An edition of The Shallows (2010)

The Shallows

What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

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Nicholas Carr
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An edition of The Shallows (2010)

The Shallows

What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

  • 3.3 (15 ratings) ·
  • 117 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 19 Have read

Examines the influences computer-delivered information may have on human cognition using Marshall McLuhan as the hook, the history of communication as the trajectory, and brain science as the tool.

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W. W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
276

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Cover of: The Shallows
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains
2011, W.W. Norton
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Cover of: The Shallows
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
2010, W. W. Norton
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Cover of: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
2010, W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton

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Table of Contents

Prologue. The Watchdog and the Thief
Page 1
One. Hal and Me
Page 5
Two. The Vital Paths
Page 17
a digression. on what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself
Page 36
Three. Tools of the Mind
Page 39
Four. The Deepening Page
Page 58
a digression. on lee de forest and his amazing audion
Page 78
Five. A Medium of the Most General Nature
Page 81
Six. The Very Image Of a Book
Page 99
Seven. The Juggler's Brain
Page 115
a digression. on the buoyancy of IQ Scores
Page 144
Eight. The Church of Google
Page 149
Nine. Search, Memory
Page 177
a digression. on the writing of this book
Page 198
Ten. A Thing Like Me
Page 201
Epilogue. Human Elements
Page 223
Notes
Page 225
Further Reading
Page 253
Acknowledgements
Page 257
Index
Page 259

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New York, New York, USA

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
276p
Number of pages
276

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24330457M
ISBN 13
9780393072228

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In 1964, just as the Beatles were launching their invasion of America’s airwaves, Marshall McLuhan published Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man and transformed himself from an obscure academic into a star.
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