(4) YA Digital Issues series. Although the surveys, statistics, and other data will soon be dated, this series is a thorough look at serious concerns of our digital world, from hacking to violent video games to overreliance on social media. Many of the topics overlap and are covered by more than one title. Text boxes, quotations, and stock photos help to break up the dense texts. Reading list, websites. Ind. Review covers these Digital Issues titles: Online Predators, Online Security, Online Addiction, Online Entertainment, Online Privacy, and Social Media.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) YA Decade of the 2000s series. Covering innovations in technology (web, social media, robotics), biology (stem cells), physics, space exploration, and anthropology, this is a dry and uninspiring survey of recent events. Color photos and pull quotes from primary sources break up the dense and often repetitive text. This series will be useful for school reports. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(3) YA Milestones in Discovery and Invention series. These books highlight significant contributors to technology. Each chapter presents a concise biography, including specifics about the person's accomplishments and limitations, and the work of their colleagues. The detailed but accessible language reflects solid understanding of the books' subjects and of their sophisticated readers. Sidebars extend the text, which is illustrated by black-and-white photos and charts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Milestones in Discovery and Invention titles: Artificial Intelligence and Communications and Broadcasting.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Milestones in Discovery and Invention series. This book offers intelligent, readable summaries of the contributions of ten mathematicians: Fibonacci, Pearson, von Neumann, Nash, Mandelbrot, Lorenz, Conway, Penrose, Langton, and Wolfram. Big-picture introductions and thoughtful sequencing emphasize the related patterns of mathematics and help place accomplishments in context. Black-and-white photos, some diagrams, references, and sidebars about topics such as applied fractals extend the text. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Milestones in Discovery and Invention series. These books highlight significant contributors to technology. Each chapter presents a concise biography, including specifics about the person's accomplishments and limitations, and the work of their colleagues. The detailed but accessible language reflects solid understanding of the books' subjects and of their sophisticated readers. Sidebars extend the text, which is illustrated by black-and-white photos and charts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Milestones in Discovery and Invention titles: Artificial Intelligence and Communications and Broadcasting.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Milestones in Discovery and Invention series. This volume begins with a big-picture introduction, then offers intelligent, comprehensive summaries of the contributions of ten scientists and inventors, including Norbert Wiener, Donna Shirley, and Hans Moravec. The volume's thoughtful sequencing puts the scientists' accomplishments in context. Black-and-white photos, diagrams, sidebars, and firsthand accounts of breakthroughs expand the main text. Reading list, timeline, websites.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) YA Milestones in Discovery and Invention series. Focusing on seven physicists and their discoveries, the text presents a fine history of the experiments and thought leading to our present (decidedly incomplete) grasp of nuclear phenomena and ultimate particles. The explanations are clear, and even quite abstract problems are presented understandably. Black-and-white photos and drawings are included, and each chapter contains a bibliography. Ind.

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