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George Harrar

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George Harrar was a journalist for many years and has been a full-time writer since 1989. He is the author of two novels for young readers, Parents Wanted (Milkweed Editions, 2001) and Not As Crazy As I Seem; two nonfiction books on science for young readers, Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales visa mer and Radical Robots; and two novels for adults, The Spinning Man and First Tiger: Harrar has written for Cricket magazine and one of his short stories was included in the 1999 Best American Short Stories. He lives with his family in Massachusetts visa färre

Verk av George Harrar

Not as Crazy as I Seem (2003) 119 exemplar
The Spinning Man (2003) 63 exemplar
Reunion at Red Paint Bay (2013) 57 exemplar
Parents Wanted (2001) 33 exemplar
The Wonder Kid (2006) 20 exemplar
The Trouble with Jeremy Chance (2003) 20 exemplar
First Tiger (1999) 5 exemplar
L'homme-toupie (2006) 2 exemplar
The 5:22 — Författare — 1 exemplar
Dizem que Sou Louco (2009) 1 exemplar

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The Best American Short Stories 1999 (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 450 exemplar
Boston Noir 2: The Classics (2012) — Bidragsgivare — 64 exemplar

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Interesting ending!
 
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SheriRichey | 3 andra recensioner | Oct 29, 2021 |
In 1942, Isaac Asimov wrote “Runaround,” the classic science fiction story that introduced the Three Laws of Robotics that would come to govern the actions of robots in his robotic-based stories as well as those of other science fiction writers. Since that time, robots have been a mainstay of science fiction and Hollywood tales of space exploration from the days of “Metropolis” to C3PO and R2D2 in “Star Wars.”

But robots aren’t just for movie sets and the pages of futuristic fiction.

This Scholastic NOVA Book is divided into three sections . . . Why Robots Can’t Tie Shoelaces But Can Go To Mars, Memorizing The Encyclopedia Doesn’t Make You Intelligent, and If Computers Are So Smart, How Come They Didn’t Invent Artificial Intelligence . . . and helps upper elementary grade readers investigate to learn exactly what robots can and cannot do as they explore the possibilities of robots in their futures. With technology becoming ingrained in the students’ everyday lives, this book introduces them to an assortment of robots, including astrobots, Dinamation dinobots, and Hollywood’s own Robbie, C3PO, R2D2, and Hal.

Colorful drawings, photographs, sidebar essays, and an easy-to-read text all work together to help readers understand robots and computers. A timeline of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence shows the highlights of robotic science and gives young readers a look at the research and what might come next. It’s an engaging first look at artificial intelligence. From supercomputers to Gary Kasparov challenging a computer to a chess match, the diverse information here is sure to spark the imaginations of young readers.

Recommended, especially for readers interested in science and robotics.
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jfe16 | Apr 1, 2021 |
This is a book I read for research at work. It is part biography, part business management book focusing on the career of Ken Olsen, the founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Digital was a post-WWII start-up that took advantage of new computing technology from MIT and the military and brought it to the commercial market. DEC basically invented the minicomputer in the 1960s. Minicomputers are huge compared to microcomputers (aka - personal computers), about the size of a refrigerator, but they provided users with real-time interactive capabilities they could not get with the massive IBM mainframes. DEC's minicomputers sold like hot cakes to corporate and research clients, and by the 1980s the company was the second largest computer company after IBM. Olsen promoted participatory management at the company which made a lot of engineers loyal to the company because of the creative freedom, although working at DEC also involved heated arguments to defend one's ideas. It was a Massachusetts company, part of the Route 128 Tech Corridor that was the center of the computing industry before Silicon Valley took over. Sadly, Digital didn't survive the transition to personal computers but this interesting book tells of an innovative company that made great products through unique management strategies.… (mer)
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Othemts | Jul 12, 2019 |
For the most part, I did enjoy this book. I wasn't satisfied with the ending. It would have been nice to find out what happened after the town read the newspaper story and what happened with the person writing the postcards. But otherwise, I found it very easy to read and related to the characters in the story.
 
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boredness | 6 andra recensioner | Jul 21, 2017 |

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Verk
13
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2
Medlemmar
395
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#61,387
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½ 3.5
Recensioner
19
ISBN
47
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