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Technology & Engineering
Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan considers 25 visions
of possible human-robot futures—incredible scenarios from
Teddy Bots to Doc Bots to Politician Bots - grounded in real
technologies and possibilities, and inspired by our
imagination.
Hello, world.
Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that interrogates who they are, how they think, what qualifies as greatness in their world, and what should give us pause.
Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that interrogates who they are, how they think, what qualifies as greatness in their world, and what should give us pause.
Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of
the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking
about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers,
for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking,
intelligence and what it means to be human.
The story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early
mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to
the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to
try to stop it.
If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter.
If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter.
A USA Today New and Noteworthy Title
“You’ll tell me if it ever starts getting genuinely insane, right.”
--Elon Musk, TED interview
Hamish McKenzie tells how a Silicon Valley start-up's wild dream came true.
“You’ll tell me if it ever starts getting genuinely insane, right.”
--Elon Musk, TED interview
Hamish McKenzie tells how a Silicon Valley start-up's wild dream came true.
"Superb...A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and
arresting detail...This war story — the fight to break
out of a frozen hell near the Chosin
Reservoir — has been told many times before. But
Sides tells it exceedingly well, with fresh research, gritty scenes
and cinematic sweep.
An NPR Best Book of 2018
"How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It's essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times-bestselling author of What If.
"How to Invent Everything is such a cool book. It's essential reading for anyone who needs to duplicate an industrial civilization quickly." --Randall Munroe, xkcd creator and New York Times-bestselling author of What If.
The fascinating story of how NASA sent humans to explore outer
space, told through a treasure trove of historical
documents--publishing in celebration of NASA's 60th anniversary and
with a foreword by Bill Nye
"An extremely useful and thought provoking documentary journey through the maze of space history.
"An extremely useful and thought provoking documentary journey through the maze of space history.
A fascinating exploration of the history, development, and
future of virtual reality, a technology with world-changing
potential, written by award-winning journalist and author David
Ewalt, stemming from his 2015 Forbes cover story
about the Oculus Rift and its creator Palmer Luckey.
Companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce are just the tip
of the iceberg for the subscription model. The real
transformation--and the real opportunity--is just
beginning.
Subscription companies are growing nine times faster than the S&P 500.
Subscription companies are growing nine times faster than the S&P 500.
...A National Bestseller...
One of the Best Books of 2018. NPR • New York Times Book Review, Inc. • TIME • Wall Street Journal • Washington Post
"Chilling…Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.
One of the Best Books of 2018. NPR • New York Times Book Review, Inc. • TIME • Wall Street Journal • Washington Post
"Chilling…Reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.
Ignition. is the inside story of the Cold War era search
for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into
space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners
will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s],"
available for the first time in audio.
