Lee Gutkind
“A crazy suspense story about these kids at Carnegie Mellon and their leader making robots . . . fascinating stuff.” —Jon StewartMore
Guru Madhavan
“Engineers are titans of real-world problem-solving. . . . In this riveting study of how they think, [Guru Madhavan] puts behind-the-scenes geniuses . . . center stage.”—NatureMore
Paul Scharre
A Bill Gates Top Five Book of 2018
A Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Army Ranger explores what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death.More
Daniel J. Kevles
"You read with a rising sense of despair and outrage, and you finish it as if awakening from a nightmare only Kafka could have conceived."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York TimesMore
Chris Impey
“Expansive and enlightening. . . . Impey packs his prose with wonderful anecdotes and weird factoids.”—New York Times Book ReviewMore
Nicholas Carr
“Magisterial. . . . Draws an elegant and illuminating parallel between the late-19th-century electrification of America and today’s computing world.”—SalonMore
Bruce Schneier
A world of "smart" devices means the Internet can kill people. We need to act. Now.More
Carlo M. Cipolla
The history of the clock opens a window on how different cultures have viewed time and on Europe's path to industrialization.More
David Locke Hall
The utterly gripping story of the most outrageous case of cyber piracy prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.More
Michael Riordan, Lillian Hoddeson
"Without the invention of the transistor, I'm quite sure that the PC would not exist as we know it today."—Bill GatesMore
Bruce Schneier
“Bruce Schneier’s amazing book is the best overview
of privacy and security ever written.”—Clay ShirkyMore
Karla Jennings
“Zooks! At last, the culture, folklore, and mythology of computing. Here’s the digital dirt from our computer age…collected and retold by Karla Jennings.” —Cliff Stoll, author of The Cuckoo’s EggMore
Ethan Zuckerman
“One of our most important books on globalization.” —Steve O’Keefe, New York Journal of BooksMore
Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts, Et Al.
Award-winning environmental analyst Lester R. Brown and his colleagues chart progress in building the eco-economy, an economy that is compatible with the earth's ecosystem.More
Joel K. Bourne, Jr
“An urgent and at times terrifying
dispatch from a distinguished reporter
who has given heart and soul to his
subject.”—Hampton SidesMore