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Ernest Callenbach - Ecotopia: An Audio Novel

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Charles Petzold - Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

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Product Description Northern California, Oregon, and Washington secede from the United States to form a utopia based on a perfect balance between humans and their environment. A discussion of the history and future of coding theory celebrates the ingenuity of language systems and their uses from Braille and Morse code through binary codes to 32-bit operating systems.
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Authors Ernest Callenbach Charles Petzold
Nonfiction Category - Computers
Fiction Genre Literary Criticism -
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  PaperbackJune 01, 1975Banyan Tree Books8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.5 lbs.9780960432011 PaperbackNovember 11, 2000Microsoft Pr6.5"(h) x 9.5"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.4 lbs.9780735611313
 
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Ernest Callenbach - Ecotopia: An Audio Novel
Ernest Callenbach - Ecotopia: An Audio Novel
From $5.85
Charles Petzold - Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Charles Petzold - Code: The Hidden Language of Computer...
$15.04

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The Hippie's Dream

byDanthereader Dec 26, 2000
6 Helpfuls 7 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Entertaining
Cons Taken to seriously
Recommended it? Yes

In all seriousness Ecotopia is a joke, an examination of what life could be like, not will be like, if humans were not so reckless and stupid. Ralph Nader?s quote on the book is quite humorous: ?None of the happy conditions in Ecotopia are beyond the technical or resource reach of our society.?... Read full review »

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The greatest text book ever written

byrzazueta Nov 6, 1999
9 Helpfuls 10 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Clean, crisp prose; VERY accessible
Cons Can get dry, but only because of the subject matter
Recommended it? Yes

The gist:

* Text book posing as non-fiction

* Lightens up what should be a dry subject

* Clean, crisp prose makes for a good read

This book was written just for me.

OK, maybe that's not entirely true -- I have never met Charles Petzold and, beyond his... Read full review »

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I wish this book was published when I was in school

bytitaniumtommy Aug 3, 2001
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Pros plain english explanation of how codes and computers work
Cons none really
Recommended it? Yes

I wouldn't have struggled through my dry as heck Computer Science classes if this book was around then. Charles has a habit of creating good books on dry stuff. I mean, let's face it, figuring out how transistors and codes work is not really super fun. It can be amusing, it can even be interesting,... Read full review »

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