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Zusatztext “At once funny! prosaic! sinister and wise . . . A beautifully written account of the true human cost of all our remote connectivity.” Informationen zum Autor Andrew Blum is a journalist and the author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet ! the first book-length look at the physical infrastructure of the Internet. Tubes has been translated into ten languages! and has become a crucial reference for journalists! politicians! and entrepreneurs eager to understand how the Internet works. Blum’s writing about architecture! design! technology! urbanism! art! and travel has appeared in numerous publications! including Wired! Popular Science ! Vanity Fair! and the New York Times . Klappentext Design Observer Best Book of the Year Tubes looks behind the scenes of our digital lives at the physical heart of the Internet itself. This is a book about real places on the map: their sounds and smells! their storied pasts! their physical details! and the people who live there. Sharing tales of his on-the-ground reporting! along with lucid explanations about how the Internet works! Blum's eye-opening travelogue offers a unique perspective on the role of technology in our lives. Zusammenfassung “Andrew Blum plunges into the unseen but real ether of the Internet in a journey both compelling and profound….You will never open an email in quite the same way again.” —Tom Vanderbilt! New York Times bestselling author of Traffic In Tubes ! Andrew Blum! a correspondent at Wired magazine! takes us on an engaging! utterly fascinating tour behind the scenes of our everyday lives and reveals the dark beating heart of the Internet itself. A remarkable journey through the brave new technological world we live in! Tubes is to the early twenty-first century what Soul of a New Machine —Tracy Kidder’s classic story of the creation of a new computer—was to the late twentieth. ...
