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Birdseye
The Adventures Of A Curious Man
A profile of eccentric genius inventor Clarence Birdseye chronicles how his innovative fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.
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Engines of Change
A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
Chronicles the history reflected by fifteen iconic car models to discuss how automobiles reflect key cultural shifts as well as developments in such areas as manufacturing, women's rights, and environmental awareness.
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Ghost in the Wires
My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker
The world's most famous former computer hacker, now a security consultant, describes his life on the run from the FBI creating fake identities, finding jobs at a law firm and a hospital, and keeping tabs on his pursuers.
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Final Jeopardy
The Story of Watson, The Computer That Will Transform Our World
Follows the quest of a team of scientists to develop a computer so intelligent that it can beat the best of champions in the "Jeopardy" quiz show.
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Physics of the Future
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Michio Kaku uses interviews with numerous top scientists to offer a vision of the year 2100 and how the science of the day will shape society and the everyday lives of people.
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Consent of the Networked
The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom
A leading Internet policy specialist outlines arguments for protecting the public's personal rights in the face of rivaling corporations and countries vying for Internet control, addressing a range of topics from online freedom and privacy to legal concerns and Internet reputation.
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The Information Diet
A Case for Conscious Consumption
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Steve Jobs
A Biography
Draws on more than 40 interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors and colleagues, to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative force behind the Apple computer company.NPR Bestseller
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The Heights
Anatomy of a Skyscraper
A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.
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Worm
The First Digital World War
Using the history of the Conficker computer worm as a centerpiece, the author discusses the war raging over the Internet, between those who want to exploit it and those who aim to protect it. By the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down. 75,000 first printing.
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The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices
How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives
The MIT Media Lab has produced many innovations over the years. In The Sorcerers and their Apprentices, Frank Moss profiles some of the creative solutions that have been developed in the lab — and explains how other companies can also foster creativity.
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Macrowikinomics
Rebooting Business and the World
The authors show in more than a dozen fields, that we have reached a historic turning point: cling to the old industrial era paradigms or use collaborative innovation to revolutionize not only the way we work, but how we live, learn, create, govern, and care for one another.
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Always On
How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future—And Locked Us In
Looks at the social implications of having all of one's technology in a single device and the notion of being plugged into information and socially available all the time.
