Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks

 

Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks by Clifford A. Pickover 

Language: English 

New York: Union Square & Co., 2024. 

Summary: "Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History explores the historic origins and current applications of AI in such diverse fields as computing, medicine, popular culture, mythology, and philosophy. Through more than 100 entries, award-winning author Clifford A. Pickover, offers a granular, yet accessible, glimpse into the world of AI--from medieval robots and Boolean algebra to facial recognition, and artificial neural networks. First released in 2019, this updated paperback edition brings readers up to speed with coverage of technologies such as DALL-E and ChatGPT, and it explores the very real fear that AI will alter the course of humanity--forever." Publisher's website

Monsters Caught on Film: Amazing Evidence of Lake Monsters, Bigfoot and Other Strange Beasts

 

Monsters Caught on Film: Amazing Evidence of Lake Monsters, Bigfoot and Other Strange Beasts 

by Melvyn Willin 

Language: English 

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 2010 

Summary: Contains full-color and black-and-white photographs of supposed monsters caught on film, along with explanations of what each image shows and whether these unusual creatures could actually exist.

Remarkable books : the world's most beautiful and historic works

 

Remarkable books : the world's most beautiful and historic works 

Language: English 

New York: DK Publishing, 2018. 

Summary: "... a beautiful and enthralling guide to more than 80 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and important written works, from the Dead Sea Scrolls to Anne Frank's diary. Including handwritten illuminated manuscripts, seminal printed volumes, and some of the greatest examples of illustrated literature, each exquisite chapter charts both the evolution and the legacy of every landmark book profiled."--The publisher

Crop Circles: Art in the Landscape

 

Crop Circles: Art in the Landscape 

by Lucy Pringle 

Language: English 

London: Frances Lincoln, 2010. 

Summary: Whether they are scientific enigmas, paranormal phenomena, mischievous hoaxes or inspired land art, the scale, beauty and mathematical and symbolic complexity of crop circles continues to astound. Throughout the summer months every year, in fields of oilseed rape, barley and wheat, a rash of ever-more elaborate circles and designs appear. Lucy Pringle has been photographing and researching crop circles for nearly twenty years. She here presents a catalogue of her aerial photographs taken across the south of England, guaranteed to amaze believers and sceptics alike.