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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The metaphors we use when talking about the brain can limit our ability to think "outside the box" and perceive the real workings of the brain in all its complexity. Consider the many ways in which the computer metaphor, although popular, is a poor match for the human brain, and what scientists might miss by continuing to use it.
2) F-22 raptors
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amazing photography and engaging information explain the technologies and capabilities of the F-22 Raptors. Intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
STEM subjects are an important part of our everyday lives as well as early-childhood education! This introductory look at technology is perfect for beginning readers. Vibrant photographs, visual aids, and carefully leveled text introduce young learners to the foundations of technology.
Author
Series
Women of justice volume 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve years ago, forensic anthropologist Jamie Cash survived a brutal kidnapping, torture, and rape. After years of therapy, she has made a life for herself--though one that is haunted by memories of her terrifying past. She finally lets herself get close to a man, FBI agent Dakota Richards, when signs start appearing that point to one frightening fact--her attacker is back and ready to finish the job he started all those year ago. Can she escape...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Examines the remarkable achievements of more than fifty history-shaping inventors, from Leonardo da Vinci and Hideo Shima to Ismail al-Jazari and Sarah E. Goode, to explain how their innovations made important scientific and technological breakthroughs possible.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Combined technology spending in today's global economy now tops {dollar}4.2 trillion dollars, a number larger than the gross domestic product of most nations. This rising global "Technology Economy" is most certainly a driving force in business today. In this program, IT benchmarking expert, Dr. Howard Rubin, introduces us to "Technology Economics," and explains how by "recognizing, mapping and understanding the interaction of technology investment...
12) An Economic History of the World since 1400: Episode 22,19th-Century Farm Technology, Land Reform
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From land reform to scientific farming techniques to new farm technology, explore the factors that transformed agricultural production in Europe and the United States. Topics include how America became the world's dominant agricultural power, the peasant rights that came from the French Revolution, and how farmers used new practices like crop-rotation systems.
13) Drop by drop
Author
Series
Step by step volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Plastic mysteriously begins to liquefy, leading to the failure of major electronics and disruption in the lives of the people of Sycamore River.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-three creepy stories about warped technology, revengeful ants, sadistic gym teachers, and other terrifying things. Includes discussion questions, related activities, and notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
15) Radicalized
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A timely collection ... connected by social, technological, and economic visions of today and what America could be in the near, near future
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Kang simplifies cutting edge neuroscience to reveal a new understanding around how we metabolize experiences with technology that will lay the foundation for lasting success. With her 6-week 6-step plan for rebalancing your family's tech diet, Dr. Kang will help your child build healthy habits and make smart choices that will maximize the benefits of tech and minimize its risks"--
17) Warships
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about warships, from how they have influenced history to how the technology behind them has improved over time."--publisher.
18) Explore water!
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Features hands-on activities, informative illustrations, and educational projects, covering the water cycle, pollution and conservation, water folklore and festivals, and the latest in water technology.
19) The time hackers
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year-old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
With the technological development of sensors, feedback control, Bluetooth, and machine learning, we can now network not just computers, but "things" as well. Discover the enormous advantages this "Internet of Things" can provide—from health care to transportation to manufacturing—if we can adequately address the significant concerns regarding privacy and security.
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