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.
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The Chip
How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
Written by T.R. Reid
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
Barely fifty years ago a computer was a gargantuan, vastly expensive thing that only a handful of scientists had ever seen. The world’s brightest engineers were stymied in their quest to make these machines small and affordable until the solution finally came from two ingenious young Americans. Jack Kilby and Robert...
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Beyond AI
Creating the Conscience of the Machine
Written by J. Storrs Hall, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 408 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $28.99
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now advancing at such a rapid clip that it has the potential to transform our world in ways both exciting and disturbing. Computers have already been designed that are capable of driving cars, playing soccer, and finding and organizing information on the Web in ways that no...
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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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The Chip
How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
Written by T.R. Reid
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $16.00
Barely fifty years ago a computer was a gargantuan, vastly expensive thing that only a handful of scientists had ever seen. The world’s brightest engineers were stymied in their quest to make these machines small and affordable until the solution finally came from two ingenious young Americans. Jack Kilby and Robert...
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Turing's Cathedral
The Origins of the Digital Universe
Written by George Dyson
Read by Arthur Morey
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $45.00
“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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Digital Art Revolution
Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
Written by Scott Ligon
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $29.99
There’s no question that applications like Photoshop have changed the art world forever. Master digital artists already use these tools to create masterpieces that stretch the limits of the imagination—but you don’t have to be a master to create your own digital art.
Whether you’re a beginner who’s never picked up...
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The Blind Giant
Being Human in a Digital World
Written by Nick Harkaway
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99
Nick Harkaway, author of Angelmaker, presents a rousing and energizing look at how we can meaningfully and constructively engage with technology—creating an essential handbook for anyone trying to be human in a digital age. Some say our devices will lead us to ruin: isolating us from our neighbors, warping communication, delivering an unregulated...
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