Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world…

Understanding Computer Networks

This book looks at the basics of computer networks. It describes what networks are and how they work, the different kinds of network, and the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web. It explains how to contact people online using email and social networks, shows how networks can be used to work with other people online, and touches on creating websites and blogs. The topics cover…

What's next for the environment? from weed lasers and robot worms to space re…

This book delves into the world of labs and experiments in order to find out which exciting inventions and out of this world gadgets could change the way we live.

High-Tech Inventions

From a new generation of cell phones that send pictures and short movies, to plasma TV screens, supercomputers and the worlwide web, technological progress has led to more exciting inventions in this title.

Where Does the Garbage Go?: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science

Follow that garbage truck! ...to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up...to the incinerator to see how trash can be turned into energy ... to the recycling center to see how a soda bottle can be turned into a flowerpot. Filled with graphs, charts, and diagrams, Where Does the Garbage Go? explains how we deal with the problem of too much trash and provides ideas for easy ways to be a …

Stickmen's Guide to Technology

See how sci-fi becomes reality with this breathtaking tour of the coolest inventions and discoveries - from nuclear fission and animal cloning to growing new body parts. Just for starters... *Your fridge could be linked to the Internet *A nanomachine could repair brain cells *Robots can be pets and space explorers *A surgeoun could operate-from another country! ..and there's lots more. Th…

Technology: A Byte-Sized World! (Basher Science)

From the bestselling illustrator whose friendly take on science has revolutionized our understanding of everything from the periodic table to the universe, comes a fresh take on technology as only Basher can do it. Discover the secrets behind the devices we take for granted, and learn about the amazing inventions that have transformed our lives. From the Movers and Shakers who power our physica…

Engineering: The Riveting World of Buildings and Machines

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Technology: A Byte-Size World!

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Understanding Media: (Routledge Classics)

When Marshall McLuhan first coined the phrases "global village" and "the medium is the message" in 1964, no-one could have predicted today's information-dependent planet. No-one, that is, except for a handful of science fiction writers and Marshall McLuhan. Understanding Media was written twenty years before the PC revolution and thirty years before the rise of the Internet. Yet McLuhan's insig…