Gaia

Metzl, Jamie

From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" (Sanjay Gupta) book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives-and our future New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save ...

Isett, Brian

Interweaving science and storytelling, spirituality and art, a neuroscientist and an artist guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is. A Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview selection! Starting from science, while reaching for spiritual truth, The Forgotten Teachers charts the evolution of life on Earth under the mentorship of six teachers: O...

Nathalie A. Cabrol

One of the world's leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity's most profound questions: Are we alone in the universe? And how did life on Earth begin?We are in a golden age in astronomy, living on the cusp of breakthroughs that will revolutionize our understanding of our place in the cosmos. Yet a profound que...

Tom Zeller Jr.

"Required reading for anyone with a head."--Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and FuzzFor the many millions of headache sufferers, a deeply reported, sometimes harrowing, and frequently humorous journey into the author's own excruciating headaches, and the science behind these surprisingly mysterious disorders that may, finally, offer relief. Virtually ever...

Jeremy Kahn

A Fortune magazine journalist draws on his expertise and extensive contacts among the companies and scientists at the forefront of artificial intelligence to offer dramatic predictions of AI's impact over the next decade, from reshaping our economy and the way we work, learn, and create to unknitting our social fabric, jeopardizing our democracy, and fundamentally altering the ...

Tim Smedley

The Times Book of the Year pick‘Smart, sobering, and scholarly. ' - Steve Brusatte, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of DinosaursA gripping, thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic investigation into the world's next great climate crisis - the scarcity of water.Water scarcity is the next big climate crisis. Water stress - not just scarcity, but also ...

James Lovelock

Por qué la Tierra está rebelándose y cómo podemos todavía salvar a la Humanidad. Durante miles de años la Humanidad ha explotado la tierra sin tener en cuenta las consecuencias. Ahora que el calentamiento global y el cambio climático son evidentes para cualquier observador imparcial, la Tierra comienza a vengarse. La Humanidad no sólo está a punto de autodestruirse sino que tod...

James Lovelock

James Lovelock, el creador de la teoría de Gaia, ofrece una perspectiva de futuro en la que, juntos, los humanos y la inteligencia artificial ayudarán a la Tierra a sobrevivir.James Lovelock, creador de la hipótesis Gaia y el mayor pensador ambiental de nuestro tiempo, ha creado una asombrosa y novedosa teoría sobre el futuro de la vida en la Tierra. Sostiene que el Antropoceno...

James Lovelock

Durante miles de años la Humanidad ha explotado la tierra sin tener en cuenta las consecuencias. Ahora que el calentamiento global y el cambio climático son evidentes para cualquier observador imparcial, la Tierra comienza a vengarse. La Humanidad no sólo está a punto de autodestruirse sino que todas las soluciones propuestas o aplicadas hasta ahora no pueden resolver el proble...