Drone

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189 pages

English language

Published Dec. 23, 2015

ISBN:
978-1-62892-768-9
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OCLC Number:
885378116

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(1 review)

"Drones are in the newspaper, on the TV screen, swarming through the networks, and soon, we're told, they'll be delivering our shopping. But what are drones? The word encompasses everything from toys to weapons. And yet, as broadly defined as they are, the word "drone" fills many of us with a sense of technological dread. Adam Rothstein cuts through the mystery, the unknown, and the political posturing, and talks about what drones really are: what technologies are out there, and what's coming next; how drones are talked about, and how they are represented in popular culture.It turns out that drones are not as scary as they appear-but they are more complicated than you might expect. Drones reveal the strange relationships that humans are forming with their new technologies"-- Publisher.

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Review of 'Drone' on 'Goodreads'

A short successful book about drones, that is clear, informative and well-researched. If there is a lack for this book, it is that there is no exact point to it. Rather, Rothstein wants us to know about the emergence of the drone as both technology and social form and succeeds quite well. Beyond that, and also because of length and the book series this book is a part of, we don't go anywhere. But a great entry point for drone studies.

Subjects

  • Drone aircraft