Bellos, David
Summary: "Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 346.7304 BELBellos, Alex
Summary: The history of soccer is explained through the lens of such school subjects as math, biology, and geography, in a book that includes weird trivia and quizzes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2018
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Summary: Whether writing about how algebra solved Swedish traffic problems, visiting the Mental Calculation World Cup to disclose the secrets of lightning calculation, or exploring the links between pineapples and beautiful teeth, Bellos guides his readers into the world of mathematics while uncovering fascinating stories of mathematical achievement--from the breakthroughs of Euclid, the greatest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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Summary: "Welcome to Soccer School, where every class is about soccer! In science class, you'll find out how soccer players make sure they poop before games. In math, you'll figure out the odds of dying during the game. In drama, you'll learn about some famous foul fakers! History, English, geography, political science, physics, and more are on the syllabus of this school, where soccer fans are the star...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2018
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Summary: The history of soccer is explained through the lens of such school subjects as health, political science, and chemistry, in a book that includes weird trivia and quizzes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.334 BELCamus, Albert
Summary: From the Publisher: From one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers of the twentieth century-two novels, six short stories, and a pair of essays in a single volume. In both his essays and his fiction, Albert Camus (1913-1960) deployed his lyric eloquence in defense against despair, providing an affirmation of the brave assertion of humanity in the face of a universe devoid of order or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Paul Hegeman highlights the music of renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt while attempting to unveil the mystery around the purportedly reclusive writer of such famed works as "Tabula Rasa," "Fratres," "Trivium" and "Für Alina," all stirringly performed here. But Hegeman, who also shot the film (with Auke Dijkstra), eschews a typical biographical recounting of the 83-year-old maestro's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019