One Digital Day: How the Microchip Is Changing Our World - Rilegato

Smolan, Rick; Erwitt, Jennifer

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ISBN 10: 0812930312 ISBN 13: 9780812930313

Casa editrice: Times Books, 1998

Riassunto

In more than two hundred commanding color photographs, the creator of the popular Day in the Life books and one hundred of the world's most talented photojournalists capture the impact of microprocessors on everyday lives around the world. 30,000 first printing.

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In 1991, photojournalist Rick Smolan and his partner Jennifer Erwitt founded Against All Odds Productions, a multimedia publisher specializing in large-scale photographic projects that combine compelling storytelling with state-of-the-art technology.   A former Time, Life, and National Geographic photographer, Smolan had previously created the bestselling Day in the Life photography series.  More than three million copies of his Day in the Life books are in print, and one of them, A Day in the Life of America, spent more than a year on the New York Times Bestseller List.<br><br>The first interactive project released by Against All Odds was From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback.  It gained international recognition as the first illustrated book ever to include an interactive CD-ROM dis

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in history has spread so quickly throughout the world, or revolutionized so many aspects of human existence, as the microchip. Little more than a quarter century since its invention, there are now nearly 15 billion microchips in use worldwide -- the equivalent of two powerful computers for every man, woman, and child on the planet. The microprocessor is not only changing the products we use, but also the way we live, and, ultimately, the way we perceive reality. <br><br><b>ONE DIGITAL DAY</b> is the result of a unique project designed to make people aware of the thousands of microprocessors we unknowingly encounter every day. Rick Smolan, creator of the award-winning Day in the Life photography books and the bestseller 24 Hours in Cyberspace, sent 100 of the world's most talented photojournalists around the globe on July 11, 1997. Their mission: to depict intimate and emotional stories of how this tiny chip -- a square of silicon the size of a fingernail, weighing less than a p

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Times Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0812930312
• ISBN 13: 9780812930313
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 223
• Redattore: Smolan Rick, Erwitt Jennifer
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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