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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.)
by Eric Brende  
Publisher Comments What is the least we need to achieve the most? With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "...
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Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments The Origin of Species sold out on the first day of its publication in 1859. It is the major book of the nineteenth century, and one of the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of the scientific imagination. The Origin of Species...
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
by Stephen E Ambrose From Powells.com Abraham Lincoln, prior to being elected president and at the time working as a railway lawyer, met future Civil War hero General Grenville Dodge, in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1859. According to historian Stephen Ambrose, Lincoln's first words were "Dodge...
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In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
by Neal Stephenson Publisher Comments About twenty years ago Jobs and Wozniak, the founders of Apple, came up with the very strange idea of selling information-processing machines for use in the home. The business took off, and its founders made a lot of money and received the credit they...
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Greatest Inventions of the Last 2,000 Years
by John Brockman Publisher Comments What was the greatest invention of the past 2,000 years, and why? This provocative question was posed to some of the world's foremost scientific and creative thinkers, including several Nobel laureates. Their answers may surprise you. Lively and thought-...
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A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
by John Steele Gordon Publisher Comments Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe?the center of world affairs?was only as quick as the fastest ship could...
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The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
by Owen Gingerich
Publisher Comments In the spring of 1543, as the celebrated astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lay on his deathbed, his fellow clerics brought him a long-awaited package: the final printed pages of the book he had worked on for many years, De Revolutionibus (On the Revolutions...
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The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World
by Amir D Aczel Publisher Comments Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time. Certainly the mariners in Amalfi in the twelfth century were. Here the compass was first invented and used in navigation, eventually helping to make Italians the world's greatest sailors.But...
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The Triumph of Ethernet: Technological Communities and the Battle for the LAN Standard (Stanford Business Books)
by Urs Von Burg Publisher Comments A study of technologies competing in the 1970s and 1980s to become the compatibility standard....
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Engines of the Mind: The Evolution of the Computer from the Mainframes to Microprocessors
by Joel N Shurkin Synopsis When John Mauchly and Presper Eckert developed the Electronic Numerical Integrator and computer (ENIAC) at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II, their intention was simply to aid artillerymen in aiming their guns. Since then, in the past...
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The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
by Charles C Gillispie Publisher Comments From Galileo's analysis of motion to the theories of evolution and relativity, Charles Gillispie takes us on a masterly tour of the world of scientific ideas. The history of modern science is portrayed here as the development of objectivity through the...
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The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder Synopsis A new trade paperback edition has been issued of a nonfiction modern classic--the Pulitzer Prize-winning work that, more than any other book, captures the essential spirit of the computer age. "Fascinating. . . . A surprisingly gripping account of people...
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind's Relationship with Earth's Most Primal Element
by Suzanne Staubach Publisher Comments In the tradition of the bestselling books Salt and Cod: get the dirt on the humble substance that helped create the modern world. Clay has played a crucial role in the development of the culinary arts, international trade, the invention of writing, and...
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Discoveries: the Calendar History, Lore, and Legend (Discoveries)
by Jacqueline Bourgoing Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, & the Superbomb
by Herbert F York Publisher Comments First published in 1976, The Advisors is an absorbing look at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb. Based on the author's own participation in Project Superbomb, on...
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Overcoming High Tech Anxiety: Thriving in a Wired World
by Beverly Goldberg Synopsis For every person who cringes at the thought of yet another technological innovation, Beverly Goldberg offers this survival guide for succeeding in an increasingly wired world. She lays out six steps that will help the technically challenged accept the...
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An Essay on the Use of the Celestial & Terrestrial Globes
by George Adams Synopsis George Adams was the mathematical instrument maker to the King of England and the optician to the Prince of Wales. Utilizing simple scientific truths, Adams describes how to find the longitude and latitude of any location, how to ascertain the sun's...
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The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments As American capitalism undergoes a seismic shift, Michael Lewis, author of the bestselling Liar's Poker, sets out on a Silicon Valley safari to find the true representative of the coming economic age. All roads lead to Jim Clark, the man who rewrote the...
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The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy
by Diane Coyle Publisher Comments The Weightless World is the first book to map an economic world that has been turned upside down by digital technology and global business. How will our careers, businesses, and governments change in a world where bytes are the only currency and where...
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From Galileo to Newton
by A Rupert Hall Publisher Comments Intellectual grandeur of work of Galileo, Huygens, Leeuwenhoek, Boyle, Descartes, Newton, others. 34 illus....
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