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From the U.S. lead negotiator on climate change, an inside account of the seven-year negotiation that culminated in the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015—and where the international climate effort needs to go from here.

America's obsession with grades is failing students and jeopardizing the future of education, a University of Mississippi professor argues in his new book.

A new book from Cam Brewer, Herb Hammond and SFU Resource and Environmental Management director, Sean Markey explores a nature-directed approach to stewardship that enhances cities, restores our relationships with nature and helps to rebuild our relationships with each other.

New book examines the dramatic story of Krebiozen, a purported miracle cure for cancer that caused a national sensation. The author, Matthew C. Ehrlich, a professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the lessons from the Krebiozen controversy -- including the dangers of medical misinformation and hasty adoption of unproven treatments -- are relevant today.

In a groundbreaking exploration of the synergy between robotics and the study of animal behavior, the new book "An Introduction to Ethorobotics" offers readers a unique lens through which to understand the complexities of both fields and the interesting intersection of them.

In The Complex World, the newest book from the SFI Press, SFI President David C. Krakauer offers readers a concise and comprehensive overview of complexity science, following its roots from the nineteenth-century science of machines — evolved and engineered — into the twentieth-century science of emergent systems.

In their latest release, “Leveraging Digital Innovation: Lessons for Implementation,” Christoph Burger, senior lecturer and expert in energy and digital technologies, and Dr. Jens Weinmann, lecturer and researcher specializing in technological innovation and regulation, provide a practical guide for successfully implementing disruptive digital technologies in business.

Poroid fungi, commonly known as "polypores," are among the most frequently encountered fungi throughout the year because of their large size and longevity. Despite the common presence of poroid fungi in North America, most guides include only a limited selection of these fungi. Poroid Fungi of North America, by Leif Ryvarden, offers a necessary, updated account of these fungi, building on the foundational work of the original two-volume North American Polypores, by Ryvarden and R. L. Gilbertson, published in 1987. This comprehensive update incorporates more than three decades of new research, featuring detailed keys, descriptions, and vibrant color macrophotos, as well as illustrations of microscopic features.

A new book of natural history essays co-written by a University of Kansas paleontologist has been published by Columbia University Press. Bruce Lieberman, Dean’s Professor of Evolutionary Biology and senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at KU, co-wrote “Macroevolutionaries” in the tradition mentor and famed science popularizer, Stephen Jay Gould.