What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier - Tapa blanda

"A marvellous journey around our technology-drenched world ... The work of a master." -The Independent

"Gleick's a crack investigator who digs for the exceptional facts.... A worthy overview...on the brave new problems we've faced--and will face into the future." -Detroit Free Press

"Invokes nostalgia for a simpler, more innocent time, before we took all this technology for granted." -The Rocky Mountain News

"What Just Happened is a lively time capsule that examines the recent past--one that, not long ago, seemed fairly far-fetched." -Columbus Dispatch

"Gleick is a writer blessed with a techie's mind and insight. . . . As we further immerse ourselves into a plugged-in world, it would be wise to listen to what Glieck had to say back when." --Book Street USA

"Gleick is the king of popular science writing." --Irish Times

"Gleick is one of America's leading exegete of the technological revolution that, like it or not, is taking over all our lives. He spends his at the cutting edge of computer and allied sciences, returning from the front with visions of the future." --The Observer

"Gleick's essays remain pertinent." --The New York Times Book Review

"James Gleick . . . is on the outer reaches of the electronic frontier . . . and [he] has mastered it." --The Roanoke Times

"What Just Happened is a lively time capsule that examines the recent past-- one that, not long ago, seemed mostly far-fetched." --The Columbus Dispatch

In an illuminating analysis of the ways in which technology has transformed the modern world, the author of Chaos: Making a New Science presents a series of essays in which he examines recent technological developments, the hype surrounding the electronic world, and the implications and opportunities of technology. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.