Science, Medicine & Nature Subject Catalogue - Spring 2022

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Science, Medicine & Nature spring 2022

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A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road

Algorithms of Education

How Datafication and Artificial Intelligence Shape Policy Kalervo N. Gulson, Sam Sellar & P. Taylor Webb

New Thinking about Roads, People, and Wildlife Darryl Jones

May 2022 200pp 6 b&w illus. 9781517910259 £18.99 / $25.00 PB 9781517910242 £79.00 / $100.00 HB

May 2022 272pp 30 b&w hal�ones 9781501763717 £14.99 / $19.95 PB

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS

A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road is an eye-opening introduc�on to the ecological impacts of roads. Drawing on over ten years of ac�ve engagement in the field of road ecology, Darryl Jones sheds light on the challenges roads pose to wildlife—and the solu�ons taken to address them.

While the science fic�on tales of ar�ficial intelligence eclipsing humanity are s�ll very much fantasies, in Algorithms of Educa�on the authors tell real stories of how algorithms and machines are transforming educa�on governance, providing a fascina�ng discussion and cri�que of data and its role in educa�on policy. Excludes Japan & ANZ

Animal Revolution

Automation Is a Myth

Ron Broglio Illustrated by Marina Zurkow

Luke Munn

April 2022 176pp 9781503631427 £16.99 / $22.00 PB 9781503631113 £56.00 / $70.00 HB

March 2022 160pp 25 b&w illus. 9781517912444 £16.99 / $21.95 PB 9781517912437 £70.00 / $88.00 HB

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

For some, automa�on will usher in a labor-free utopia; for others, it signals a disastrous age-tocome. Munn moves from machine minders in China to warehouse pickers in the United States to explore the ways that new technologies do (and don't) reconfigure labor. Combining this rich array of human stories with insights from media and cultural studies, Munn points to a more nuanced, localized, and racialized understanding of the "future of work."

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS

Animals are staging a revolu�on—they’re just not telling us. From radioac�ve boar invading towns to jellyfish disarming ba�leships, this book threads together news accounts and more in a powerful and �mely work of crea�ve, specula�ve nonfic�on that imagines a revolu�on s�rring and asks how humans can be a part of it. Excludes Japan & ANZ

Charged

Common Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens of Ohio

A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future James Morton Turner Series Edited & Foreword by Paul S. Sutter

A Visual Guide Robert Klips

July 2022 496pp 9780821424735 £32.00 / $39.95 PB

Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books April 2022 264pp 11 b&w illus. 9780295750248 £26.99 / $34.95 HB

OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS

Mosses, liverworts, and lichens are so prevalent on rocks, trees, walkways, and buildings that they o�en go unno�ced. With plain language and detailed color photographs of Ohio’s most common species—many of which appear throughout the Midwest—this guide helps nature lovers iden�fy and understand their crucial role in the ecosystem.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS

At a �me when climate ac�vists focus on what a clean energy future will create—sustainability, resiliency, and climate jus�ce—considering the history of ba�eries offers a sharp reminder of what building a clean energy future will consume—lithium, graphite, nickel, and other specialized materials. 1


Edible Plants

Elusive Birds of the Tropical Understory

A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America Jimmy Fike

Edited by John P. Whitelaw, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Henry S. Pollock & John W. Fitzpatrick Photographs by John P. Whitelaw

February 2022 248pp 113 color illus. 9781684351718 £18.99 / $25.00 HB

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Edible Plants is the culmina�on of that journey, featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selec�vely colorized to highlight the comes�ble part of the plant. Sumptuously illustrated and deligh�ully informa�ve, this is the perfect gi� for anyone curious about unlocking the secrets of na�ve North American plants.

April 2022 176pp 54 color photos, 2 b&w hal�ones, 2 b&w line drawings 9781501759468 £32.00 / $39.95 HB

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Elusive Birds of the Tropical Understory is an arres�ng visual trip to the unseen corners of the Neotropical forest understory. This book combines unique images of tropical birds with inspired essays by leaders in the world of modern ornithology.

Embodying the Soul

Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois

Medicine and Religion in Carolingian Europe Meg Leja

Christopher A. Phillips, John A. Crawford & Andrew R. Kuhns Foreword by Ronald A. Brandon

The Middle Ages Series May 2022 400pp 16 hal�ones, 2 maps 9780812253894 £72.00 / $89.95 HB

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

June 2022 304pp 9780252086342 £18.99 / $24.95 PB

Explores the possibili�es and limita�ons of human interven�on in the body's health across the ninthcentury Carolingian Empire. This book argues that classical medicine was reconfigured as a sacred Chris�an art across the Carolingian Empire in the ninth century, becoming not simply a method of physical rehabilita�on but also a tool of spiritual transforma�on.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS

Offers up-to-date informa�on on the state’s 102 species of frogs and toads, salamanders, turtles, lizards, and snakes. Includes detailed descrip�ons on habitats, dis�nguishing features and behaviors. Excludes SE Asia, Indian sc & ANZ

Fixing the Image

Future Peace

September 2022 224pp 19 b&w illus. 9780295750613 £22.99 / $30.00 PB 9780295750606 £79.00 / $99.00 HB

March 2022 200pp 9780268201890 £20.99 / $27.00 HB

Ultrasound and the Visuality of Care in Phnom Penh Jenna Grant

Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War Robert H. Latiff UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESS

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS

Describes the many provoca�ons to violence, how technologies are abe�ng those urges, and explores what can be done to mi�gate not only dangerous human behaviors but also dangerous technical behaviors as well. This is an impassioned plea for peace from an individual who spent decades preparing for war.

