Computer Science History

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    • The Secret Military History of the Internet
    • Auteur(s): Yasha Levine
    • Narrateur(s): LJ Ganser
    • Durée: 10 h et 42 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-03-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 évaluations
    • In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the Internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project....

    Prix courant: 31,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
    • Auteur(s): Joseph E. Aoun
    • Narrateur(s): John Glouchevitch
    • Durée: 5 h et 5 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-04-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover - to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated AI agent cannot....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
    • Auteur(s): Erik J. Larson
    • Narrateur(s): Perry Daniels
    • Durée: 10 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-10-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Futurists insist that AI will soon eclipse the capacities of the most gifted human mind. What hope do we have against superintelligent machines? But we aren't really on the path to developing intelligent machines. In fact, we don't even know where that path might be....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The False Promise of Optimization
    • Auteur(s): Coco Krumme
    • Narrateur(s): Coco Krumme
    • Durée: 6 h et 30 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-09-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • A mathematician explains how optimization took over the world, arguing that we urgently need a new approach....

    Prix courant: 20,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Folly of Technological Solutionism
    • Auteur(s): Evgeny Morozov
    • Narrateur(s): Stephen Hoye
    • Durée: 15 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-12-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • In the very near future, smart technologies and big data will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life....

    Prix courant: 40,25$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
    • Auteur(s): Robert Bryce
    • Narrateur(s): Robert Bryce
    • Durée: 8 h et 41 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-03-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 évaluations
    • Historically, it was guns, germs, and steel that determined the fates of people and nations. Now, more than ever, it is electricity....

    Prix courant: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots
    • Auteur(s): Fernanda Santos
    • Narrateur(s): Ari Fliakos
    • Durée: 6 h et 22 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-05-03
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • An elite crew trained to combat the most challenging wildfires, the Granite Mountain Hotshots were a ragtag family crisscrossing the American West and wherever else the fires took them....

    Prix courant: 19,42$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Tony Reinke
    • Narrateur(s): Tom Parks
    • Durée: 9 h et 37 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-02-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • New technologies can inspire us, but the breakneck pace of change can also frighten us. To build a biblical theology of technology, journalist and tech optimist Tony Reinke examines nine key texts from Scripture to show how the world’s discoveries are divinely orchestrated....

    Prix courant: 22,00$ ou 1 crédit

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    • How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life
    • Auteur(s): Peter Rubin
    • Narrateur(s): Roger Wayne
    • Durée: 6 h et 43 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-04-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • A Wired senior editor and VR expert presents a captivating, candid glimpse into the future "realities" of this emerging technology: how we will use it to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and how it will forever change human connection....

    Prix courant: 24,46$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
    • Auteur(s): Stephen Kurczy
    • Narrateur(s): Roger Wayne
    • Durée: 9 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-03
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • In this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and Wi-Fi are banned, journalist Stephen Kurczy explores the pervasive role of technology in our lives and the innate human need for quiet....

    Prix courant: 31,46$ ou 1 crédit

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    • How Electricity Switched on the Modern World
    • Auteur(s): David Bodanis
    • Narrateur(s): Del Roy
    • Durée: 6 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2005-02-16
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • The best-selling author of E=mc2 weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through an account of the invisible force that permeates our universe—electricity—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets....

    Prix courant: 15,00$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
    • Auteur(s): Craig Nelson
    • Narrateur(s): Richard McGonagle
    • Durée: 17 h et 6 min
    • Date de publication: 2009-06-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • A richly detailed and dramatic account of one of the greatest achievements of humankind....

    Prix courant: 32,05$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Melissa A. Schilling
    • Narrateur(s): Erin Bennett
    • Durée: 10 h et 2 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-02-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Schilling shares the science behind the convergence of traits that increases the likelihood of success. And, as Schilling also reveals, there is much to learn about nurturing breakthrough innovation in our own lives....

    Prix courant: 28,27$ ou 1 crédit

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    • How Engineers Think
    • Auteur(s): Guru Madhavan
    • Narrateur(s): Sean Pratt
    • Durée: 5 h et 22 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-07-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Through narratives and case studies spanning the brilliant history of engineering, Madhavan shows how the concepts of prototyping, efficiency, reliability, standards, optimization, and feedback are put to use....

    Prix courant: 27,77$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of Energy
    • Auteur(s): Michael E. Webber
    • Narrateur(s): L. J. Ganser
    • Durée: 9 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-05-07
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • A global tour of energy - the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat....

    Prix courant: 28,27$ ou 1 crédit

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    • What Our History with Animals Reveals About Our Future with Robots
    • Auteur(s): Kate Darling
    • Narrateur(s): Hillary Huber
    • Durée: 9 h et 48 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-04-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • A deeply original analysis of our technological future and the ethical dilemmas that await us, The New Breed explains how the treatment of machines can reveal a new understanding of our own history, our own systems and how we relate - not just to nonhumans but also to each other....

    Prix courant: 25,00$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Prospects for Humanity
    • Auteur(s): Martin Rees
    • Narrateur(s): Martin Rees, Samuel West
    • Durée: 5 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-10-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 évaluations
    • Rich with fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, On the Future is a provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and best-selling author Martin Rees....

    Prix courant: 19,14$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 19,14$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
    • Auteur(s): Peter Westwick
    • Narrateur(s): David de Vries
    • Durée: 7 h et 46 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-05-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • On a moonless night in 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Automation and Us
    • Auteur(s): Nicholas Carr
    • Narrateur(s): Jeff Cummings
    • Durée: 8 h et 40 min
    • Date de publication: 2014-09-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • At once a celebration of technology and a warning about its misuse, The Glass Cage will change the way you think about the tools you use every day....

    Prix courant: 26,00$ ou 1 crédit

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