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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11432893.
- catalog contributor b11432894.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-294) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "iv, 300 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Who gives a gigabyte?".
- catalog identifier "0471162930 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Who gives a gigabyte?".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : John Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Who gives a gigabyte?".
- catalog subject "600 21".
- catalog subject "T173.8 .S75 1999".
- catalog subject "Technological innovations.".
- catalog subject "Technological literacy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Who gives a gigabyte? : a survival guide for the technologically perplexed / Gary Stix and Miriam Lacob.".
- catalog type "text".