James Gleick: What Just Happened

The world has been transformed by technology over the last ten years: email and the Internet have transformed the workplace; virtual reality has become as permanent a fixture in our lives as material reality. It has been a time dominated by speed, hysteria and the remarkable range of devices that have entered our lives. Yet the arrival of the electronic world was not a single invention, nor a single event. It cannot be encompassed in a single moment. And as much as we have all lived through the past ten years, such has been the pace of evolvement that it is hard to grasp the extent and expanse of exactly what has occurred. In this fascinating new book, celebrated science writer James Gleick gives order to these swirling bits and pieces of change. What Just Happened describes both the astonishing new gadgets and the old that have been given new power and new life: an illuminating look at the technological breakthroughs that continue to turn the modern world on its head.

ISBN 9780349115382, paperback in very good condition, some spine creasing, printed in 2002, 301 pages

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