Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future Contributor(s): Wadhwa, Vivek (Author), Salkever, Alex (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626569711 ISBN-13: 9781626569713 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects - Technology & Engineering | History |
Dewey: 303.483 |
LCCN: 2016052693 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: A computer beats the reigning human champion of Go, a game harder than chess. Another is composing classical music. Labs are creating life-forms from synthetic DNA. A doctor designs an artificial trachea, uses a 3D printer to produce it, and implants it and saves a child's life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Salkever, Alex: - Alex Salkever is vice president of marketing communications at Mozilla. He was a technology editor of BusinessWeek, a regular science contributor to the Christian Science Monitor, and a contributor to The Immigrant Exodus.Wadhwa, Vivek: - Vivek Wadhwa is a Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering and a director of research at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. He is a globally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post; author of The Immigrant Exodus, which the Economist named a Book of the Year of 2012; and coauthor of Innovating Women, which documents the struggles and triumphs of women in technology. Wadhwa has held appointments at Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, UC Berkeley, and Emory University and is an adjunct faculty member at Singularity University. |