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Solomon's Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines

Olaf Groth - Pegasus
Format: Hardcover

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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Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It

Kaitlyn Tiffany - MCD x FSG Originals
Format: Paperback

"Everything I Need I Get from You will fascinate aficionados, but even for someone who's never so much as logged on, it makes a rich and heartfelt explainer on the feelings and phenomena that thrive on the internet." -- Jenny Odell, author of How to Do NothingA thrilling...
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Computer: A History of the Information Machine

Martin Campbell-Kelly - Westview Press; Third Edition, Third Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history of the computer and shows how business and government were the first to explore its unlimited, information-processing potential. Old-fashioned entrepreneurship combined with scientific know-how inspired now famous computer...
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Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation

Reid Mitenbuler
Format: Hardcover

In 1911, famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted one of the first animated cartoons, based on his sophisticated newspaper strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland," itself inspired by Freud's recent research on dreams. McCay is largely forgotten today, but he unleashed an art form,...
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Word 2013 Absolute Beginner's Guide

Sherry Kinkoph Gunter - Que Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Make the most of Word 2013–without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to learn Word and use it quickly to prepare powerfully effective documents! Even if you’ve never used Word before, you’ll learn how to do what you want, one clear and easy step...
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Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"

Jeremy N. Smith - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker - a woman known only as Alien. When she arrived at MIT in the 1990s, Alien was quickly drawn to the school's tradition of highrisk physical trespassing:...
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Robot Builder's Bonanza, 5th Edition

Gordon McComb - McGraw-Hill Education TAB
Format: Paperback

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The bestselling guide to hobby robotics -- fully updated for the latest technologies!Learn to build...
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Pokemon Go: The Complete User Guide to Become A Pokemon Master

Jackson Simpson - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Pokemon Go This is a strategy guide for players who desire to become a Pokemon Master. This book will provide you insights, skills, techniques for playing a master game. It will take you from basic to most intriguing hidden features and strategies. Fun to read with short and concise points...
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So You Want to Start a Podcast: Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen

Kristen Meinzer - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring, comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating a hit show, So You Want to Start a Podcast covers everything from hosting and guest booking to editing and marketing - while offering plenty of encouragement and insider stories along the way.Though they are the fastest-growing...
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Generation Robot: A Century of Science Fiction, Fact, and Speculation

Terri Favro - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation -- from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture...
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