{"product_id":"gearheads-the-turbulent-rise-of-robotic-sports-original-paperback","title":"Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports (Original) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrad Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early nineties, a visionary special-effects guru named Marc Thorpe conjured a field of dreams different from any the world had seen before: It would be framed by unbreakable plastic instead of cornstalks; populated not by ghostly ballplayers but by remote-controlled robots, armed to the steely teeth, fighting in a booby-trapped ring. If you built it, they'd come all right.... \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eGearheads, Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e technology correspondent Brad Stone examines the history of robotic sports, from their cultish early years at universities and sci-fi conventions to today's televised extravaganzas -- and the turmoil that threatened the whole enterprise almost from the beginning. \u003cbr\u003e By turns a lively historical narrative, a legal thriller, and an exploration of a cultural and technological phenomenon, \u003ci\u003eGearheads\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and fascinating look at the sport of the future today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrad Stone\u003c\/b\u003e joined \u003ci\u003eNewsweek's\u003c\/i\u003e writing staff in 1995 and became the magazine's Silicon Valley correspondent in 1998. Stone has covered a wide variety of stories, including the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa home run race, the Napster trial, the Microsoft antitrust suit, and the Timothy McVeigh trial. A graduate of Columbia University, Stone lives in San Francisco and is developing an unhealthy passion for robot combat, having recently bought a robotics invention kit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.52 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503679979698,"sku":"9780743229517","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7e297c2ff085c505c26f9e3036a09249.webp?v=1779496678","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/gearheads-the-turbulent-rise-of-robotic-sports-original-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}