Turing's Cathedral
The Origins of the Digital Universe
Written by George Dyson
Read by Arthur Morey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $24.00
“It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence,” twenty-four-year-old Alan Turing announced in 1936. In Turing’s Cathedral, George Dyson focuses on a small group of men and women, led by John von Neumann at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New...
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Computadoras para todos, cuarta edicion
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: November 29, 2011
Price: $19.95
¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar?
¿No entiende la terminología inglesa que se usa en la computación?
¿Quiere descubrir y aprovechar todo lo que el Internet tiene que...
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Black Code
Inside the Battle for Cyberspace
Written by Ronald J. Deibert
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $29.99
Cyberspace is all around us. We depend on it for everything we do. We have reengineered our business, governance, and social relations around a planetary network unlike any before it. But there are dangers looming, and malign forces are threatening to transform this extraordinary domain.
In Black Code, Ronald J. Deibert, a...
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Dreaming in Code
Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 16, 2007
Price: $13.99
Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their colleagues wrestle not only with the abstraction of code but with the unpredictability of human behavior,
especially their own. Along the way, we encounter black holes, turtles, snakes, dragons, axe-sharpening, and yak-shaving—and take a...
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Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Written by Johan Huizinga
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 1971
Price: $24.00
In
Homo Ludens, the classic evaluation of play that has become a “must-read” for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of...
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The Information
A History, a Theory, a Flood
Written by James Gleick
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $35.00
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.
The story of information begins...
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The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design
Written by Flint Dille and John Zuur Platten
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2010
Price: $16.99
• Authors are top game designers
• Aspiring game writers and designers must have this complete bible
There are other books about creating video games out there.
Sure, they cover the basics. But
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design goes way beyond the basics. The authors, top game designers, focus...
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Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Written by Johan Huizinga
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1971
Price: $24.00
In
Homo Ludens, the classic evaluation of play that has become a “must-read” for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of...
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El salto
Aprovecha las nuevas tecnologias y alcanza tu potencial
Written by Ariel Coro
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $14.95
Puedes tratar de ignorarla pero es inevitable. La tecnología está transformando tu vida y el mundo que te rodea a una velocidad prácticamente incomprensible. Las reglas del juego han cambiado: desde como buscar un trabajo, educarte, promover o financiar tu negocio y hasta proteger a tu familia. Para ser exitosos, es...
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Revolutionary Wealth
How it will be created and how it will change our lives
Written by Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $16.99
Since the mid-1960s, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have predicted the far-reaching impact of emerging technological, economic, and social developments on our businesses, governments, families, and daily lives. In REVOLUTIONARY WEALTH, they once again demonstrate their unparalleled ability to illuminate current trends and anticipate what they mean for the future.
REVOLUTIONARY WEALTH...
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