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1) 2030
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A peek at what life might be like for kids in the year 2030.
2) Next world
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Watch as science fiction of today becomes science fact of the future. Imagine cities under the oceans, bionic suits, space tourism, super-speed trains, cyborg moths, windships, hoverbikes, somatic sensors, virtual reality, people living to 150 years old - these may be just the dreams of today but they will shape the NextWorld. Episodes include: Future Life on Earth, Future Intelligence, Future Cars, Extreme Tomorrow, Future Ships, and Future Flight....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies--from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing. What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why do we not have a lunar colony already? What is the holdup? In this smart and funny book, celebrated cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and...
9) Financially forward: how to use today's digital tools to earn more, save better, and spend smarter
Author
Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Chief digital officer at Northwestern Mutual, founder/CEO of LearnVest, and New York Times bestelling author shows how to use the simple tools of the digital age to get more out of our money. We live in a new financial world. Our wallets--like every other aspect of our lives--have gone fully digital. From mobile pay to on-demand everything to cryptocurrencies, technology is rewriting the rules for how we earn, save, spend and invest. Technology has...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, We can work on a local, national,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's best and brightest to action: to create a better future. In 'Unstoppable', Bill Nye applies his message of technological optimism to one of the most serious challenges facing our species: climate change. With a scientist's rigorous understanding of how things are and an engineer's vision of how things could be, he completely reframes the issue...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the best-selling author of Subliminal and The Drunkard's Walk, a groundbreaking new look at the neuroscience of change--and how elastic thinking can help us thrive in a world changing faster than ever before. With rapid technological innovation leading the charge, today's world is transforming itself at an extraordinary and unprecedented pace. As jobs become more multifaceted, as information streams multiply, and as myriad devices place increasing...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity--and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground,"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Mitp Verlags
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Vom Setup des Accounts über die Newsletter-Gestaltung bis zur Erfolgskontrolle Anlegen von Adresslisten, Gruppen und Segmenten, Import und Export von Listen, Aufsetzen von Kampagnen sowie Newsletter-Versand inkl. A/B-Tests Zahlreiche Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen und wertvolle Praxistipps für erfolgreiches E-Mail-Marketing MailChimp ist einer der weltweiten Marktführer im Bereich der E-Mail-Marketing- und Newsletter-Software und ist für...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Imagine a machine that can pull water out of thin air. Picture a tiny disk that can store huge amounts of data for billions of years. These are just some of the new discoveries made by scientists. Readers learn about fascinating developments in medicine, technology, archeology and more through carefully-leveled, engaging books reviewed by Smithsonian experts."--
Author
Series
Women of justice volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Samantha Cash has a skill Connor Wolfe needs - catching killers through computers. When she poses as a target, her virtual world becomes real - and deadly.
20) The last hostage
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An airliner is hijacked by its pilot who threatens to destroy it unless a passenger confesses to a crime. The passenger is a judge who allegedly covered up for a pedophile who tortured and killed the pilot's daughter. A woman FBI agent comes on board
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