On This Day In History: Gail Borden and Condensed Milk
On August 19, 1856 Gail Borden patented Condensed Milk.
The Rise and Fall of the First Internet
Donald Ritchie looks at the telegraph.
Fever on the Brain
A look at fevers with some help from Plum and Posner.
Consciousness
An excerpt from Plum and Posner’s Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma.
Reviving Coma Patients
Craig Panner helps us understand Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).
The Martians of Science: An Excerpt
Hargittai’s book tells the story of five brilliant men born at the turn of the twentieth century in Budapest: Theodore von Kármán, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, John von Neumann, and Edward Teller.
The Future of the Brain: An Excerpt
An excerpt from the book, The Future of the Brain.
My Repository is Bigger Than Yours:
A Response to Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Corey Podolsky has written an excellent essay, Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0 that clearly explains the thinking behind the large scale repository efforts underway at a few publishing giants. But…
Inside Oxford: Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Cory Podolsky looks at book widgets.
The ABC’s of GBS: Part 2
Got Discoverability? Now what?
Consumer choice and publisher dilemma in the era of Google Book Search.
Brave New Words: Expletives & Profanity
Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction is edited by Jeff Prucher. Prucher’s entertaining entries are a window to the entire science fiction genre, through the words invented and passed along throughout the years.
The ABC’s of GBS: Part 1
This week we present the first installment of Evan’s series on “The ABC’s of Google Book Search.” With his help, we hope to untangle the intricacies, and express our excitement, about the future of publishing.
Web 2.0 and Text
A film about web 2.0.
A Few Questions for David Edgerton
A few questions with the author of The Shock of the OldM.
Back to the Future with Magic Universe
An excerpt from Magic Universe about time machines.
This Day in History: First Wireless Message Sent Across the Atlantic Ocean
A closer look at Marconi, who transmitted the first wireless message.