Clark A. Miller

The Weight of Light

Joshua Sperling

Paolo Bacigalupi

Andrew Dana Hudson

Deji Bryce Olukotun

Joey Eschrich

Patricia Romero-Lankao

Elizabeth Monoian

Robert Ferry

S. B. Divya

Ruth Wylie

Chris Gearhart

Lauren Withycombe Keeler

Max Gabriele

Madeline Gilleran

Alana Wilson

Yíamar Rivera-Matos

Angel Echevarria

A collection of science fiction stories, art, and essays exploring how the transition to solar energy will transform cities; catalyze revolutions in politics, governance, and culture; and create diverse futures for human communities. Cities of Light emphasizes that the design of solar energy matters in shaping the future of urban communities and explores how each city's geographic and social features, along with the arc of its particular local history, create unique challenges and opportunities as we work collectively to design more equitable energy futures. The collection features stories by award-winning science fiction authors, working in collaboration with visual artists and graphic designers, and experts from Arizona State University and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in fields ranging from engineering and data science to sociology, public policy, and architecture.

A Collection of Solar Futures

Cities of Light

Kim Stanley Robinson

Madeline Ashby

Ramez Naam

Vandana Singh

Karl Schroeder

Steven Barnes

Jim Bell

Roland Lehoucq

Eileen Gunn

Carter Scholz

Sara Imari Walker

Lawrence Dritsas

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

Emma Frow

Andrew D. Maynard

Steve Ruff

William K. Storey

G. Pascal Zachary

A Collection of Space Futures

Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities

Jason Scott Robert

Sean A. Hays

Ira Bennett

Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human: language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture, politics. The neurosciences have given us, in recent decades, fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what that means for how we see ourselves as individuals and as communities. Now – with the help of new advances in nanotechnology – brain science proposes to go further: to study its molecular foundations, to repair brain functions, to create mind-machine interfaces, and to enhance human mental capacities in radical ways. This book explores the convergence of these two revolutionary scientific fields and the implications of this convergence for the future of human societies. In the process, the book offers a significant new approach to technology assessment, one which operates in real-time, alongside the innovation process, to inform the ways in which new fields of science and technology emerge in, get shaped by, and help shape human societies.

Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future

Ulrike Felt

Laurel Smith-Doerr

Rayvon Fouché

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.

The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies

Clark A. Miller

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