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Coding for Beginners in easy steps

MIKE MCGRATH - In Easy Steps Limited
Format: Paperback

Coding for Beginners in easy steps, 2nd edition begins by explaining how to easily create a programming environment on your own computer, so you can quickly begin to create your own working programs by copying the book's examples. After demonstrating the essential building blocks...
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Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World

Meredith Broussard - MITPress
Format: Paperback

A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.
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You Will Get Through This Night

Daniel Howell - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer. 'There's a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts....
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Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games

Tracy Fullerton - Morgan Kaufmann
Format: 2nd Edition

Master the craft of game design so you can create that elusive combination of challenge, competition, and interaction that players seek. This design workshop begins with an examination of the fundamental elements of game design; then puts you to work in prototyping, playtesting and redesigning...
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Computers For Seniors For Dummies

Faithe Wempen - For Dummies; 6th edition
Format: 6th Edition

Most people new to computers find them a little intimidating at first. But with the right guidance, even a total novice can be sending email and banking online in no time at all. Computers For Seniors For Dummies is your must-have computing companion, full of crystal clear, step-by-step...
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Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting-Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design

Chris Solarski - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback

"This book supports my own 30-year crusade to demonstrate that games are an art form that undeniably rivals traditional arts. It gives detailed explanations of game art techniques and their importance, while also highlighting their dependence on artistic aspects of game design and programming.” —...
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Coding All-in-One For Dummies

WILEY. - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

See all the things coding can accomplishThe demand for people with coding know-how exceeds the number of people who understand the languages that power technology. Coding All-in-One For Dummies gives you an ideal place to start when you're ready to add this valuable asset to your...
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Solomon's Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines

Olaf Groth - Pegasus Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

A thought-provoking examination of artificial intelligence and how it reshapes human values, trust, and power around the world.Whether in medicine, money, or love, technologies powered by forms of artificial intelligence are playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. As we cede...
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Living with Robots: What Every Anxious Human Needs to Know

Ruth Aylett - The MIT Press
Format: Paperback

The truth about robots: two experts look beyond the hype, offering a lively and accessible guide to what robots can (and can't) do.. There's a lot of hype about robots; some of it is scary and some of it utopian. In this accessible book, two robotics experts reveal the truth about...
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Upcycled Technology: Clever Projects You Can Do With Your Discarded Tech

Daniel Davis - Mango
Format: Hardcover

#1 Amazon New Release! Transform old tech into amazing, modern inventionsFans of Popular Science, Smithsonian's Maker Lab, and The Big Book of Makerspace Projects will love Upcycled Technology.DIY science projects using your discarded stuff: We all have a drawer or closet full of old discarded...
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