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Adventures from the Technology Underground: Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Themby William GurstelleISBN 0307351254 (0-307-35125-4)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures from the Technology Underground: Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them'Book summary:The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, flyand occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish us with what is possible when human imagination and ingenuity meet natures forces and materials. William Gurstelle spent two years exploring the most fascinating outposts of this world of wonders: meeting and talking to the men and women who care far more for the laws of physics than they do for mundane matters like government regulations and their own personal safety.
Adventures from the Technology Underground is Gurstelles lively and weirdly compelling report of his travels. In these pages we meet Frank Kosdon and others who draw the scrutiny of the FAA, ATF, and other federal agencies in their pursuit of high-power amateur rocketry, which they demonstrate to impressiveand sometimes explosiveeffect at the annual LDRS gathering held in various remote and unpopulated areas (a necessary consideration since that acronym stands for Large Dangerous Rocket Ships). Here also are the underground technologists who turn up at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada high desert, including Lucy Hosking, the engineer from Hell and the creator of Satans Calliope, aka the Worlds Loudest Thing, a pipe organ made from jet engines. Also at Burning Man is Austin Dr. MegaVolt Richard, who braves the arcing, sputtering, six-digit voltages of a giant Tesla coil in his protective metal suit. Add in a trip to see medieval-style catapults, air cannons, and supersized slingshots in action at the World Championship Punkin Chunkin competition in Sussex County, Delaware, and forays to the postapocalyptic enclaves of the flamethrower builders and the future-noir pits of the fighting robots, and you have proof positive that the age of invention is still going strong.
In the world of science and engineering, despite its buttoned-down image, theres plenty of fun, humor, and sheer wonder to be found at the fringes. Adventures from the Technology Underground takes you there.
" Launch homemade high-power rockets.
" Catapult pumpkins the better part of a mile.
" Watch robot gladiators saw, flip, and pound one another into high-tech junk heaps.
" Dazzle the eye with electrical discharges measured in the hundreds of thousands of volts.
" Play with flamethrowers, potato guns, and other decidedly unsafe toys . . .
If this is your idea of fun, youll have a major good time on this wild ride through todays Technology Underground.
From the Burning Man festival in Nevadas high desert to the latest gathering of Large Dangerous Rocket Ship builders to Delawares annual Punkin Chunkin competition (a celebration of science, radical self-expression, and beer ), youll meet the inspired, government-unregulated, and corporately unfettered men and women who operate at the furthest fringes of science, engineering, and wild-eyed arc welding, building the catapults, ultra-high-voltage electrical devices, incendiary artworks, fighting robots, and other machines that demonstrate whats possible when physics meets human ingenuity.
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American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm 1870-1970by Thomas P. HughesISBN 0226359271 (0-226-35927-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear Warby Carole GallagherISBN 0262071460 (0-262-07146-0)
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Ant Colony Optimizationby Marco Dorigo, Thomas StutzleISBN 0262042193 (0-262-04219-3)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Applied Numerical Analysisby Curtis F. Gerald, Patrick O. WheatleyISBN 0321133048 (0-321-13304-8)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Applied Numerical Analysis'Book summary:The seventh edition of this classic text has retained the features that make it popular, while updating its treatment and inclusion of Computer Algebra Systems and Programming Languages. Interesting and timely applications motivate and enhance readers' understanding of methods and analysis of results. This text incorporates a balance of theory with techniques and applications, including optional theory-based sections in each chapter. The exercise sets include additional challenging problems and projects which show practical applications of the material. Also, sections which discuss the use of computer algebra systems such as Maple®, Mathematica®, and MATLAB®, facilitate the integration of technology in the course. Furthermore, the text incorporates programming material in both FORTRAN and C. The breadth of topics, such as partial differential equations, systems of nonlinear equations, and matrix algebra, provide comprehensive and flexible coverage of all aspects of numerical analysis.
Preliminaries; Solving Nonlinear Equations; Solving Sets of Equations; Interpolation and Curve Fitting; Approximation of Functions; Numerical Differentiation and Integration; Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations; Optimization; Partial Differential Equations; Finite Element Analysis
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Applied Optimal Estimationby Analytic Sciences Corporation, Arthur GelbISBN 0262700085 (0-262-70008-5)
Softcover, M.I.T. Press
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Applied Optimal Estimationby Arthur GelbISBN 0262570483 (0-262-57048-3)
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Armament and History: The Influence of Armament on History from the Dawn of Classical Warfare to the End of the Second World Warby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306808595 (0-306-80859-5)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Tools, or weapons, if only the right ones can be discovered, form 99 percent of victory.... Strategy, command, leadership, courage, discipline, supply, organization, and all the moral and physical paraphernalia of war are nothing to a high superiority of weapons--at most they go to form the one per cent which makes the whole possible.
