This Is for Everyone

The story of our modern age, told through this groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee famously shared his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything - transforming humanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dream and connect. In this intimate memoir, Berners-Lee tells the story of his iconic invention, exploring how it launched a new era of creativity and collaboration, while unleashing a commercial race that today imperils democracies and polarizes public debate. Filled with his characteristic optimism, technical insight and wry humour, this is a book about the power of technology - both to fuel our worst instincts and to profoundly shape our lives for the better. As the rapid development of artificial intelligence heralds a new era of innovation, Berners-Lee is the perfect guide to the crucial decisions ahead - and provides a gripping, in-the-room account of the rise of the online world. Peppered with rich anecdotes and amusing reflections, This is For Everyone is an essential read for understanding our times, and a bold manifesto for advancing humanity''s future.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Berners-Lee Tim, Tim Berners-Lee
• Editore: Macmillan
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 09.09.2025
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781035023677
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3502367-7
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16.4 x 24.3 x 3.7 cm
• Categorie: Google, Business, big ideas, Memoir, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Big Tech, Coding, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, CERN, Memoirs, World Wide Web, Internet: general works, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Impact of science and technology on society, Inventions and inventors, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, the Web, misinformation, Internet; World Wide Web; the web; technology; artificial intelligence; big ideas; memoir; google; ai; big tech; misinformation; coding; coders; computer science; cern; influential; business, influential, coders