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Platform Studies eBook Series

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  • Now the Chips Are Down

    The BBC Micro

    by Alison Gazzard ...
    Series series Platform Studies
    The story of a pioneering microcomputer: its beginnings as part of a national Computer Literary Project, its innovative hardware, and its creative uses.In 1982, the British Broadcasting Corporation launched its Computer Literacy Project, intended “to introduce interested adults to the world of computers and computing.” The BBC accompanied this initiative with television programs, courses, books, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know

    by Tom Chatfield ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    We are in the throes of a revolution, yet most of us are so disorientated by the rapid pace of technological and cultural change that we find it difficult to understand what's going on. 50 Digital Ideas you Really Need to Know provides a clear path through the confusion and misinformation surrounding those technologies that, for better or for worse, are transforming the world we live in and even ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Designing the Internet of Things

    by Adrian McEwen, Hakim Cassimally ...
    Take your idea from concept to production with this unique guideWhether it's called physical computing, ubiquitous computing, or the Internet of Things, it's a hot topic in technology: how to channel your inner Steve Jobs and successfully combine hardware, embedded software, web services, electronics, and cool design to create cutting-edge devices that are fun, interactive, and practical. If you'd ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Big Data

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Dawn E. Holmes ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. It includes all our uploaded documents, video, and photos, all our social media traffic, our ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Leaders in Computing

    Changing the digital world

    by Professor Donald Knuth, Grady Booch, Linus Torvalds, Steve Wozniak, Vint Cerf, Professor Karen Spärck Jones, FBA, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Jimmy Wales, Dame Stephanie Shirley, DBE FREng FBCS CEng CITP ...
    This collection of exclusive interviews provides a fascinating insight into the thoughts and ideas of influential figures from the world of IT and computing, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Donald Knuth, Linus Torvalds, Jimmy Wales, Grady Booch, Steve Wozniak, Vint Cerf, Karen Spärck Jones and Dame Stephanie Shirley. With representatives from areas as diverse as programming, development, hardware, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Picture Recognition Breaking the Tagging Code

    by GPRSG ...
    If you’re a technology fan then this book is a very interesting read for the technical and importantly there are some interesting illustrations for the non technical person alike. The topic discusses a global view of picture recognition technology to interest both the technical and non technical reader giving a very good insight into this very interesting area of technology with some technical and ... Read more

    $1.33 USD

  • Smart Things

    Ubiquitous Computing User Experience Design

    by Mike Kuniavsky ...
    The world of smart shoes, appliances, and phones is already here, but the practice of user experience (UX) design for ubiquitous computing is still relatively new. Design companies like IDEO and frogdesign are regularly asked to design products that unify software interaction, device design and service design -- which are all the key components of ubiquitous computing UX -- and practicing ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • The Computer

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Darrel Ince ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    There is a companion web site asssociated with the book (http://vsicomputer.wordpress.com/). It contains chapter summaries, links to relevant material and posts about items of news relevant to the book's contents. Computers have changed so much since the room-filling, bulky magnetic tape running monsters of the mid 20th century. They now form a vital part of most people's lives. And they are more ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Internet of Things

    by Mercedes Bunz, Graham Meikle ...
    Series series Digital Media and Society
    More objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information. This has become known as 'the internet of things'.In this ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • The Graphic Communication Handbook

    by Simon Downs ...
    Series series Media Practice
    The Graphic Communication Handbook is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the graphics industry. It traces the history and development of graphic design, explores issues that affect the industry, examines its analysis through communications theory, explains how to do each section of the job, and advises on entry into the profession. The Graphic Communication ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Compute-IT: Student's Book 1 - Computing for KS3

    by George Rouse, Graham Hastings, Zoe Ross, Mark Dorling, Carl Turland, Genevieve Smith-Nunes, Ilia Avroutine, James Abela, Phil Bagge, Sarah Lawrey ...
    Series Book 1 - Compute-IT
    Compute-IT will help you deliver innovative lessons for the new Key Stage 3 Computing curriculum with confidence, using resources and meaningful assessment produced by expert educators. With Compute-IT you will be able to assess and record students' attainment and monitor progression all the way through to Key Stage 4.Developed by members of Computing at School, the national subject association ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A New History of Modern Computing

    by Thomas Haigh, Paul E. Ceruzzi ...
    Series series History of Computing
    How the computer became universal.Over the past fifty years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific supertool and data processing workhorse, remote from the experiences of ordinary people, to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream music and movies, communicate, and count their steps. In A New History of Modern Computing, Thomas Haigh and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD