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The Dream Machine

Author : M. Mitchell Waldrop
Publisher : Stripe Press
ISBN 13 : 1953953360
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book The Dream Machine written by M. Mitchell Waldrop and published by Stripe Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the man who instigated the work that led to the internet—and shifted our understanding of what computers could be. Behind every great revolution is a vision and behind perhaps the greatest revolution of our time, personal computing, is the vision of J.C.R. Licklider. He did not design the first personal computers or write the software that ran on them, nor was he involved in the legendary early companies that brought them to the forefront of our everyday experience. He was instead a relentless visionary that saw the potential of the way individuals could interact with computers and software. At a time when computers were a short step removed from mechanical data processors, Licklider was writing treatises on "human-computer symbiosis", "computers as communication devices", and a now not-so-unfamiliar "Intergalactic Network." His ideas became so influential, his passion so contagious, that Waldrop called him "computing's Johnny Appleseed. In a simultaneously compelling personal narrative and comprehensive historical exposition, Waldrop tells the story of the man who not only instigated the work that led to the internet, but also shifted our understanding of what computers were and could be. Included in this edition are also the original texts of Licklider's three most influential writings: 'Man-computer symbiosis' (1960), which outlines the vision that inspired the personal computer revolution of the 1970s; his 'Intergalactic Network' memo (1963), which outlines the vision that inspired the internet; and "The computer as a communication device" (1968, co-authored with Robert Taylor), which amplifies his vision for what the network could become.

The Dream Machine

Author : Jon Palfreman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dream Machine written by Jon Palfreman and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rise of computer technology, and tells the stories of the scientists, engineers, visionaries, and others whose efforts developed the complex machines.

The Dream Machine

Author : Richard Whittle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416563199
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Dream Machine written by Richard Whittle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and authoritative narrative history of the V-22 Osprey, revealing the inside story of the most controversial piece of military hardware ever developed for the United States Marine Corps. When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. By 2000, the Osprey was nine years late and billions over budget, bedeviled by technological hurdles, business rivalries, and an epic political battle over whether to build it at all. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history. The Marines were eager to put it into service anyway. Then two crashes killed twenty-three Marines. They still refused to abandon the Osprey, even after the Corps’ own proud reputation was tarnished by a national scandal over accusations that a commander had ordered subordinates to lie about the aircraft’s problems. Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, The Dream Machine recounts the Marines’ quarter-century struggle to get the Osprey into combat. Whittle takes the reader from the halls of the Pentagon and Congress to the war zone of Iraq, from the engineer’s drafting table to the cockpits of the civilian and Marine pilots who risked their lives flying the Osprey—and sometimes lost them. He reveals the methods, motives, and obsessions of those who designed, sold, bought, flew, and fought for the tiltrotor. These stories, including never before published eyewitness accounts of the crashes that made the Osprey notorious, not only chronicle an extraordinary chapter in Marine Corps history, but also provide a fascinating look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel.

American Dream Machine

Author : Matthew Specktor
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1935639455
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book American Dream Machine written by Matthew Specktor and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of two talent agents and their three troubled boys, heirs to Hollywood royalty; a sweeping narrative about fathers and sons, the movie business, and the sundry sea changes that have shaped Hollywood and, by extension, American life. American Dream Machine is the story of an iconic striver, a classic self-made man in the vein of Jay Gatsby or Augie March. It's the story of a talent agent and his troubled sons, two generations of Hollywood royalty. It's a sweeping narrative about parents and children, the movie business, and the sundry sea changes that have shaped Hollywood, and by extension, American life. Beau Rosenwald—overweight, not particularly handsome, and improbably charismatic—arrives in Los Angeles in 1962 with nothing but an ill-fitting suit and a pair of expensive brogues. By the late 1970s he has helped found the most successful agency in Hollywood. Through the eyes of his son, we watch Beau and his partner go to war, waging a seismic battle that redraws the lines of an entire industry. We watch Beau rise and fall and rise again, in accordance with the cultural transformations that dictate the fickle world of movies. We watch Beau's partner, the enigmatic and cerebral Williams Farquarsen, struggle to contain himself, to control his impulses and consolidate his power. And we watch two generations of men fumble and thrive across the LA landscape, learning for themselves the shadows and costs exacted by success and failure. Mammalian, funny, and filled with characters both vital and profound, American Dream Machine is a piercing interrogation of the role—nourishing, as well as destructive—that illusion plays in all our lives.

Can You See what I See? Dream Machine

Author :
Publisher : Cartwheel Books
ISBN 13 : 9780439399500
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Can You See what I See? Dream Machine written by and published by Cartwheel Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child enters a dream machine and encounters hidden picture puzzles intended for the reader to solve.

Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine

Author : Douglas Botting
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 9780805064582
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine written by Douglas Botting and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2001-10-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly detailed history of the opulent age of the zeppelin and the visionary builder behind the great airship, Dr. Hugo Eckener It wasn't the airplane that first romanced the public's imagination at the dawn of the twentieth century , but the great airships known as dirigibles, or zeppelins. Championing this great leap into the technological future was a visionary German entrepreneur, Doctor Hugo Eckener. For Eckener, the development of the airship, especially coming in the aftermath of the First World War, represented an opportunity to shrink the world through safe and speedy international travel. Botting's engrossing story vividly recaptures the spirit of the times, when new technologies in communication, transportation, manufacturing and other areas were revolutionizing society. The great airships were a source of wonder wherever they flew, and Eckener was likened to Christopher Columbus, hailed around the world as the great explorer of his day, not unlike the astronauts would be a few generations later. From its utitlitarian beginnings in the Great War, the airship reached its apotheosis with the round-the-world flight of the Graf Zeppelin in 1929. Seventeen years after the voyage of the Titanic, this great airship- twice as big and three times as fast as that ill-fated liner-captured the world's attention and seemed to blaze a path to the future. That future, of course, was not to be, as Eckener's dream evaporated soon after, with the destruction of the Hindenburg and the impending success of the airplane.

Mr. Nighttime and the Dream Machine

Author : Susan Saunders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780590339872
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Nighttime and the Dream Machine written by Susan Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of children's books on the subject of sleep.

Superman: The Deadly Dream Machine

Author : J.E. Bright
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1434298612
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Superman: The Deadly Dream Machine written by J.E. Bright and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABRA KADABRA, a super-villain from the 64th century, has escaped from an alien prison and returned to Earth! Using a mind-control machine, this futuristic felon hopes to brainwash the entire planet into believing that he’s the rightful ruler. To complete his evil plan, ABRA KADABRA has captured SUPERMAN, the only source of energy strong enough to fuel his high-tech weapon. If the MAN OF STEEL can’t escape his dream-like state and unplug himself from the mind-control machine, the world will soon become a nightmare.

The Dream Machine

Author : Jerry Flint
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Dream Machine written by Jerry Flint and published by Crown. This book was released on 1976 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brion Gysin

Author : Laura J. Hoptman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brion Gysin written by Laura J. Hoptman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his lifetime Brion Gysin (1916-1986) inspired an array of artists, writers, poets and musicians, notably the Beat Generation. Since his death Gysin's own work has only increased in popularity, yet his radical approach to art defies categorization. Dream Machine is the first detailed study of Gysin's œuvre in both art-historical and contemporary contexts. A devotee of invention, Gysin created paintings, drawings, photo-collages, installations, poetry and sound experiments. He produced the cut-up collage novel The Third Mind (1965) with William Burroughs, and with Ian Sommerville developed the Dreamachine (1961), a kinetic sculpture designed to induce visions by playing flickering light on the closed eyes of the viewer. This exciting new book, featuring incisive texts, a photo essay, and appreciations by contemporary artists, captures the remarkable daring of an artistic visionary.

The Fall of the Dream Machine

Author : Dean Ray Koontz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Dream Machine written by Dean Ray Koontz and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The star venturers: Big Bill Jarrett is sent out on an impossible journey to find a prince. Along the way, he encounters a woman who can control the minds of others.

Harley Earl and the Dream Machine

Author : Stephen Bayley
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Harley Earl and the Dream Machine written by Stephen Bayley and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1983 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dream Machine

Author : Joshua Jay
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9781452174877
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Dream Machine written by Joshua Jay and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A one-of-a-kind interactive, fun book with durable novelty elements including flaps, levers, and gears that will help kids fall asleep with the promise of sweet, tailor-made dreams."--

Dream Machine

Author : Jayne Rylon
Publisher : Happy Endings Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1941785212
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Dream Machine written by Jayne Rylon and published by Happy Endings Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dream Machines

Author : Steven Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785420368
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Dream Machines written by Steven Connor and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dream Machines is a history of the ways in which machines have been imagined. It considers seven different kinds of speculative, projected or impossible machine: machines for teleportation, dream-production, sexual pleasure and medical treatment and cure, along with 'influencing machines', invisibility machines and perpetual motion machines.

The Giant, The Dream Machine and Me

Author : Ginny Hartman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781916880603
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Giant, The Dream Machine and Me written by Ginny Hartman and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when two complete strangers decide to pool their resources and drive 3,500 miles from Pennsylvania to San Francisco. He's an enormous American and she's a quite little Brit. They couldn't be more different and they are both old enough to know better. The ten day road trip is going to be quite a roller coaster ride...

That Summertime Sound

Author : Matthew Specktor
Publisher : MTV Press
ISBN 13 : 9781576875209
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book That Summertime Sound written by Matthew Specktor and published by MTV Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable debut novel, reminiscent of the gimlet eye of Jim Thompson and the sense of wonder created by Kazuo Ishiguro and full of adoration for music, youth and adventure. It's the summer of 1986 and an American freshman, in love with the world's most obscure band, lives under a doctrine of blind faith with such a ferocity that it might as well be the one true religion. Enthralled by dead philosophers and mad prophets, he embarks on a group pilgrimage to Anywhere, Everywhere and Nowhere, USA.