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Space robots / by Larson, Kirsten W.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about robots in space. Describes why robots are suited for the risks of space, the data they collect, and what we have learned. Describes the history of robots in space, some missions on Mars and comets, and the future applications of robotic space technology. Includes Q&A feature, glossary, index, and further resources"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Space robotics; Robotics; Space probes;
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Through fiery trials / by Weber, David,1952-;
Those on the side of progressing humanity through advanced technology have finally triumphed over their oppressors. The unholy war between the small but mighty island realm of Charis and the radical, luddite Church of God's Awaiting has finally come to an end. However, even though a provisional veil of peace has fallen over human colonies, many secrets of Safehold's past still remain unearthed.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Imaginary wars and battles; Space warfare; Life on other planets; Science Fiction;
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Close to the enemy [videorecording] / by Molina, Alfred,1953-actor.; Allen, Alfie,1986-actor.; Bassett, Angela,actor.; Duncan, Lindsay,1950-actor.; Flint, Helen,television producer.; Diehl, August,1976-actor.; Fox, Phoebe,1987-actor.; Highmore, Freddie,1992-actor.; Poliakoff, Stephen,1952-television director,screenwriter.; Riley, Charlotte,actor.; Sturgess, Jim,actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.; Little Island Productions,production company.; Endor Production (Firm),production company.;
Jim Sturgess, Alfred Molina, Alfie Allen, Angela Bassett, August Diehl, Lindsay Duncan, Freddie Highmore, Charlotte Riley, Phoebe Fox.Intelligence officer Captain Callum Ferguson, is tasked by the army to ensure that a captured German scientist, Dieter, starts working for the British RAF on urgently developing the jet engine. With the background of the emerging Cold War, it's crucial for British national security that cutting-edge technology is made available to the armed forces as quickly as possible.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Historical television programs.; Intelligence officers; Jet engines; Scientists; World War, 1939-1945;
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Age of revolutions : progress and backlash from 1600 to the present / by Zakaria, Fareed,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-364) and index."Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk -- the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world? In this major work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates the eras and movements that have shaken norms while shaping the modern world. Three such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in the seventeenth-century Netherlands, a fascinating series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in the world -- and created politics as we know it today. Next, the French Revolution, an explosive era that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us today. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Great Britain and the US to global dominance and created the modern world. Alongside these paradigm-shifting historical events, Zakaria probes four present-day revolutions: globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics. For all their benefits, the globalization and technology revolutions have produced profound disruptions and pervasive anxiety and our identity. And increasingly, identity is the battlefield on which the twenty-first century's polarized politics are fought. All this is set against a geopolitical revolution as great as the one that catapulted the United States to world power in the late nineteenth century. Now we are entering a world in which the US is no longer the dominant power. As we find ourselves at the nexus of four seismic revolutions, we can easily imagine a dark future. But Zakaria proves that pessimism is premature. If we act wisely, the liberal international order can be revived and populism relegated to the ash heap of history." --
Subjects: Revolutions.; Revolutions; Social change.; World history.;
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No time to die [videorecording] / by Armas, Ana de,1988-actor.; Craig, Daniel,1968-actor.; Dencik, David,1974-actor.; Fiennes, Ralph,actor.; Fleming, Ian,1908-1964,creator.; Kinnear, Rory,1978-actor.; Lynch, Lashana,1987-actor.; Magnussen, Billy,1985-actor.; Malek, Rami,actor.; Seydoux, Léa,1985-actor.; Waltz, Christoph,1956-actor.; Whishaw, Ben,1980-actor.; Wright, Jeffrey,actor.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ),film distributor.;
Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Rory Kinnear, David Dencik.Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Spy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bond, James (Fictitious character); Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Rescues; Spies;
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Transcendence [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Depp, Johnny; Freeman, Morgan; Hall, Rebecca;
Director, Wally Pfister.Rebecca Hall, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman.Dr. Will Caster is the foremost researcher in the field of artificial intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him.OFRB rating: PG.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Drama.; Drama.; Foreign.; Sci-Fi.;
© 2014., Warner,
