{"product_id":"being-digital-9780679762904","title":"Being Digital","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"Succinct and readable.... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Negroponte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.26w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679762904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/18\/1996 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrill's Content\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Negroponte\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eBeing Digital\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. Negroponte is the co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, which he directed for its first 20 years. A graduate of MIT, Negroponte is considered a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design. He gave the first TED talk in 1984 and has given over a dozen more since. He founded the non-profit One Laptop per Child, which deployed $1 billion of laptops for primary education in the developing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42992828874867,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":20.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_65080218-5557-43ad-85b4-66ebae4beb73.jpg?v=1744718442","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/being-digital-9780679762904","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}