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50 Years Since Apollo 11

7/20/2019

 
Happy 50th Anniversary Apollo 11!
Launched July 16, 1969
Moon Walk July 19, 1969

A handful of good books to read:

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Not your mother's Android

8/25/2015

 
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Here is an interesting book for those Techies who would rather spend time with a computer than a girl/boyfriend. LOVE+SEX WITH ROBOTS by David Levy is a very interesting, and serious book on how and why people love things other than other people, like pets, appliances and their computers. In chapter 5, Why We Enjoy Sex, David says that reactions to the idea of a robot capable of performing sex acts range from outrage to "where can I buy one?" In STNG's episode, Naked Again (a remake of Captain Kirk's Naked Time) we learn that Lieutenant Yar is able to satisfy her desire for a partner with Mr. Data, an android who despite his positronic neural net is fully functional, and programmed in multiple techniques. This is not the first book on computers and robots David Levy has written, but it is one of the most oddball books I have seen on high tech. 
A fascinating, and titillating book that may change your idea of a perfect partner. We have it in the Medical section, and we promise to be discrete! 

The hard won battle

3/31/2015

 
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In 1989 Guy Kawasaki published his book, The Macintosh Way documenting the trials and tribulations of his time at Apple trying to make the Mac a viable alternative to the IBM PC. We have a copy in the Booknook in the Reference section. 
It's hard to believe it now with Apple the most profitable company in the history of the world, having sold 243 million iOS devices and 19 million Macintosh computers in 2014, but life at Apple wasn't always so sweet and delicious. Back when the Mac was born, Apple was struggling to stay alive and some were quoted as saying that "it is all over but the crying." Guy was a real believer in the Macintosh, the first computer evangelist and inventor of the term The Art Of Guerilla Management. Guy is still very active and vocal about his passions. Come pick up this book and learn about the early days at Apple. Just $1!

Biographies

2/1/2015

 
We have some interesting folks portrayed in the Biography section of the Booknook. At polar opposites politically are Sarah Palin in Going Rogue: An American Life and Barack Obama's The Audacity Of Hope. Moving to the topic of space we have First Man: The Life Of Neil A. Armstrong and Barbara Eden's autobiography Jeannie Out Of The Bottle. What do those two have in common? Remember the pretense of the TV show I Dream Of Jeannie. Major Nelson played by Larry Hagman, who later starred in Dallas, was an American astronaut who splashed down the Pacific Ocean during a mission, landed on an island, found a bottle and opened it to find Jeannie inside! Astronauts and space were all the rage in 1960's and the antics of the otherwise professional and proper Major Nelson saddled with the troublesome and impetuous Jeannie led to no end of hilarious story lines for the writers.

Thrilling adventure in Anthropology

1/25/2015

 
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If you thought Indiana Jones was a fearless explorer you haven't met Napoleon Chagnon. Dr. Chagnon spent years in the jungles of the Orinoco river basin (remember Enya's #1 hit, Orinoco Flow?) with the Yamomanӧ (Yamomani for those who can’t find UTF8 code U+04E7 on their keyboard) researching their language, customs, behavior and genealogy. 
This fantastic adventure begins with his first encounter with the Yamomanӧ entering a village full of warriors with nocked and drawn arrows pointed right at his head and ends with a world full of angry Cultural Anthropologists demonizing him for embracing science and for accepting Darwin. 
See my Amazon review here. You will find this book on the 4th floor in the Anthropology section, 304.5 Chagnon.


Autographed book: The FFT

1/3/2015

 
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Robert Ramirez' world famous book on the Fast Fourier Transform, probably one of the greatest computational discoveries of the 20th century is available at the Booknook in the Science partition of the Non-Fiction section. The Cooley-Tukey algorithm allowed the modern world to exist and this book describes the algorithm, properties, implications and uses. Our book happens to be a signed copy (see photo).  Learn about Fourier Analysis, the DFT, the FFT and Convolution. There is even a chapter on Applications to help you see how the FFT can be used. 
What a wonderful find, and only $1 at the Booknook today!

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