developed the mathematical theory upon which all su…

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Elements of the Theory of Computation

Appropriate for senior and graduate level courses in Computer Science Theory, Automata, and Theory of Computation. This is the long awaited Second…

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Elements of Information Theory 2nd Edition

The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains …

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Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking

Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data s…

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