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Hello world : being human in the age of algorithms

Hannah Fry, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2018

If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence--a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What if you want to buy a driverless car and must choos[...]

Beyond : our future in space /

Chris Impey, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2015

With plans to launch hotels into orbit and experiments in suspending and reanimating life for ultra-long-distance travel, private companies and entrepreneurs have outpaced NASA as the leaders in the new space race. Chris Impey reports on China'[...]

Data and Goliath : the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world /

Bruce Schneier, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2015

Your cell phone provider knows your location; vendors record your purchasing patterns; your e-mails, texts, and social network activity are stored indefinitely; and all of this information is used by corporations and governments to manipulate, [...]

The four-dimensional human : ways of being in the digital world /

Laurence Scott, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2015

"Hailed as a 'New Generation Thinker" by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC, the author, blending tech-philosophy with a vast array of insights, shows how we are entering into a four-dimensional world, filled with ceaseless com[...]

The second machine age : work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies /

Erik Brynjolfsson, Author ; Andrew McAfee, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2014

This book takes a look into the future of business, work, and the economy in a digital world. In recent years, computers have learned to diagnose diseases, drive cars, and win at Jeopardy!. Advances like these have created unprecedented economi[...]

Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own /

David M. Toomey, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2013

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Mary Roach, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2010

The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, b[...]

Plan B 3.0 : mobilizing to save civilization

Lester Russell Brown | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2008

Black holes and time warps : Einstein's outrageous legacy /

Kip S. Thorne, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | The Commonwealth Fund Book Program | 1994

"Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects th[...]

Angle of attack : Harrison storms and the race to the moon

Mike Gray | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 1992

Journey into space : the first three decades of space exploration

Bruce C. Murray | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 1990

Weapons in space

Franklin A. Long, Editor ; Donald Hafner, Editor ; Jeffrey Boutwell, Editor | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 1986

The story of man and the stars

Patrick Moore | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 1954