Being Digital - Brossura

Negroponte, Nicholas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0679762906 ISBN 13: 9780679762904

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1996

Riassunto

A lively exploration of the mysteries of modern technology examines the realities of multimedia, virtual reality, the Internet, CD-ROM, and other innovations; speculates about technology's future; and analyzes the social implications of technology. Reprint. 125,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"The finest, most understandable explanation of the digital revolution to date....Being Digital is a visionary work, written by one of this planet's masters of media."--The Christian Science Monitor

"Being Digital flows from the pen (or cursor) of a wizard who is himself helping to create the new cosmos into which we are hurtling....To read Being Digital is to enter the future it describes."--The New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

Nicholas Negroponte is the author of the bestseller Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. Negroponte is the co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, which he directed for its first 20 years. A graduate of MIT, Negroponte is considered a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design. He gave the first TED talk in 1984 and has given over a dozen more since. He founded the non-profit One Laptop per Child, which deployed $1 billion of laptops for primary education in the developing world.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679762906
• ISBN 13: 9780679762904
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272