Author: Howard Rheingold
Publisher: Stillpoint Digital Press
ISBN: 1938808010
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Renowned for exploring the social implications of modern technology, Howard Rheingold has been dubbed by MIT "the first citizen of the Internet." In this collection of funny, prescient, thought-provoking essays, originally published during the 1970s and 1980s, he offers a glimpse into the changes wrought during that explosive period. From the effects of the graphic user interface (GUI) not only on how we work but how we think, to "technarchist" movements that presaged both the hacker mentality and the anarchist idealism of Burning Man today, to a ground-floor view of the very earliest of what Rheingold was the first to dub virtual communities, his Excursions run the gamut from the silly to the profound. These essays remain fascinating, amusing, and relevant. "Most of my work in recent decades," Rheingold says, "has focused on the consequences of digital media and networked publics. Before the digital wave came along, I wrote about a more diverse range of subjects: What causes anger? What’s it like to be in a car crash? What’s insect sex like? Do invisible airborne chemicals affect behavior? Can we control our dreams? How will people get high in the future? Will money evolve into new forms? In the second decade of the twenty-first century, these short pieces re-present my explorations during my think about anything years to a wider public who may be familiar with my work on digital culture."
Excursions to the Far Side of the Mind
Author: Howard Rheingold
Publisher: Stillpoint Digital Press
ISBN: 1938808010
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Renowned for exploring the social implications of modern technology, Howard Rheingold has been dubbed by MIT "the first citizen of the Internet." In this collection of funny, prescient, thought-provoking essays, originally published during the 1970s and 1980s, he offers a glimpse into the changes wrought during that explosive period. From the effects of the graphic user interface (GUI) not only on how we work but how we think, to "technarchist" movements that presaged both the hacker mentality and the anarchist idealism of Burning Man today, to a ground-floor view of the very earliest of what Rheingold was the first to dub virtual communities, his Excursions run the gamut from the silly to the profound. These essays remain fascinating, amusing, and relevant. "Most of my work in recent decades," Rheingold says, "has focused on the consequences of digital media and networked publics. Before the digital wave came along, I wrote about a more diverse range of subjects: What causes anger? What’s it like to be in a car crash? What’s insect sex like? Do invisible airborne chemicals affect behavior? Can we control our dreams? How will people get high in the future? Will money evolve into new forms? In the second decade of the twenty-first century, these short pieces re-present my explorations during my think about anything years to a wider public who may be familiar with my work on digital culture."
Publisher: Stillpoint Digital Press
ISBN: 1938808010
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Renowned for exploring the social implications of modern technology, Howard Rheingold has been dubbed by MIT "the first citizen of the Internet." In this collection of funny, prescient, thought-provoking essays, originally published during the 1970s and 1980s, he offers a glimpse into the changes wrought during that explosive period. From the effects of the graphic user interface (GUI) not only on how we work but how we think, to "technarchist" movements that presaged both the hacker mentality and the anarchist idealism of Burning Man today, to a ground-floor view of the very earliest of what Rheingold was the first to dub virtual communities, his Excursions run the gamut from the silly to the profound. These essays remain fascinating, amusing, and relevant. "Most of my work in recent decades," Rheingold says, "has focused on the consequences of digital media and networked publics. Before the digital wave came along, I wrote about a more diverse range of subjects: What causes anger? What’s it like to be in a car crash? What’s insect sex like? Do invisible airborne chemicals affect behavior? Can we control our dreams? How will people get high in the future? Will money evolve into new forms? In the second decade of the twenty-first century, these short pieces re-present my explorations during my think about anything years to a wider public who may be familiar with my work on digital culture."
Excursions in Italy
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Excursions in Number Theory
Author: Charles Stanley Ogilvy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486257785
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Challenging, accessible mathematical adventures involving prime numbers, number patterns, irrationals and iterations, calculating prodigies, and more. No special training is needed, just high school mathematics and an inquisitive mind. "A splendidly written, well selected and presented collection. I recommend the book unreservedly to all readers." — Martin Gardner.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486257785
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Challenging, accessible mathematical adventures involving prime numbers, number patterns, irrationals and iterations, calculating prodigies, and more. No special training is needed, just high school mathematics and an inquisitive mind. "A splendidly written, well selected and presented collection. I recommend the book unreservedly to all readers." — Martin Gardner.
Excursions in Geometry
Author: Charles Stanley Ogilvy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486265307
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
A straightedge, compass, and a little thought are all that's needed to discover the intellectual excitement of geometry. Harmonic division and Apollonian circles, inversive geometry, hexlet, Golden Section, more. 132 illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486265307
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
A straightedge, compass, and a little thought are all that's needed to discover the intellectual excitement of geometry. Harmonic division and Apollonian circles, inversive geometry, hexlet, Golden Section, more. 132 illustrations.
Proceedings
Author: American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad tickets
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad tickets
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Adventures in Research
Author: Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595432840
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595432840
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Excursions in the County of Norfolk
Author: Thomas Cromwell
Publisher:
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Category : Norfolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norfolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
Author: Frederick Marryat
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet" by Frederick Marryat. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet" by Frederick Marryat. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Summer excursions in ... Kent, along the banks of the rivers Thames and Medway
Paris, and Excursions from Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Maps, Plans,&views. [By C. B. Black.]
Author: Adam BLACK (Publisher, and BLACK (Charles) Publisher.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description