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Author : Cory Doctorow
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1429944919
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rapture of the Nerds written by Cory Doctorow and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar-system has largely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander...and when that happens, it casually spams Earth's networks with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems. A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there's always someone who'll take a bite from the forbidden apple. So until the overminds bore of stirring Earth's anthill, there's Tech Jury Service: random humans, selected arbitrarily, charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic, misanthropic Welshman, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite an itchy technovirus, the apathy of the proletariat, and a couple of truly awful moments on bathroom floors. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Howard P. Segal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118234316
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Utopias written by Howard P. Segal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief history connects the past and present of utopianthought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up topresent day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about thesocieties who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over thecenturies Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions ofutopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken – propheciesand oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physicalcommunities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspacevisions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions ofreform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and ModernizationTheory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recentyears

Author : Duff McDonald
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439190976
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Firm written by Duff McDonald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory history of the controversial consulting firm traces its decades-long influence in both business and political arenas, citing its role in the establishment of mainstream practices and modern understandings about capitalism.

Author : David Anderegg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101479140
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nerds written by David Anderegg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively, thought-provoking book that zeros in on the timely issue of how anti-intellectualism is bad for our children and even worse for America. Why are our children so terrified to be called "nerds"? And what is the cost of this rising tide of anti-intellectualism to both our children and our nation? In Nerds, family psychotherapist and psychology professor David Anderegg examines why science and engineering have become socially poisonous disciplines, why adults wink at the derision of "nerdy" kids, and what we can do to prepare our children to succeed in an increasingly high-tech world. Nerds takes a measured look at how we think about and why we should rethink "nerds," examining such topics as: - our anxiety about intense interest in things mechanical or technological; - the pathologizing of "nerdy" behavior with diagnoses such as Asperger syndrome; - the cycle of anti-nerd prejudice that took place after the Columbine incident; - why nerds are almost exclusively an American phenomenon; - the archetypal struggles of nerds and jocks in American popular culture and history; - the conformity of adolescents and why adolescent stereotypes linger into adulthood long after we should know better; and nerd cultural markers, particularly science fiction. Using education research, psychological theory, and interviews with nerdy and non-nerdy kids alike, Anderegg argues that we stand in dire need of turning around the big dumb ship of American society to prepare rising generations to compete in the global marketplace. Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.

Author : Rob Latham
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226468914
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consuming Youth written by Rob Latham and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-05-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the novels of Anne Rice to The Lost Boys, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within popular culture. In this work Rob Latham explains why, giving a perspective on youth culture and the media.

Author : Tia Kratter
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452164142
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Color of Pixar written by Tia Kratter and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold and beautiful, this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color. Starting with bright white images and seamlessly flowing through the colors of the rainbow, it becomes crystal clear how each frame tells a story. Bound into a gorgeous volume, The Color of Pixar encapsulates everything there is to love about the studio: the attention to detail, the playful characters, and the sheer scope of their work in over 20 years of iconic feature films. Copyright ©2017 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. All rights reserved.

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393334775
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Mind Works written by Steven Pinker and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life.

Author : Bradley Schauer
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819576603
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape Velocity written by Bradley Schauer and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, movie theaters are packed with audiences of all ages marveling to exciting science fiction blockbusters, many of which are also critically acclaimed. However, when the science fiction film genre first emerged in the 1950s, it was represented largely by exploitation horror films—lurid, culturally disreputable, and appealing to a niche audience of children and sci-fi buffs. How did the genre evolve from B-movie to blockbuster? Escape Velocity charts the historical trajectory of American science fiction cinema, explaining how the genre transitioned from eerie low-budget horror like It Came from Outer Space to art films like Slaughterhouse-Five, and finally to the extraordinary popularity of hits like E.T. Bradley Schauer draws on primary sources such as internal studio documents, promotional materials, and film reviews to explain the process of cultural, aesthetic, and economic legitimation that occurred between the 1950s and 1980s, as pulp science fiction tropes were adapted to suit the tastes of mainstream audiences. Considering the inescapable dominance of today's effects-driven blockbusters, Escape Velocity not only charts the history of science fiction film, but also gives an account of the origins of contemporary Hollywood.

Author : Murray Milner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317746600
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids written by Murray Milner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids, Second Edition, award-winning sociologist Murray Milner tries to understand why teenagers behave the way they do. The first edition drew upon two years of intensive fieldwork in one high school and 300 written interviews about high schools across the country, where he argued that consumer culture greatly impacts the way our youth relate to one another and understand themselves and society. Milner now expands on that concept with a new year of fieldwork fifteen years after he began. He has uncovered in teens a move away from consumerism and towards the cultural capital of information in a time of social media and standardized tests.

Author : Allie Kosterich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197500358
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book News Nerds written by Allie Kosterich and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: News nerds -- Institutional change and the profession of journalism -- Destabilization of established journalism practices -- Experimentation and evaluation in the profession of journalism -- Legitimization of news nerds -- Diffusion of news nerds -- Institutional augmentation and the future of news nerds -- Appendix: data and methods.