WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024ONE OF THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF THE YEARGUARDIAN BEST SCIENCE AND NATURE BOOK 2024A HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST RELATED WORK 2024THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERTHE #2 MOST GIFTED BOOK IN THE SOLAR SYSTEMFrom the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlementEarth is not well.
In this thrilling and utterly unique work of narrative non-fiction, Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of the GPS satellite system - in a book that lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our pocketsThis is the story of the Global Positioning System, the network of U.
WINNER: 2024 Foreword Indies Book of the Year - Bronze, Business & Economics; WINNER: 2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA), Harvey Chute First Place Category Winner - Non-Fiction Business & Enterprise; WINNER: Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2025 - Bronze Medal in Non-Fiction Business; FINALIST: 2025 International Book Awards (IBA) - Business: General and Management & LeadershipCybersecurity.
WINNER: 2024 Foreword Indies Book of the Year - Bronze, Business & Economics; WINNER: 2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA), Harvey Chute First Place Category Winner - Non-Fiction Business & Enterprise; WINNER: Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2025 - Bronze Medal in Non-Fiction Business; FINALIST: 2025 International Book Awards (IBA) - Business: General and Management & LeadershipCybersecurity.
A radical retelling of human history through collapse from the dawn of our species to the urgent existential threats of the twenty-first century and beyond.
The Times and Financial Times Book of the Year'Enticing' Sunday Times | 'Engaging' Financial Times | 'Essential' Reid Hoffman___As technology accelerates, the human mind struggles to keep up - and our companies, workplaces and democracies get left behind.
Prepare to view the world through a new lens SPEED a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life s driving force, from the internationally bestselling author There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil GuardianIn a world that feels like it s moving faster than ever, Smil examines how our relentless pursuit of speed in areas such as production, travel and communication shapes not only our technological landscape but also our social and environmental realities.
' Exactly the book you need right now Stylist'You know how the best writers pinpoint something you ve felt for ages but haven t been able to articulate?
A David and Goliath story about Ireland's role as prime real estate for the world's largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIREDIn this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how 'hyper-socialization' has profoundly changed us.
'Highly readable, subtle and thought-provoking scientific history' ScotsmanIn this penetrating work, Pyenson and Pyenson identify that major advances in science stem from changes in three distinct areas of society: the social institutions that promote science, the sensibilities of scientists themselves and the goal of the scientific enterprise.
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.
Based on exciting discoveries in mathematics, genetics, psychology and sociology, 'Connected' is an innovative and fascinating exploration of how social networks operate.
The ideas behind Ethereum in the words of its founder, describing a radical vision for more than a digital currency-reinventing organisations, economics, and democracy itself in the age of the internet.
One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want.
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time-war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism-in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.
A text that brings together our learnings and reflections from the past ten years addressing public challenges through innovation, with a focus on implementation and impact.
El quinto volumen de la serie Siglo XX Venezolano presenta al lector un recorrido por el desarrollo del sistema cientifico del pais durante la centuria pasada.
La digitalizacion y la algoritmizacion han redefinido la experiencia humana y sus dimensiones sociales, politicas y economicas, generando una serie de ambiguas tensiones entre descentralizacion y recentralizacion de las formas del poder global.
La innovacion y las modificaciones que ocurren y ocurriran en las relaciones juridicas -y, en particular, las derivadas del uso de nuevas tecnologias- son la materia de este conjunto de trabajos abordados por distinguidos profesores extranjeros y otros nacionales, que se adelantan, marcan un camino que indefectiblemente debera transitarse en los tiempos que vienen.
Los procesos de datificación, digitalización y automatización atraviesan hoy muy distintos ámbitos de la existencia: desde procedimientos jurídicos hasta la distribución de la energía, desde el transporte internacional hasta las relaciones con los afectos más íntimos, incluso con el propio cuerpo.
Libro sobre las principales tendencias y cambios ocurridos en la fisonomía del trabajo y las dinámicas de los actores laborales en el contexto de la pandemia en Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, Perú y Chile.
Lo que hoy entendemos por inteligencia artificial esta asociado a la planificacion, la comprension del lenguaje, el reconocimiento de objetos y sonidos, la resolucion de problemas.
Aun cuando las dos guerras mundiales del siglo XX han dejado heridas todavia abiertas en la memoria de muchos pueblos, acaso la pandemia haya sido la mayor crisis global que le haya tocado vivir a Homo Sapiens desde sus origenes por su alcance y severidad.
Engaging, insightful, panoramic Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI & Cofounder of DeepMind'An eye-opening exploration of a revolution unfolding before our eyes' New York Journal of BooksStunning advances in digital technology have introduced a new wave of human-like AI systems.
Un tsunami de terminos nuevos con aura tecnologica se cruza cotidianamente en nuestro camino: Blockchain, Fan Tokens, NFT, Metaverso, Hyperloop, IA Generativa, ChatGPT, DeepSeek.
