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Neal Stephenson

    October 31, 1959

    Neal Stephenson is a celebrated author whose works are characterized by their expansive scope and deep dives into complex systems. His writing frequently explores the intersections of technology, history, and philosophy, crafting immersive worlds. Stephenson is known for his ability to weave intricate world-building with intellectually stimulating plots. His narratives delve into how humanity evolves and adapts within a constantly shifting landscape, leaving readers contemplating the nature of reality and the future.

    Neal Stephenson
    Quicksilver, English edition
    Cryptonomicon
    King of the Vagabonds
    The confusion
    Black Ephemera
    The system of the world: A novel
    • 2024
    • 2024

      Polostan

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.7(1954)Add rating

      Set against a backdrop of political upheaval, the story follows Dawn Rae Bjornberg, a young woman with a complex heritage shaped by cowboy anarchism and Leninist ideals. Raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution, she later navigates her teenage years in Montana. As she becomes involved in gun running and revolution in Washington, D.C. during the Great Depression, a shocking revelation about her past forces her to return to Russia, where she is trained as a spy for what will become the KGB.

      Polostan
    • 2022

      "Black Ephemera explores the crisis and the challenge of the Black Musical archive in a moment when Black American culture has become a global import, yet the cultural DNA of that culture is becoming obscured in the transformation from analog to digital"--

      Black Ephemera
    • 2021

      Oto nowe, II wydanie popularnej akademickiej i profesjonalnej „biblii” tematu dotyczącego przeglądu technologii energetycznych. Książka zawiera podstawowe oraz pogłębione informacje o wszystkich stosowanych obecnie technologiach produkcji elektryczności i ciepła. W publikacji zarówno są opisane dobrze sprawdzone, konwencjonalne technologie paliw kopalnych, ale również obecnie bardzo silnie rozwijając się technologie źródeł odnawialnych, ogniwa paliwowe czy energetyka atomowa. Książka polecana jest zarówno studentom kierunków ENERGETYKA czy MECHANIKA I BUDOWA MASZYN, jak również praktykom – inżynierom energetykom, zakładam przemysłowym.

      Technologie Energetyczne
    • 2021

      Pierwsze na polskim rynku studium poświęcone nowoczesnej i bardzo perspektywicznej technologii wykorzystania wodoru w XXI w. Energetyka wodorowa obejmuje nowoczesną i pojemną gałąź technologii energetycznych, na którą składają się sposoby wytwarzania wodoru, jego magazynowania, transportu i konwersji do różnych postaci energii. Książka znajdzie swoich Czytelników wśród słuchaczy studiów I, II i III stopnia oraz studiów podyplomowych na kierunkach związanych z ENERGETYKĄ, TRANSPORTEM, ELEKTROTECHNIKĄ czy INŻYNIERIĄ ŚRODOWISKA. Zainteresuje również inżynierów energetyków czy specjalistów OZE.

      Energetyka wodorowa
    • 2021

      Termination Shock

      • 708 pages
      • 25 hours of reading
      3.7(11808)Add rating

      The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a visionary technothriller about climate change

      Termination Shock
    • 2019

      Fall

      • 896 pages
      • 32 hours of reading
      3.6(6889)Add rating

      "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon returns with a wildly inventive and entertaining science fiction thriller--Paradise Lost by way of Philip K. Dick--that unfolds in the near future, in parallel worlds"-- Provided by publisher

      Fall
    • 2019

      From the New York Times bestselling author of SEVENEVES 'One of the great novels of our time' Wall Street Journal 'Wonderful' Guardian 'Staggering' New York Times 'Captivating' Washington Post 'Cutting-edge' Booklist 'Mind-blowing' Slate What if we could live forever? What if we did? In Fall or, Dodge in Hell exists a world where we hold the keys to our own mortality, where the limits of survival no longer exist, and the potential to decide our fates lies in our corruptible hands. From one of the greatest speculative writers of our time comes an epic saga of life and death, power and technology, and a future that isn't as far away as it seems...

      Fall or, dodge in hell
    • 2017

      When you interfere with the past, there's no telling what you might find in your future... In 1851, London’s Crystal Palace hosts The Great Exhibition, showcasing the rise of technology and commerce, and alongside it, the decline of magic. Once powerful, now mere myth. Years later, Melisande Stokes, linguistics and languages expert, and Tristan Lyons, shadowy government agent, will rediscover magic and all its power, bringing about the creation of the Department of Diachronic Operations - D.O.D.O. D.O.D.O.'s mission is clear: to develop a device that will send their agents back in time to keep the magic alive... and alter the course of history. Written with genius and complexity, this vividly realised novel will make you believe the impossible, and question the very foundations of the modern world.

      The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
    • 2015

      Seveneves

      • 880 pages
      • 31 hours of reading
      4.0(6455)Add rating

      SEVENEVES was included on President Obama's Summer 2016 reading list. SEVENEVES was one of only five books recommended by Bill Gates as "must reads" for Summer 2016.

      Seveneves