If that sounds outlandish--how much, one might ask, of an effect did technology have at Chancellorsville?--consider this more plausible formulation: In modern wars, "no army of 50 years before any date selected would stand 'a dog's chance' against the army existing at that date." Sounds about right.Armament and History is a broad survey spanning the ancient world to the atomic age, showing how military innovation has changed the course of history time and again. Fuller never gets mired in dense detail, and has a knack for finding apt (and sometimes humorous) anecdotes. Mounted war elephants, for example, traditionally have had a dramatic impact on troops who had never seen them before. When one general employed them against the Gauls, he confessed, "I am ashamed to think that we owe our safety to these sixteen animals." Yet as Fuller shows, successful weapons always meet even more successful ones (an army once attacked war elephants by covering pigs with pitch, lighting them on fire, and driving them toward the burly beasts). This is a fine introduction to the development of weaponry over the last 3,000 years. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0316544906 (0-316-54490-6)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at Warby William ManchesterISBN 0316529400 (0-316-52940-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Atomic Energy for Military Purposes: The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb Under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1by Henry De Wolf SmythISBN 0306707675 (0-306-70767-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
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Atomic Spaces: Living on the Manhattan Projectby Peter Bacon HalesISBN 0252068319 (0-252-06831-9)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Atoms in the Family: My Life With Enrico Fermiby Laura FermiISBN 0226243672 (0-226-24367-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Autocad 14 Companionby James A. LeachISBN 0256266921 (0-256-26692-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steelby John Scott, Stephen KotkinISBN 0253205360 (0-253-20536-0)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Boss Ketteringby Stuart W. LeslieISBN 023105601X (0-231-05601-X)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of Warby Robert CoramISBN 0316796883 (0-316-79688-3)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Building the Nineteenth Centuryby Tom F. PetersISBN 0262161605 (0-262-16160-5)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Chemical Engineering Thermodynamicsby Stephen A. Newman, Josef BarthelISBN 0250405202 (0-250-40520-2)
Hardcover, Ann Arbor Science
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China Mountain Zhangby Maureen F. McHughISBN 0312860986 (0-312-86098-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Circuit Analysisby Allan D. KrausISBN 0314795006 (0-314-79500-6)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Circuits, Signals and Systemsby William McC SiebertISBN 0262192292 (0-262-19229-2)
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Cmos Vlsi Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspectiveby David Harris, Neil H.E. WesteISBN 0321149017 (0-321-14901-7)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Computation Structuresby Stephen A. Ward, Robert H. HalsteadISBN 0262231395 (0-262-23139-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Computation Structures'Book summary:Computation Structures focuses on computer architecture as a complicated problem in digital design. As such, the initial sections discuss the basic principles of designing digital circuits and systems. The context is subsequently used to discuss more and more advanced ideas without a lot of confusing structure. For example, pipelining is initially discussed in terms of speeding up simple arithmetic circuits, which allows the reader to focus on the conceptual issues of pipelining rather than the embedded problem. Using this aggregative approach, the authors build their way up through a series of simple machines to begin talking about processes and process semantics. In addition, Computation Structures contains a nice section on microcode, which is seldom discussed in most books. The text is clear and the exercises well chosen. [via]
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Crsi Manual of Standard PracticeISBN 0318204657 (0-318-20465-7)
Softcover, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Inst
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Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animalby Norbert WienerISBN 026273009X (0-262-73009-X)
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Diary of an Early American Boy Noah Blake-1805by E. SloaneISBN 0308700430 (0-308-70043-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched On the Modern Worldby David BodanisISBN 0307335984 (0-307-33598-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Electrical Concepts and Applicationsby Peter F. Ryff, Stalin A. Boctor, Mohamed T. Ghorab, Peter Hiscocks, Michael R. HolmesISBN 0314202021 (0-314-20202-1)
Softcover, Delmar Pub
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Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940by David E. NyeISBN 0262640309 (0-262-64030-9)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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The Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmarkby John TauranacISBN 0312148240 (0-312-14824-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Centuryby G. Pascal ZacharyISBN 0262740222 (0-262-74022-2)
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Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practiceby Ted G. EschenbachISBN 0256114412 (0-256-11441-2)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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A Fire on the Moonby Norman MailerISBN 0297179527 (0-297-17952-7)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Fundamentals of Graphics Communicationby Gary R. BertolineISBN 0256164134 (0-256-16413-4)
Hardcover, Irwin
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Fundamentals of Logic Designby Charles H. RothISBN 0314852921 (0-314-85292-1)
Hardcover, West Pub Co
