From The Trenches: Strategies from Industry Leaders on the New Economy

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Twenty business leaders and innovators at the forefront of the e-business revolution share their insights for surviving and thriving in a digital economy

Bringing together essays written by more than twenty luminaries from the world of e-business, From the Trenches affords readers a uniquely broad and authoritative perspective on the present and future of the global e-conomy and the real business issues that are driving it. CEOs, executives, and marketers from cutting-edge e-businesses, such as Nortel Networks, EDS Systemhouse, the Boston Consulting Group, as well as venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and innovators in a range of industries, including telecommunications and new media, share their strategies for reinventing business for a digital economy. They also offer cogent answers to critical questions concerning content distribution in an Internet world, e-business financing, legal and privacy issues, Internet marketing, reengineering businesses to improve productivity and find success in a digital environment, and much more.

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European Financial Systems in the Global Economy provides an overview of sources of finance, types of financial intermediation and financial systems in Europe and their relative importance in the world economy. It describes market mechanisms and prices and gives a broad introduction to the relevant regional financial and monetary issues (including those countries that will join the EU in the future) and makes an ideal primer for those new to the world of finance.

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The last half-century has seen a phenomenal increase in the volume and complexity of international business. Today's global economy allows multi-nationals to design their operations in a manner that may significantly reduce their taxes, particularly by taking advantage of tax incentives offered by many countries to attract geographically-mobile capital and activities. Since 1962, nineteen countries have enacted specific statutory regimes to counteract the perceived abuse of controlled foreign companies (CFCs) located in tax havens. In three cases to date, CFC legislation has been challenged in legal proceedings on the basis that it contravened a tax treaty. Tax Treaties and Controlled Foreign Company Legislation presents an in-depth analysis of the potential conflict between CFC legislation and tax treaties. The author also evaluates the potential conflict between the CFC legislation found in European Union countries and the EC Treaty. Tax Treaties and Controlled Foreign Company Legislation is the most comprehensive work available on CFC conflicts and challenges. It is therefore an important resource for international tax advisers seeking to maximize clients incentive access without triggering CFC legislation. Practitioners and academics will also want to read this work to understand existing and potential conflicts in this vein.

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New developments in computer science, biology, mathematics and physics offer possibilities to obtain deeper understanding of growth and forms of organisms. It is now possible to carry out simulation experiments in which the growth process can be simulated in virtual computer objects. In this book, methods from fractal geometry are applied to model growth forms. As a case study, a type of growth process is used which can be found among various taxonomic classes of organisms such as sponges and corals. The growth of these organisms is simulated with 2D and 3D geometrical objects. The models presented in the book provide a rendering method for natural objects which is based on the actual growth process. The models can be used, for example, to understand the amazing variety of forms to be found in a coral reef. Models which mimic the growth of forms and the environmental influence on the growth process are also useful for ecologists. A combination of simulation models and the actual growth forms can be used to detect the effects of slow changes in the environment.

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This highly topical book, written by a leading Japanese author, provides a comprehensive study of current research in soil dynamics for earthquake engineering. The behaviour of the ground on which structures are built during earthquake conditions is crucial to understanding the behaviour of those structures. This well-illustrated text summarizes current knowledge of the subject, presenting material accumulated by Japanese and other researchers over recent years. It comprehensively covers theory, laboratory tests, and field work. It also includes helpful guidelines for civil engineers undertaking groundwork to protect structures in potential earthquake zones.

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Complete state of the art.......2006-07-04

This is a very useful reference for those who want to work in earthquake engineering field.

Highly Recommended.......2000-04-12

I'm a Phd student from Turkey. I read some aspects of this book. I must say that this is the book which i always want to have. It have a enormous content about soil dynamics. Every geotechnical engineer must have this book

Soil Behaviour in Earthquake Geotechnics

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Soil Behaviour in Earthquake Geotechnics
Kenji Ishihara
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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A primer on the evolution of particle physics and the search for the fundamental building blocks of matter. The book presents the full current body of understanding of particle physics in way accessible to a reader with some basic principles of physics (energy, momentum, electrical charge). This concise book tells the fascinating story of how 20th century physicists revealed layer upon layer of structure within the atom to reach the basic particles of matter, and then culminates in descriptions of current theories which form the Standard Model and the discovery of the top quark. Includes chapters on cosmology. The book includes many illustrations and photographs, and integrates the stories of the individual scientists throughout. Includes 4 color photographs, and the famous "Particle Chart". The book is a collaboration among eminent physicists (including J.D. Jackson and G. Goldhaber) at LBL, CERN and high school teachers in the Contemporary Physics Education Project to develop a novel book to teach particle physics to students.Book can thus be used as a supplement for courses in advanced high school and physics courses. FROM THE REVIEWS: ¿¿Recommended as a supplementary text for introductory college courses or for advanced high-school courses; science teachers will find it useful for updating their knowledge in an ever-expanding field of physics research.¿ ¿PHYSICS TODAY

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Simple. Very simple........2005-02-20

Simple is both good and bad here. I've had a lingering interest in partticle phyics for years and bought this book when the university bookstore was clearing shelves. It is not the first book I've read on this stuff, but perhaps the most comprehensive attempt to cover a large subject. My frustrations came from knowing, on very few occasions, more than the book would tell. Too often fascinating subject matter is shown to you just long enough to pique your curiosity before they switch gears. Thus you are frequently left with an incomplete picture of processes that are, in ways, less complicated that they seem from the text with its lack of clarifying details. With some more thorough explanations this book could be fantastic.

For an overview and a primer this book stil beats the subatmoic snot out of all the other books I've read, and would be the only one I'd recommend to a novice "layperson."

Be careful about where you read this book, though. On a few occasions I was approached by a young lady at a local coffee shop to "what are you reading?" Yeah, particle physics textbooks don't always impress people in the most favorable ways. I still love it though.

Buy this book and learn something new and massively intriguing.

A great introduction to concepts of particle physics.......2003-01-28

I found this book easy to read and fun. Ive gone back to it several times and still enjoy it each time I open the pages.
With only a highschool backround but an interest in science, I would recommend this book for those who are curious about the world around us but dont have the time or the math skills to grind through a deeper introduction.

Information a wannabe physicist can use.......2001-08-08

I wanted a book that would provide me a readable introduction to the world of particle physics. My days at university are a distant memory and I didn't want to wade through reams of notes or a modern text book just so I could satisfy my mild interest in knowing a little more about the subject. The Charm of Strange Quarks was just what I needed. Not only did it provide me with the theory, but also stimulated my interest by giving some historical background. The theory is presented in a simple structured manner, but is also sufficiently challenging to keep me humble in any desire I may have to become an instant particle physicist.

My only two minor irritations: Firstly I did not find the sequence of presenting the theory and the use of Appendices helpful. It made me feel that I was being shown one thing then before I got really familiar with it I would be whisked off to be shown something else and expected to put it all together myself. Secondly I would have liked a couple of new side bar type boxes to be included headed "... and in plain English!" and "This is what it means to you". The side bars and boxes that are included are very interesting and helpful.

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Shelly is really proud of his BIG BRAIN!.......1995-12-30

Oh, what joy! A genuine experimenter tells you of a life in science well and hillariously lived. A roller coaster romp in HEP physics. I keep lending this out, and buying new ones-people refuse to return it.

Charm Physics (Proceedings of the Ccast, World Laboratory, Symposium/Workshops, Vol 2)

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Charm Physics (Proceedings of the Ccast, World Laboratory, Symposium/Workshops, Vol 2)
M. H. Ye
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Charm Physics. CCAST (World Laboratory) Symposium/Workshop Proceedings, Volume 2

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Charm Physics. CCAST (World Laboratory) Symposium/Workshop Proceedings, Volume 2
Ming-Han & Huang, Tao Ye
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Recent Results on Charm Physics from Fermilab (Notas De Fisica, Centro Brasileiro De Pesquisas Fisicas)

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Recent Results on Charm Physics from Fermilab (Notas De Fisica, Centro Brasileiro De Pesquisas Fisicas)
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Search for Charm, Beauty, and Truth at High Energies (Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Physical Sciences, Volume 16) (Ettore Majorana International ... Science Series. Physical Sciences, V. 16)

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Search for Charm, Beauty, and Truth at High Energies (Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Physical Sciences, Volume 16) (Ettore Majorana International ... Science Series. Physical Sciences, V. 16)
Gianpaolo Bellini , and S.C. Ting
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Workshop on the Tau Charm Factory: Proceedings of the Workshop held at Argonne National Laboratory, June 1995 (AIP Conference Proceedings)

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Workshop on the Tau Charm Factory: Proceedings of the Workshop held at Argonne National Laboratory, June 1995 (AIP Conference Proceedings)

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Asymmetry in production of beauty and charm quark pairs in electron-positron annihilation (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis)

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Asymmetry in production of beauty and charm quark pairs in electron-positron annihilation (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis)
Kurt Woschnagg
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Charm and beauty production in strong interactions: A. Kernan and G. VanDalen

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Charm and beauty production in strong interactions: A. Kernan and G. VanDalen
A Kernan
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Charm physics (China Center of Advanced Science and Technology)

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Charm physics (China Center of Advanced Science and Technology)

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LIES, LIES, DECEPTION, DELUSIONS followed by more LIES!!!.......2001-07-12

I read this book seeking more insight on this most famous of espionage cases. What I obtained, instead, was the most deceitful pack of dishonest manure that I have ever read. And the lies were not even creative ones. Moscow doesn't even pretend that they were not guilty!!! How this book could have been written after the opening of the sealed FBI records, the release of the Venona transcripts, and their subsequent corroboration by the Soviet archives (which unanimously refute every one of Charmichael's inane points) is beyond comprehension. Or maybe the latest leftist strategy is designed to convince us that Stalin really was successful in purging anyone with a semblance of intelligence.

A long list of nonsense.......1999-09-08

The author had the subject for a very good book here. How was the Rosenberg case presented, by whom, for what purposes? But she couldn't bring herself to write that book. She'd have had to write about the use of the Rosenberg Case to justify Stalinism.

Instead, she wrote a book about how evil the U.S. was, to resist Stalin, and how, as a part of that evil effort, two innocent leftists named Rosenberg were framed for espionage and executed. Not that she actually believes that. It's just that the truth (they were guilty) is too painful.

Ms. Carmichael's book is fairly laughable. She tells us that "of course" the Soviet Union was spying on the U.S and Britain throughout World War II, both in general and in regard to the A-bomb project. I guess were not supposed to think about the Soviet Union's vociferous denials. Then she refers you, for further information, to a volume(THE ATOM SPY HOAX)that explicitly denies any such espionage ever occured -- a book she terms "well researched." Then she'll remind us that in matters of espionage, you can never come to any firm conclusions, just before tossing off yet another firm conclusion of her own.

If you know enough about the Rosenberg case to tell when she's wrong, or making things up, you don't need this book. If you don't know enough, you especially don't need this book.

Students of the case should go read THE FBI-KGB WAR or THE ROSENBERG FILE if they're interested in what really happened. And a serious author should write about the way the Rosenberg case was used, and by whom, and for what purposes ... but to do that, he or she will have to start by pointing out that the Rosenbergs were guilty, and that there was never a reasonable doubt about it.

Stephen M. St. Onge

Beating a dead horse? Or just an elaborate joke?.......1999-09-08

If you know enough about the Rosenberg case to tell when she's wrong, or making things up, you don't need this book. If you don't know enough, you especially don't need this book.

Stephen M. St. Onge

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Framing History: The Rosenberg Story and the Cold War.
Virginia Carmichael
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Framing History : The Rosenberg Story and the Cold War (American Culture Ser., Vol. 6)
Virginia Carmichael
Manufacturer: University of Minnesota Press
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ASIN: B000LI1WWG

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The University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization (nine volumes) makes available to students and teachers a unique selection of primary documents, many in new translations. These readings, prepared for the highly praised Western civilization sequence at the University of Chicago, were chosen by an outstanding group of scholars whose experience teaching that course spans almost four decades. Each volume includes rarely anthologized selections as well as standard, more familiar texts; a bibliography of recommended parallel readings; and introductions providing background for the selections. Beginning with Periclean Athens and concluding with twentieth-century Europe, these source materials enable teachers and students to explore a variety of critical approaches to important events and themes in Western history.

Individual volumes provide essential background reading for courses covering specific eras and periods. The complete nine-volume series is ideal for general courses in history and Western civilization sequences.

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The Revolution seen at first hand.......2007-03-15

Practically no other set of events in history has had as many volumes reviewing, extolling, condemning and sensationalizing it (if that's possible here) as the French Revolution. But few have included many pages of first-hand accounts of street actions or speeches. This series in general, and this volume for the Revolution, fills in this gap in English, and is an essential aid in understanding how people and leaders of the day really thought. The true mentality of Robespierre cannot be comprehended from all the psychoanalyses conducted 100-200 years later, as well as from the lengthy passages of his own speeches reproduced here.

I don't know what my fellow reviewer means by saying that Robespierre's Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen from 1793 is missing. This famous declaration, framed and hanging on the wall of the Committee of Public Safety right through Robespierre's downfall, was drafted by the Assembly in August 1789, before Robespierre came to Paris and entered politics. One omission is the Law of 14 Frimaire (Dec 4) 1793, giving the Reign of Terror a constitutional basis. But this is a very long affair, and incidentally, primarily written by fellow committee member Billaud-Varenne.

(Almost) all the documents you could ever need.......2001-11-01

The book presents a very nice documentary narrative of the major events and circumstances of the French Revolution. Some entries are a bit puzzling, like the Diderot passage, and there are some gaps, such as Robespierre's "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen" (1793), but the overall value of the book is not diminished and can be supplemented by online sources (as was done in the class I took). Baker is, of course, a very fine intellectual historian, and his notes always provide sufficient transitions between the documents.

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In the early 1990s, people predicted the death of privacy, an end to the current concept of property, a paperless society, 500 channels of high-definition interactive television, world peace, and the extinction of the human race after a takeover engineered by intelligent machines. Imagining the Internet zeroes in on predictions about the Internet's future and revisits past predictions--and how they turned out. It gives the history of communications in a nutshell, illustrating the serious impact of pervasive networks and how they will change our lives over the next century.

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If the Internet is your career, this book is for you........2005-09-28

Janna Quitney Anderson's new book, "Imagining the Internet: Personalities, Predictions, Perspectives," won't be the most interesting reading for the typical Internet user, but anyone who has a vested interest in the future of technology will find that it is a worthwhile resource. Anderson has collected some of the most interesting and insightful quotations from expert technologists, scientists and futurists. The book is serious reading that brings together insights from the experts about the Internet's past and puts them in context of other communications development.

The book's focus is the Internet, but Anderson discusses all types of communications networks that bring relevance to the topic. The Internet is still in its infancy. Comparing it to older communications technologies gives context to its growth. The book gives a great frame of reference for the adoption and integration of revolutionary communications technology like the telegraph or telephone. It's easy to see connections between predictions about Morse Code and early predictions about the Internet. We see the potential the Internet had during its early years, and also see that there's almost unlimited room for change - it can adapt as our needs and abilities grow.

As Anderson leads us through the development of the Internet - from the early ARPANET to the web we know today - she provides numerous predictive quotes from Internet luminaries and stakeholders from the early 90s. She shows us that the experts had the foresight to see both the enormous good that the Internet had the potential to bring as well as the chance for ethical quandaries. The experts saw opportunity for great social interaction and a development of an information economy even before the Internet penetrated mainstream culture. At the same time, the predictions Anderson selected, also show the controversy the Internet can stir-up, including issues of piracy, privacy and security.

Now, not all of the predictions made in the early years of the Internet have come true, but those are included too. The point, it seems, is to chronicle the hype about the Internet as it was being developed, perhaps in the hope of finding trends that might produce some insight into where the Internet could develop from where it is now. Computers haven't replaced TVs yet, as many experts predicted more than a decade ago, but there are signs that it could in the not-too-distant-future. Other similar predictions might still give readers clues as to what's to come in the future of the web.

"Imagining the Internet" looks at past, present and future.......2005-09-21

How far has technology come in past years? Where might it go in the future? These are questions that Janna Quitney Anderson considers in "Imagining the Internet". The book is filled with quotations of predictions made before the internet took off. They give good insight and often help to clarify how far the internet has come in ten and even fifteen years.

The book begins with a general history of early internet. Anderson takes the reader from Berners-Lee and his worldwide web all the way through its commercialism and networking expansion. She later looks at the internet as a highway, as it is often considered. This metaphor has grown and been used in various references to the internet, and Anderson uses it effectively to show how we are speeding on this "internet highway". Through reading this book, one can see firsthand just how far and fast we have come to where we are today. And the growth only gets faster from here.

Anderson also considers newer issues that have been brought to light by the development of the internet. She looks at the privacy factor, which has changed drastically in the few years since the internet has been created. Dangers introduced by the internet are also considered, as well as the many inefficiencies and negative aspects of the internet. Here, Anderson offers her own opinions as well as those of many well-respected and insightful, interesting individuals.

Some predictions that Anderson remarks upon can tend to seem far-out, involving the end of mankind as we know it and a completely computerized world. But as she explains through many different opinions and quotations in her book, these ideas might not be entirely inconceivable. Anderson effectively quotes the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, as saying that it might be better to simply halt technological advances altogether. The numerous ideas she addresses, like this one, are thought-provoking on many levels.

This book is an excellent read for those interested in technology and the growth of the internet. Janna Quitney Anderson successfully describes the history of the internet and she thoroughly looks into its past, present and future. Anderson also sites many respected sources throughout "Imagining the Internet", notable Bill Gates and Nicholas Negroponte. The quotes may seem excessive to the casual reader. Still, academics will enjoy this book, as will those who are simply interested in gaining a greater knowledge of the topic and considering the future of technology and the internet.

"Imagining the Internet" is a time capsule for the internet's future.......2005-09-21

Imagining the internet is a thoughtful book about the internet that goes into detail describing communication resources in the past, present and future. Jana Anderson, the author, starts out describing the past forms of communication and the way they have evolved. From the telegraph, to the printing press, to the internet, all of these inventions have brought us a little closer; making the world a little smaller. Some of the communication devices that were created people did not believe would evolve as much as they have. However, in Anderson's book she explains how they grow, change people's lives, and change the world. The inventions slowly, but surely, begin to take part in politics and integrate themselves into our day to day lives.

The book is also an accessory to the internet website Elon University/Pew Internet and American Life project. The website serves as a time capsule for future generations so people can make predictions for the future of the internet. The internet according to Anderson's book could take over in ways that seem far stretched from our imagination. Within the book are predictions that people have made over the last few years. Some possibilities that the book mentions for the future are things like shopping online as a normal thing, or becoming more dependent on home schooling through the internet. Many department stores already have online stores, which might be the downfall of malls and stores you can walk into and shop. Already, there is some truth to the predictions that this book mentions.
Some changes that have already formed because of the internet are mentioned in this book. For example, the way books are no longer dependant on the old fashioned printing press because they can now be printed online for people to read. Having them on the internet also has another benefit that affects business; dealing with the money they save from having to actually pay to print. In this book, she illustrates, many times, the comparisons between the telegraph, television and telegram. All of these relate back to the internet because they progressed, just as the internet will continue to do.

Overall, Anderson's book takes the reader on a journey through the past, present, and future of communication with the internet. The internet has amazing potential ahead of it, and the book suggests many of the possibilities from credible people. The predictions that are included in the book are very possible for the future and are thought provoking for the reader. Various predictions are already on their way to becoming a reality, while others might still seem far stretched to a reader. The idea of robots might seem far away, but in reality, after reading the book, it is not that far away.

