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iGen

by Jean M. Twenge
352 Pages · 2015 · 25 MB · 8 Downloads · New!
" Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. ” ― Ben Carson
Lost in a Good Game
by Pete Etchells
320 Pages · 2015 · 2 MB · 10 Downloads · New!
The “Lost in a Good Game: Why we play video games and what they can do for us” is one of the wonderful books of video games. The author of this best-selling book is Pete Etchells. He is the senior lecturer in Biological Psychology, Bath Spa University of UK.His general research lies in two main areas. First one is understanding how the use of modern screen-based technology, like video games. The second one is an interest in the development of multidisciplinary methodologies. It helps to look at how we can easily evaluate science outreach events. In this book, Pete defines the history and development of video games like chess machine and online games. His research is based on to check the people relation with games that how much people love video games. Furthermore, Etchells is also the researcher on the psychological effects of video games on the human brain. To know about the benefits and side effects of the video games, then read this helpful book. To sum it up, Lost in a Good Game is an informative book for all video game lovers.
A History of Modern Computing
by Paul E. Ceruzzi
460 Pages · 2015 · 5 MB · 7 Downloads · New!
The “A History of Modern Computing (History of Computing), 2nd Edition” is an informative computer history book. Paul E. Ceruzzi is the author of this history book. Paul is Curator at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. He has written numerous other computing books and all of them are worth reading. In this book, Paul reveals the history of modern computing from the development of the first electronic computer through the dot-com crash. This book covers every step and deviation along the path of digital computing from the late 40’s onward. Paul provides insight into how programmers from previous eras would have perceived their tasks, running around with punch cards between different card readers, batch processing and sequential file access. Additionally, the reading of this book is interesting and straightforward. It filled with details of computers as machinery, mechanical and electronic, covering the last seven decades or so. Alan Turing is considered to be the father of modern computer science as the world knows it. Alan Turing was born on June 23, 1912, in England. To know more about modern computer, then read this history book.
The Good Drone
by Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick
324 Pages · 2020 · 17 MB · 21 Downloads · New!
The Good Drone is international security, general technology, and social aspects of technology that highlights the positive uses of drones. Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick is the guy behind this remarkable book. This book shows how drones, balloons, kites, and satellites can be used for our best purposes. Usually, drones are famous for doing bad things and they are associated with war. There are infinite uses of weapons and it depends on us how we use them. Drones are the real threat in the war region and it takes thousands of lives so far. It threatens civil liberties and violates privacy that makes it horrible. These are the military uses of drone and they are loveable. Austin highlights the positive uses of drones that can be used to shape society in a better way. There are some other shapes of drones that you may not familiar with such as balloons, kites, and satellites. These drones have many uses when it comes to the betterment of humanity. It helps in the demonstration of crowd size, documenting human rights advancing climate change, and supporting anti-poaching advocacy. Small drones are best when it comes to taking care of people and protecting human rights.
Facebook
by Steven Levy
592 Pages · 2015 · 4 MB · 7 Downloads · New!
The “Facebook: The Inside Story” is an interesting book that reveals the history of Facebook and Facebook leaders. Facebook is written by the author Steven Levy. Levy is an editor at large at Wired. His previous positions include editor in chief at Backchannel and chief technology writer and a senior editor for Newsweek. Steven has won several awards during his 30 plus years of writing about technology, including hackers. In this book, Steven describes Mark Zuckerberg, who is the owner of Facebook. The author reveals the history of Facebook and Facebook leaders. In early 2009, Facebook moved to its new 150,000 square feet Headquarters at 1601 California Ave. in Palo Alto, CA. Facebook was mentioned in a third of divorces. The controversial events that Facebook has been involved in within the last several years have resulted in some serious reconsiderations in the minds of Facebook management and Facebook users. In order to protect their privacy, some people are taking more precautions than before. Furthermore, millions of words have written about Facebook, but no one told the entire story, documentary, and missteps. After reading this book, the reader will know all about Facebook, for example, documentary and missteps. To sum it up, Facebook is a fascinating book that reveals the history of Facebook.
Artificial Unintelligence
by Meredith Broussard
248 Pages · 2018 · 2 MB · 10 Downloads · New!
Artificial Unintelligence is the social aspects of technology, semantics, and artificial intelligence book that tells the future of technology. Meredith Broussard is the author of this critical book. This is a guide that motivates people to understand the inner and outer boundaries of technology. Meredith believes that not every problem has a solution in technology. If you use technology to solve all of our problems then we are heading on the wrong side. We should think steady while blaming humans for making problems. Today, AI is being used in the majority of the projects including cars and weapons. Driverless cars are introduced to make sure the safety of humans but in reality, they are not safe. How can we handle the worse situation, when thousands of cars on the road and something went wrong in the AI algorithm? Nobody thinks about it and we keep investing money on AI. Robots are built for different purposes. Some countries are developing super soldiers through AI that are capable of eliminating every threat. What if these soldiers got a bug in their hardware and they start killing innocent humans. Artificial Intelligence is not a solution for every problem and we have to set boundaries before it’s too late.
How to Do Nothing
by Jenny Odell
256 Pages · 2015 · 1 MB · 19 Downloads · New!
“How to Do Nothing” is a story of love, loss, heartbreak, and unbreakable bonds. This novel is written by Jenny Odell. This is a gorgeous story about how life doesn’t always work out the way we want it to, but if we’re willing, we can still make it a great life. It is a good compelling story, engaging and, easy to read. This is the perfect holiday novel, you can pick it up and get straight back into the story. The novel “How to Do Nothing” is an enjoyable story that moves along at a good pace. It is not too quickly, but at a pace that keeps the reader engaged waiting to discover the outcome. It has a satisfactory ending which is a little predictable but ties up all the loose ends. Some of the male characters are a little too good to be true but that doesn’t spoil any part of the story. The author switches between the two time periods effortlessly and easily which doesn’t always happen in these kinds of books.

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