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Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation Is Changing the Frontiers of Science. By John. L. Casti. John Wiley and Sons.
July 2, 2009 – 10:15 pm | Comments Off

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Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation Is Changing the Frontiers of Science
by John L. Casti
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997
In the ever-changing world of science, new instruments often lead to momentous …

The Success of Open Source. By Steven Weber. Harvard University Press.
July 2, 2009 – 10:09 pm | Comments Off

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The Success of Open Source
by Steven Weber
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2004
Much of the innovative programming that powers the Internet, creates operating systems, and produces software is the result of …

The Second Information Revolution. By Gerald W. Brock. Harvard University Press.
July 2, 2009 – 10:03 pm | Comments Off

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The Second Information Revolution
by Gerald W. Brock
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2003
Thanks to inexpensive computers and data communications, the speed and volume of human communication are exponentially greater than they …

The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture. By John Battelle. Portfolio.
July 2, 2009 – 10:01 pm | Comments Off

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The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
by John Battelle
New York: Portfolio, 2005
What does the world want? According to John Battelle, a …

The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work. By Daniel Hillis. Basic Books.
July 2, 2009 – 9:58 pm | Comments Off

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The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
by Daniel Hillis
New York: Basic Books, 1998
Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will …

The Infomedia Revolution: How It Is Changing Our World and Your Life. By Frank Koelsch. McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
July 2, 2009 – 9:53 pm | Comments Off

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The Infomedia Revolution: How It Is Changing Our World and Your Life
by Frank Koelsch
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1995
A single tiny pocket calculator is more powerful than all the computers that existed …

The Importance of Being Fuzzy and Other Insights from the Border Between Math and Computers. By Arturo Sangalli. Princeton University Press.
July 2, 2009 – 9:49 pm | Comments Off

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The Importance of Being Fuzzy and Other Insights from the Border Between Math and Computers
by Arturo Sangalli
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1998
How has computer science changed mathematical thinking? In …

The Fuzzy Future: From Society and Science to Heaven in a Chip. By Bart Kosko. Harmony Books.
July 2, 2009 – 9:45 pm | Comments Off

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The Fuzzy Future: From Society and Science to Heaven in a Chip
by Bart Kosko
New York: Harmony Books, 1999
Who draws the line in the digital age? Those with the most power? …

The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google
July 2, 2009 – 9:42 pm | Comments Off

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The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google
by Nicholas Carr
New York: W. W. Norton, 2008
A hundred years ago, companies stopped generating their own power with steam engines and …

Fuzzy Logic. By Daniel McNeill and Paul Freiberger. Simon and Schuster.
July 1, 2009 – 8:05 pm | Comments Off

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Fuzzy Logic
by Daniel McNeill and Paul Freiberger
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993
Fuzzy Logic is an eye-opening book — an exciting tour of a high-tech world where visionary computer scientists are …

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