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"Technology "

May 17, 2012

A Handbook for Staying Human in a Digital Age: Nick Harkaway’s Blind Giant

Welcome to the beginnings of a purely digital society. Will this brave new world of ours be heavenly or hellish? That's the question blogger and novelist Harkaway is here to answer.

May 9, 2012

The Man Who Froze the World: Mark Kurlansky’s Birdseye

Mark Kurlansky wrote a book-within-a-book when he put together Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. The author of Salt and Cod could not resist penning a new history of a ubiquitous consumable: ice.

November 29, 2011

Richard Rhodes’ Hedy’s Folly, Starring Hedy Lamarr as Rocket Scientist

Who knew that whenever we use our cell phones, we have silver-screen legend Hedy Lamarr to thank? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the unexpected path taken by a Hollywood legend.