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Beyond human : how cutting-edge science is extending our lives / by Herold, Eve,author.(CARDINAL)478843;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and index.When humans and technology merge -- "Better than the heart I was born with" -- The race to beat kidney, lung, and liver disease -- Got diabetes? There's an app for that -- Jump-started by the U.S. military -- Building a better brain -- The ageless society -- The age of social robots -- Just don't call it transhumanism."Never before in the history of medicine has mankind faced such hope and peril as those of us poised to embrace the radical medical technologies of today. Beyond Human examines the medical technologies taking shape at the nexus of computing, microelectronics, engineering, nanotechnology, cellular and gene therapies, and robotics. These technologies will dramatically transform our lives and allow us to live for hundreds of years. Yet, with these blessings come complicated practical and ethical issues, some of which we can predict, but many we cannot. Beyond Human taps the minds of doctors, scientists, and engineers engaged in developing a host of new technologies while telling the stories of some of the patients courageously testing the radical new treatments about to come into the market. Beyond Human asks the difficult questions of the scientists and bioethicists who seek to ensure that as our bodies and brains become ever more artificial, we hold onto our humanity. In this new world, will everyone have access to technological miracles, or will we end up living in a world of radical disparities? How will society accommodate life spans that extend into hundreds of years? Will we and our descendants be able to bring about the dream of a future liberatedby technology, or will we end up merely serving the machines and devices that keep us healthy, smart, young, and alive?"--
Subjects: Human reproductive technology; Bioethics.; Assisted reproductive technology.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The true story of Puss 'n Boots [videorecording] La véritable histoire du Chat Botté / by Deschamps, Arthur.; Deschamps, Jérôme.; Hérold, Pascal.; Makeieff, Macha.; Moreau, Yolande,1953-; Perrault, Charles,1628-1703.Chat botté.English.(CARDINAL)745770; Shatner, William.(CARDINAL)160206; Delacave (Firm); MK2 Productions.; Phase 4 Films (Firm);
Yolande Moreau, William Shatner.A young farmer's son inherits a strange talking cat with magical boots. With his cunning wit, Puss helps him win the heart of the princess while battling devious suitors that are after the throne. Includes bonus features.MPAA Rating: G.DVD; Dolby Digital; widescreen.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cats; Human-animal relationships; Magic;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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House of the dead [videorecording] by Tink,1969-; Altman, Mark.; Besser, Reinhard.; Boll, Uwe.; Carson, Lorraine.; Cherry, Jonathan.; Clavell, Kira.; Cornell, Ellie.; Grauer, Ona.; Herold, Wolfgang.; Howard, Clint,1959-(CARDINAL)828199; Leitso, Tyron.; Neumann, Mathias,1965-; Okuma, Enuka,1976-; Parker, Dave.; Prochnow, Jürgen.(CARDINAL)847736; Richardson, David.(CARDINAL)756470; Salomaa, Sonja.; Sanderson, Will,1980-; Williamson, Shawn,1965-(CARDINAL)591997; Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)784570; Boll KG Productions (Firm); Brightlight Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)344939; Herold & Besser Studios (Firm); Mindfire Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Mathias Neumann ; editor, David Richardson ; music, Reinhard Besser, Peter Ries ; costume designer, Lorraine Carson ; production designer, Tink.Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer, Ellie Cornell, Will Sanderson, Enuka Okuma, Kira Clavell, Sonja Salomaa, Jurgen Prochnow.It's spring break and these college kids just want to party. They charter a ship to take them to a rave on a nearby island. On arrival, they find it completely deserted, except for the bloodthirsty zombies that have taken over the island. The terrified students begin a frantic search for weapons to use against the zombies, because as night falls, they realize their only hope for survival is to win a final battle.MPAA rating: R; for pervasive strong violence/gore, language, and some nudity.DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital, 2.0 Dolby surround, DTS.
Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Raves (Parties); Survival skills; Zombies;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 4
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The true story of Puss 'n Boots [videorecording] La véritable histoire du Chat Botté / by Deschamps, Arthur.; Deschamps, Jérôme.; Hérold, Pascal.; Makeieff, Macha.; Moreau, Yolande,1953-; Perrault, Charles,1628-1703.Chat botté.English.(CARDINAL)745770; Shatner, William.(CARDINAL)160206; Delacave (Firm); MK2 Productions.; Phase 4 Films (Firm);
Editor, Laurent Pelé ; original music, Moriarty.Yolande Moreau, William Shatner, Arthur Deschamps.A young farmer's son inherits a strange talking cat with magical boots. With his cunning wit, Puss helps him win the heart of the princess while battling devious suitors that are after the throne. Includes bonus features.MPAA Rating: G.DVD; widescreen (1.78:1); 5.1 surround Dolby Digital, 2.0 Stereo.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cats; Human-animal relationships; Magic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jorg Herold : Kunstpreis der Leipziger Volkszeitung 1999 by Blomberg, Katja.(CARDINAL)209200; David, Catherine,1954-(CARDINAL)211215; Küster, Ulf.(CARDINAL)220912; Herold, Jörg,1965-(CARDINAL)210587; Museum der Bildenden Künste (Leipzig, Germany)(CARDINAL)133057; Von der Heydt-Museum.(CARDINAL)134321;
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Herold, Jörg, 1965-;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Robots and the people who love them : holding on to our humanity in an age of social robots / by Herold, Eve.(CARDINAL)478843;
Includes bibliographical references.They're here -- Overcoming the uncanny -- Could robots make us more emotionally intelligent? -- Will robots be smarter than humans? -- Do robots spell doomsday for the human race? -- Loneliness can kill you. Could a robot save your life? -- Love in the time of robots -- Is there a robot nanny in your children's future? -- Killing machines or combat buddies? -- How will robots change human culture? -- The good news : humans are in control. The bad news : humans are in control."The latest developments in robotics and artificial intelligence and a preview of the coming decades, based on research and interviews with the world's foremost experts. If there's one universal trait among humans, it's our social nature. Having relationships with others is a hard-wired need that literally shapes us and the lives we lead. The craving to connect is universal, compelling, and frequently irresistible. This concept is central to Robots and the People Who Love Them. This book is about socially interactive robots and how they will transform friendship, work, home life, love, warfare, education, and nearly every nook and cranny of modern life. It is an exploration of how we, the most gregarious creatures in the food chain, could be changed by social robots. On the other hand, it questions how will we remain the same, and how will human nature express itself when confronted by a new class of beings created in our own image? Drawing upon recent research in the development of social robots, including how people react to them, how in our minds the boundaries between the real and the unreal are routinely blurred when we interact with them, and how their feigned emotions evoke our real ones, science writer Eve Herold takes readers through the gamut of what it will be like to live with social robots and still hold onto our humanity. This is the perfect book for anyone interested in artificial intelligence, robotics, and what they mean for our future"--
Subjects: Robots; Artificial intelligence; Robotics;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Disillusioned : five families and the unraveling of America's suburbs / by Herold, Benjamin,author.(CARDINAL)884417;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-474) and index.Part I: Stuck. Preface -- Author's note -- Introduction -- Part II: Promised lands. One right farther out --- Chasing the dream -- A double-sided legacy -- Ambition and disappointment -- How quickly we forget -- Promised lands -- Part III: Things fall apart. 'God's honest truth' -- The sun's highest point -- Corey's village -- Liberals vs. progressives -- The next Steve Jobs -- Things fall part -- Part IV: No more way. The storm arrives -- A sudden transformation -- Hate in heaven -- 'Don't fuck with my shine' -- What comes after -- No more away -- Epilogue -- A note on sourcing -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index."Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly benton punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the changes sweeping the country. On Chicago's North Shore, a multiracial mom throws herself into an ultra-progressivechallenge to the town's liberal status quo. In Compton, California, whose suburban roots are now barely recognizable, undocumented Hispanic parents place their gifted son's future in the hands of educators at a remarkable elementary school. And outside Pittsburgh, a Black mother buys a home on the same street where the author grew up, then confronts the destructive legacy left behind by white families like his. Education journalist Benjamin Herold's ability to braid these compelling human stories together with local and national history makes Disillusioned an astonishing reading experience, along with an urgent argument that America's suburbs and their schools are locked into a destructive cycle that has brought the country to a point of crisis. For generations, white families have reaped the benefits of massive federal investment in suburbia, then moved on as social and political infrastructure began to fail, leaving the mostly Black and brown families who follow to clean up the ensuing mess. Now, though, the suburbs are caught between rapidly shifting demographics and the reality that endless expansion is no longer feasible. Forced to confront truths that their communities were built to avoid, everyday suburban families find themselves at the center ofthe nation's most pressing debates: How do we repair America's divided communities? How do we build a future for all our children? In exploring these questions, Herold pulls back the curtain on suburban public schools and school boards, which he persuasively argues are the new ground zero in the fight for the country's future. Herold brings together research on the effects of racism on everyone with empathetic portrayals of families of wildly different backgrounds and perspectives. Nothing short of a journalistic masterpiece, Disillusioned brings readers face-to-face with the roots of America's discontent. Then, alongside the Black mother from his old neighborhood, who contributes a powerful epilogue to the book, Herold offers a hopeful path toward renewal"--
Subjects: Case studies.; American Dream; Minority families; Social problems; Suburban schools; Suburbs;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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The age of Napoleon / by Herold, J. Christopher.(CARDINAL)137274;
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Horizon book of the Age of Napoleon / by Herold, J. Christopher.(CARDINAL)137274;
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Swiss without halos. by Herold, J. Christopher.(CARDINAL)137274;
"Selected bibliography": pages 251-254.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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