Hello, world.Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that interrogates who they are, how they think, what qualifies as great...

The crackling memoir of a middle-aged urbanite who decides to cross the US by bicycle—4,000 agonizing miles—to face down the aging infrastructure of his body, and American mobilityA tech and science writer living in Brooklyn, Clive Thompson grew up as a classic '80s video-game nerd, allergic to sports and macho competition. The one exception? Cycling: He’d always tooled around town on his bike. He liked the low-carbon, environmental vibes, the chill pace of getting...

A revelatory and timely look at how technology boosts our cognitive abilities—making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than everIt’s undeniable—technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding “yes.” In Smarter Than You Think, Thompson shows that every technological innovation—from the written word to the printing press to the telegraph—has provoked the very sa...

The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) was formally incorporated on the 11th of April 1986. This book reviews the twenty years. before then as well as the forty years following.It describes the development of the practice of risk management and how the IRM came about, identifying the individuals who had the most to do with guiding IRM's development within AIRMIC (or AIMIC as it then was).It describes the changes in the way risk management is practiced, then and now and how ...

Fundamentals of Risk Management provides a comprehensive introduction to enterprise risk for students and risk professionals, with tools and tips, expert insights and coverage of key developments in an ever-evolving field.Effective enterprise risk management allows organizations to maximize opportunities and minimize uncertainty. Aligned with ISO 31000, the COSO ERM Framework and the UK's Orange Book, this guide covers the key principles of risk management...

Microbiological Identification using MALDI-TOF and Tandem Mass SpectrometryDetailed resource presenting the capabilities of MALDI mass spectrometry (MS) to industrially and environmentally significant areas in the biosciencesMicrobiological Identification using MALDI-TOF and Tandem Mass Spectrometry fulfills a need to bring the key analytical technique of MALDI mass spectrometric analysis into routine practice by specialists and no...

This short book is a guide for parties who want to explore, develop or strengthen a more cooperative model of workplace relations. The focus is on the unionized workplace but the insights are relevant to all workplaces where stakeholders want to engage for mutual gain. It is written principally for an Australian audience, but the principles are universal.

Molecular Microbial Diagnostic Methods: Pathways to Implementation for the Food and Water Industry was developed by recognized and experienced highlevel scientists. It's a comprehensive and detailed reference that uncovers industry needs for the use of molecular methods by providing a brief history of water and food analysis for the pathogens of concern. It also describes the potential impact of current and cutting-edge molecular methods. This book discusses the advantages of the implement...

Hello, world.Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, in a book that interrogates who they are, how they think, what qualifies as great...

How technology boosts our cognitive abilities—making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever beforeIt’s undeniable: technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson votes yes. The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both celebration and investigation. We learn more and retain information longer, write and think with global audiences in mind, and even gain an ESP...

You mean this place we go to five days a week has a history? Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scrivener" to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating, often funny, and sometimes disturbing anatomy of the white-collar world and how it came to be the way it is—and what it might become.In t...

As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. From the crystallographer’s laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed by a long forgotten woman, to the electr...