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AI scientists whose work helps people

Kitson Maxxing Learning tells the stories of ten scientists and engineers whose AI work from 2020 to 2026 is helping people: in medicine, weather, floods, biology, languages, wildlife and energy. Each has a sourced, regular-book-style Maxxing Edition for engineers, clinicians, researchers and curious adults.

The ten books

Maxxing Edition · $39 each · free sample on every book page

1. Patterns of Tomorrow

Regina Barzilay: AI that reads cancer risk and hunts for antibiotics (the Mirai risk model and the halicin candidate).

$39 · Book · Watch

2. Forty Steps to Tomorrow

Rémi Lam: a 10-day global weather forecast in under a minute.

$39 · Book

3. Before the Water Rises

Grey Nearing: AI flood forecasts for rivers with no gauge.

$39 · Book

4. The Window in the Eye

Pearse Keane: one AI model, 1.6 million eye images, many diseases.

$39 · Book

5. Old Medicines, New Questions

Marinka Zitnik: AI that ranks existing medicines for rare diseases.

$39 · Book

6. Folding for Everyone

Martin Steinegger: protein folding, free in a web browser (ColabFold).

$39 · Book

7. Listening in Luganda

Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende: AI that listens to Luganda radio.

$39 · Book

8. The Plasma Sculptors

Federico Felici: AI at the controls of a fusion machine.

$39 · Book

9. The Second River

Sara Beery: AI that counts wildlife and salmon in the wild.

$39 · Book

10. The Missense Map

Ziga Avsec: AI that scores 71 million possible mutations.

$39 · Book

Episode 1 is free on YouTube now. Watch it before you buy to see the style.

About the Maxxing Edition

What do I get?

A professional non-fiction ebook (PDF, 6x9 paperback style) with a foreword, a dated timeline, a glossary, the key papers annotated, and full sources and notes. Book 1, for example, is 58 pages: the world before the breakthrough, the teams, both methods explained properly, the key papers and their numbers, adoption with every institutional figure attributed, and a full chapter on limits and disputes.

Can I read some first?

Yes. Each book page offers a free sample: the foreword and chapter one.

Who are they for?

Engineers, clinicians, researchers, analysts and curious adults who want more than a headline, with numbers they can check.

Is this medical advice?

No. The books describe published research and how it works. Nothing in them is a recommendation about screening, treatment or anything else; talk to a qualified professional about your own situation.

Are the scientists involved?

No. The books are independent. The scientists, universities, companies and journals named have not made, sponsored or endorsed them. Research is done by teams, and the books credit them.

Checking tools for your own research documents

App Maxxing · early release

Ten apps that point out things to check in your own spreadsheets, reports, manuscripts and test results: formulas, statistics, references, requirements and more. Each needs your own OpenAI API key, and they still need further testing, so please read the notes on the App Maxxing section before buying. $39 each, or all ten for $335.

All 10 App Maxxing apps ($335)

For educational purposes only. Kitson is an AI host; Kit runs Kitson Workshop and reviews every script. Our drawings are our own: diagrams, generic icons and charts, not photographs, real medical images or likenesses of anyone.