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.

Seeing Central Park : the official guide to the world’s greatest urban park

712/.5097471
F128.65.C3 M56 2009
Miller, Sara Cedar
Seeing Central Park : the official guide to the world’s greatest urban park
New York : Abrams, 2009.
191 p. : chiefly col ill, maps ; 19 cm.
9780810996281
$19.95 (trade cloth)

The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington : picturing the promise

779/.9975300496073
E185.93.D6 S38 2009
National Museum of African American History and Culture in collaboration with the National Museum of American History
The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington : picturing the promise
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, c2009.
224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
9781588342621 (hardcover)
$35.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Booklist

NAACP : celebrating a century, 100 years in pictures

973.0496
NAACP, The Crisis Magazine
NAACP : celebrating a century, 100 years in pictures
Salt Lake City, UT : Gibbs Smith, 2009.
456 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 22 x 25 cm.
9781423605270
1423605276
$40.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Library Journal

Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life

636.70022/2
SF426.2 .K634 2009
Koontz, Dean R.
Bliss to you: Trixie's guide to a happy life
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
187 p. (large print) : ill. ; 22 cm.
9781410413130 (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
1410413136
$30.95 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Publisher's Weekly

Amazing insects : images of fascinating creatures

595.7022/2

QL466 .C475 2008

Chinery, Michael

Amazin insects : images of fascinating creatures

Buffalo : Firefly Books, 2008.

287 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

ISBN: 9781554073528 (pbk.)

$29.95 (perfect)

Reviews: Publishers Weekly

Aerial atlas of the Holy Land : discover the great sites of history from the air

915.694
Bowker, John
The aerial atlas of the Holy Land : discover the great sites of history from the air
256 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 9781845333409 (hbk.)
$49.95 (trade cloth)

Adventures in Tornado Alley : the storm chasers

551.5530977
QC955 .H74 2008
Hollingshead, Mike
Adventures in Tornado Alley : the storm chasers
London ; New York : Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2008.
187 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 20 x 25 cm.
ISBN: 0500514046 (hbk.)
$29.95 (trade paper)

100 Baseball Icons: From the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archive

796.3570973

GV863.A1 2008

Heffernan, Terry

100 baseball icons : from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archive

Berkeley, CA : Ten Speed Press, c2008

109 p. : 1iil (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

ISBN: 9781580089166

$19.95

I have risen : essays by African-American youth

378.1/982996073

LC2781 .I2 2006

I have risen : essays by African-American youth

Charlottesville, Va. : CAP Charitable Foundation : Distributed by Ron Brown Scholar Program, c2006.

128 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

ISBN: 0977289508

$35.00 (trade cloth)

Reviews: Voice of Youth Advocates

Hair Wars

779/.93915
TR679
Yellen, David
Hair Wars
Brooklyn, NY : powerHouse Books, 2007.
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 32 cm.
ISBN: 1576873994
$39.95 (trade cloth)

H20: The Beauty and Mystery of Water

553.7
GB671.S55 2001
Silvester, Hans Walter
H20: The Beauty and Mystery of Water
New York : Abrams, c2001.
217 p. : col. ill. ; 34 cm.
ISBN: 0810945665
$49.50 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Publishers Weekly

Still Waters: Images, 1971-1999

779/.3/092
TR670.L63 2000
Lockwood, C. C.
Still Waters: Images, 1971-1999
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2000.
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 30 x 32 cm.
ISBN: 0807125709
$39.95 (trade cloth)

Secret Worlds

779.3092
Dalton, Stephen
Secret Worlds
Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books, c1999.
159 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 1552093840
$35.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Books in Canada, Publishers Weekly

The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water

779/.3/092
TR721.W656 2004
Wolfe, Art
The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Seattle, Wash. : Sasquatch Books, c2004.
169 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 1570614059
$45.00 (trade cloth)

365 ways to save the earth

779/.3092
TR721.B68 2005
Bourseiller, Philippe
365 ways to save the earth
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 16 x 23 cm.
ISBN: 0810959518
$29.95 (trade cloth)

Life: A Journey Through Time

TR721
Lanting, Frans
Life: A Journey Through Time
Cologne : Taschen, 2006.
303 p. : chiefly col. ill., photos ; 37 cm.
ISBN: 9783822839942
$59.99 (trade cloth)

God's Art

Smith, Greg, wanderer
God's Art
Mesa, Ariz. : Grand Canyon Pub., c2006.
vii, 241 p. : col. photos. ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 0976715406
$34.95

Galen Rowell: A Retrospective

TR659.5.G35 2006
Galen Rowell: A Retrospective
San Francisco : Berkeley : Sierra Club Books ; Produced and distributed by University of California Press, 2006.
287 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm.
ISBN: 9781578051151
$50.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Booklist

Microcosmos: Discovering the World Through Microscopic Images from 20 X to over 22 Million X Magnification

TR835
Broll, Brandon
Microcosmos: Discovering the World Through Microscopic Images from 20 X to over 22 Million X Magnification
Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, c2007.
422 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 15 x 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781554072378
$29.95 (trade cloth)

Gardenscapes

778.934
TR662.G44 2003
Geesaman, Lynn
Gardenscapes
New York : Aperture, c2003.
111 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 1931788200
$40.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Booklist

The Metamorphosis of Flowers

779/.34
TR724.N87413 1998
Nuridsany, Claude
The Metamorphosis of Flowers
New York : H.N. Abrams, 1998.
141 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN: 0810936259
$39.95 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Booklist

