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Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (872 download)
Download or read book All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace written by Richard Brautigan and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054748870X
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Trout Fishing in America written by Richard Brautigan and published by HMH. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book “that has very little to do with trout fishing and a lot to do with the lamenting of a passing pastoral America . . . an instant cult classic” (Financial Times). Richard Brautigan was a literary idol of the 1960s and ’70s who came of age during the heyday of Haight-Ashbury and whose comic genius and iconoclastic vision of American life caught the imaginations of young people everywhere. Called “the last of the Beats,” his early books became required reading for the hip generation, and on its publication Trout Fishing in America became an international bestseller. An indescribable romp, the novel is best summed up in one word: mayonnaise. This new edition features an introduction by poet Billy Collins, who first encountered Brautigan’s work as a student in California. From the introduction: “‘Trout Fishing in America’ is a catchphrase that morphs throughout the book into a variety of conceptual and dramatic shapes. At one point it has a physical body that bears such a resemblance to that of Lord Byron that it is brought by ship from Missolonghi to England, in 1824, where it is autopsied. ‘Trout Fishing in America’ is also a slogan that sixth-graders enjoy writing on the backs of first-graders. . . . In one notable exhibition of the title’s variability, ‘Trout Fishing in America’ turns into a gourmet with a taste for walnut catsup and has Maria Callas for a girlfriend. Through such ironic play, Brautigan destabilizes any conventional idea of a book as he begins to create a world where things seem unwilling to stay in their customary places.”
Author : John Markoff
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062266705
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Machines of Loving Grace written by John Markoff and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robots are poised to transform today's society as completely as the Internet did twenty years ago. Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff argues that we must decide to design ourselves into our future, or risk being excluded from it altogether. In the past decade, Google introduced us to driverless cars; Apple debuted Siri, a personal assistant that we keep in our pockets; and an Internet of Things connected the smaller tasks of everyday life to the farthest reaches of the Web. Robots have become an integral part of society on the battlefield and the road; in business, education, and health care. Cheap sensors and powerful computers will ensure that in the coming years, these robots will act on their own. This new era offers the promise of immensely powerful machines, but it also reframes a question first raised more than half a century ago, when the intelligent machine was born. Will we control these systems, or will they control us? In Machines of Loving Grace, John Markoff offers a sweeping history of the complicated and evolving relationship between humans and computers. In recent years, the pace of technological change has accelerated dramatically, posing an ethical quandary. If humans delegate decisions to machines, who will be responsible for the consequences? As Markoff chronicles the history of automation, from the birth of the artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation communities in the 1950s and 1960s, to the modern-day brain trusts at Google and Apple in Silicon Valley, and on to the expanding robotics economy around Boston, he traces the different ways developers have addressed this fundamental problem and urges them to carefully consider the consequences of their work. We are on the brink of the next stage of the computer revolution, Markoff argues, and robots will profoundly transform modern life. Yet it remains for us to determine whether this new world will be a utopia. Moreover, it is now incumbent upon the designers of these robots to draw a bright line between what is human and what is machine. After nearly forty years covering the tech industry, Markoff offers an unmatched perspective on the most drastic technology-driven societal shifts since the introduction of the Internet. Machines of Loving Grace draws on an extensive array of research and interviews to present an eye-opening history of one of the most pressing questions of our time, and urges us to remember that we still have the opportunity to design ourselves into the future—before it's too late.
Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Lay the Marble Tea written by Richard Brautigan and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nigel Oseland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000448681
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Workplace Zoo written by Nigel Oseland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins by outlining the common design mistakes with the modern open plan office and the industry focus on cost that has resulted in the ill-fated Workplace Zoo. The requirements of office-based workers according to psychological theory and research are then explained. Dr Oseland references historical studies in psychophysics to describe how to design environmental conditions (acoustics, lighting, temperature, indoor air quality) that enhance performance by supporting basic physiological needs. More contemporary research in environmental psychology investigates how cognition affects our interpretation and response to physical stimuli depending on personality, context, attitude and other personal factors. This in turn informs individual requirements for the environmental conditions as well as group needs. Studies in evolutionary psychology and biophilia are also referenced. The latter part of the book turns to workplace solutions and focuses on how to plan, design and manage offices to accommodate our innate human needs now and in the future. The importance of designing for inclusivity is also recognised, including accommodating cultural, gender and generational differences along with designing spaces for neurodiversity. Dr Oseland’s proposed workplace solution the Landscaped Office is a revived and revised version of Bürolandschaft with a contemporary twist. The impact of workplace trends, such as agile working and hot-desking, is also explored and found to complement the workplace solution, resulting in the Agile Landscaped Office. This book is key reading for professionals, and post-graduate students, in business, interior design, architecture, surveying, facilities management, building services engineering, HR and organisational or environmental psychology.
Author : Pamela O'Neill
Publisher : Ace Books
ISBN 13 : 9780441668830
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (688 download)
Download or read book Planet in Peril written by Pamela O'Neill and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis L'Amour
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553899198
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (538 download)
Download or read book The Haunted Mesa written by Louis L'Amour and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the “ancient enemy,” and their abandoned cities haunt the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest. For centuries the sudden disappearance of these people baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter from an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revelations. Crossing a border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn of the astonishing world of the Anasazi and discover the most extraordinary frontier ever encountered.
Author : Peder Anker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674005952
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Imperial Ecology written by Peder Anker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aelian's Historical Miscellany is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the early third century. Offering engaging anecdotes about historical figures, retellings of legendary events, and descriptive pieces - in sum: amusement, information, and variety - Aelian's collection of nuggets and narratives could be enjoyed by a wide reading public. A rather similar book had been published in Latin in the previous century by Aulus Gellius; Aelian is a late, perhaps the last, representative of what had been a very popular genre. Here then are anecdotes about the famous Greek philosophers, poets, historians, and playwrights; myths instructively retold; moralizing tales about heroes and rulers, athletes and wise men; reports about styles in dress, foods and drink, lovers, gift-giving practices, entertainments, religious beliefs and death customs; and comments on Greek painting. Some of the information is not preserved in any other source. Underlying it all are Aelian's Stoic ideals as well as this Roman's great admiration for the culture of the Greeks (whose language he borrowed for his writings).
Author : E.C. Tubb
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575106786
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)
Download or read book The Winds of Gath written by E.C. Tubb and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the tale of Earl Dumarest. Space-wanderer, gladiator-for-hire, seeker of Man's forgotten home. Dumarest's search begins on the ghost-world of Gath, where he becomes unwilling champion of the Matriarch of Kund, and must undergo a fight-to-the-death at stormtime. Victory could give Dumarest his first clue to the whereabouts of the planet he fled from as a child - an obscure world scarred by ancient wars, which lies countless light years from the thickly populated centre of the galaxy; a world no-one else in the inhabited universe believed exists. Earth, the birthplace of Man. (First published 1967)
Author : Henry Kuttner
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The Well of the Worlds written by Henry Kuttner and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Well of the Worlds" by Henry Kuttner. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Alex Paknadel
Publisher : BOOM
ISBN 13 : 1613984944
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Arcadia written by Alex Paknadel and published by BOOM. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s to Love: Our long tradition of breaking new talent—like Rafael Albuquerque (The Savage Brothers, American Vampire), Emma Rios (Hexed, Pretty Deadly), and Declan Shalvey (28 Days Later, Moon Knight)—continues with the debut of Alex Paknadel and Eric Scott Pfeiffer, two new creators whose extensive world-building in the sci-fi thriller Arcadia evokes comparisons to epics like Game of Thrones, The Matrix, and Astro City. What It Is: When 99% of humankind is wiped out by a pandemic, four billion people are “saved” by being digitized at the brink of death and uploaded into Arcadia, a utopian simulation in the cloud. But when Arcadia begins to rapidly deplete the energy resources upon which the handful of survivors in the real world (aka “The Meat”) depends, how long will The Meat be able—and willing—to help? Collects the entire eight-issue series.
Author : George Nader
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chrome written by George Nader and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the future, there will be only one taboo: to love a robot. But in the desert hideaway where Chrome and the warrior King Vortex meet, a bond between man and machine is unknowingly taking shape ... a bond that will ignite intergalactic violence and bring Earth once more to the brink of total destruction.
Author : Edmund J. Farrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780673034076
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Science Fact/fiction written by Edmund J. Farrell and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dan Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Dark Matter and Trojan Horses written by Dan Hill and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic design is about applying the principles of traditional design to "big picture" systemic challenges such as healthcare, education and the environment. It redefines how problems are approached and aims to deliver more resilient solutions. In this short book, Dan Hill outlines a new vocabulary of design, one that needs to be smuggled into the upper echelons of power. He asserts that, increasingly, effective design means engaging with the messy politics - the "dark matter" - taking place above the designer's head. And that may mean redesigning the organisation that hires you.
Author : Barbara Siegel
Publisher : Simon Pulse
ISBN 13 : 9780671632489
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Phaser Fight written by Barbara Siegel and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 1986 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Howard Waldrop
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 9780345305084
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Texas-Israeli War 1999 written by Howard Waldrop and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1982-07-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin D. Randle
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 : 9780783883519
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Remember the Alamo! written by Kevin D. Randle and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a top-secret process, 33 combat-hardened Vietnam veterans are headed into the past on a mission to secure the richest oil land in history as American territory.
