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The Long Descent The Long Descent John Michael Greer Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices, and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear… OL15178808W
The essential engineer The essential engineer Henry Petroski From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, The Essential Engineer is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our w… OL15251157W
Empress of Eternity Empress of Eternity L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Take an artifact, an impossible artifact from the far, forgotten past, mix well with time condensed into event points throughout the universe, sprinkle with the forces of good which battle evil so de… OL15437870W
The axemaker's gift The axemaker's gift James Burke "At the close of this century of creativity and discovery, humanists and scientists alike wonder: How could human beings in all their brilliance - those "axemakers" with the genius to invent, lead, i… OL15854688W
Telecosm Telecosm George F. Gilder Proposes that a revolution of high-speed, high-powered networks, not limited to the capacity of the PC, will enable users to transmit information at an exponentially higher rate. OL16027440W
The axemaker's gift The axemaker's gift Burke, James "A Grosset/Putnam book." OL1631405W
Deleuzian Intersections Deleuzian Intersections Casper Bruun Jensen,Kjetil Rodje Edited volume outlining a Deleuzian approach to analytical science, culture, and politics. Contributors: Isabelle Stengers Mariam Fraser Katie Vann Steven D. Brown Geoffrey C Bowker… OL16533385W
Pharmacologie du Front national - Suivi du Vocabulaire d'Ars Industrialis Pharmacologie du Front national - Suivi du Vocabulaire d'Ars Industrialis Bernard Stiegler Peu de philosophes contemporains choisissent de faire vivre leurs outils critiques grâce au terreau d'une association, d'un collectif. C'est le cas de Bernard Stiegler, qui a fondé Ars Industrialis e… OL16803662W
Counterblast Counterblast Marshall McLuhan "In the same year that Wyndham Lewis published 'Self Condemned', Marshall McLuhan took inspiration from Lewis's journal BLAST and produced COUNTERBLAST, intended, like 'Self Condemned', to shake the … OL16981240W
Whiplash Whiplash Jeff Howe,Joichi Ito "The future," as the author William Gibson once noted, "is already here. It's just unevenly distributed." WHIPLASH is a postcard from that future. The world is more complex and volatile today than a… OL17634973W
ההיסטוריה של המחר ההיסטוריה של המחר Yuval Noah Harari Tras el éxito de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. Bestseller del New York Times con 1 millón de ejemplares vendidos Yuval Noah Harari, autor d… OL17641518W
The Frontiers of Knowledge The Frontiers of Knowledge Edmundo O'Gorman,Willard F. Libby,Huw P. Wheldon,Fred Hoyle,Arthur C. Clarke,James D. Watson,Saul Bellow,Isaac Asimov,Akio Morita,Moshe Safdie,Caspar W. Weinberger,Peter Medawar,Sir Edmund Hillary,Daniel Bell **First series, 1972-73, Technology and the frontiers of knowledge** Saul Bellow: Literature in the age of technology. Daniel Bell: Technology, nature, and society. Edmundo O'Gorman: Histo… OL17906727W
The pentagon of power The pentagon of power Lewis Mumford In this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human and technological progress. Far from being an attack on … OL1879232W
The uncertain quest The uncertain quest Jean Jacques Salomon xx, 532 p. ; 24 cm OL19615952W
Transforming communication Transforming communication Sohail Inayatullah Will the communications revolution become able to transform communication as a human act of sharing values? Or will it allow capitalism to pursue economic efficiencies among the world's weatlthy nati… OL20545175W
Code halos Code halos Malcolm Frank Harness ""Code Halos"" to gain competitive advantage in the digital era Amazon beating Borders, Netflix beating Blockbuster, Apple beating Kodak, and the rise of companies like Google, LinkedIn, and … OL21181304W
The silicon society The silicon society David Lyon London Lectures in Contemporary Christianity OL3476831W
Your private sky Your private sky Claude Lichtenstein,R. Buckminster Fuller 526 pages : 24 cm OL4109886W
Twilight of the Machines Twilight of the Machines John Zerzan Anarchist Politics OL6728945W
The Gutenberg Galaxy The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan The Gutenberg Galaxy catapulted Marshall McLuhan to fame as a media theorist and, in time, a new media prognosticator. Fifty years after its initial publication, this landmark text is more significan… OL871786W
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