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Who gives a gigabyte? : a survival guide for the technologically perplexed
- Title
- Who gives a gigabyte? : a survival guide for the technologically perplexed / Gary Stix and Miriam Lacob.
- Author
- Stix, Gary.
- Publication
- New York : John Wiley, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | T173.8 .S75 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Lacob, Miriam.
- Description
- 300 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Which new technologies will change our lives the most in the years ahead? Introducing today's brave new world of gene therapy, quantum computation, designer drugs, and recyclable cars, Who Gives a Gigabyte? surveys the exciting range of technological wonders reshaping our world - as well as those soon to come - and offers simple, engaging explanations of what they are and how they work." "Scientific American senior editor Gary Stix and journalist Miriam Lacob combine their skills to take readers on a tour of the most important recent developments in genetics, medicine, cybernetics, telecommunications, robotics, micromachines, environmental cleanup, and more."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-294) index.
- Contents
- Microchips and the millennium -- Computers 101 : from bits to gigabytes and beyond -- Software : making a computer bend to your will -- Wiring the world : telecommunications and data networks -- Lasers : the light fantastic -- All in the genes : DNA becomes an industry -- Medicine and molecules : new approaches to drug development -- Spare parts and high-tech flashlights : repair kits and diagnostics for the human body -- Material improvements : better living through advanced chemistry -- Mother earth, wind, and fire : energy for a small planet -- Clean machines : technology and the environment.
- ISBN
- 0471162930
- 9780471162933
- 0471379107
- 9780471379102
- LCCN
- 98035327
- OCLC
- ocm39624756
- 39624756
- SCSB-927400
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library