In Killer Apps Jeremy Packer and Joshua Reeves provide a detailed account of the rise of automation in warfare, showing how media systems are central to building weapons systems with artificial intelligence in order to more efficiently select and eliminate military targets. Drawing on the insights of a wide range of political and media theorists, Packer and Reeves develop a new...(展开全部)

In this daring essay inspired by Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari redefine the relation between the state and its war machine. Far from being a part of the state, warriers (the army) are nomads who always come from the outside and keep threatening the authority of the state. In the same vein, nomadic science keeps infiltrating royal science, undermining its axioms a...(展开全部)

In this daring essay inspired by Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari redefine the relation between the state and its war machine. Far from being a part of the state, warriers (the army) are nomads who always come from the outside and keep threatening the authority of the state. In the same vein, nomadic science keeps infiltrating royal science, undermining its axioms a...(展开全部)

"Michael Osterholm is one of the best epidemiologists -- hunters of infectious diseases -- of our time. When Osterholm tells us that the potential for global pandemics is a life-or-death issue for every person on the planet, we need to listen. Deadliest Enemy is a powerful and necessary book that looks at the threat of emerging diseases with clarity and realism, and offers us n...(展开全部)

迈克尔·T.奥斯特霍姆（Michael T. Osterholm） 美国流行病学家、公共卫生顾问 拜登-哈里斯团队最新聘任新冠疫情特别顾问 美国明尼苏达大学董事会席位教授，公共卫生管理系首席教授，传染病研究与政策中心（CIDRAP）主任，创始人之一。他在24年来服务于明尼苏达州卫生部门、美国疾控中心；40年间对艾滋病、结核病、蚊虫病、流感、埃博拉、SARS、MERS等全球重大疫情进行研究与防治。他是美国国家医学院院士，美国卫生与公众服务部国家生物安全科学顾问委员会成员。他的两本科普著作，《活生生的恐怖》（2001年）和《致命敌人》（2017年）均为《纽约时报》榜单图书。 马克·奥尔沙克（Mark Olshaker） 美国作家、编剧 本书执笔者，曾与前FBI探员约翰·道格拉斯合著多部悬疑小说，代表作包括大卫·芬奇执导剧集《心灵猎人》（MindHunte...(展开全部)

Presents a foundational theory of animation and what it reveals about our relationship to technology Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history, techniques, and complex visual...(展开全部)

Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history, techniques, and complex visual language of animation, particularly Japanese animation, demands serious and sustained engagement, an...(展开全部)

Progressive Web Apps teaches you PWA design and the skills you need to build fast, reliable websites. There are lots of ways you can use PWA techniques, and this practical tutorial presents interesting, standalone examples so you can jump to the parts that interest you most. You'll discover how Web Service Workers vastly improve site loading, how to effectively use push notific...(展开全部)

Progressive Web Apps teaches you PWA design and the skills you need to build fast, reliable websites. There are lots of ways you can use PWA techniques, and this practical tutorial presents interesting, standalone examples so you can jump to the parts that interest you most. You'll discover how Web Service Workers vastly improve site loading, how to effectively use push notific...(展开全部)

Operation Valhalla collects eighteen texts by German media theorist Friedrich Kittler on the close connections between war and media technology. In these essays, public lectures, interviews, literary analyses, and autobiographical musings, Kittler outlines how war has been a central driver of media’s evolution, from Prussia’s wars against Napoleon to the so-called War on Terror...(展开全部)