{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"failure-is-not-an-option-mission-control-from-mercury-to-apollo-13-and-beyond","title":"Failure Is Not an Option","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/authors\/Gene-Kranz\/1840235\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGene Kranz\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStep inside Mission Control during NASA's most critical moments.\u003c\/strong\u003e This \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling memoir by legendary flight director Gene Kranz takes you from the explosive early days of the Mercury program through the triumphant Apollo 11 moon landing and the harrowing rescue of Apollo 13.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKranz was present at the creation of America’s manned space program, serving as a key player for three decades. He endured the disastrous first years of the space race, helped launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn, and guided the Gemini program to fruition. Ultimately, he and his team answered President Kennedy’s bold challenge to land a man on the Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFar from flawless, the historic flights we revere today were often a series of hair-raising near misses. Kranz reveals the behind-the-scenes reality of Mission Control: when the cutting-edge technology of the 1960s failed, the only recourse was the absolute discipline, unbreakable trust, and sheer brilliant teamwork of the controllers. \u003cem\u003eFailure Is Not an Option\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling, firsthand masterclass in leadership under ultimate pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e🔭 From the Desk of Paul Bracken:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Whenever I've got the telescope pointed at the Sea of Tranquility, I can't help but think about the incredible human effort it took to actually put boots on that dust. Gene Kranz's white vest is iconic, but the grit and raw problem-solving his team pulled off during Apollo 13 is the real legend. If you want to understand the blood, sweat, and slide-rules that built the space program, this is required reading. 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At the book’s heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself, to be an agent of change. Koch investigates the physical origins of consciousness in the brain and how this knowledge can be used to measure consciousness in natural and artificial systems.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnabled by such tools, Koch reveals when and where consciousness exists, and uses that knowledge to confront major social and scientific questions: When does a fetus first become self-aware? Can psychedelic and mystical experiences transform lives? What happens to consciousness in near-death experiences? Why will generative AI ultimately be able to do the very thing we can do, yet never feel any of it? And do our experiences reveal a single, objective reality?    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an essential book for anyone who seeks to understand ourselves and the future we are creating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44371362742411,"sku":"THN-M-MSLF-TH-WRLD","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/7028\/6987\/files\/MyselftheWorld.png?v=1760398414"},{"product_id":"gilgamesh-in-the-21st-century","title":"Gilgamesh in the 21st Century","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"About Paul Bracken\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bracken-observatory.com\/pages\/paul-bracken\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePaul Bracken\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Must I die?\" asked Gilgamesh. Forty five centuries later, we're still asking the same question. Science writer Paul Bracken embarks on a lighthearted assessment of the human condition, to explore what it means to be mortal, and what our fate may be. This scientific reimagining of the ancient Gilgamesh quest delves into a multitude of topics including the origin of life, the workings of the human mind, and the possibilities for life prolongation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ancient Gilgamesh was so distraught at the death of his friend Enkidu, and so sickened by the knowledge that he too would die, that he rebelled against his fate and set out on a search for salvation. Likewise, at the age of eleven, Bracken wondered if there might be a way to bring his grandfather back from the dead and has been pondering this question ever since. Is death a problem to be solved, or is it an essential aspect of our humanity?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"We human beings instinctively resist the notion of personal extinction. In his thoughtful and hugely readable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGilgamesh in the 21st Century,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paul Bracken canters effortlessly through an amazing range of science to help put this fraught human proclivity in perspective, both for himself and for us.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Tattersall\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIAN TATTERSALL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, American Museum of Natural History, New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGilgamesh in the 21st Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paul Bracken mixes ancient myth, modern science, and science fiction futurism on an intellectual quest to explore the meaning of human existence by confronting and challenging the inevitability of mortality. This is both a highly personal inquiry into the uniquely human knowledge of personal finitude and its implications for human psychology and culture, and a scientifically motivated investigation into the dreams and schemes to extend life. He even unsentimentally speculates about a future without human death and how these immortals might look back on our Age of Death. In his search for physical immortality we are given glimpses of innumerable ways that people confront this destiny and how some are attempting to understand the science of its relentless clockwork in hopes of outwitting it. In the end mortality stands unmoved, but we have a renewed appreciation of how this distinctly human knowledge and our ubiquitous antipathy to its inevitability have defined our humanity.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003eTERRENCE DEACON\u003c\/strong\u003e, Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44371564331147,"sku":"GLGMSH-N-TH-21ST-CNTRY","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/7028\/6987\/files\/CompleteCoverImageBlue.jpg?v=1760404114"},{"product_id":"the-feeling-of-life-itself","title":"The Feeling of Life Itself","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/author\/christof-koch-7309\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChristof Koch\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"sp__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/author\/christof-koch-7309\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-summary\"\u003eA thought-provoking argument that consciousness—more widespread than previously assumed—is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Feeling of Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eItself, Christof Koch offers a straightforward definition of consciousness as any subjective experience, from the most mundane to the most exalted—the feeling of being alive. Psychologists study which cognitive operations underpin a given conscious perception. Neuroscientists track the neural correlates of consciousness in the brain, the organ of the mind. But why the brain and not, say, the liver? How can the brain—three pounds of highly excitable matter, a piece of furniture in the universe, subject to the same laws of physics as any other piece—give rise to subjective experience? Koch argues that what is needed to answer these questions is a quantitative theory that starts with experience and proceeds to the brain. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Feeling of Life Itself,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKoch outlines such a theory, based on integrated information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKoch describes how the theory explains many facts about the neurology of consciousness and how it has been used to build a clinically useful consciousness meter. The theory predicts that many, and perhaps all, animals experience the sights and sounds of life; consciousness is much more widespread than conventionally assumed. Contrary to received wisdom, however, Koch argues that programmable computers will not have consciousness. Even a perfect software model of the brain is not conscious. Its simulation is fake consciousness. Consciousness is not a special type of computation—it is not a clever hack. 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Bill Bryson takes on the world of science and answers questions big and small, perfect for curious readers looking to learn outside of the classroom.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eDid you know that:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEvery atom in your body has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to being you?\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIf you are an average-sized kid, you have enough potential energy inside you to explode with the force of several hydrogen bombs?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  And—What happened to the dinosaurs? How big is the universe? Why are oceans salty? 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