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Why Taiwan matters : a short history of a small island that will dictate our future / by Brown, Kerry,1967-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Taiwan expert Kerry Brown sums up the history of Taiwan and the danger of a Chinese takeover in this succinct and authoritative book. When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao's Communists won and took China's mainland; Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities. Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story: just one of its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the world's economy. It is a free and vibrant society. For the United States and the West, the island is a bastion of freedom against China's assertive presence in the region. And yet China, increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping, insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it. Should China blockade the island and mount an invasion, it would set off a chain reaction that would pitch it against the US -- escalating a regional war into a global one. Taiwan is thus a geopolitical powder keg. Why Taiwan Matters helps us understand how and why we've arrived at this dangerous moment in history. With unparalleled access to Taiwan's political leaders and a deep understanding of the island's history and culture, Professor Kerry Brown provides a new reading of Taiwan, its twenty-three million people, and how they navigate being caught in this frightening geopolitical standoff. Why Taiwan Matters is the essential book for understanding Taiwan's unique story told in an accessible, expert and urgent way"--
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What we owe the future / by MacAskill, William,1987-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One of the most stunning achievements of moral philosophy is something we take for granted: moral universalism, or the idea that every human has equal moral worth. In What We Owe the Future, Oxford philosopher William MacAskill demands that we go a step further, arguing that people not only have equal moral worth no matter where or how they live, but also no matter when they live. This idea has implications beyond the obvious (climate change) - including literally making sure that there are people in the future: It's not unusual to hear someone way, "Oh, I could never bring a child into this world." MacAskill argues that the sentiment itself may well be immoral: we have a responsibility not just to consider whether the world of the future will be suitable for supporting humans, but to act to make sure there are humans in it. And while it may seem that the destructive capacity of modern industrial technology means that we ought to eschew it as much as possible, MacAskill argues for optimism in our ability to (eventually) get technology right, for the future's benefit, and ours. Where Hans Rosling's Factfulness and Rutger Bregman's Utopia for Realists gave us reasons for hope and action in the present, What We Owe the Future is a compelling and accessible argument for why solving our problems demands that we worry about the future. And ultimately it provides an answer to the most important question we humans face: can we not just endure, but thrive?"--
Subjects: Altruism.; Civilization, Modern; Future, The.; Human beings; Human beings;
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The quantum solution / by Lustbader, Eric,author.;
"Evan Ryder is an extraordinary intelligence field agent now working for the security arm of Parachute, a private company and the world's leader in the application of quantum technology. In the past, Ryder has done lethal battle in the modern global wars of power politics, extremist ideology, corrosive disinformation, and outrageous greed. But now she finds herself in a battle arena whose dangers, while less obvious, are greater than anything the world has seen before -- the present and future war of weaponized quantum technology. When an elite Russian scientist and the American Secretary of Defense die, at the same time half a world apart, of inexplicable sudden catastrophic brain damage, the world's intelligence services realize that the quantum war has truly begun. Ryder and her long-time partner, Ben Butler, will risk their lives to discover who the true combatants are, racing against the doomsday scenario of all-out war between America and Russia"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; Intelligence officers; Military weapons; Quantum theory; Spies;
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Iron Man. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Cheadle, Don.; Debney, John.; Downey, Robert,1965-; Favreau, Jon.; Feige, Kevin.; Jackson, Samuel L.; Johansson, Scarlett,1984-; Lebental, Dan.; Lee, Stan,1922-; Libatique, Matthew,1969-; Paltrow, Gwyneth,1972-; Pearson, Richard.; Rockwell, Sam.; Rourke, Mickey.; Theroux, Justin.; Industrial Light and Magic (Studio); Marvel Entertainment Group.; Marvel Studios.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
Editors, Richard Pearson, Dan Lebental ; director of photography, Matthew Libatique ; music by John Debney ; visual effects, Industrial Light & Magic.Robert Downey, Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell.Now that the world knows billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored super hero Iron Man, his life has suddenly become even more intense. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit, but for Ivan Vanko, it's revenge. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Stark must once again suit up and face his most dangerous enemy yet.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Good and evil; Iron Man (Fictitious character); Revenge; Robotic exoskeletons; Superhero films.; Superheroes; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., Paramount Home Entertainment,
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