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Face with tears of joy : a natural history of emoji
We are surrounded by emoji. They appear in politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives and more. But emoji's impact has never been explored in full. Named for the world's most popular pictogram, 'Face with Tears of Joy' tells the whole story of emoji for the first time. In this rollicking tech and pop culture history, Keith Houston follows emoji from their birth in 1990s Japan, traces their Western explosion in the 2000s and considers emoji's ever-expanding lexicon. Along the way, Houston explores vital developments in tech history and reveals the body of technocrats governing this 3,600-character language. He also addresses the eggplants in the room: risqué emojis, controversy and accusations of 'selling out'. Finally, readers learn about the future of emoji as some of the language's pioneers consider what comes next.
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Empire of the sum : the rise and reign of the pocket calculator
\"The hidden history of the pocket calculator -- a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, and went with us to the moon -- and the mathematicians, designers, and inventors who brought it to life.\" -- back cover
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