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1. James , Gleick

The Telephone

From the New York Times bestselling author, a thrilling history of the telephone and how we fell in and out of love with a technology that changed not just the world, but changed us.'Charts our distance-compressing, time-shifting telephonic adventure with exceptional brio and subtlety' - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth ExtinctionOne hundred and fifty years ago the telephone burst onto the world stage like magic, a supernatural instrument bringing voices from afar. Its invention has been celebrated as a triumph of individual ingenuity and vision, but was in fact a contest replete with bribery, fraud and speculation, and no one, not even its inventors, realised what it was good for or how ubiquitous it would become.Instantly, the ability to speak across vast distances began to transform every part of life: from business organization to military tactics, from news gathering to sex work. Along the way, the telephone changed human nature. As it settled into the background - in offices and on streets, on bedside tables and kitchen walls - people forgot how they ever lived without it.In The Telephone, bestselling author James Gleick reveals the continuous revolution sparked by its invention and the corrupt scheming and ruthless tactics of those who sought to make money from it, tracking the rise of the largest monopoly in history.As dial telephones, landlines, telephone books and telephone booths vanish into the past, he shows how this commonplace object irreversibly changed not only the world but who we are as human beings.'Gleick does what only the best science writers can do: take a subject of which most of us are only peripherally aware and put it at the center of the universe' - Time

1. James , Gleick

Kaos

Cinde kelebek kanat cirptiginda Atlantikte firtina cikar.Kaos her yerde karsimiza cikar. Sigara dumani bir takim düzensiz helezonlar cizerek yükselir. Musluktan akan su önce düzenli araliklarla düserken bir süre sonra düzeni bozulur. Havanin davranisinda, otoyolda birbiri pesi sira giden arabalarda, borsada ve akliniza gelebilecek her türlü coklu sistemlerde kaos ortaya cikar. Cinde bir kelebegin kanat cirpisi Atlantik okyanusunda firtinaya neden olur. Peki bütün bu kaosun icinden düzenlilik nasil ortaya cikar Bu anlamda artik kaos bir durumun veya sürecin bilimi degil, varolusun bilimidir.James Gleick bu yeni bilimi halka tanitan ilk bilim insanlarindan biridir. Uluslararasi cok satan bu ödüllü kitabin genisletilmis baskisini yeni ceviriyle okurlarimiza sunarak Kaos biliminin basvuru kitabini yeniden Türkceye kazandirmanin mutlulugunu yasiyoruz...Müthis ilham verici bir kitap...Douglas Adams, Otostopcunun Galaksi Rehberinin yazariHayranlik verici ... her satirinda hazine var.The New York TimesHem bilgilendirici hem zevkli bilimin degisim sürecini gözler önüne seriyor. The New York Times Book Review

1. James Gleick

Time Travel

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself.

Conversations with John Banville

The first interview collection with this esteemed writer. The book includes eighteen interviews that reflect on nearly five decades of work, from his first book, Long Lankin, to his novel Mrs. Osmond and memoir, Time Pieces.

Conversations with John Banville

The first interview collection with this esteemed writer. The book includes eighteen interviews that reflect on nearly five decades of work, from his first book, Long Lankin, to his novel Mrs. Osmond and memoir, Time Pieces.

1. Pieter Hintjens

Vintage Tomorrows

In this fascinating book, futurist Brian David Johnson and cultural historian James Carrott offer insights into what Steampunk's alternative history says about our own world and its technological future.