Results for: books tagged ‘Technology’
Frontiers of Complexity: Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield
'If evidence were needed that [complexity] really is more than chaos in a teacup, then Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield provide it in abundance. They stake out its claims in ... More
Cultural Babbage: Francis Spufford and Jenny Uglow
With contributions from writers on both sides of the science/humanities divide, this is a collection of quirky and offbeat essays on technology, culture and forgotten or imaginary histories. Taking as ... More
Mauve: Simon Garfield
Mauve is the beguiling story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him. Before 1856, artificial colour was derived with difficulty and ... More
Projections 12: John Boorman and Walter Donohue
Film schools have nurtured successive generations of cinematic talent over the last three decades. But in the new digital era, do they still have a place?From Paris to Prague, London ... More
Living Dolls: Gaby Wood
Living Dolls looks at humanity's age-old obsession with moving dolls and speaking robots, intelligent machines and bionic men. It tells the remarkable story of men who wanted to play God ... More
Backroom Boys: Francis Spufford
A rapturous history of British engineering, a vivid love-letter to quiet men in pullovers, Backroom Boys tells the story of how this country lost its industrial tradition and got back ... More
The Faber Book of Science: John Carey
The Faber Book of Science introduces hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos. In his acclaimed anthology, John Carey plots the development of modern science ... More
Digital Film-Making: Mike Figgis
'Now there is no reason to prevent anybody from making a film. The technology exists, the equipment is much cheaper than it was, the post-production facilities are on a laptop ... More
The Complex: Nick Turse
'How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives' ... It's a weird world that Nick Turse describes. It's unfortunately very like our own. More
Low Intensity Operations: Frank Kitson
Low Intensity Operations is an important, controversial and prophetic book that has had a major influence on the conduct of modern warfare. First published in 1971, it was the result ... More
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