Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing.
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing.
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
From the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.
A Michael Moore for the Dot.com generation, ‘21 Dog Years’ is Mike Daisey’s wickedly funny story of life in the New Economy trenches.
The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business.
The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business.
The old rules are broken: this is the survival kit for the new economy. Kelly, executive editor of Wired magazine, offers 10 fundamental principles of the connected economy. The traditional wisdom of the industrial age is inverted, leading to surprising wisdom: Seek plentitude, not scarcity. Feed the web first. Let go at the top. Avoid efficiency.
A highly contentious, very readable and totally up-to-the-minute investigation of women’s natural relationship with modern technology, an association which, Plant argues, will trigger a new sexual revolution.
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