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In a secret government lab, America's top scientists work on Trinity - a supercomputer that could surpass the power of the human mind. As the project's ethicist, Dr. David Tennant works in a firestorm of limitless science and ruthless ambition. After a fellow scientist is murdered, David uncovers who the killer is. Desperate, he turns to Rachel Weiss, the psychiatrist probing the nightmares that have plagued him since joining the project, and both...
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Progress in astronautics and aeronautics volume 172
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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English
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"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local,...
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Firebrand activist Graham falls into a drug-induced sleep in 1897 London-and is stunned to wake in the year 2100 to a world he does not know. But the world knows him. When word spreads that the "Sleeper" has awakened, it rocks the foundations of what the planet has become: a dystopian existence of unending toil ruled by the all-powerful White Council. And the more Graham learns about his new era, the more he discovers that, while times and technology...
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12 Story Library
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[2018]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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780L
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English
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Reveals the stories behind 12 of the most astounding new technologies. Learn about the innovations that will forever change our everyday lives, from delivery drones to personal assistant robots.
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Viking
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[2016]
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English
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Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives?from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture?can be understood as the result of a few long-term, accelerating...
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Patrick Brewster Press
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[2015].
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English
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"Shel Israel writes and speaks about technology's impact on business and life. He has been a keynote speaker on all continents not covered by ice. Two previous works, Naked Conversations and Age of Context--co-authored with Robert Scoble--were acclaimed best sellers. Lethal Generosity is a sequel to Age of Context. The former book focused primarily on technology; this new work examines how that technology and the emerging generation are changing businesses...
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Oxford University Press
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[2013]
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English
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"The Great Recession has prompted many reassessments of the finance-driven economic order that achieved world dominance in the era of globalization. Yet just about every observer has focused on only two issues: why things went wrong, and what we need to do in order to return the system to stability. Virtually no one has questioned whether the system as such can continue. In Does Capitalism Have a Future?, a quintet of globally eminent scholars - Immanuel...