Introduced in Phnom Penh around 1990, at the twilight of socialism and a�er two decades of conflict and upheaval, ultrasound took root in humanitarian and then priva�zed medicine. Services have since mul�plied, promising diagnos�c informa�on and be�er prenatal and general health care. Jenna Grant draws on years of research to theorize the force and appeal of medical imaging in the urban landscape of Phnom Penh. 2


Grasses of the Northern Forest

Holy Digital Grail

A Medieval Book on the Internet Michelle R. Warren

A Photographic Guide Jerry Jenkins & Brett Engstrom

Stanford Text Technologies March 2022 304pp 9781503631168 £22.99 / $30.00 PB 9781503608009 £72.00 / $90.00 HB

The Northern Forest Atlas Guides April 2022 144pp 1000 color photos, 400 diagrams 9781501764127 £12.99 / $16.95 PB

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Medieval books that survive today have been through a lot: singed by fire, mo�led by mold, eaten by insects, annotated by readers, cut into fragments, or damaged through well-inten�oned preserva�on efforts. In this book, Michelle Warren tells the story of one such manuscript— an Arthurian romance with textual origins in twel�hcentury England now diffused across the twentyfirst century internet.

The Northern Forest Region lies between the oak forests of the eastern United States and the boreal forests of eastern Canada. It is, collec�vely, one of the largest and most con�nuous temperate forests le� in the world and it is at risk. This guide is an essen�al companion for those interested in stewardship and conserva�on of the region.

Metaphors of Ed Tech

My Life as an Artificial Creative Intelligence

Martin Weller

A Speculative Fiction Mark Amerika

June 2022 180pp 5 colour illus. 9781771993500 £20.99 / $26.95 PB

UBC PRESS

Sensing Media: Aesthe�cs, Philosophy, and Cultures of Media May 2022 320pp 9781503631700 £19.99 / $26.00 PB 9781503631076 £68.00 / $85.00 HB

Why do apocalyp�c metaphors abound in the field of ed tech and what purpose do they serve? As Weller explores, there is significant poten�al for the use of metaphor in ed tech. He demonstrates that metaphors can enable educators to move beyond pragma�c concerns into more imagina�ve uses of technology while he cau�ons against many of the exis�ng metaphors that play into the adop�on of technology that damages and limits the learner experience.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

My Life as an Ar�ficial Crea�ve Intelligence is an improvisa�onal call-and-response wri�ng performance conducted by a language ar�st and an AI language model and is arranged as a series of intellectual provoca�ons that inves�gate the crea�ve process across the human-nonhuman spectrum.

Excludes SE Asia, Indian sc & ANZ

Regarding Animals

Technics Improvised

Animals Culture And Society July 2022 296pp 9781439923108 £23.99 / $30.95 PB 9781439923092 £65.00 / $81.50 HB

February 2022 272pp 27 b&w illus. 9781517912871 £20.99 / $28.00 PB 9781517912864 £89.00 / $112.00 HB

Arnold Arluke, Clinton Sanders & Leslie Irvine

Activating Touch in Global Media Art Timothy Murray

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS

This revised and updated edi�on includes four new chapters, examining how rela�onships with pets help homeless people to construct posi�ve personal iden��es; how adolescents who engage in or witness animal abuse understand their acts; how veterinary technicians experience both sa�sfac�on and contamina�on in their jobs; and how animals are represented in mass media.

Seeing new media art as an entry point for be�er understanding of technology and worldmaking futures. In this challenging work, a leading authority on new media art examines that curatorial and aesthe�c landscape to explore how art resists and rewires the poli�cal and economic structures that govern technology. Excludes Japan & ANZ

Excludes Asia Pacific

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The Breeding Birds of Minnesota

The Histories of HIVs

The Emergence of the Multiple Viruses That Caused the AIDS Epidemics Edited by William H. Schneider

History, Ecology, and Conservation Lee A. Pfannmuller, Gerald J. Niemi & Janet C. Green

Perspec�ves on Global Health January 2022 280pp 9780821424926 £27.99 / $36.95 NIP

August 2022 616pp 1145 color plates, 14 tables 9781517906795 £48.00 / $59.95 HB

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS

OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS

The first comprehensive and in-depth assessment of Minnesota’s breeding birds in nearly a century, offers an unprecedented, extraordinarily detailed, finely illustrated account of 250 birds, including their historical and present breeding distribu�on, habitat, popula�on abundance, and prospects for the future. Excludes Japan & ANZ

In this interdisciplinary collec�on, experts provide the most complete descrip�on to date of the o�en ignored and underappreciated features of the history of the mul�ple human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) responsible for the global AIDS pandemic.

