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| TITLE: Hemingway's Chair |
| Summary: In a British post office, injustice arrives in the guise of modernization. The mild-mannered assistant, Martin Sproale, an admirer of Hemingway must decide whether to accept it passively, or fight for what he believes, like his hero would. |
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| Summary: Combining the hacker savvy of Tracey Kidder's "Soul of a New Machine" with the riveting drama of the first great corporate conflict waged on the turf of cyberspace, "Speeding the Net" tells the story of how a crew of talented computer jocks at the University of Illinois turned the computer world upside-down by creating the essential tool for navigating the World Wide Web--the web browser. 320 pp. Targeted ads. Online promo. 50,000 print. |
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| Summary: A Harvard biologist explains the real science behind the popular sci-fi TV show. With its huge cast of alien life-forms (some with powers and senses no human can match), Star Trek would appear to flout the most basic characteristics of life as we know it. But, as Andreadis points out, no matter how exotic the cast, certain Earth-based assumptions remain valid. Silicon may be able to substitute for carbon on some distant planet, but organisms based on it will be subject to gravity and electromagnetism, as well as having some form of genetic code to permit continuity of form and function as the beings reproduce. Sensory organs will still be necessary to receive information from the environment. |
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