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High-Tech Heretic

by Clifford Stoll

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Synopsis:

The bestselling author of "Silicon Snake Oil" offers a thorough detonation of the hype surrounding computers in our lives.
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About the Author

Clifford Stoll, an MSNBC commentator, lecturer, and a Berkeley astronomer, is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Cuckoo's Egg and Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Table of Contents

Why computers don't belong in the classroom — A literate Luddite? — Makes learning fun — The hidden price of computers — Loony for laptops — Multimedia comics — CRTs for tots — A question of balance — Calculating against calculators — Education by e-mail — Cyberschool — The computer contrarian — Arrogance of the techies — Software guinea pigs — The tyranny of the ugly computer — "Information is power" — Help! I'm stuck at a help desk! — The connected library — Planned obsolescence — New uses for your old computer — The plague of PowerPoint — Junk food and the Internet: the economics of information — Rule number two — Isolated by the Internet — All truth.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385489751
Author:
Stoll, Clifford
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Curricula
Subject:
Computers & Technology
Subject:
Computer-assisted instruction
Subject:
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Subject:
Mother and child
Subject:
Computers and civilization
Subject:
Internet (Computer network) in education
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Tampa (Fla.) Fiction.
Subject:
Women -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
Subject:
Bildungsromane.
Subject:
Internet in education.
Subject:
Tampa
Copyright:
1999
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
31
Publication Date:
1998
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
211 p.
Dimensions:
9.51x6.32x.81 in. .90 lbs.
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