The Medical Imagination

The Paradise Notebooks

Literature and Health in the Early United States Sari Altschuler

90 Miles across the Sierra Nevada Richard J. Nevle & Steven Nightingale, Drawings by Mattias Lanas

Early American Studies March 2022 312pp 12 illus. 9780812225204 £20.99 / $27.50 PB

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April 2022 192pp 21 b&w line drawings, 1 map 9781501762697 £22.99 / $29.95 HB

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Traces the prac�ce of using imagina�on and literature to cra�, test, and implement theories of health in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America. This history of imagina�ve experimenta�on provides a usable past for conversa�ons about the role of the humani�es in health research and prac�ce today.

Over twenty-one pairs of short essays, the authors contemplate the natural phenomena found in the Sierra Nevada. From granite, to aspen, to fire, to a rare, endemic species of bu�erfly, these essay pairs explore the natural history and mys�cal wonder of each element with a balanced and capi�va�ng touch.

The X-15 Rocket Plane

Tropical Plants of Costa Rica

Flying the First Wings into Space Michelle Evans Foreword by Joe H. Engle

A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora Willow Zuchowski

Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight May 2022 480pp 45 photographs, 1 glossary, index 9781496229847 £22.99 / $29.95 NIP

Zona Tropical Publica�ons March 2022 560pp 820 color photos, 124 b&w hal�ones, 1 map 9781501763076 £26.99 / $34.95 PB

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

With the Soviet Union’s launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the enthralling yet li�leknown story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight.

The essen�al guide to Costa Rica's na�ve and exo�c plant species. In this comprehensive volume, Willow Zuchowski introduces readers to an array of the country's dazzling and diverse flora—from rainforest giants over sixty meters in height to miniature orchids with petals that measure less than one millimeter in length. 4


Uncertainty by Design

Vultures of the World

Preparing for the Future with Scenario Technology Limor Samimian-Darash

Essential Ecology and Conservation Keith L. Bildstein

Exper�se: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge April 2022 204pp 9 b&w hal�ones, 5 charts 9781501762468 £20.99 / $26.95 PB 9781501762451 £100.00 / $125.00 HB

March 2022 264pp 23 color photos 9781501761614 £26.99 / $34.95 HB

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Bildstein's latest work is an inspira�onal and long overdue blend of all things vulture. Based on decades of personal experience, dozens of case studies, and numerous up-to-date examples of cu�ng-edge science, this book introduces readers to the essen�al nature of vultures and condors.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Limor Samimian-Darash presents cases of the use of scenario technology in the fields of security and emergency preparedness, energy, and health by analyzing scenario narra�ves and prac�ces at the Na�onal Emergency Management Authority in Israel, the World Health Organiza�on's Regional Office for Europe, and the World Energy Council.

Walleye

Wild Experiment

A Beautiful Fish of the Dark Paul J. Radomski

Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin Donovan O. Schaefer

June 2022 336pp 52 b&w illus., 16 color plates 9781517913632 £18.99 / $24.95 PB

June 2022 304pp 7 illus. 9781478018254 £20.99 / $27.95 PB 9781478015628 £84.00 / $104.95 HB

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS

DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Walleye: the holy grail of game fish. Among the more than 34,000 species of fish, few have the walleye’s following. And among those passionate fans, few know the walleye as well as Paul J. Radomski does—a fisheries biologist, lake ecology scien�st, and old fisherman. In Walleye: A Beau�ful Fish of the Dark he unspools the mysteries of this fascina�ng fish.

Examining the recep�on of evolu�onary biology, the 1925 Scopes Trial, and the New Atheist movement of the 2000s, Schaefer theorizes the rela�onship between thinking and feeling by challenging the conven�onal wisdom that they are separate. He concludes that science, secularism, atheism, and reason itself are not separate from feeling, but comprehensively defined by it.

Excludes Japan & ANZ

Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park

Women Healers

Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia Susan H. Brandt

Nathanael Pilla & Scott Namestnik

Early American Studies April 2022 336pp 11 hal�ones, 1 map 9780812253863 £32.00 / $39.95 HB

May 2022 460pp 351 color illus. 9780253060419 £26.99 / $35.00 PB

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Offers visitors a unique handbook highligh�ng over 160 of the common and excep�onal wildflowers found along the trails of Indiana Dunes Na�onal Park and the surrounding area. Illustrated with over 350 color photographs, this book will be an asset to the casual hiker of Indiana Dunes Na�onal Park, a useful tool to the experienced botanist, and a delight to anyone interested in wildflowers.

Recovers numerous women of European, African, and Na�ve American descent who provided the bulk of health care in the greater Philadelphia area for centuries. Spanning a century and a half, Women Healers traces the transmission of European women’s medical remedies to the Delaware Valley where they blended with African and Indigenous women’s prac�ces, forming hybrid healing cultures. 5


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