Learn IT - Books tags culture

The Art of Computer Game Design

McGraw-Hill, 1984

The central premise of this book is that computer games constitute a new and as yet poorly developed art form that holds great promise for both designers and players.

This premise may seem laughable or flippant. How could anybody classify the likes of SPACE INVADERS and PAC MAN as art? How can TEMPEST or MISSILE COMMAND compare with...

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: 2

St. James Press, 2000

Sometimes, when I’m wandering in an art museum looking at the relics of an ancient civilization, I find myself wondering how a future society would represent a defunct American culture. What objects would be chosen—or would survive—to be placed on display? Would I agree with a curator’s choices? Were I to choose...

RNA Viruses: A Practical Approach

Oxford University Press, 2000

This book provides a broad treatment of the principles and practice of R.N.A. virus research to insure the widest possible audience. It is perfect for laboratories involved in virus culture, including both academic and industrial research groups and public health laboratories.

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Questions and Answers for Physicians: A Medieval Arabic Study Manual by Abd Al-Aziz Al-Sulami (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series)

Brill Academic Publishers, 2004

This book consists of a collage of images that attempts to convey the transformation of consumer culture and how it is related to the urban reshaping of the city of Cairo to meet with the demands of globalisation. Analyzing the shift from socialist economy to the opening up of Egypt's economy, and how this has affected everyday life of...

Reverse Design: A Current Scientific Vision From the International Fashion and Design Congress

CRC Press, 2018

The collaboration between the Textile Department of the University of Minho and the Brazilian Association of Studies and Research (ABEPEM) has led to an international platform for the exchange of research in the field of Fashion and Design: CIMODE. This platform is designed as a biennial congress that takes place in different...

The Conductive Organization: Building Beyond Sustainability

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004

An organization's culture lies at the heart of its ability to perform. In the knowledge economy, new rules are emerging and organizations must rethink how they will compete by leveraging their tacit knowledge - their intangible assets - in order to create and sustain a strategic advantage. In this book, Hubert Saint-Onge and Charles Armstrong, two...

Digital People: From Bionic Humans to Androids

Joseph Henry Press, 2004

Robots, androids, and bionic people pervade popular culture, from classics like Frankenstein and R.U.R. to modern tales such as The Six Million Dollar Man, The Terminator, and A.I. Our fascination is obvious – and the technology is quickly moving from books and films to real life.

In a lab at MIT, scientists and technicians have created...

At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet (Leonardo Books)

MIT Press, 2005

"The book is an exhilarating, eye-opening read that restores the body to the virtual and pulls the virtual out of the digital and back into lived and produced social relations." - Patricia R. Zimmermann, Department of Cinema and Photography, Ithaca College"

Networked collaborations of artists did not begin on the Internet....

Twitter API: Up and Running: Learn How to Build Applications with the Twitter API

O'Reilly, 2009

This groundbreaking book provides you with the skills and resources necessary to build web applications for Twitter. Perfect for new and casual programmers intrigued by the world of microblogging, Twitter API: Up and Running carefully explains how each part of Twitter's API works, with detailed examples that show you how to assemble those...

Germany For Dummies (Dummies Travel)

For Dummies, 2007

From the Bavarian Alps to the Rhine, from Berlin to the Black Forest, Germany is packed with beer gardens, castles, art, culture, and a hopping nightlife. Take it all in with this handy guide to your perfect Teutonic adventure:

Complete coverage of the big cities and small towns, from Berlin and Munich to the spa town of...

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

Apress, 2007

Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's web site, Rands In Repose. Drawing on Lopp's management experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland, this book is full of stories based on companies in the Silicon Valley where people have been known to yell at each other. It is a place full...

Doing Internet Research: Critical Issues and Methods for Examining the Net

Sage Publications, 1998

Whether or not one believes the hyperbolic claims about the Internet being the biggest thing since the invention of the wheel, the Internet is a medium with great consequences for social and economic life. Doing Internet Research is written to help people discern in what ways it has commanded the public imagination, and the...

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