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- Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / by Winchester, Simon.; Mann, Nick.;
LSC- Subjects: Dudley, Alan; Skull; Skull;
- © c2012., Black Dog & Leventhal,
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- The perfectionists : how precision engineers created the modern world / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Mechanical engineering.; Engineering design.;
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- Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Explores the concept of land ownership and how it has shaped history, examining how people fight over, steward, and occasionally share land, and what humanity's proprietary relationship with land means for the future.- Subjects: Land tenure;
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- The men who united the States : America's explorers, inventors, eccentrics, and mavericks, and the creation of one nation, indivisible / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The author follows in the footsteps of America's most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators to offer a new perspective on how the most powerful nation on Earth came together.- Subjects: Nationalism;
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- Knowing what we know [text (large print)] : the transmission of knowledge, from ancient wisdom to modern magic / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains to do? At a time when we seem to be stripping all value from the idea of knowing things--no need for math, no need for map-reading, no need for memorization--are we risking our ability to think? As we empty our minds, will we one day be incapable of thoughtfulness? Addressing these questions, Simon Winchester explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge. Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography, and broadcasting, he looks at a whole range of knowledge diffusion--from the cuneiform writings of Babylon to the machine-made genius of artificial intelligence, by way of Gutenberg, Google, and Wikipedia to the huge Victorian assemblage of the Mundanaeum, the collection of everything ever known, currently stored in a damp basement in northern Belgium. Studded with strange and fascinating details, Knowing What We Know is a deep dive into learning and the human mind. Throughout this fascinating tour, Winchester forces us to ponder what rational humans are becoming. What good is all this knowledge if it leads to lack of thought? What is information without wisdom? Does Rene Descartes's Cogito, ergo sum--'I think therefore I am,' the foundation for human knowledge widely accepted since the Enlightenment--still hold? And what will the world be like if no one in it is wise?"--- Subjects: Large print books.; Information behavior.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Thought and thinking.; Information technology; Technology;
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- Knowing what we know : the transmission of knowledge, from ancient wisdom to modern magic / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains to do? At a time when we seem to be stripping all value from the idea of knowing things--no need for math, no need for map-reading, no need for memorization--are we risking our ability to think? As we empty our minds, will we one day be incapable of thoughtfulness? Addressing these questions, Simon Winchester explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge. Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography, and broadcasting, he looks at a whole range of knowledge diffusion--from the cuneiform writings of Babylon to the machine-made genius of artificial intelligence, by way of Gutenberg, Google, and Wikipedia to the huge Victorian assemblage of the Mundanaeum, the collection of everything ever known, currently stored in a damp basement in northern Belgium. Studded with strange and fascinating details, Knowing What We Know is a deep dive into learning and the human mind. Throughout this fascinating tour, Winchester forces us to ponder what rational humans are becoming. What good is all this knowledge if it leads to lack of thought? What is information without wisdom? Does Rene Descartes's Cogito, ergo sum--'I think therefore I am,' the foundation for human knowledge widely accepted since the Enlightenment--still hold? And what will the world be like if no one in it is wise?"--- Subjects: Information behavior.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Thought and thinking.; Information technology; Technology;
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- The professor and the madman [videorecording] / by Safinia, Farhad,film director,screenwriter.; Komarnicki, Todd,screenwriter.; Pavlovich, Gastón,film producer.; Chartier, Nicolas,film producer.; Gibson, Mel,actor.; Penn, Sean,1960-actor.; Gruffudd, Ioan,actor.; Dormer, Natalie,1982-actor.; Ehle, Jennifer,1969-actor.; Tuxen, Kasper,1978-director of photography.; Jonsäter, Dino,1969-editor of moving image work.; McCreary, Bear,composer (expression); motion picture adaptation of (work):Winchester, Simon.Professor and the madman.; Voltage Pictures,production company.; Fábrica de Cine (Firm),production company.; Vertical Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Director of photography, Kasper Tuxen ; edited by Dino Jonsater ; music by Bear McCreary.Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Ioan Gruffudd, Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Ehle.When a professor begins compiling the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, he receives thousands of entries from a patient in a mental asylum.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.- Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Film adaptations.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915; Minor, William Chester; Oxford English dictionary; New English dictionary on historical principles; College teachers; Mentally ill;
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- Cascadia's fault : the deathly earthquake that will devastate North America / by Thompson, Jerry.;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Earthquake prediction; Earthquakes; Natural disasters; Natural disasters; Natural disasters; Tsunamis; Tsunamis;
- © c2011., HarperCollins,
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