Reyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High Tech reassesses one of the most influential voices in twentieth-century architectural history through a detailed examination of Banham’s writing on High Tech architecture and its immediate antecedents. Taking as a guide Banham’s habit of structuring his writings around dialectical tensions, Todd Gannon sheds new light on Banham’s early en...(展开全部)

This book is an eye-opener to the differences between how software gets built and how it gets sold. -- Michael Ernest, JavaRanch Sheriff Big corporations...have the money and the brain cells, but despite this, still manage to shoot themselves in the feet every now and then. -- Valentin Crettaz, Val's Blog: Stuff for software engineers and Java addicts The history of marketing...(展开全部)

"Engineering Culture" is an award-winning ethnography of the engineering division of a large American high-tech corporation. Now, this influential book - which has been translated into Japanese, Italian and Hebrew - has been revised to bring it up to date. In "Engineering Culture", Gideon Kunda offers a critical analysis of an American company's well-known and widely emulated "...(展开全部)

"Engineering Culture" is an award-winning ethnography of the engineering division of a large American high-tech corporation. Now, this influential book - which has been translated into Japanese, Italian and Hebrew - has been revised to bring it up to date. In "Engineering Culture", Gideon Kunda offers a critical analysis of an American company's well-known and widely emulated "...(展开全部)

A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination―and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years―because a new computer system interprets any mistake as “failure to cooperate.” In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vu...(展开全部)

A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination―and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years―because a new computer system interprets any mistake as “failure to cooperate.” In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vu...(展开全部)

High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy is an ethnography of globalisation positioned at the intersection between political economy and cultural studies. Carla Freeman's fieldwork in Barbados grounds the processes of trans-national capitalism-production, consumption, and the crafting of modern identities-in the lives of Afro-Caribbean women working in a new high-tech ind...(展开全部)

High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy is an ethnography of globalisation positioned at the intersection between political economy and cultural studies. Carla Freeman's fieldwork in Barbados grounds the processes of trans-national capitalism-production, consumption, and the crafting of modern identities-in the lives of Afro-Caribbean women working in a new high-tech ind...(展开全部)

How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In "Soul Dust", the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we stage for ourselves inside our own heads. This self-made show lights ...(展开全部)