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An Alphabet for Dreamers
A trailblazing look at how dreams serve as one of our most powerful ways to understand—and radically change—our world.
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A richly illustrated exploration of modern art about black holes; an investigation of our thinking about hypocrisy; a wide-ranging exploration of how AI will alter every facet of democracy; and more.
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The Basic Bioethics series makes innovative works in bioethics available to a broad audience and introduces seminal scholarly manuscripts, state-of-the-art reference works, and textbooks. Topics engaged include the philosophy of medicine, advancing genetics and biotechnology, end-of-life care, health and social policy, and the empirical study of biomedical life.
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New in the series, Basic Bioethics Data Safety Monitoring Boards: A Bioethical Perspective by Deborah R. Barnbaum dives into this critical and underexplored area of bioethics—the ethical issues that emerge from the data monitoring of clinical trials.
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