Isbn: 9780679408376 - faster: the acceleration of just about everything (27 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. x, 324, [1] p. Notes. Index. Depicting a reactionary society struggling to keep up with the accelerating pace of technology and life, this cultural critique analyzes the tradeoffs that accompany this obsession with efficiency. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tear and sticker residue. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 336 pages. Synchronize your watches.We have reached the epoch of the nanosecond. Thi s is the heyday of speed.If one quality defines our modern, technocratic age , it is acceleration. We are making haste. Our computers, our movies, our sex li ves, our prayers -- they all run faster now than ever before. And the more we fi ll our lives with time-saving devices and time-saving strategies, the more rushe d we feel.In Faster, James Gleick explores nothing less than the human condi tion at the turn of the millennium. He shines a light of enterprising and analyt ical reporting -- as well as sly wit -- on the newest paradoxes of time. His jou rney takes us through the bunkers and trenches of a war we barely knew we were f ighting: to the atomic clocks of the Directorate of Time, to the waiting rooms t hat focus our impatience, to the film production studios that test the high-spee d limits of our perception, to the air-traffic command centers that give time pr essure new meaning.We have become a quick-reflexed, multitasking, channel-fl ipping, fast-forwarding species. We don't completely understand it, and we're no t altogether happy about it. Faster is a mirror held up to our times -- and a mo rdant reminder of why some things take time.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first Edition/First Printing in a Nearly Fine dust-jacket that bears some scuffwear; Faster is a book about the acceleration of technology, society, and the human body. It discusses how the speed of technological change is causing many physical and cognitive processes to rapidly accelerate. This book provides a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the implications of accelerated change for humanity and the environment.; 8vo; 324 pages.…