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The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas G. Carr

neurobiologyhuman perceptioncomputersPhysiological effectInternet
3.4
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First lines

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.

About this book

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.

Themes & subjects

neurobiologyhuman perceptioncomputersPhysiological effectInternetNeuropsychology

About the author

Nicholas G. Carr
Nicholas G. Carr

1959

Nicholas Carr (b. 1959) is an American journalist. He has written for the New York Times, Atlantic, New Republic, Wired, and other periodicals. He lives in Colorado.

Author

Nicholas G. Carr

Pages

300

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

14

Language

English

Publisher

W.W. Norton

ISBN

9781848878839

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