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1) I, robot
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Humanity is threatened in the year 2035, as detective Del Spooner investigates a murder case believed to be independently perpetrated by a robot designed to serve and work alongside humans.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"Michael Crichton's Prey is a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines a heart--pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology. Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent...
4) Surrogates
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
While humans live in isolation, their lives are carried out by surrogate robots, but a FBI agent is called back to reality to investigate the murder of a teenager connected to the scientist responsible for the creation of the surrogates.
7) 21
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Aspiring doctor and MIT student Ben Campbell finds his education and life in jeopardy when he joins an underground blackjack club dedicated to counting cards and beating the system.
Author
Series
My weird school volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Mr. Docker, a new science teacher, is a crazy inventor who blows things up, uses potatoes for power, and has A.J. and his friends wondering whether science is for nerds or is the coolest subject ever.
9) The Circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
10) 9
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened, 9 convinces his fellow humans to stand up against the machines that are roaming the earth on a mission toward human extinction.
Author
Language
English
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Lisa Randall examines the role of science in everyday life, discusses how to determine which scientific questions to pursue, how scientist go about finding answers, and the roles of risk, creativity, and uncertainty in scientific thinking; explains twenty-first- century ideas in physics and cosmology; describes the goals of the Large Hadron Collider--the largest machine built to date--and covers other related topics.
13) Crazy Hair Day
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Language
English
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Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong.
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Language
English
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"[An] excellent and wide-ranging review of our responses to accelerating technological change" from the authors of Your Happiness Was Hacked (Financial Times).
Tech experts Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever describe dozens of astonishing technological advances in this fascinating and thought-provoking book, which asks what kind of future lies ahead-Star Trek or Mad Max?
Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, drones, self-driving vehicles,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance - salt, the only rock humans eat - and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.
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Language
English
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Analyzes four major challenges the United States is facing--globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and excessive energy consumption--and explains why these problems needed to be corrected now in order to sustain the American dream and protect America's place as a world power in the future.
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English
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Do you feel in control of your life or enslaved by your devices? Have you risked your life texting and driving? Do you sympathize with a test group of students who endured painful shocks rather than be separated from their phones? Digital technology is wonderful, but it's making us miserable, say former tech executives Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever. There's a reason Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Guardian he won't let his nephew on social networks....
18) Snow
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Simple text and illustrations explore the wonders of snow.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Scholastic's bestselling OLD LADY returns in this adventure series with a nonfiction twist that will make you laugh AND learn! In this spin-off, the OLD LADY turns into an OLD ASTRONAUT who travels through space, swallowing a moon... along with a star, a planet, a comet, a meteor, a rocket, and a satellite... Why? Well, it went down just right, that bright satellite!
Two new characters lead the reader through this hilarious adventure while exchanging...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Chronicles the Apollo 11 mission, the spaceflight that landed the first man on Earth's moon on July 20, 1969, emphasizing the contributions and reactions of the thousands of people who made the mission successful.
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