Tulipa: A Photographer's Botanical

635.9/3432
SB413.T9B35 1999
Baker, Christopher
Tulipa: A Photographer's Botanical
New York : Artisan, c1999.
307 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
ISBN: 1579651224
$65.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Library Journal

Flowers: Portraits of Intimacy

779/.34/092
TR724.K84 2001
Kufeld, Adam
Flowers: Portraits of Intimacy
New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, c2001.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 1584790792
$30.00 (trade cloth)

Flora

779/.34
TR724.K56 2001
Knight, Nick
Flora
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2001, c1997.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
ISBN: 0810929880
$29.95 (trade paper)
Reviews: Booklist

Tulip: 70 Stunning Varieties of the World's Favorite Flower

635.9/3432
SB413.T9D63 2003
Dobbs, Liz
Tulip: 70 Stunning Varieties of the World's Favorite Flower
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2003, c2002.
104 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0312310552
$19.95 (trade cloth)

Flower Portraits: The Life Cycle of Beauty

779/.343
TR724
Tenneson, Joyce
Flower Portraits: The Life Cycle of Beauty
Boston : Bulfinch Press, c2003.
151 p. (some fold.) : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
ISBN: 0821228536
$50.00 (trade cloth)

Bloom

779.343092
TR724.D66 2007
Dongen, Ron van
Bloom
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2007, c2006.
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 9780811857567
$35.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: SciTech BookNews

Men at Sea

779.96392
HD8039.F65G38 2002
Gaumy, Jean
Men at Sea
New York : Harry N. Abrams, c2002.
[288] p. : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN: 0810911981
$39.95 (trade cloth)

The family of black America

779/.26
TR681.F28F365 1996
The family of black America
New York : Crown Trade Paperbacks, c1996.
189 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 051788822X
$20.00 (trade paper)
Reviews: Library Journal

One Family

779/.2/092
TR681.F28S54 2001
Sills, Vaughn
One Family
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2001.
xxii, 163 p. : ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
ISBN: 0820321990
$29.95 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Library Journal

Family history memory : recording African American life /

770.89
Willis, Deborah
Family history memory : recording African American life
New York : Hylas Pub., c2005.
256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 1592580866
Reviews: Reference & Research Book News

New York Dogs

779/.32/092
TR729.D6M64 1997
Mohin, Andrea
New York Dogs
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1997.
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 0811816583
$14.95 (trade cloth)

If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You: True Portraits of Dogs

779/.329772/092
TR729.D6S53 1998
Shaff, Valerie
If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You: True Portraits of Dogs
Boston : Little, Brown, c1998.
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780821224977

Dog Dogs

636.7/0022/2
Erwitt, Elliott
Dog Dogs
[London] : Phaidon, [c1998]
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 0714838055
$9.95 (trade paper)

William Wegman polaroids

779/.329772
TR729.D6W435 2002
Wegman, William
William Wegman polaroids
New York : Harry N. Abrams, c2002.
230 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm.
ISBN: 0810934809
$49.95 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly

My love unleashed : a dog's gift of comfort and cheer

779/.329772
TR729.D6D78 2002
Drysdale, John
My love unleashed : a dog's gift of comfort and cheer
New York : St. Martin's Press, c2002.
78 p. ; 16 cm.
ISBN: 0312291035
$9.95 (trade cloth)

Woof

779.32
Erwitt, Elliott
Woof
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2005.
165 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780811851121
$22.95 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Library Journal, Publishers Weekly

Men and Dogs: A Personal History from Bogart to Bowie

920.02
CT105.W38 2006
Watt, Judith
Men and Dogs: A Personal History from Bogart to Bowie
New York : Atria Books, 2006.
160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 9780743288422
$15.00 (trade paper)

Towards a Promised Land

779.9942 E
Ewald, Wendy
Towards a Promised Land
Göttingen : London : Steidl ; Artangel, 2006.
183 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9783865212870
$30.00 (trade paper)

Funny cats

779/.32
SF446.F85 1995
Funny cats
New York, NY : Welcome Enterprises : Distributed by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, c1995.
78 p. : chiefly ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 1556704119
$15.95 (trade cloth)

Cat shots

779/.329752
SF446.S57 1998
Slung, Michele B.
Cat shots
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1998.
107 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0792273982
$25.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Reference & Research Book News

Wildlife: Iwago's Animals

590/.22/2
QL46.I83 1998
Iwago, Mitsuaki
Wildlife: Iwago's Animals
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1998.
605 p. : col. ill., map ; 21 x 22 cm.
ISBN: 0811818586
$40.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Booklist

National Geographic: The Wildlife Photographs

779/.32
TR729.W54M57 2001
Mitchell, John G.
National Geographic: The Wildlife Photographs
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2001.
304 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.
ISBN: 0792263561
$50.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Booklist

Untamed

779/.32/092
TR729.W54B56 2004
Bloom, Steve
Untamed
New York : H.N. Abrams, c2004.
421 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 38 cm.
ISBN: 081095611X
$55.00 (trade cloth)

Reviews: Publishers Weekly

Little Polar Bears

779.9599786
TR729
Milse, Thorsten
Munich : Bucher, 2006.
Little Polar Bears
175 p. : chiefly col. ill., 1 map ; 25 x 30 cm.
ISBN: 9783765815867
$45.00 (trade cloth)
Reviews: Booklist

Animal Portraits

779.32092
TR729.W54
Rouse, Andy
Animal Portraits
Cincinnati, OH : David & Charles, 2006.
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9780715325582
$19.99 (trade cloth)