Michael Banks – författare

On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders is an absorbing chronicle of the inventive, individualistic, and often cantankerous individuals who set the Internet free. Michael A. Banks describes how the online population created a new culture and turned a new frontier into their vision of the future.This book will introduce you to the innovators who laid the foundation for the Internet and the World Wide Web, the man who invented online chat, and the people who invented the products all of us use online every day. Learn where, when, how and why the Internet came into being, and exactly what hundreds of thousands of people were doing online before the Web. See who was behind it all, and what inspired them.

On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders is an absorbing chronicle of the inventive, individualistic, and often cantankerous individuals who set the Internet free. Michael A. Banks describes how the online population created a new culture and turned a new frontier into their vision of the future. This book will introduce you to the innovators who laid the foundation for the Internet and the World Wide Web, the man who invented online chat, and the people who invented the products all of us use online every day. Learn where, when, how and why the Internet came into being, and exactly what hundreds of thousands of people were doing online before the Web. See who was behind it all, and what inspired them.

On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders is an absorbing chronicle of the inventive, individualistic, and often cantankerous individuals who set the Internet free. Michael A. Banks describes how the online population created a new culture and turned a new frontier into their vision of the future.This book will introduce you to the innovators who laid the foundation for the Internet and the World Wide Web, the man who invented online chat, and the people who invented the products all of us use online every day. Learn where, when, how and why the Internet came into being, and exactly what hundreds of thousands of people were doing online before the Web. See who was behind it all, and what inspired them.

Physics not only shapes the cosmos but every aspect of our lives. Physics Around the Clockis an illuminating and fun journey through the physics of everyday life. From the thermodynamics of cooking the perfect pizza, or what ';plate' mechanics says about how to cut your fingernails, to the optimal way to board an airplane, this lively book explains what physics can reveal about so many seemingly ordinary aspects of everyday living.In this fun and fascinating book, Physics Worldnews editor Michael Banks follows a typical day, beginning at breakfast and the morning routine, and moving through typical daytime activities and evening pursuits, including sports, gardening, looking after pets, socializing and playing games, and enjoying a take-away and film. Binding it all together is physics and what physical theories or experimental techniques can reveal about our everyday situations.

‘This is one of those brilliant books where there is an amazing fact on every page showing just how much science underpins our everyday world.’ – Mark Miodownik, author of It’s a Gas: The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand our WorldHave you ever found yourself wondering how to brew the perfect cup of coffee, finally rid your garden of snails or how to pull off a seamless Mexican wave? Well, wonder no more. Grounded in cutting-edge scientific research, this entertaining book answers these questions and many more, and explains what physics can reveal about so many seemingly ordinary aspects of your daily routine, from cooking breakfast and walking the dog to playing games and watching a film.So, whether you’re navigating rush-hour traffic, choosing the best seat on a plane, or just trying to win at rock, paper, scissors, Physics Around the Clock shows that physics isn’t just about lab experiments and equations – it’s relevant to everything you do and is happening all around you, every second of every day.

Every bend hides a story. Every story has a cost.Winter, 1964. Tom Crutchfield arrives in the barren coal fields of western Kentucky searching for the mother who abandoned him twenty-one years ago. A mysterious Christmas card has unsettled the life mapped out for him—a near-complete degree, a secure future at his father's construction firm—and sent him toward the gray Ohio River, where two hunters have gone missing.As Tom digs into the disappearances, he's drawn into a world thick with whispers of murder, corruption, and betrayal. He finds love in a beer shack, temptation beneath the mounted trophies of a vengeful spouse, and uneasy friendship with a landlord in blue slippers carrying a pump-action shotgun. There's a new boss at the local paper, reeking of whiskey and printer's ink, and everyone has something to hide.In unraveling the mystery of the missing men, Tom uncovers the buried truths of his own birth—and must decide whether some secrets are better left in the shadows.Fans of Ron Rash's The Caretaker will feel at home in this atmospheric literary mystery. Or picture Craig Johnson's Sheriff Longmire, not on the Wyoming prairie but in the Ohio River bottoms—armed not with a rifle, but a reporter's notebook—and you have Bend in the River.