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Fundamentals of Machine Elementsby Bernard J. Hamrock, Bo O. Jacobson, Steven R. SchmidISBN 0256190690 (0-256-19069-0)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Graphics Drawing Workbookby Gary R. BertolineISBN 025611417X (0-256-11417-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Great Power-Line Cover-Up: How the Utilities and the Government Are Trying to Hide the Cancer Hazard Posed by Electromagnetic Fieldsby Paul BrodeurISBN 0316109118 (0-316-10911-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Growing up with Lucyby Steven GrandISBN 0297607332 (0-297-60733-2)
Hardcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Handbook of Technical Writing & Document Based Cases for Technical Communicationby Walter E. Oliu, Charles T. Brusaw, Gerald J. Alred, Roger MungerISBN 0312433417 (0-312-43341-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bombby Thomas PowersISBN 0306810115 (0-306-81011-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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A History of Mechanical Engineeringby Aubrey BurstallISBN 026252001X (0-262-52001-X)
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History of Piby Peter BeckmannISBN 0312381859 (0-312-38185-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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A History of Western Technologyby Fredrich KlemmISBN 0262610019 (0-262-61001-9)
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The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at Mitby Pepper WhiteISBN 0262731428 (0-262-73142-8)
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Illustrated Experiments in Fluid Mechanics: The Ncfmf Book of Film Notesby National Committee for Fluid Mechanics FilmsISBN 0262640120 (0-262-64012-0)
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Introduction to Differential Equations With Boundary Value Problemsby William R. DerrickISBN 0314268979 (0-314-26897-9)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Introduction to Fluid Mechanicsby James A. FayISBN 0262061651 (0-262-06165-1)
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An Introduction to Human Factors Engineeringby Christopher D. Wickens, Yili Liu, Sallie E. GordonISBN 0321012291 (0-321-01229-1)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex and Information Applicances Are the Solutionby Donald A. NormanISBN 0262640414 (0-262-64041-4)
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His solution? "Design the tool to fit so well that the tool becomes a part of the task." He proposes using the PC as the infrastructure for devices hidden in walls, in car dashboards, and held in the palm of the hand. A word of caution: some of Norman's zealotry leads to a certain creepiness (global positioning body implants) and goofiness (electric-power-generating plants in shoes). His message, though, is reasonably situated in the concept that the tools should bend to fit us and our goals: we sit down to write, not to word process; to balance bank accounts, not to fill in cells on a spreadsheet. In evenly measuring out the future of humanity's technological needs--and the limitations of the PC's current incarnation--Norman presents a formidable argument for a renaissance of the information appliance. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]
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Iron Bridge: Symbol of the Industrial Revolutionby Neil Cossons, Barrie Stuart TrinderISBN 0239001877 (0-239-00187-7)
Hardcover, Moonraker Press
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Joe Kaufman's What Makes It Go, Work, Fly, Floatby Joe KaufmanISBN 0307657671 (0-307-65767-1)
Hardcover, Goldencraft
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Joe Kaufman's What Makes It Go? What Makes It Work? What Makes It Fly? What Makes It Float?by Joe KaufmanISBN 0307157679 (0-307-15767-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Landslides: Analysis and Controlby Robert L. SchusterISBN 0309028043 (0-309-02804-3)
Softcover, Transportation Research Board
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Lawrence and Oppenheimerby Nuel Pharr DavisISBN 0306802805 (0-306-80280-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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The Laws of Simplicityby John MaedaISBN 0262134721 (0-262-13472-1)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Leonardo Da Vinci: Master Draftsmanby Rachel Stern, Carmen Bambach, Alison Manges, Carmen C. Bambach, Martin Kemp, Carlo Pedretti, Carlo Vecce, Francoise FiatteISBN 0300098782 (0-300-09878-2)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Logic Machines and Diagramsby Martin GardnerISBN 0226282449 (0-226-28244-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bombby Stephane GroueffISBN 0316329738 (0-316-32973-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Me Talk Pretty One Dayby David SedarisISBN 0316776963 (0-316-77696-3)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'Book summary:David Sedaris became a star autobiographer on public radio, onstage in New York, and on bestseller lists, mostly on the strength of "SantaLand Diaries," a scathing, hilarious account of his stint as a Christmas elf at Macy's. (It's in two separate collections, both worth owning, Barrel Fever and the Christmas-themed Holidays on Ice.) Sedaris's caustic gift has not deserted him in his fourth book, which mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, and his move with his lover to France. Though his anarchic inclination to digress is his glory, Sedaris does have a theme in these reminiscences: the inability of humans to communicate. The title is his rendition in transliterated English of how he and his fellow students of French in Paris mangle the Gallic language. In the essay "Jesus Shaves," he and his classmates from many nations try to convey the concept of Easter to a Moroccan Muslim. "It is a party for the little boy of God," says one. "Then he be die one day on two... morsels of... lumber," says another. Sedaris muses on the disputes between his Protestant mother and his father, a Greek Orthodox guy whose Easter fell on a different day. Other essays explicate his deep kinship with his eccentric mom and absurd alienation from his IBM-exec dad: "To me, the greatest mystery of science continues to be that a man could father six children who shared absolutely none of his interests."
Every glimpse we get of Sedaris's family and acquaintances delivers laughs and insights. He thwarts his North Carolina speech therapist ("for whom the word pen had two syllables") by cleverly avoiding all words with s sounds, which reveal the lisp she sought to correct. His midget guitar teacher, Mister Mancini, is unaware that Sedaris doesn't share his obsession with breasts, and sings "Light My Fire" all wrong--"as if he were a Webelo scout demanding a match." As a remarkably unqualified teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sedaris had his class watch soap operas and assign "guessays" on what would happen in the next day's episode.
It all adds up to the most distinctively skewed autobiography since Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia. The only possible reason not to read this book is if you'd rather hear the author's intrinsically funny speaking voice narrating his story. In that case, get Me Talk Pretty One Day on audio. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Memoirs of a Computer Pioneerby Maurice V. WilkesISBN 0262231220 (0-262-23122-0)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Nature in the Round: A Guide to Environmental Scienceby Nigel CalderISBN 0297765973 (0-297-76597-3)
Hardcover, Wedenfeld [sic] & Nicolson
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Neural Networks and Natural Intelligenceby Stephen GrossbergISBN 0262570912 (0-262-57091-2)
Softcover, Bradford Books
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Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Projectby Leslie R. GrovesISBN 0306801892 (0-306-80189-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Of a Fire on the Moonby Norman MailerISBN 0316544116 (0-316-54411-6)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Physicsby Jay M. Pasachoff, Richard WolfsonISBN 0316951838 (0-316-95183-8)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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Principles of Electrical Engineering Materials and Devicesby S. O. KasapISBN 0256161739 (0-256-16173-9)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careersby Steve McConnellISBN 0321193679 (0-321-19367-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concreteby David P. BillingtonISBN 0262023105 (0-262-02310-5)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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The Science and Design of Engineering Materialsby James P. SchafferISBN 0256247668 (0-256-24766-8)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Semiconductor Physics and Devicesby D. A. NeamenISBN 025608405X (0-256-08405-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Signal & Noiseby John GriesemerISBN 0312423349 (0-312-42334-9)
Softcover, Picador USA
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Strategies for Technical Communicationby David Mair, Nancy Roundy BlylerISBN 0316759236 (0-316-75923-6)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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Surveyingby Arthur Bannister, Stanley RaymondISBN 027336149X (0-273-36149-X)
Hardcover, Pitman
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Technical Writing: Situations and Strategiesby Michael H. MarkelISBN 0312002696 (0-312-00269-6)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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User Interface Design: A Software Engineering Perspectiveby Soren LauesenISBN 0321181433 (0-321-18143-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontierby Howard RheingoldISBN 0262681218 (0-262-68121-8)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier'Book summary:Cyberculture authority Howard Rheingold was the first to write about online communities in this style that is part-travelogue and part-anthropological guide. This groundbreaking classic explores the entire virtual community, beginning with a selective but probing look at the author's original online home, The Well. Rheingold relates plenty of anecdotes that demonstrate the upsides of online life, such as how he was able to get information on removing a tick from his child before his doctor could respond to his phone call. But the bulk of the material relates to how individuals interact online much as they do in a face-to-face community.
Rheingold speaks to how both friendships and enmities are formed online and how people come together to support each other through misfortune. He gives the example of how computer-moderated communication enabled members of one Well community to send vital medical aid to a friend hospitalized halfway around the world. Rheingold goes on to show how communities can form by various electronic communication methods, using the conferencing system of The Well as one example. He also examines how people interact through mailing lists, live chat, and the fantasy cyberenvironments of online role-playing games. In the process, he questions what kind of relationships can really be formed in a medium where people can change their apparent identity at will.
This book questions whether a distinction between "virtual" communities and "real-life" communities is entirely valid. The Virtual Community argues that real relationships happen and real communities develop when people communicate upon virtual common ground. Rheingold also shares his far-reaching knowledge of how technology effects our social constructs. If you are involved in an online community, here is your cultural heritage. [via]
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The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technologyby Langdon WinnerISBN 0226902110 (0-226-90211-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Worlds of Galileo: The Inside Story of Nasa's Mission to Jupiterby Michael HanlonISBN 0312272200 (0-312-27220-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Pompeyaby Robert HarrisISBN 0307348113 (0-307-34811-3)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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