Offers a portrait of Ira Einhorn, who preached alternative living in the sixties, ushered in the New Age in the early seventies, and who disappeared while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend

The Unicorn's Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius

Politics & Social Sciences

LEVY, Steven

Social Sciences

Prentice Hall Direct

This enthralling book alerts us to nothing less than the existence of new varieties of life. Some of these species can move and eat, see, reproduce, and die. Some behave like birds or ants. One such life form may turn out to be our best weapon in the war against AIDS.What these species have in common is that they exist inside computers, their DNA is digital, and they have come into being not through God's agency but through the efforts of a generation of scientists who seek to create life in silico.But even as it introduces us to these brilliant heretics and unravels the intricacies of their work. Artificial Life examines its subject's dizzying philosophical implications: Is a self-replicating computer program any less alive than a flu virus? Are carbon-and-water-based entities merely part of the continuum of living things? And is it possible that one day "a-life" will look back at human beings and dismiss us as an evolutionary way station -- or, worse still, a dead end?

Artificial Life (Penguin Science)

Science & Math

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Steven Levy, columnist (the "Iconoclast") for MacWorld magazine, chronicles the history of the Macintosh. The story of the Macintosh is in many ways the story of interface development, and Levy explores how this revolutionary interface came to be and how it literally changed the face of computers.
He avoids falling into the "us and them" of the Windows versus Macintosh debate. He ranges from personal anecdotes from the creators of the Mac to more general issues of software design, hardware design, and the politics and showbiz of the computer industry.

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything

Computers & Technology

Penguin??Books

If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy—the author who made "hackers" a household word—comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the twenty-first century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels"nerds and visionaries turned freedom fightersteamed up with corporate interests to beat Big Brother and ensure our privacy on the Internet. Levy's history of one of the most controversial and important topics of the digital age reads like the best futuristic fiction.

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

Business & Money

Penguin Publishing Group

INSANELY GREAT: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything

The creation of the Mac in 1984 catapulted America into the digital millennium, captured a fanatic cult audience, and transformed the computer industry into an unprecedented mix of technology, economics, and show business. Now veteran technology writer and Newsweek senior editor Steven Levy zooms in on the great machine and the fortunes of the unique company responsible for its evolution. Loaded with anecdote and insight, and peppered with sharp commentary, Insanely Great is the definitive book on the most important computer ever made. It is a must-have for anyone curious about how we got to the interactive age.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Penguin (Non-Classics)

Interviews with the unconventional computer geniuses who were responsible for the computer revolution reveal the inside story and the shared ideals that motivated them. Reprint.

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Steven Levy

Literature & Fiction

This enthralling book alerts us to nothing less than the existence of new varieties of life. Some of these species can move and eat, see, reproduce, and die. Some behave like birds or ants. One such life form may turn out to be our best weapon in the war against AIDS.What these species have in common is that they exist inside computers, their DNA is digital, and they have come into being not through God's agency but through the efforts of a generation of scientists who seek to create life in silico.But even as it introduces us to these brilliant heretics and unravels the intricacies of their work. Artificial Life examines its subject's dizzying philosophical Is a self-replicating computer program any less alive than a flu virus? Are carbon-and-water-based entities merely part of the continuum of living things? And is it possible that one day "a-life" will look back at human beings and dismiss us as an evolutionary way station -- or, worse still, a dead end?

Artificial Life: The Quest for a New Creation

Pantheon

Facebook

Blue Rider Press

'Levy portrays a tech company where no one is taking responsibility for what it has unleashed' Financial Times\n'This fascinating book reveals the imperial ambitions of Facebook's founder' James Marriott, Sunday Times\n'The inside story of how Facebook went from idealism to scandal' Laurence Dodds, Telegraph\nToday, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from the simple website Zuckerberg's first built from his dorm room in his Sophomore year. It has grown into a tech giant, the largest social media platform and one of the biggest companies in the world, with a valuation of more than $576 billion and almost 3 billion users. There is no denying the power and omnipresence of Facebook in daily life. And in light of recent controversies surrounding election-influencing fake news accounts, the handling of its users' personal data and growing discontent with the actions of its founder and CEO, never has the company been more central to the national conversation.\nBased on years of exclusive reporting and interviews with Facebook's key executives and employees, including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Steven Levy's sweeping narrative digs deep into the whole story of the company that has changed the world and reaped the consequences.

Facebook: The Inside Story

Penguin

Talks with the unconventional computer geniuses who were responsible for the computer revolution reveal the inside story and the shared ideals that motivated them

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolutio

Delta

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The Unicorn's Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius

Artificial Life (Penguin Science)

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Artificial Life: The Quest for a New Creation

Facebook

Facebook: The Inside Story

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolutio