The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

Book Overview

Now, Carr expands his argument into the most compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences yet published. As he describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--Carr interweaves a fascinating account of recent discoveries in neuroscience by such pioneers as Michael Merzenich and Eric Kandel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393339750
• ISBN13: 9780393339758
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"