2014, ISBN: 9780691139838

Paperback, Hardcover

Village Press, 2006. Village Press 2006 Fine/ Bright glossy cover photo by Nick Carter. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes - Build the Li'l AI Robot; Make Model Engine … More...

Village Press, 2006. Village Press 2006 Fine/ Bright glossy cover photo by Nick Carter. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes - Build the Li'l AI Robot; Make Model Engine Flywheels on a CNC Mill; asy Electromechanical Stepper Motor Controller; What is CNC-Ready, Contorlling Back lash; Basics of Earning Money; Computer Assisted Gear Ration Calculations for Cutting Inch Threads; Working With G-Codes; Enhance Machine Controller etc. 66 pages. . Single Issue Magazine. Fine., Village Press, 2006, 5, Paperback / softback. New. <b>Pragmatic, Bite-Sized Programming Advice from Koder-with-Attitude, Kode Vicious</b> <br /> “For many years I have been a fan of the regular columns by Kode Vicious in <i>Communications of the ACM</i>. The topics are not only timely, they’re explained with wit and elegance.” <br /> <i>--From the Foreword by Donald E. Knuth</i> <br /> Writing as Kode Vicious (KV), George V. Neville-Neil has spent more than 15 years sharing incisive advice and fierce insights for everyone who codes, works with code, or works with coders. Now, in <i><b>The Kollected Kode Vicious</b></i>, he has brought together his best essays and Socratic dialogues on the topic of building more effective computer systems. These columns have been among the most popular items published in ACM  <i>Queue</i> magazine, as well as <i>Communications of the ACM</i>, and KV's entertaining and perceptive explorations are supplemented here with new material that illuminates broader themes and addresses issues relevant to every software professional. <br /> <br />Neville-Neil cuts to the heart of the matter and offers practical takeaways for newcomers and veterans alike on the following topics: <br /> <ul><li>The Kode at Hand: What to do (or not to do) with a specific piece of code</li><li>Koding Konundrums: Issues that surround code, such as testing and documentation</li><li>Systems Design: Overall systems design topics, from abstraction and threads to security</li><li>Machine to Machine: Distributed systems and computer networking</li><li>Human to Human: Dealing with developers, managers, and other people</li></ul>Each chapter brings together letters, responses, and advice that apply directly to day-to-day problems faced by those who work in or with computing systems. While the answers to the questions posed are always written with an eye towards humor, the advice given is deadly serious. <br /> <br /> <i>Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.</i>, 6, Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co., 1926. Book. Illus. by Honore, Paul (cover); Fitzgerald, W.O.; Clarke, W.W.; Harper, George; Graham, J.. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 pages. Features: A Wasted Sugar Supply - Honey from Honeybees; Wild Youth Proves a Myth - 'girls and boys' between 35 and 45 are rolling up the crime wave; Making the Government Efficient - reorganization would cut 100,000 unnecessary employees from federal payrolls; The White House - a Mecca for Cranks - Secret Service men must be ever alert to guard the President from the Unbalanced; Missionaries and Machine Guns - many preachers of the gospel do not want the protection of bullets; Tom Learns to Play the Game - an American boy who on mastering himself was able to direct others; Henry Ford's Page - Lower price no longer means lower equality; Editorials - making the movies dry, the value of vulgarity, Mussolini forbids earthquake prophet,exams proposed for ministers of religion, Washington's inability to think in other than political terms; Writing Verse for Composite Readers - some versifiers cultivate eccentricity, others are themselves, and therefore poets; Sad Men Who Look So Wistfully at the Sky - author, William F. Hopp has been chaplain of the Michigan State Prison for over seven years - article with photos; Duelists (Fighter Pilots) of the Sky - a tale of knights-errant and their deeds - of their light-heartedness, and their gallant, tragic fate; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 3) The Big Snake and the Little Dog - and how a darky made millions from circus side shows; Chats with Office Callers - Christmas cards began with Jewish Adolph Tuck, controversy in Canada over union with the U.S., sighting of monster near Prince Rupert, B.C.; The Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Fascinating illustrated ad for homes which can be built for under $1k in materials; I Read In the Papers - article by Nathaniel Zalowitz in the 'Jewish Daily Forward' declares "...For the overwhelming majority of Jews in American assimilation in any true sense of the term is absolutely out of the question."; The Barefoot Boy - poetry by J.G. Whittier inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.., The Dearborn Publishing Co., 1926, 2.5, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brian W. Robb (author photograph). xii, [2], 351, [3] pages. Inscribed by Patrick McCray on a Noblis bookplate on the front free end paper. Inscription reads: To Robert, At the Frontier, Patrick McCray. Includes List of 17 Illustrations (that appear throughout the book), Acknowledgments, A Note on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth? The Inspiration of Limits; Building Castles in the Sky; Omnificent; Could Small Be Beautiful?; California Dreaming; Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition; and Visioneering's Value. W. Patrick McCray (born 1967) is a historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He researches, writes about, and teaches the history of science and the history of technology. In The Visioneers, McCray presented the concept of "visioneer" as historical actor. As he defined it, the term is a portmanteau that refers to individuals (often with a science or engineering background) who imagined, designed, and built exploratory technologies. The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies. This work was the winner of 2014 Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize (History of Science Society) and the 2012 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature (American Astronautical Society). For more than 25 years, Noblis has been an innovator within the federal government, committed to solving the challenges of today and investing in the mission of tomorrow. As a nonprofit, Noblis works for the public good, bringing together the best possible capabilities, including science and technology expertise and solutions, in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideas with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O-Neil and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe' and 'pseudoscience.' In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies., Princeton University Press, 2013, 3<

