Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395572269
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
640 jokes, anecdotes, and limericks, complete with notes on how to tell them, from America's leading renaissance man.
Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395572269
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
640 jokes, anecdotes, and limericks, complete with notes on how to tell them, from America's leading renaissance man.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395572269
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
640 jokes, anecdotes, and limericks, complete with notes on how to tell them, from America's leading renaissance man.
Asimov Laughs Again
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Here are more than 700 of Isaac Asimov's favorite jokes, cleverest limericks and funniest stories.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Here are more than 700 of Isaac Asimov's favorite jokes, cleverest limericks and funniest stories.
Asimov on Numbers
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671411862
Category : Number theory
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671411862
Category : Number theory
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Misbegotten Missionary
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682997456
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
It was a lovable little creature, anxious to help solve the troubles of the world. Moreover, it had the answer! But what man ever takes free advice?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682997456
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
It was a lovable little creature, anxious to help solve the troubles of the world. Moreover, it had the answer! But what man ever takes free advice?
Wired for War
Author: P. W. Singer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440685975
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
“[Singer's] enthusiasm becomes infectious . . . Wired for War is a book of its time: this is strategy for the Facebook generation.” —Foreign Affairs “An engrossing picture of a new class of weapon that may revolutionize future wars. . .” —Kirkus Reviews P. W. Singer explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The Terminator. Blending historical evidence with interviews of an amazing cast of characters, Singer shows how technology is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and the ethics that surround war itself. Travelling from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to modern-day "skunk works" in the midst of suburbia, Wired for War will tantalise a wide readership, from military buffs to policy wonks to gearheads.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440685975
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
“[Singer's] enthusiasm becomes infectious . . . Wired for War is a book of its time: this is strategy for the Facebook generation.” —Foreign Affairs “An engrossing picture of a new class of weapon that may revolutionize future wars. . .” —Kirkus Reviews P. W. Singer explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The Terminator. Blending historical evidence with interviews of an amazing cast of characters, Singer shows how technology is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and the ethics that surround war itself. Travelling from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to modern-day "skunk works" in the midst of suburbia, Wired for War will tantalise a wide readership, from military buffs to policy wonks to gearheads.
Asimov's Guide to the Bible
The Best New Thing
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780529008244
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Two children living on a planet where they are weightless move to Earth and experience gravity.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780529008244
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Two children living on a planet where they are weightless move to Earth and experience gravity.
Advice to Writers
Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679763414
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679763414
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
Foundation's Friends
Author: Martin H. Greenberg
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780765328304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No work of science fiction in the twentieth century captured the imagination of so many readers as the epic future history put forth in the stories and novels of Isaac Asimov. In this volume, a select group of the Good Doctor's fellow writers explore his astonishing creation from their own unique perspectives—and offer personal tributes to the late, great Asimov some years after his death. Foundation's Friends features contributions by Ben Bova, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederik Pohl, Carl Sagan, Harry Turtledove, and others.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780765328304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No work of science fiction in the twentieth century captured the imagination of so many readers as the epic future history put forth in the stories and novels of Isaac Asimov. In this volume, a select group of the Good Doctor's fellow writers explore his astonishing creation from their own unique perspectives—and offer personal tributes to the late, great Asimov some years after his death. Foundation's Friends features contributions by Ben Bova, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederik Pohl, Carl Sagan, Harry Turtledove, and others.
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
Author: Roger Williams
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411602196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes every human immortal and provides instantly for every stated human desire. Caroline finds no meaning in this life of purposeless ease, and forgets her emptiness only in moments of violent and profane exhibitionism. At turns shocking and humorous, "Prime Intellect" looks unflinchingly at extremes of human behavior that might emerge when all limits are removed. An international Internet phenomenon, "Prime Intellect" has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its free release in January 2003. It has been read and discussed in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, and other countries. This Lulu edition is your chance to own "Prime Intellect" in conventional book form.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411602196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes every human immortal and provides instantly for every stated human desire. Caroline finds no meaning in this life of purposeless ease, and forgets her emptiness only in moments of violent and profane exhibitionism. At turns shocking and humorous, "Prime Intellect" looks unflinchingly at extremes of human behavior that might emerge when all limits are removed. An international Internet phenomenon, "Prime Intellect" has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its free release in January 2003. It has been read and discussed in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, and other countries. This Lulu edition is your chance to own "Prime Intellect" in conventional book form.