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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
Bjorn Lomborg
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Bjørn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the world environmental situation is getting worse and worse in his new book, The Skeptical Environmentalist. Using statistical information from internationally...
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The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War
Jacque Fresco
Global Cyber-Visions
Global Cyber-Visions
Jacque Fresco envisions a global civilization in which science and technology are applied with human and environmental concern to secure, protect, and encourage a more humane world for all people. This book offers a possible way out of our...
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
Katie Hafner
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Considering that the history of the Internet is perhaps better documented internally than any other technological construct, it is remarkable how shadowy its origins have been to most people, including die-hard Net-denizens! At last, Hafner...
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Ray Kurzweil
Viking Adult
Viking Adult
The great inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is one of the best-known and controversial advocates for the role of machines in the future of humanity. In his latest, thrilling foray into the future, he envisions an eventthe singularityin which...
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Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies
Charles Perrow
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
Hang a curtain too close to a fireplace and you run the risk of setting your house ablaze. Drive a car on a pitch-black night without headlights, and you dramatically increase the odds of smacking into a tree. These are matters of common sense,...
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Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
Wolfgang Schivelbusch
University of California Press
University of California Press
The story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century is not only a history of its technology but a revelation of how that technology helped forge modern consciousness. The range of subjects includes the political symbolism of...
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