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Create. Learn. Innovate!

Dive into a world of big ideas with the “Create. Learn. Innovate!” booklist—featuring visionary thinkers, groundbreaking technologies, and creative sparks that inspire invention and imagination. From artificial intelligence to artful machines, these books are perfect for curious minds ready to shape the future.

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  • Math Art

    Truth, Beauty, and Equations

    Ornes, Stephen,
    From geometry in motion to the possibilities of pi, this stunning volume reveals how art inspired the beauty and poetry of mathematical principles. The worlds of visual art and mathematics come together in this spectacular volume by award-winning…
    Book, 2019New York : Union Square & Co. : Sterling, [2019] — 701.51 ORNES
  • Superintelligence

    Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    Bostrom, Nick, 1973-
    Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is an iconic and chilling exploration of a future where machines surpass human intelligence. Will AI be our greatest achievement or our ultimate downfall? Bostrom examines the risks of an intelligence explosion and…
    Book, 2014Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014. — 006.3 BOSTR
  • It was Rube's "Inventions," those drawings of intricate and whimsical machines, that earned Rube his very own entry in Webster's New World Dictionary: Rube Goldberg...adjective...Designating any very complicated invention, machine, scheme, etc.…
    Book, 2000New York : Simon & Schuster, [2000] — 741.5973 GOLDB WOLFE
  • The Innovators

    How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

    Isaacson, Walter
    The Innovators explores the visionary minds behind the digital revolution, from Ada Lovelace to Steve Jobs. Isaacson delves into their creative leaps, successes, and failures, revealing how collaboration and teamwork fueled their groundbreaking…
    Book, 2014New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014. — 004.0922 ISAAC
  • Getting Started With Arduino

    the Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform

    Banzi, Massimo,
    Arduino is the open source electronics prototyping platform that is the heart of the Maker world. This thorough introduction, updated for the latest Arduino IDE release and the new ARM-based boards, helps you start prototyping right away. From…
    Book, 2022Sebastopol : Make Community, 2022 — 629.89 BANZI
  • Tesla

    Inventor of the Modern

    Munson, Richard,
    Tesla: Inventor of the Modern by Richard Munson dives into the life of Nikola Tesla, the brilliant yet enigmatic genius who electrified the world. From pioneering AC power to envisioning wireless energy, Tesla’s ideas were ahead of his…
    Book, 2018New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018] — 621.3092 TESLA MUNSO
  • From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
    Book, 2023New York : Penguin Press, 2023. — 153.35 RUBIN
  • 3D Printing For Dummies is an easy reference for anyone new to the process of taking a digital file and turning it into an object in the real world. It’s also a handy guide for more experienced users looking to learn the latest and greatest in…
    Book, 2024Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024] — 621.988 HORNE
  • Homo Deus

    a Brief History of Tomorrow

    Harari, Yuval N.,
    In Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari explores the future of humanity as technology, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology reshape our world. As we move beyond overcoming famine, disease, and war, what new ambitions will define us? Will we strive for…
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. — 573.2 HARAR
  • In I, Robot, Isaac Asimov presents a groundbreaking collection of stories that explore the evolving relationship between humans and machines. Through the lens of the Three Laws of Robotics, these tales examine the ethical dilemmas, unexpected…
    Book, 2008New York : Bantam Books, [2008] — SCIFI ASIMO...I
  • The Coming Wave

    Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

    Suleyman, Mustafa,
    This groundbreaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes “the containment problem”—the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies—as the essential challenge of our age.
    Book, 2023New York : Crown, [2023] — 303.483 SULEY
  • In The Wild Robot, Roz awakens on a remote island with no memory of how she got there. To survive, she must adapt and befriend the island’s wary animals. Just as she begins to feel at home, her mysterious past threatens everything.
    Book, 2020New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2020, 2016. — J FICTION BROWN...P