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The History of the Computer: People, Inventions, and Technology that Changed Our World
RACHEL IGNOTOFSKY - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover
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A strikingly illustrated overview of the computing machines that have changed our world - from the abacus to the smartphone - and the people who made them, by the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Women in Science.Computers are everywhere and have impacted our lives in so many... |
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Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain Revolution: Bitcoin and Beyond
Brendan January
Format: Hardcover
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In January 2009, a mysterious software developer, Satoshi Nakamoto, exchanged a specially designed code with another developer. The code was a digital currency that Nakamoto had proposed several months before in a paper titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System."... |
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Health Tech: The Apps and Gadgets Redefining Wellness (Looking Forward)
The New York Times Editorial Staff - New York Times Edu Pub
Format: July 30
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Medical technology makes us live longer, and new developments in the field are changing our perspectives on health and longevity. Health tech encompasses everything from apps that track the number of steps we take to the AI some doctors now use to diagnose their patients. This collection... |
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Inside a Gaming PC (Geeks Guide to Computer Science)
Russell Barnes - Rosen Young Adult
Format: Library Binding
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As the premier step-by-step manual to building the ultimate computer, Inside a Gaming PC will help readers get the performance they want even when sticking to a budget. They will discover all the cutting-edge technology and information they need to bring their ideal PC to life. Detailed... |
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Electric Cars
John Allen - Referencepoint Pr Inc
Format: Hardcover
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"As concern about global warming grows, electric cars powered by clean technology seem like the ideal replacement for carbon-burning gasoline or diesel engines. Since 2000, automotive companies worldwide have strived to improve the range and efficiency of electric cars. Much depends... |
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A Career in Mechanical Engineering
Leanne K Currie-McGhee - Referencepoint Pr Inc
Format: Hardcover
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A mechanical engineer has a wide breadth of opportunities including designing the latest vehicles, improving manufacturing processes, and creating prosthetic limbs. Mechanical engineers are involved in products and systems from design to implementation. What the job entails, what it pays,... |
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Folding Tech: Using Origami and Nature to Revolutionize Technology
Karen Latchana Kenney
Format: Hardcover
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Space probes, self-assembling robots, crash-absorbing cars, and designer proteins all have one thing in common: their use of folding technologies. To develop these technologies, engineers are taking inspiration from an unusual source -- origami, the ancient art of paper folding. Examine... |
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Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World
RESHMA SAUJANI - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Part how-to, part girl-empowerment, and all fun, from the leader of the movement championed by Sheryl Sandberg, Jack Dorsey, and other giants of tech. Since 2012, the organization Girls Who Code has taught computing skills to and inspired over 10,000 girls across America. Now its founder,... |
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Artificial Intelligence: Building Smarter Machines
Stephanie Sammartino McPherson - Twenty-First Century Books
Format: Library Binding
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"In 2011 a computer named Watson outscored two human competitors on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! and snagged the million-dollar prize. Watson isn't the only machine keeping up with humans. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is booming, with drones, robots, and computers handling... |
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Inside Robotics
Senior Lecturer in History James Cooper - Rosen Young Adult
Format: Library Binding
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Inside Robotics provides step-by-step extensively illustrated instructions for building three project robots, from a simple self-navigating robot, to a fully controllable challenger such as those on the show, Robot Wars. Readers will learn how to build robots safely, from considering batteries,... |
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The Internet of Things
Andrew Karpan - Greenhaven Publishing
Format: Paperback
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As the number of digital devices used in daily life grows, it comes as no surprise that the next step in technological evolution is to conveniently interconnect these devices. This is where the Internet of Things fits in. The Internet of Things refers to all devices that are connected... |
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Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions
A. R. Capetta - MITeen Press
Format: Hardcover
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In a mind-bending MITeen anthology, ten top YA authors use emerging technologies to explore startling new realities. What does the future hold? Ten speculative short stories by leading young-adult authors imagine what the world could be through the lens of technologies emerging today. When... |
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Averee Vol. 1
Stephanie Phillips - A Wave Blue World
Format: Hardcover
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A world where social rank rules and your status sets your inevitable course in life -- sound familiar? Just imagine if it was all controlled by an app! In Averees world, the usual trials of making your way into adulthood come with the added stress of Ranked, a ubiquitous and all-knowing... |
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My Mechanical Romance
Alexene Farol Follmuth
Format: Hardcover
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Nerds are so hot.Especially battle robot building nerds.Bel would rather die than think about the future. College apps You're funny. Extracurriculars Not a chance. But when she accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she's basically forced into joining the robotics... |
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Sanctuary
Paola Mendoza - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is tracked--from buses to grocery stores. It's almost impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that's exactly what sixteen-year-old Vali is doing. She and her family have carved... |
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Gone Dark
Amanda Panitch - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Book
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Dry meets Hatchet in this thrilling tale of survival following a teen girl who must lead her friends across the country to the safety of her estranged father's survivalist compound after a mass power failure leaves the country in chaos.When seventeen-year-old Zara escaped her father's... |
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Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel
Naomi Kritzer - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover
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How much does the internet know about YOU? A thought-provoking near future YA thriller that could not be more timely as it explores issues of online privacy, artificial intelligence, and the power and perils of social networks.Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn't lived anyplace... |
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Rabbit & Robot
Andrew Smith - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Told with Andrew Smith's signature dark humor, Rabbit & Robot tells the story of Cager Messer, a boy who's stranded on the Tennessee - his father's lunar-cruise utopia - with insane robots.Cager has been transported to the Tennessee, a giant lunar-cruise ship orbiting the moon... |
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SLAY
Brittney Morris - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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"Gripping and timely." - People "The YA debut we're most excited for this year." - Entertainment Weekly "A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that'll keep you down for the count. Prepare to BE slain." - Nic Stone,... |
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Gearbreakers
Zoe Hana Mikuta - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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We went past praying to deities and started to build them instead...The shadow of Godolia's tyrannical rule is spreading, aided by their giant mechanized weapons known as Windups. War and oppression are everyday constants for the people of the Badlands, who live under the thumb of their... |
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Always Human
Ari North - Yellow Jacket
Format: Paperback
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"This beautifully illustrated slice-of-life tale that shows two young women of color getting to know each other and creating a relationship is so warm and charming that readers will hardly notice how much they are learning about how to better interact with folx who are different from... |
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Pixels of You
Ananth Hirsh - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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In a near future, augmentation and AI changed everything and nothing. Indira is a human girl who has been cybernetically augmented after a tragic accident, and Fawn is one of the first human-presenting AI. They have the same internship at a gallery, but neither thinks much of the other's... |
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
Richard Paul Evans - Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Format: Hardcover
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The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling first installment of the action-packed Michael Vey series from author Richard Paul Evans.My name is Michael Vey, and the story I'm about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It's my story. To everyone at Meridian High School,... |
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Steve Jobs: Insanely Great
Jessie Hartland - Schwartz & Wade Books
Format: Hardcover
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This fast-paced and entertaining biography in graphic format is a perfect complement to more text-heavy books on Steve Jobs like Walter Isaacson's biography. Presenting the story of the ultimate American entrepreneur, who brought us Apple Computer, Pixar, Macs, iPods, iPhones and more,... |
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Changing the Equation: 50 US Black Women in STEM
Tonya Bolden - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A celebratory and inspiring look at some of the most important black women in STEM Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists,... |
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