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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The Shallows
What the Internet is Doing to our Brains
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by Nicholas Carr
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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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neurobiology, human perception, computers, Physiological effect, Internet, Neuropsychology, Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Cognition, Physiology, Brain, Intellect, Health aspects, Internet -- Physiological effect, Internet -- Psychological aspects, Effets sur la santé, Psychologie, Conséquences sociales, Aspects psychologiques, Effets sur la sante, Consequences sociales, Internet, social aspects, New York Times reviewed, Human-computer interaction, Cognitive science, Electrification, History, New york times reviewedShowing 3 featured editions. View all 14 editions?
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Table of Contents
Prologue: The watchdog and the thief
Hal and me
The vital paths
On what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself
Tools of the mind
The deepening page
On Lee de Forest and his amazing audion
A medium of the most general nature
The very image of a book
The juggler's brain
On the buoyancy of IQ scores
The church of Google
Search, memory
On the writing of this book
A thing like me
Human elements
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
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