Powering Up: Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives? (Science Museum Techknow Series) - Softcover

Mileham, Rebecca

 
9780470723104: Powering Up: Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives? (Science Museum Techknow Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470723106 ISBN 13: 9780470723104
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

In Powering Up, Rebecca Mileham examines the latest research to see what effect the epidemic of game-playing is really having on us and on our society. Are computer games making us obese, anti-social, violent and addicted... or are they actually offering us new ways to get smarter, fitter and more skilled? This book presents evidence from experts and gamers alike, asks some controversial and thought-provoking questions such as:
 
Is there a hidden plague of game addiction in our society?
 
Can computer games improve your vocabulary?
 
Are car-driving games turning us into boy racers?
 
Could games help patients fight cancer?
 
Should you feel guilty for killing pixel people?
 
Discover. Question. Provoke.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rebecca Mileham has written for the Sunday times, She magazine, and for museums all over the UK. In ten years at the Science Museum, London, she developed exhibitions on topics as diverse as Charles Babbage's Difference Engines, robotic submarines, face transplants and the male pill.

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In Powering Up, Rebecca Mileham examines the latest research to see what effect the epidemic of game-playing is really having on us and on our society. Are computer games making us obese, anti-social, violent and addicted... or are they actually offering us new ways to get smarter, fitter and more skilled? This book presents evidence from experts and gamers alike, asks some controversial and thought-provoking questions such as:
 
Is there a hidden plague of game addiction in our society?
 
Can computer games improve your vocabulary?
 
Are car-driving games turning us into boy racers?
 
Could games help patients fight cancer?
 
Should you feel guilty for killing pixel people?
 
Discover. Question. Provoke.

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TechKnow
 
Curious about technology? Want to join the discussion on how it will affect our futures?
 
If so, this series will get you up to speed with the most thought-provoking issues of the day and leave you wanting more. Each book brings to life a particular area of technology and takes an informal, sometimes controversial but always challenging look at where we are now, where future developments will take us - and how they will affect us as individuals and as a society. Peppered with real-life stories from across the globe and interviews with those at the cutting edge, these books will fuel you mind and get you thinking beyond the technology headlines!
 
www.danacentre.org.uk/techknow
 
The Dana Centre is the Science Museum's purpose built, adults-only venue for interactive events that explore how advances in contemporary science, technology, engineering and medicine impact on our culture and society.
 
Every week the Dana Centre hosts events which bring together experts from many disciplines, including art, history and sociology, as well as science and technology. Their viewpoints are contrasted with personal opinions to provide different and often controversial perspectives on issues that affect us all.

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Verlag
John Wiley & Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0470723106
ISBN 13 
9780470723104
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
332
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