Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything
by Gleick, James
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679408371
- ISBN 13
- 9780679408376
- Seller
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Synopsis
From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated auhtor of Genius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world. Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers, faxes, and remote controls. Yet for all the hours, minutes, and even seconds being saved, we're still filling our days to the point that we have no time for such basic human activities as eating, sex, and relating to our families. Written with fresh insight and thorough research, Faster is a wise and witty look at a harried world not likely to slow down anytime soon.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015868
- Title
- Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything
- Author
- Gleick, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679408371
- ISBN 13
- 9780679408376
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 324
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Time - Psychological Aspects - Popular Works; Time - Social Aspects - Popular Works; Time - Psychological Aspects. General, General, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Time
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