Synopsis In this technology alert for businesspeople, George Gilder explains the coming age of infinite bandwith, explaining who the major players will be and how it will radically alter the world of business and everyday life.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2000-09-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 351 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 21.6 oz |
Publisher's Note One of the world's leading futurologists and technology analysts offers a guide to the post-computer age of communications--when ultra high-speed networks of glass and light will change how we work, play, live.
Industry Reviews "Gilder's got a gospel to spread--the gospel of unlimited bandwidth. His book's unifying principle is that we are all destined to be brought together into 'networks of light linking cathedrals of mind.' When Gilder focuses on the engineers who have delivered this 'promethean light' he is engaging. When he zeroes in on individual companies, however, as he does in this book's latter half, he tends to sound like an annual report." New York Times - Andrew Leonard (11/05/2000)
"[This is] not a new story, but Gilder tells it much better than most in this primer for the bandwidth age. Building on optical fiber's nearly magical properties, he weaves visions of a glowing fibersphere enveloping the globe in a blanket of communication--instantaneous, unlimited, and ever cheaper--for which the PC is but one humble access point....The book works because Gilder's starry-eyed claims (and stock tips) are grounded in an engaging narrative....Gilder spins engineering research and business strategies into an Arthurian struggle, heroically dispatching outmoded bandwidth-bound thinking...." Wired - Paul Boutin (09/20/2000)
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