The Internet is changing rapidly.......2005-09-21

"Imagining the Internet" by Janna Quitney Anderson provides the reader with an eye opening account of how fast the technological world has advanced in the last 200 years. This book is full of expert opinions from before the internet became what it is now and it represents the support and opposition for an internet based world of communication unknown to its developers at the time.
And to the reader's surprise, this book isn't an overload of scientific words and sentences of geniuses that go in one ear and out the other. Anderson does a great job of breaking down the scientific jargon so that the everyday person can grasp the concept that the internet is growing faster than we realize.
Beginning with a background of how we got to the internet, Anderson begins by reminding and informing the reader about the telegraph and Morse code. Showing the reader how far we have come since those means of communication. She then progresses into radio, telephone use and then television, providing lots of facts and statistics about the growing use of all of these gadgets over the years.
This background really helps the reader to understand that we often forget how different and less convenient things were just 50 years ago. Anderson even that it was until 1956 when President Eisenhower really advanced the U.S. interstate and highway system, something we use everyday and often forget that it was just 50 years ago that they were actually established. All of these reminders help the reader grasp the internet a little better when she begins to share the predictions of many of the developers and idea thinkers of the internet.
Using research and predictions that have been gathered as part of the Elon University/Pew Internet and American Life Project database, Anderson shares the thoughts and visions of the founders and creators of the internet. It is amazing to see how correct some of the predictions in this book were when they were made a decade ago. Another interesting part about the large number of quotes and predictions included in the book is that you can see the debate about the internet just by reading through the quotes.
Anderson acknowledges the debates that occurred about internet overload and whether or not to place restrictions on content and she includes that information and the thoughts of the internet creators in the book. All of these debates lead into what technology could be coming to with the further implementation of RFID's, artificial intelligence and more.
Anderson keeps the flow of this book well organized starting with the background of technology working all the way up to the present day and then she leaves us with false predictions which I think was a great way to wrap up the book. Starting with short one sentence predictions, Anderson includes some dead wrong predictions from 100 years ago that are somewhat laughable. She then adds more intense predictions that just didn't come true. Overall this is a great book to fill you in on how far we have come technologically in the last 200 years and can also give you an insight on where we go from here.

Embrace the future of technology with "Imagining the Internet".......2005-09-21

"Janna Anderson illuminates with great clarity the history, dreams, and challenges of the Internet, which allow the reader to see glimpses of the future. A wonderful and important contribution," said Tiffany Shlain, founder and chairperson of the Webby Awards.

This quote sums up "Imagining the Internet" as a whole. The book is futuristic. The book is thought provoking. Yet most of all, the book is our gateway from the past to the future through the Internet.

The book focuses on predictions made in the 1990s about how far the Internet will take us on the information highway. The future is put into perspective through many detailed quotes and thoughts coming from all kinds of people and publications, including Wired Magazine. Warning: These facts that are presented may make you change how you view the world and the years to come.

One of the things I like most about the book is the chapter titles. They are written creatively and make me excited to read on and see how the chapter content fits with the catchy titles. Much of the book is fact-based and informational, so the creative titles work to make it pop. One of the most creative titles is "Nobody knows you're a dog," playing off of a famous cartoon that deals with privacy issues. Another thing that makes the book stand out is the research. This book is so thoroughly researched and filled with extensive yet captivating quotes and a broad range of the most important and up-to-date subjects. "Imagining," the first word in the title, is true to its meaning for this book.

Let's start from the very beginning. After laying out the importance of how networks influence our lives, the book immediately dives into the history of communications. At once we are seeing the networking system at work to realize how far we've come. Brief, sectioned paragraphs inform us of our past so that we are better able to understand the future that's in front of us.

As we speed through the highway that the book lays out for us, we come across many important and relevant issues. These issues include the development of the Internet and how it began to shape lives, views of the communication and information highway, past and current skepticism of new technology, pop culture and the Internet, predictions on the death of existing tools and social structures, historic perspectives put into the views of today, top voices and their predictions, privacy and freedom issues, the future of intelligent machines and past predictions that did not come true with the present explanations for them.

As you can see, the book is quality packed with the predictions serving as the backbone. Intricately woven quotes guide us through the chapter introductions to open up our eyes to technology, the Internet and our future. This book is a good read for anyone who plans on sticking with the Internet as it begins to take a more dominant role in our lives. "Imagining the Internet's" personalities, predictions and perspectives will shape your vision. Read, and let it.

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