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What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly Publisher Comments andquot;More thriller than primer, this is the best technology book I have ever read.andquot; -Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital In this provocative book, one of today's most respected thinkers turns the conversation about technology on its... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy by Lori Andrews Publisher Comments Social networks are the defining cultural movement of our time, empowering us in constantly evolving ways. We can all now be reporters, alerting the world to breaking news of a natural disaster; we can participate in crowd-sourced scientific research... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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America, 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T, and the Making of a Modern Nation by Jim Rasenberger Publisher Comments A captivating look at a bygone era through the lens of a single, surprisingly momentous American year one century ago. 1908 was the year Henry Ford launched the Model T, the Wright Brothers proved to the world that they had mastered the art of flight... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Defining Moments in Science: Over a Century of the Greatest Discoveries, Experiments, Inventions, People, Publications, and Events That Rocked the by Cassell Illustrated Publisher Comments From Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking, the 20th century was perhaps the most significant era in the history of science. Written with flair and insight by a panel of prominent scientific thinkers, this fascinating decade-by-decade compendium covers all... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold by Tom Shachtman Publisher Comments In this engrossing scientific chronicle, a perennial paperback favorite, Tom Shachtman combines science, history, and adventure in the story of our four-centuries-long quest to master the secrets of cold. Now a documentary based largely on Shachtman&... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Engineering and Technology 1650-1750: Illustrations and Texts from Original Sources (Dover Science Books) by Martin Jensen Publisher Comments Highly readable text features more than 200 engravings that encompass engineering projects dealing with surveying, leveling, materials, hand tools, lifting equipment, transport and erection, piling, bailing, water supply, hydraulic engineering,... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Gonzo Gizmos: Projects & Devices to Channel Your Inner Geek by Simon Field Publisher Comments "Gonzo Gizmos" includes step-by-step instructions to building more than 30 devices and explanations of the physics and chemistry involved.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson Publisher Comments A "dynamic" (Los Angeles Times) new understanding of one of life's key questions-from the New York Times bestselling author. This sweeping study of the history of innovation breaks out the seven patterns of innovation like "the slow hunch&... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox Publisher Comments The Fascinating Story of Our Emergence from Dark and How We Came to Inhabit Our World Built of Light “It takes a special turn of mind to even think of writing a history of artificial light. But Jane Brox takes this curious, thin slice of history... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Absinthe and Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously by William Gurstelle Publisher Comments A Selection of the Scientific American Book Club Want to add more excitement to your life? This daring combination of science, history, and DIY projects will show you how. Written for smart risk takers, it explores why danger is good for you... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Practical Pyromaniac: Build Fire Tornadoes, One-Candlepower Engines, Great Balls of Fire, and More Incendiary Devices by William Gurstelle Publisher Comments The Practical Pyromaniac combines science, history, and DIY pyrotechnics to explain humankinds most useful and paradoxical tool: fire. William Gurstelle, author of the bestselling Backyard Ballistics and frequent contributor to Popular Mechanics and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Backyard Ballistics by William Gurstelle Staff Pick As tempting as it sounds to spend the afternoon with the two digital puppies wrestling under Lara Croft's wife-beater, nothing is really more entertaining than plain ol' throwing rocks at stuff. Or, better still, shooting said rocks out of a homemade... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy Publisher Comments Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey Publisher Comments The first generation of “Digital Natives”—children who were born into and raised in the digital world—are coming of age, and soon our world will be reshaped in their image. Our economy, our politics, our culture, and even the shape... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America by Steven Johnson Publisher Comments Bestselling author Steven Johnson recounts in dazzling, multidisciplinary fashion, the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America's Founding Fathers. The Invention of Air is a book of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future by James Martin Publisher Comments According to James Martin-known as "the guru of the Information Age"-humanity is at a crucial turning point. If we succeed in finding ways to support massive gains in population combined with dizzying technological progress, we have a magnificent future... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight by David A. Mindell Publisher Comments As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and taking direct control. He... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Modern Alchemy: Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory by Mark Morrisson Publisher Comments Alchemists are generally held to be the quirky forefathers of science, blending occultism with metaphysical pursuits. Although many were intelligent and well-intentioned thinkers, the oft-cited goals of alchemy paint these antiquated experiments as... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz Publisher Comments Jesse and Eric were geeks: suspicious of authority figures, proud of their status as outsiders, fervent in their belief in the positive power of technology. High school had been an unbearable experience and their small-town Idaho families had been torn... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium by Robert Friedel Publisher Comments Finalist, 2008 Henry Paolucci / Walter Bagehot Book Award given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Hardcover
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