From Gutenberg to Google and on to AI: The History of Our Future
Author:   Tom Wheeler
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Edition:   Updated Edition
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9780815740612


Pages:   306
Publication Date:   01 July 2024
Format:   Paperback
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From Gutenberg to Google and on to AI: The History of Our Future


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Former FCC chairman Wheeler brings to life the two great network revolutions, the invention of the movable-type printing press and the telegraph. He puts these past revolutions into perspective of today, when rapid changes in networking are upending nearly every aspect of mode...

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Author:   Tom Wheeler
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Brookings Institution
Edition:   Updated Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780815740612


ISBN 10:   0815740611
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   01 July 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgments Preface Prologue Part I: Perspective 1. Connections Have Consequences Part II: Predicates 2. The Original Information Revolution 3. The First High-Speed Network and the Death of Distance 4. The First Electronic Network and the End of Time Part III: The Road to Revolution 5. Computing Engines 6. Connected Computing 7. The Planet's Most Powerful and Pervasive Platform Part IV: Our Turn 8. The History We Are Making 9. Connecting Forward Epilogue Notes Index

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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 *


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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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