From its invention in 1817 to its present-day revival – the ultimate sustainable machine that enabled colonial conquest, gentrification and a reduction of rural inbreeding…
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978184792307304/08/2022
Categories: 08. Summer Books 2022: Travel, Summer Books 2022, Travel
Tag: Technology
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For inquisitive brain-boxes aged 8-11: from the earliest counting systems to Tim Berners-Lee and wearable tech. Many illustrations.
The History of the Computer
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The loss of human agency to algorithms and AI in nine lives - including that of British poet Helen Mort.
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
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CdR has explored the edges of gravity as a theoretical physicist, diver, pilot and would-be astronaut.
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Argues that today's Sino-American rivalry in micro-processing is as important in geopolitical terms as the economics of oil was at the time of the first Gulf War.