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ID:
005275
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New York, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2000.
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160pSilver spine
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Summary/Abstract |
Explores the science and technology shaping our future, as well as looking back at the inventions that have transformed the modern world.
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Introduction
Living with computers:
Age of the microprocessor
Chips with everything
Computers in control
Using computers
Handling information
Working with words
Keeping in touch:
It's good to talk
Linked by laser
Look, no wires
Caught in the net
Entertainment:
Virtual words
Electronic arts
The moving image
Tuning in
The world in your home:
Global village
Online home
Working at home
Keeping watch:
Homewatch
Spying and defense
Earthwatch
Spacewatch
Machines in industry:
Robots at work
Smart factories
Micromachines
Nanotechnology
New materials
Creating power:
Fossil fuels
Energy from atoms
Energy from the cores
Harnessing the elements
Greater efficiency
Machines near and far:
In the home
Domestic robots
Shopping and banking
Machines in hazardous areas
Underwater machines
Machines in space 1
Machines in space 2
Our new home
Homes and cities:
Future city
Living together
Future homes
Construction
Transportation:
Future cars
On the road
Sea transportation
Airports and air travel
Airliners
Work and play:
The way to work
Future learning
Tourism and travel
Leisure activities
Adrenaline sports
Healthy living
Weather, water and waste
Future farming
Biotechnology
Genetic engineering
Finding a cure
Repairing our bodies
Holding back the years
Reference:
Glossary
Websites/Places of interest
Index
Acknowledgements
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0753453606 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
005083 | 303.49/WIL | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
008483 | 303.49/WIL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
015582
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Sydney, Weldon Owen, 2012.
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96pBlack Spine
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Provides highlights of 500 years of scientific discovery, that changed our understanding of how the world around us works.
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1. Earth Moves! (1540s - 1630s): Working out our place in space with: Nicolaus Copernicus, Joseph Kepler, Galileo Galilei
2. This Air (1630s - 1650s): Proving that nothing really does exist, and introducing: Evangelista Torricelli, Otto von Guericke, Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke
3. Tiny Things (1660s-1670s):
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9781742522807 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
015313 | 509/CHA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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012845
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New York, Anchor Books, 1997.
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xii, 403pGreen spine
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A book about the limitless future of science and technology, focusing on the next 100 years and beyond, based on interviews from over 150 scientists from various disciplines covering a ten year period. Discusses the remarkable strides made in technology, which already transform business, communications and our lifestyles, the biomolecular revolution and the quantum revolution.
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9780385484992 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
I00498 | 501.1/KAK | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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