{"title":"Gary Stix","description":"\u003cp\u003eGARY STIX is a journalist and author who spent nearly 35 years as a senior editor at \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eWho Gives a Gigabyte?: A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e, written with his wife, Miriam Lacob.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStix earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from New York University. Before joining \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e in 1990, he spent three years as a science journalist at \u003cem\u003eIEEE Spectrum\u003c\/em\u003e. At \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e, he served as special projects editor overseeing annual single-topic special issues, later focusing on mind and brain topics. A special issue he edited on the subject of time received a National Magazine Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStix retired from \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary Stix’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"who-gives-a-gigabyte","title":"Who Gives a Gigabyte?: A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhich new technologies will change our lives the most in the years ahead? Introducing today's brave new world of gene therapy, quantum computation, designer drugs, and recyclable cars, \u003cem\u003eWho Gives a Gigabyte?\u003c\/em\u003e surveys the exciting range of technological wonders reshaping our world--as well as those soon to come--and offers simple, engaging explanations of what they are and how they work. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e senior editor Gary Stix and journalist Miriam Lacob combine their skills to take readers on a wonderfully lucid and fast-paced tour of the most important recent developments in genetics, medicine, cybernetics, telecommunications, robotics, micromachines, environmental cleanup, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on interviews with today's leading technology developers as well as extensive research of the scientific literature, \u003cem\u003eWho Gives a Gigabyte\u003c\/em\u003e? explains in plain English what the new technologies are, how they work, how they will most likely evolve in the near future, and how they will affect our lives in the next century. Focusing on areas that are most important to today's consumer, the book explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComputing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelecommunications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaser Beams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBioengineering Materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternative Energy Sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will be entertained by vivid descriptions and illustrations, refreshed by the authors' wonderfully jargon-free writing, and intrigued by all of the exciting possibilities revealed. \u003cem\u003eWho Gives a Gigabyte?\u003c\/em\u003e is indispensable reading for careful consumers, forward-thinking investors, and concerned citizens alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471162930\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471162933\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Gary Stix","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185561632984,"sku":"9780471162933","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780471162933_FC_mockup_v2_1740148301_6ed98e33-e8ee-42ed-8b86-09f7e9a2c402.jpg?v=1791993678"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-gary-stix.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}