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Follies of Science: 20th Century Visions of Our Fantastic Future Follies of Science: 20th Century Visions of Our Fantastic Future
by Eric Dregni and Jonathan Dregni

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Promises for the future were made; some sadly broken and some unfortunately honored. While we didn't get household jetpacks and personal serving-drinks-by-the-pool robots, or even our orgasmatrons, we did get things like the super-fantastic building... (read more)

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What's Science Ever Done for Us? What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe What's Science Ever Done for Us? What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
by Paul Halpern

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A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as... (read more)

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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.) Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.)
by Eric Brende

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What is the least we need to achieve the most? With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "... (read more)

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Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
by Steven Levy

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If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto," in action. From Steven Levy-the author who made "hackers" a household word-comes this account of a revolution that is already... (read more)

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The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
by Lawrence Lessig

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The Internet revolution has come. Some say it has gone. What was responsible for its birth? Who is responsible for its demise? In The Future of Ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the Internet revolution has produced a counterrevolution of... (read more)

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In the Beginning...Was the Command Line In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
by Neal Stephenson

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About twenty years ago Jobs and Wozniak, the founders of Apple, came up with the very strange idea of selling information-processing machines for use in the home. The business took off, and its founders made a lot of money and received the credit they... (read more)

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The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World
by Amir D. Aczel

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The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal... (read more)

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Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
by Stephen E Ambrose

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In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers a historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage, which recounted the explorations of the West by Lewis and Clark. Nothing Like... (read more)

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Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything
by James Gleick

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From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated auhtor of Genius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world. <BR>Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the... (read more)

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The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel

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A fully illustrated edition of the international best-seller Longitude. The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determining how a captain... (read more)

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Not on My Watch: Hollywood Vs the Future Not on My Watch: Hollywood Vs the Future
by Peter Dekom

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Twenty-first century technology, computer wizardry, digital effects, and easy Internet accessibility bring exciting new options to the Hollywood entertainment establishment--and these same dazzling techno miracles threaten to ruin Hollywood and its... (read more)

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The Music of Pythagoras: How an Ancient Brotherhood Cracked the Code of the Universe and Lit the Path from Antiquity to Outer Space The Music of Pythagoras: How an Ancient Brotherhood Cracked the Code of the Universe and Lit the Path from Antiquity to Outer Space
by Kitty Ferguson

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The enthralling story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy, and the arts. “Pythagoras’s influence on the ideas, and therefore on the... (read more)

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American Technological Sublime American Technological Sublime
by David E Nye

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What has filled the American public with wonder, awe, even terror? David Nye selects the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the Erie Canal, the first transcontinental railroad, Eads Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, the major... (read more)

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The Soul of a New Machine The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder

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Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize winning phenomenon! From the bestselling author of "House and "Among Schoolchildren comes the astonishing true story of the "Hardy Boys" and "Microkids" of Data General Corporation--dedicated technological wizards who... (read more)

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel

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"An account of the man who developed the technology which allowed sailors to determine their longitude at sea. If you don't know where you are, it's hard to know where you're going, whether you've gotten there or if you've missed your target. If, while... (read more)

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What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
by John Markoff

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While there have been several histories of the personal computer, well-known technology writer John Markoff has created the first ever to spotlight the unique political and cultural forces that gave rise to this revolutionary technology. Focusing on the... (read more)

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The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible and Other Journeys The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible and Other Journeys
by James Burke

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For James Burke, knowledge is a vast interconnected web -- which means you never know how a new discovery or development or even a chance accident will affect everything else. To prove his point, he takes us on twenty exhilarating, all-new journeys... (read more)

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Aramis, Or the Love of Technology Aramis, Or the Love of Technology
by Bruno Latour

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Bruno Latour has written a unique and wonderful tale of a technological dream gone wrong. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis' trail--conducting interviews, analyzing documents, assessing the evidence--perspectives keep shifting: the truth... (read more)

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Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change
by Bob Seidensticker

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Conventional wisdom says that technology change is exponential, giving us an ever-growing number of exciting new products. According to this view, we live in an unprecedented golden age of technological expansion. Not so, according to Future Hype. Author... (read more)

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The History of Underwater Exploration The History of Underwater Exploration
by Robert F Marx

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Fascinating account of diving, from free dives of ancient world to modern techniques. Diving bells, SCUBA equipment, submarines, deep-sea research capsules, underwater habitats, more. "An absorbing history..." -- "Publishers Weekly."... (read more)

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