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Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 'Blueprint', behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality?the blueprint that makes us who we are. This, says Plomin, is a game-changer. It calls for a radical...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The beloved author of The Revenge of Analog lays out a case for a human future--not the false technological utopia we've been living. For years, consumers have been promised a simple, carefree digital future. We could live, work, learn, and play from the comforts of our homes, and have whatever we desire brought to our door with the flick of a finger. Instant communication would bring us together. Technological convenience would give us more time...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology--but is changing us in profound ways,"--Amazon.com.
Your Global Positioning System guides you across town; it also helps land planes, and anticipates earthquakes. Milner takes us on a fascinating tour of a hidden system that touches almost every aspect of our modern life, and shows how it has created new forms of human behavior. But the potential misuse...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Wildlife
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The 2015 killing of a much-loved lion called Cecil by an American big-game hunter in Zimbabwe sparked international outrage. It also drew world attention to shrinking numbers of the 'king of the beasts' and the fact that humans continue to hunt them for sport. There are no lions left north of the Sahara and their range in southern Africa has shrunk considerably. Two sub-species have already gone. With numbers down to just 20,000, many experts believe...
77) The hedgehog, the fox, and the magister's pox: mending the gap between science and the humanities
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Protecting Your Internet Identity illustrates the depth and importance of a person?s online persona and reputation, and provides strategies for building the best possible online identity. This updated edition addresses the newest ways that people live their lives online, the pressing legal changes that you need to know, and cutting edge technical developments and new ways to protect your identity and reputation, "--Baker & Taylor.
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