From Gutenberg to Google and on to AI
the history of our future
$36.26
- Paperback
306 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2024
Summary
From Movable Type to Machine Learning: A History of Network Revolutions
Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing today
In an era of seemingly instant change, it’s easy to think that today’s revolutions—in communications, business, and many areas of daily life—are unprecedented. Today’s changes may be new and may be happening faster than ever before. But our ancestors at times were just a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780815740612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0815740611 |
| Author: | Tom Wheeler |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Brookings Institution |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 306 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 417g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 23mm |
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Impressively informed and informative, accessibly organized and presented, From Gutenberg to Google is an extraordinary history of communication technologies and their social/political impact.
* Midwest Book Review *About The Author
Tom Wheeler
Before he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 2013, Tom Wheeler started or helped found several companies offering new cable, wireless, and video communications services. A visiting fellow at Brookings, his previous books include Take Command: Leadership Lessons from the Civil War (Doubleday, 2000) and Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War (Harper Collins, 2006).
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