The Machine Age - Robert Skidelsky, Gebunden

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The Machine Age - Buch A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological fixes for our problems is waning. Automation, which promised relief from toil, has... Mehr

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Robert und Edward Skidelsky zeigen auf, wie führende Denker von der Antike bis ins 21. Jahrhundert über Entstehung und Gebrauch des Reichtums, aber auch über ein erfülltes Leben jenseits der Arbeit nachgedacht haben. Sie benennen sieben Basisgüter wie... Mehr

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A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time. This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence... Mehr

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics—from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of... Mehr

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Think you know about dinosaurs? Think again! New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Steve Brusatte brings young scientists and readers everywhere into his world of massive herbivores and fearsome predators, daily unexpected discoveries,... Mehr

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The most complete, authoritative technical guide to the FreeBSD kernel's internal structure has now been extensively updated to cover all major improvements between Versions 5 and 11. Approximately one-third of this edition's content is completely new,... Mehr

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Book one of The Wheel of Time®, Robert Jordans internationally bestselling fantasy series, now in a special hardcover edition to celebrate the series 30th anniversary! Mehr

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A stunning special edition hardback of the first novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. Mehr

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For the first time a comprehensive presentation of the development of urban cultures in Central Asia from the Early Bronze Age (around 3000 BC) to the Middle Ages (about 1200 AD) is exemplarily illuminated in this book on the basis of individual... Mehr

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James Davey tells the story of the Royal Navy across the tumultuous 1790s, showing how it became a political battleground for radical ideas. Davey reveals how sailors organized riots, strikes, petitions, and mutinies, which prompted a cynical, even... Mehr

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Angereichert mit einer Fülle alter Reiseephemera von Reiseplakaten, Fahrkarten bis zu Gepäckaufklebern, zeichnet dieses Logbuch der Sehnsucht die beliebtesten Reiserouten vergangener Tage nach, als die Welt noch groß und fremd war. Folgen Sie berühmten... Mehr

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Der Band 9 präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Grabungsaktivitäten 2018 und 2019 des im Frühjahr 2018 wieder aufgenommenen Gadara Region Project. Die seit 2018 in Zira_a durchgeführten Grabungs- und Forschungssaisons sind der Siedlungsgeschichte der... Mehr

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The best illustrated and most comprehensive book ever published on the largest land animals the world has ever known. Mehr

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Danielle Keats Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy out of the boardrooms and op-eds to reach readers where we are-in bathrooms and bedrooms, with our families and our lovers, in the parts of our lives we assume are... Mehr