{"product_id":"what-just-happened-a-chronicle-from-the-information-frontier-paperback","title":"What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Gleick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past decade change seemed to happen over night, every night. Fueled by the exponential rise of technology, the digital revolution was difficult for many to make sense of, but James Gleick watched and analyzed, criticized and commended, participated in and prophesized about the instantaneous transformations of the world as we knew it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Just Happened\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of Gleick's articles from this equally exciting and terrifying decade--remember Y2K?--that range from condemnations of maddeningly pervasive bugs in Microsoft software to the invisible shackles we wear in an \"Inescapably Connected\" world. Combining insight and reason with wit and passion, \u003cb\u003eWhat Just Happened\u003c\/b\u003e is an essential tour of our technology-driven mania.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past decade change seemed to happen over night, every night. Fueled by the exponential rise of technology, the digital revolution was difficult for many to make sense of, but James Gleick watched and analyzed, criticized and commended, participated in and prophesized about the instantaneous transformations of the world as we knew it. \u003cbr\u003eWhat Just Happened is a collection of Gleick's articles from this equally exciting and terrifying decade--remember Y2K?--that range from condemnations of maddeningly pervasive bugs in Microsoft software to the invisible shackles we wear in an \"Inescapably Connected\" world. Combining insight and reason with wit and passion, What Just Happened is an essential tour of our technology-driven mania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Gleick (www.around.com) was born in New York City in 1954. He worked for ten years as an editor and reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, founded an early Internet portal, the Pipeline, and wrote three previous books: \u003cb\u003eChaos, Genius\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eFaster\u003c\/b\u003e. His latest book \u003cb\u003eIsaac Newton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis available from Pantheon. He lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.1 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154477350975,"sku":"9780375713910","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/I0AWamFz9W9780375713910.webp?v=1776957130","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-just-happened-a-chronicle-from-the-information-frontier-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}