2013, ISBN: 0691139830

Hardcover, First edition

[EAN: 9780691139838], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Princeton University Press, Princeton], AEROSPACE, APOLLO PROGRAM, BIOTECHNOLOGY, STEWART BRAND, ERIC DREXLER, COUNTERCULTURE, FR… More...

[EAN: 9780691139838], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Princeton University Press, Princeton], AEROSPACE, APOLLO PROGRAM, BIOTECHNOLOGY, STEWART BRAND, ERIC DREXLER, COUNTERCULTURE, FREEMAN DYSON, ENTREPRENEURS, FORESIGHT INSTITUTE, RICHARD FEYNMAN, FUTURIST, NANOTECHNOLOGY, GERALD O'NEILL, ROBOTS, ROCKETS, SMALLEY, SPACE COLONIZATION, Jacket, xii, [2], 351, [3] pages. Inscribed by Patrick McCray on a Noblis bookplate on the front free end paper. Inscription reads: To Robert, At the Frontier, Patrick McCray. Includes List of 17 Illustrations (that appear throughout the book), Acknowledgments, A Note on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth? The Inspiration of Limits; Building Castles in the Sky; Omnificent; Could Small Be Beautiful?; California Dreaming; Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition; and Visioneering's Value. W. Patrick McCray (born 1967) is a historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He researches, writes about, and teaches the history of science and the history of technology. In The Visioneers, McCray presented the concept of "visioneer" as historical actor. As he defined it, the term is a portmanteau that refers to individuals (often with a science or engineering background) who imagined, designed, and built exploratory technologies. The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies. This work was the winner of 2014 Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize (History of Science Society) and the 2012 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature (American Astronautical Society). For more than 25 years, Noblis has been an innovator within the federal government, committed to solving the challenges of today and investing in the mission of tomorrow. As a nonprofit, Noblis works for the public good, bringing together the best possible capabilities, including science and technology expertise and solutions, in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideas with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O-Neil and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe' and 'pseudoscience.' In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies., Books<

2014, ISBN: 9780691139838

Hardcover

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brian W. Robb (author photograph). xii, [2], 351, [3] pages. Inscribed by Patrick M… More...

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brian W. Robb (author photograph). xii, [2], 351, [3] pages. Inscribed by Patrick McCray on a Noblis bookplate on the front free end paper. Inscription reads: To Robert, At the Frontier, Patrick McCray. Includes List of 17 Illustrations (that appear throughout the book), Acknowledgments, A Note on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth? The Inspiration of Limits; Building Castles in the Sky; Omnificent; Could Small Be Beautiful?; California Dreaming; Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition; and Visioneering's Value. W. Patrick McCray (born 1967) is a historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He researches, writes about, and teaches the history of science and the history of technology. In The Visioneers, McCray presented the concept of "visioneer" as historical actor. As he defined it, the term is a portmanteau that refers to individuals (often with a science or engineering background) who imagined, designed, and built exploratory technologies. The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies. This work was the winner of 2014 Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize (History of Science Society) and the 2012 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature (American Astronautical Society). For more than 25 years, Noblis has been an innovator within the federal government, committed to solving the challenges of today and investing in the mission of tomorrow. As a nonprofit, Noblis works for the public good, bringing together the best possible capabilities, including science and technology expertise and solutions, in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideas with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O-Neil and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe' and 'pseudoscience.' In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies., Princeton University Press, 2013, 3<