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The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner
From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of …
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From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of …

When Jernau Morat Gurgeh, a skilled board game player begins to experience ennui and asks a friend for help, he …

When Jernau Morat Gurgeh, a skilled board game player begins to experience ennui and asks a friend for help, he …

The Moon will soon return.
Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two …

This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected...
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book applies Godel's seminal contribution to modern mathematics to the study of the human …

A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.
IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the heart of the world's …