Tech

The End of Work

by Jeremy Rifkin

1995

In this compelling, disturbing, and ultimately hopeful book, Jeremy Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history - one characterised by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs.…

Freeze-drying of Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals

by Felix Franks, Tony Auffret

2008

Freeze-drying, in the past popular in the food industry, has more recently been adopted by the pharmaceutical industry as a standard method for the production of stable solid preparations. Freeze-drying of Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuti…

Splintering Urbanism

by Stephen Graham, Simon Marvin

2001

This text offers an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex interactions between infrastructure networks and urban spaces. Drawing on case studies and examples from across the globe, it offers a statement on the urban co…

Medieval Religion and Technology

by Lynn White

2024

This collection of nineteen essays, their previous publication dates scattered over a long career, is designed to indicate the velocity and variety of the inventiveness visible in medieval engineering and also to explore the relation of tec…

Lifelong Kindergarten

by Mitchel Resnick

2017

Creative learning -- Projects -- Passion -- Peers -- Play -- Creative society…

Fame

by Daniel Kehlmann

2010

A man buys a cell phone and starts receiving calls intended for someone else--so begins this tale about fame and obscurity, truth and deception. After some initial hesitation, the man receiving someone else's phone calls begins to play …

The Age of AI

by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel P. Huttenlocher

2021

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller 'IT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF GEOPOLITICS TODAY' FINANCIAL TIMES Three of our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the …

Textbook of Communication and Education Technology for Nurses

by KP Neeraja

2011

The Machine in the Garden

by Leo Marx

2000

By examining the difference between pastoral and progressive ideals that characterised early 20th century American culture, the author shows how American thinkers have considered the relationship between technology and culture in their writ…

Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

by Robert E. Krebs

2004

The Middle Ages and the Renaissance were a period of scientific and literary reawakening. This reference work describes more than 75 experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the period, as well as the scientists, physicians, and scholars…

Bountiful Harvest

by Thomas R. DeGregori

2002

Debunking the myths of frankenfood.…

The Evolution of Useful Things

by Henry Petroski

1992

In his first book since The Pencil, Petroski looks with affection and awe at how everyday artifacts--from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers--came to be as they are. A mind-opening experience that is fun to read.…